Every driver dreads the sight of those flashing lights in their rear view mirror, but if you are smart, you can avoid them. Here are some of the best tips for avoiding traffic tickets.

1. How to
get out of
a speeding
ticket

2. Presented by

3. This could be considered reckless
driving. Even if you are confident in
your own driving abilities, you can’t
be confident in the driving abilities
of those around you.
Avoid weaving in and
out of lanes.
Speed Trap traits:
sharp bends, main
streets, areas with
either rising or falling
speed limit signs
65 Sudden slowing or
lane changes of the
cars around you could
be because there’s an
officer up ahead.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/vintage-speed/10-tips-to-avoid-speeding-tickets-16106949
http://www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/22741/cars/how_to_detect_a_speed_trap.html

4. Often, they keep each
other informed of
highway patrol positions
via their CB radios.
Follow truckers.
When driving in a group of cars, stay in
the middle where you can blend in. That
way you’re not in the front, driving the
fastest, or in the back, easy to pull over.
Stay in the middle.
Try not to let your
car draw attention
to itself. Driving a
sports car in the
fast lane is more
noticable than
driving a minivan
in the slow lane.
!

5. Wave at the police cruiser.
He will either think that you know each
other or will think you're acknowledging
that you were speeding, and are letting
him know you're slowing down.
Sign the ticket.
Signing the ticket is not an
admission of guilt. It means you
received the ticket and will
appear in court or pay the ticket.
Refusing to sign is a legal offense
in many states, and you can be
fined and/or arrested.
http://www.rd.com/slideshows/6-tricks-to-avoiding-speeding-tickets/#slideshow=slide2
Don’t be combative, but
don’t admit guilt, either. If
an officer asks, “Do you
know why I pulled you
over?” and you say that you
were speeding, that is an
admission of guilt and can
be used to incriminate you.

6. You can be pulled over, even if
following the posted speed
limit, for not exercising caution
and slowing your speed in
hazardous conditions (snow,
ice, fog, etc.) that adversely
affects visibility or traction.
http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?c=ecfr;sid=ca3447babdb6e39915fb1add432e376b;rgn=div5;
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You cannot be
ticketed if you
are driving at
or below the
speed limit.
TRAFFIC TICKET
MYTH
#1
!

7. There are no state or federal
laws prohibiting driving
barefoot, but a local jurisdiction
could have enacted an ordinance
against the practice.
http://blogs.findlaw.com/law_and_life/2012/05/illegal-to-drive-barefoot.html
It is illegal to
drive barefoot.
TRAFFIC TICKET
MYTH
#2

8. Traffic violations between February
2009 and February 2010, show no
significant difference between the
frequency of red cars being pulled
over and cars of other colors.
http://www.forbes.com/2010/10/13/cars-that-get-ticketed-most-police-speeding-lifestyle-vehicles-violations.html
Red cars get
pulled over
more than
other cars.
TRAFFIC TICKET
MYTH
#3
Most-pulled-over cars
Sedans and luxury coupes
Least-pulled-over cars
SUVs and minivans

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