So how many speeding tickets have you gotten so far?

[2krazykats]

Well I think I've found it:
Install of Radar Detector, Dashcam, and Laser Jammer (LONG)

I've heard these radar jammers are illegal so check your local laws...

I've not gotten a speeding ticket yet in my S but when I bought the car and was doing a budget for the potential cost of ownership. I estimated 1 ticket a year. I may need to adjust based on actual experience.

 

[pedriscoll]

I got my first speeding ticket in over 15 years just 1 week after taking delivery. I was on I-65 leaving Indianapolis for Chicago and was on the phone with my office. I wasn't used to the quiet and smoothness of the S. Thought I was going 60 or so in 55 zone, but was actually going 75. Now I am more careful. Set autopilot for no more than 5 miles over the limit generally.

 

[P85DBeast]

3...............................................................................Dont Judge Me! That was when I first got my car and INSANE mode was continuously used almost everyday but now since im used to the power the INSANE mode doesn't faze me anymore!

 

[Boourns]

Lol, i had like 8 tickets last 5 years.
All in the netherlands.
Collected them all in 300.000km

30 - 36=25 euro
30 - 37=31 euro
50 - 65=102 euro
80 - 87= 29 euro
80 - 89= 35 euro
100 - 107=29 euro
120 - 128=32 euro
130 - 135=19 euro

I presume some of these are from speed cameras?

 

[jbcarioca]

Since having my P85D (now L!) I have not had a single speeding citation. Amazing run of luck! I bought a radar detector yesterday. I suspect my luck cannot continue without some help.

 

[Smokkelaar]

I presume some of these are from speed cameras?

like i said before, yes all of them are from speed camera's.
I encounter every day 6 at least.
and not even tell the mobile one's .
the 107, 128 and the 65 were not the mobile ones. the other were mobile ones.

 

[CHG-ON]

I got one. I was hot footing it in the mountains with a WRX and I was the one who got snagged. Skyline Blvd (35), about Woodside, for those on the peninsula. Stalled my court date for 15 months. Got out of it. The cop did show up and actually asked for the case to dismissed because it was so long ago that he could not remember the facts. I was floored. When we walked out of the court side by side, he turned to me and said: "enjoy your car". Almost in front of the judge! I was even more floored. I said "thank you for your kindness" and we went our separate ways. I didn't know what else to say. I think he remembered...

I still can't believe it.

I will tell you that when he stopped me, I rolled down the window and immediately said that I had no excuse and apologized. He had me red-handed going 75 in a 50 on a tight curve. He wrote me of course, but at a much lower speed. I was as respectful and polite as I could be (and as we should be with any peace officer, IMO) through the entire process. He was too.

Kindness and civility do pay.

 

[CHG-ON]

A scooter has a licence plate in the netherlands,
So they do every week a check in the database if there are licence plates without insurance and you get automatically a ticket.
And it was not automaticly extended to next year. I had a warning 6 weeks before that date, but i forgot.
o and the value of that scooter was 10-20 euro's or something.

almost all my tickets are automaticty send due the systems in the netherlands.
I have normally like 6 speeding camara's every day on my road. and then some temporary camara's on different places.

so sometimes you pass an other car at a wrong moment, and then you get a ticket .
Its still less then 0,5% of my car expenses. i can save more money with less energy consumption for my car and get the speed down all the time .

If California tickets cost the same amount as yours, I wouldn't care at all about getting them. Do you accumulate points that can then cause your license to be revoked, as in the US?

 

[Sharkbait]

Well I think I've found it

Laser jammers - do they really work? I haven't researched detectors for some years. Has anyone perfected a laser detector? However, I'm not an advocate of speeding or pedal to the metal antics in populated areas. I think 20 mph over the posted speed in California rewards you with a 2-point misdemeanor citation. It will hurt your insurance for many years.

 

[Edmond]

They work. Illegal in some states so people hide a cut-off switch and the emitter. It's actually dual-purpose: range-finder for parking, and jamming. Of course if you're the only one on the road and their gun reads 999, they're going to take a reeeal close look at you.

Escort/Passport has detected laser for decades, but the catch is all lasers are trigger-operated.

 

[SmartElectric]

I use this:
View Waze Incidents on the Tesla browser

Solves the problem of curves and hiding places...

 

[Smokkelaar]

If California tickets cost the same amount as yours, I wouldn't care at all about getting them. Do you accumulate points that can then cause your license to be revoked, as in the US?

You get points as New driver for the First 5 years.
Points you can get are: speeding over 30kmph, Red light and such things.
If anybody gets over 50 kmph they revoked it directly.

 

[EcoHeliGuy]

16 years of driving, not a single traffic violation.

And that's driving/towing in every province, territory, and almost every state in North America.

 

[Btrflyl8e]

Oh, all of you are such law-abiding citizens! I've only been pulled over once in my Tesla, but it was silly and he knew it, so I got just a warning. I'm older and wiser now, so of course don't take the risks I did my youth. Back in my teenage years, I collected so many speeding violations my license was suspended indefinitely, I had to appear in court twice, and take a class at the police station in order to get it reinstated. I loved to street race, like a lot of young fools.

I remember putting my hair in a ponytail and wearing a pink dress to court, I don't know if that helped, but both times I was fined only a small amount and sent on my way!

Don't worry, I'm a recovered street racer...

 

[Beryl]

None in my Model S and 2 in over 40 years of driving. Got pulled over 3 times but one was around Christmas time and I was given a break.

The officer who taught my concealed handgun class said he and his friends don't write tickets on CHL carriers but I haven't had an opportunity to see if that is true.

 

[Edmond]

2015 Radar Detector and Laser Jammer Shootout
2015 Laser Jamming Testing - Radar Roy

But the new random-pulse guns are a problem for all but two systems. Most LEOs use older equipment though, realistically.

You want to program it to cut off 4 seconds after it detects signal, to give you time to slow down, and to allow the cop to then get your speed. Not a good idea to leave it on.

PS - States which prohibit laser jammers: California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and the District of Columbia.

 

[Camera-Cruiser]

Been lucky in 7 months of ownership, I know I should have earned a few. The absence of noise makes it easy to find myself in the low to mid 80s and passing sometimes above that. Then again in Southern California (and really 91, 405, 110 fwys) car pool lanes you are either stuck at 5mph or 80mph, and it goes from one to the other moment to moment. So daily terror!

 

[CHG-ON]

I took me a very long time to get accustomed to the silence. I would find myself at 80 or 90 without even realizing it. I'd say it took about 3 months to understand the feel of the car at various speeds.

 

[S4WRXTTCS]

None so far in almost a year of ownership.

But, honestly most of the credit goes to TACC because I use that on the freeway 90% of the time.

Without it I'd end up constantly letting it slip past 10 over the freeway. In Western Washington State 10 over is pretty common, and 99.9% of the cops will just ignore you. That's what I set the TACC at and so it ends up actually being around 9 over.

On surface streets I'm sure I'll eventually get a lame duck one. Like display of speed while launching from a light. Even in a 70D it's fun to see how fast from a stoplight the thing gets to the speed limit. Sometimes before reaching the end of the intersection.

 

[Chrisizzle]

I used to get a ticket a year but nothing with the Tesla.

Why? I can't drive fast on long highway drives. The reduced speed I need to make a long distance trip means I am going slower than in my old ICE cars.