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Tips on avoiding a speeding ticket 1. The simplest way is by not speeding. 2. Take a defensive driving course. Aside from making you a safer driver it'll make you a more aware driver, which you'll need driving at high speeds. One such rule you'll learn is the 12 second rule. You've probably used the 5 second rule, which is looking 5 seconds on the road in front of you. But especially driving at higher speeds you'll find that looking 12 seconds into the future is much safer, and 12 seconds is a lot closer to the limit on the distance police radar can reach. So you'll have enough time to tap the brakes if you spot them. 3. Be aware of every car entering, exiting, and hiding behind other cars. The worst thing to do after narrowly avoiding the cop with a laser gun is to fly past the next cop driving on the same road as you. Be aware of every car in your vicinity. More and more cops today aren't driving Crown Victorias (see tip #4). So keep your eyes open and suspicious of every car you see. 4. Do not search the road for Crown Victoria's. This is by far the most foolish tactic one can use for identifying cops. Police use everything from Camaro's to SUV's to Cadillacs and Mustangs. As you probably know some police don't even use marked cars anymore. So how do you identify a cop before you realize he's cruising next to you in a Camry? * Look for roof lighting. Your brain should pop up a red flag anytime it sees any sort of junk on top of a car. It could easily be police lighting. * Police aren't handicapped. If you see a Crown Victoria with a handicapped tag on it, chances are its just a senior citizen. No use holding up traffic trying to smoothly slip by him. * By law, officers are not allowed to endorse any ideology or group on their cars. The cars are owned by the city, so you'll be hard pressed to find a police car with a "Total Princess" sticker on the bumper. * Police license plates are made differently than every one else's. In some cases they'll actually say EXEMPT. However, in some cases they won't be different, so you'll need to find out what their license plate's actually look like in your state. * In many cases, even an unmarked police car is identifiable by the halogen lamp mounted near the driver's side mirror; however, you may not be able to see this until it's too late. 5. Look inside the officers car if you can. You might see a cage separating the front seats and back seats. Or you might see the officers uniform. 6. Safety in numbers. Try to join a speed train. By that I mean a train of 3 or more cars all speeding the same amount. The person in front is usually the one who takes the blame when these trains are caught. In addition, if the first person in the train doesn't see the cop, chances are the second person will and they'll break accordingly to prevent you from being seen driving 90. 7. Beware the boogey man. If 200 yards ahead of you a man driving 90 all of a sudden decides to hit his brakes with no one in front of him, you can bet that a cop is probably in his line of sight that isn't in yours. He might have a police radar in his car. And since the limit of police detectors is the same limit as the radars themselves that added distance between you and the car in front of you will make the police detector that much more effective. Not to mention, you didn't have to pay for it. 8. If you do get pulled over, there a various things you can do to make it much more likely to get off with a warning. * Don't let on that you knew you were speeding. When the police officer asks you if you know what speed you were going, say "no." * Claim it to be a good trait. Say something along the lines of "I must have been watching the road to closely." * Appeal to the police officers desire for safety. Ask the police officer for advice on how to avoid accidentally speeding in the future. 9. Don't be a cocky driver. Cops are very smart, and if you've been busted just smile politely and accept your ticket. You'll see him in court (If you decide to plead innocent).