Who knew it was even possible!

Last night I recieved a $300 speeding ticket for going 90km/h in a 50km/h zone, but here is what makes this seemingly ordinary act of stupidity an almost unbelievable achievement, it was while going up a steep hill from a complete stop.

This is almost as good as a dyno sheet or drag strip ticket.

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1982 300sd, new project car to restore

It doesn't matter if you know what you're doing, as long as you look like you know what you're doing.

Ouch, that smarts! But it does seem the Mercedes was running well. And it is awful difficult to talk them out of those tickets once you have it it hand.

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Junqueyardjim
Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important. C.S. Lewis



1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

2003 Jaguar Type X, AWD. beautiful, good mileage,
Mom's car, but I won't let her drive it!

Check out mapmyride or equivalent to determine the grade. Look up specs for your car to determine if that much speeding is possible. Perhaps you were speeding. Perhaps the officer mis-measured or logged a place with a steeper grade making his statement impossible.

Here you can frequently go to driving school & pay a fine to keep the violation off your record. Many places are all about revenue enhancement so let you off easy on everything except your wallet.

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.

Good thing you only got nailed for 90km/h in a 50, and not 99 or higher!

With the new street racing law, they would have IMPOUNDED your car and kept your drivers license on the spot. Aside from the insurance hit, tow bill, fine, and everything else, apparently there is a $2k addition to the fine if you argue with the officer while he is busting you for this (at THEIR discretion, not yours)

Living near Hamilton, I can attest the amazingness of pulling off 90km/h in a 50km/h. That city is full of hills (and the "mountain" of course) and I can think of times where I'm not sure my GAS Benz would have been able to hit 90km/h in Hamilton. If you did this in a diesel, you're simply amazing

By the way, what cop nails people going uphill? You'd think he would move to the other side of the road and catch people going down the hill, not up

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'83 300SD 335,000km (207k) mi SOLD
'87 560SL 163,000km (101k mi) SOLD
'86 300SDL 356,000km (220k mi) SOLD
'92 500SEL 250,000km (155k mi) SOLD
'90 300SL 140,000km (87k mi) SOLD
'01 S430 260,000km (161k mi) SOLD
'03 SL500 167,000km (104k mi) SOLD
'07 S550 4MATIC 235,000km (146k mi) SOLD
'07 GL320 CDI 4MATIC 348,000km (215k mi)
'13 GL350 BlueTec 4MATIC 170,000km (105k mi)
'14 SL550 72,000km (43k mi)

I received a 78mph in a 55mph about 6 months ago. Cop wasn't even in the car when I passed him. I seldom go over 70 and I know I wasn't going 78.

From my 300SD. I wish I could say I was going uphill... Bit I wasn't. 160kph.

You can speed all day long in your diesel benz. It just takes longer to get up to speeding!

I had my 82 300TD at 90 with 2 bikes on the top. I'm sure I could have come close to 100 without the bikes.

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Down here its 30km over the limit so weird would have been walking for at least 30 days.
The car would have been impounded & cost $$$$$ to get it back. If you do it a few times they crush your car.

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

Does mechanical error help your defense? Have your speedo checked. Hopefully it's off by reading lower than actual ground speed. My Jetta TDI si 6-8 mph off at 80 MPH. Might be worth the $50 or so the test costs down here.

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Oil Burners:
09 Jetta TDI The highway queen @ 105k
83 300D. Sold
Gassers:
16 A4 sport line
10 Passat
83 Recaro Trans AM WS6 Bone Stock Survivor
11 Harley Ultra

It amazes me how out of control the police have become. They go around armed, stop a vehicle at their discretion then walk up threatening with their hand on their gun. If it is dark outside, they have their hand on their gun and their flashlight cocked and aimed at the driver's head.

They arbitrarily confiscate property before a conviction then charge storage fees to before releasing it. Their other strategy is to simply keep it & put the $$ in their coffers. It is a very sorry state of affairs. How did we let this come to pass?

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.

I'd not be surprised if the cop didn't realize he had the radar antenna on "rear" and actually read the speed of a car coming down the hill...it does happen. Unfortunately, with traffic tickets you are pretty much guilty until proven innocent...which is nearly impossible.

Good luck.

Best thing to do is just pay a lawyer three times what the ticket would have cost and it all goes away.

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~Michael S.~
Past cars:

1986 300SDL
1987 300SDL
1982 240D
1982 300SD


Current:

1987 300SDL

You know what they say about the price of freedom...

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Codifex
1981 240D ChinaBlue (Got her running with a donor engine.)
1983 300DTurbo w/sunroof.
1984 300TD manual sunroof. (Electrical Gremlins)

I haven't confirmed but read somewhere that we have more incarcerated measured in total numbers & per capita than any country in the world. The legal system is big business. Shoulda bought CCA stock.

An attorney friend of mine says that drugs move across TN from Memphis (west) to East. Money flows back East to West. The police aren't interested in stopping crime as evidenced by the fact that they could set up on the drug side & stop it before it hits the retail street. They choose to set up on the money side & confiscate any excess cash that they find.

They'd probably think it "excessive" to have 4 or 5k while enroute to buy an old Mercedes.

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.

Contest the ticket , there may be errors on the face of it. The cop may not show up or may misstate his evidence. Check the Motor Vehicle act to see that the offense is described correctly. Besides it is just fun to see how the court system works. Visit the court before your hearing and watch which cases are thrown out and why, learn from that. I believe that everyone has the right to a fair and correct process of justice . If they get it wrong you should walk. I have followed this course for the 40 yrs I have been driving. I have lost a couple of times out of the 10 or so tickets that I have got. Be polite, be clear, question each statement the Cop makes & he may trip himself up. Nothing feels better than winning in court instead of meekly accepting the ticket. you have nothing to lose but a bit of time. Cheers Dan

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92 Toyota Diesel Landcruiser HDJ81-t 116K
02 Golf TDI new head courtesy of PO
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