PART 3: BEWARE OF WHAT YOU DRIVE: HOW TO AVOID A TRAFFIC TICKET

  BEWARE OF WHAT YOU DRIVE: The bigger, faster, or flashier the vehicle the lower you should assume is the officer's arrest speed. This way, you’ll increase the chances that Smokey will try to find faster and easier fish to fry. The more you stick out the better the chances you'll be caught in a net. Like a lion perched on a throne of quarry overlooking the Serengeti for that tasty morsel of prey that stands out, so it is with the police and your flashy ride.

   

    If your car is called a saloon where it's made, heed my advice: that is not about a drinking establishment, and more about something that goes faster than it looks, even faster than most sports cars. The more waft or numb the ride the more you’ll be anesthetized to the speed at which you're caught, but not to the pain of the ticket you'll receive. I’d be careful with apparitions such as a Ghost or a Phantom; they’re faster, more visible, dangerous, and haunting than their names might make us think. Cars that have a name that's been etched, anointed, or varnished with a precious metallurgical or mineral setting, surface, or finish like, "Silver Seraph" or "Diamond Black" or "Silver Spur" or "Diamond Jubilee Edition" may have value at auction at Christie's, Sotheby's, or on EBay, but aren't even worth their weight in gold and are useless to a trooper or a traffic court judge. Cars that come in number and letter combinations like, "XR4Ti" or "TR7" or "SL55AMG" or "750iL" won't crack the ticket code. For any car that has a GT or SS version, has an engine that's been either turbocharged or supercharged, or has a variant with the word "Speed" or "Super" or "Sport(s)" in its name, start establishing a Turbo Super Sport Speeding Ticket Fund now! Buses (attention: sleep and drug deprived bus drivers), RV’s, tractor-trailers, racy lipstick red cars (in fact, any kind of racy red or yellow jacket colored car; taxis and minivans included), and all sports cars, beware! If your vehicle growls, grumbles, roars, shrills, or screams at extremely high and/or low speeds or RPM's, or has a modified muffler or no muffler, hear me out! After watching police chase videos and the Rodney King beating, please don't tell me a Hyundai can't go 100 MPH! Oh, and just because OJ was caught driving slow in a Ford Bronco, that doesn't mean that a Ford Bronco can't go fast! If you have spent more than $1500 for a set of mag wheels for your new or old car, that's sure footing to make your way into traffic court! If your car is smoking (whether you want it to or not, and aside from you spinning the front and/or rear wheels) or your car looks like it is speeding even when stopped or parked, get your license ready and stand back!

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   Read this carefully: Anyone who drives a European car that ends with a vowel like, “Porsche,” or “Maserati,” or drives a car that has a name that signifies some kind of launching object like, “Continental Flying Spur” or “Jensen Interceptor” or “Vanquish,” or has a car named after peerage or royal lineage like, "Princess" or "Crown Victoria" or "Grand Marquis," or has a truck named after a dinosaur or bird of prey like, “Raptor,” or has a car named after a racing circuit like “Mulsanne” or “Le Mans” or "Grand National," or has a car named for a jet plane like, “Corvette” or “Concorde,” or named for a missile or projectile like, "Meteor" or "Dart" or "Titan," or named for anything related to a ranch or a range like, "Maverick" or "Range Rover" or "Mustang," or has a car named for a stinging insect or arachnid like, "Scorpio" or "Hornet" or "Spider" or "Super Bee," or named for a viscous snake like, "Viper" or "Cobra," or named for a predator fish like "Barracuda" or "Tiburon," or "Stingray," or named for a fast feline like, "Cougar," or “Jaguar” or “Panther,” or anything with flames, smoke, dust, wind, wings, lightning, crossbones, or crosshairs in its emblem or markings, or has “MACH I” emblazoned on the side, or a spoiler or an airfoil or even a propeller or a turbofan attached to its fuselage, or belongs on a raceway or at an airport and not on the streets or highway, is eventually asking for trouble, and quite frankly, is standing out for a ticket. AND it's a matter of time before you and your car gets one . . .

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a ticket waiting to happen!

PART 1: How to Avoid a Traffic Ticket: Situational Awareness

PART 2: How to Avoid a Traffic Ticket: Arrest Speed

PART 3: How to Avoid a Traffic Ticket: Beware of What You Drive

PART 4: How to Avoid a Traffic Ticket: Detector, Jammers, and Apps

PART 5: How to Avoid a Traffic Ticket: Know What Cop Cars Look Like

PART 6: How to Avoid a Traffic Ticket: You Can’t Run and Only the Cops Can Hide

PART 1: How to FIGHT a Traffic Ticket: Preparing a Plan of Action Right at the Car Stop

PART 2: How to FIGHT a Traffic Ticket: Evidence Collection

PART 3: How to FIGHT a Traffic Ticket: Schedule a Court Date then Delay Delay Delay

PART 4: How to FIGHT a Traffic Ticket: When and when not to Lawyer Up

PART 5: How to FIGHT a Traffic Ticket: How to Testify in Court

PART 6: How to FIGHT a Traffic Ticket: Appeals and Final Thoughts