Speeding Ticket in Montana

Mitco39 · 07-02-2014, 05:15 PM

Hey Guys,

So I drove down to Montana this weekend with the car for a nice long road trip. Got caught doing 79 in a 70 zone. What was weird about this whole ordeal was that the cop said it was only a $20 fine? Is that even a thing? 20 bucks seems very low but ok whatever. He went back to his car with my info and took about 20 mins to come back and walked me through the ticket and then asked if I had cash to pay it right there on the spot.

Is that legal in the US? It seemed very fishy and up here that would be considered trying to bribe the cop and end you up in more of a mess than anything else. I didnt have any US cash on me and he looked disappointed but gave me a website I could go to to pay the ticket.

For all I know this was on the up and up but after we got back on the road and thought about it a little more it seemed very fishy to me.

Anyone have any experiance with this?

Mitch

kenchan · 07-02-2014, 05:32 PM

i think he saw the plasti-shittt violation and cited you.

Mitco39 · 07-02-2014, 05:33 PM

Hey now he pulled me over to ask me where he could find some for his cruiser he was so impressed with it.

madwi · 07-02-2014, 05:35 PM

If you are from "out of state" they may collect the fine from you on the spot. I don't think he was trying to get lunch money from you.

I believe some states have credit card machines even (I'll have to look for a source for that "fact" lol )

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mitco39

Hey Guys,

So I drove down to Montana this weekend with the car for a nice long road trip. Got caught doing 79 in a 70 zone. What was weird about this whole ordeal was that the cop said it was only a $20 fine? Is that even a thing? 20 bucks seems very low but ok whatever. He went back to his car with my info and took about 20 mins to come back and walked me through the ticket and then asked if I had cash to pay it right there on the spot.

Is that legal in the US? It seemed very fishy and up here that would be considered trying to bribe the cop and end you up in more of a mess than anything else. I didnt have any US cash on me and he looked disappointed but gave me a website I could go to to pay the ticket.

For all I know this was on the up and up but after we got back on the road and thought about it a little more it seemed very fishy to me.

Anyone have any experiance with this?

Mitch

kenchan · 07-02-2014, 05:35 PM

i dont know but i heard something about montana's rural roads as kinda being the autobahn of the USA... so that might be just the way it is.

kenchan · 07-02-2014, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by madwi

If you are from "out of state" they may collect the fine from you on the spot. I don't think he was trying to get lunch money from you.

DEpointfive0 · 07-02-2014, 05:45 PM

Montana used to have no speed limit.

So they imposed this "fine" at first as a pollution fine, and it was $5 (People used to carry envelopes of $5 bills). But I guess it's $20 now, lol

Mitco39 · 07-02-2014, 05:52 PM

So your saying I could have been doing 90mph and it would have been the same fine? Damn I shoulda checked in with you guys before heading down there. lol

madwi · 07-02-2014, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Mitco39

So your saying I could have been doing 90mph and it would have been the same fine? Damn I shoulda checked in with you guys before heading down there. lol

let us know how that works out for you. Bonus points for a thumbs up picture from the back of squad car

Mitco39 · 07-02-2014, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by madwi

let us know how that works out for you. Bonus points for a thumbs up picture from the back of squad car

Ill be sure to be holding a can of PlastiDip for Kenchan. lol.

The $20 just threw me off. Up here the minimum is around 100 bucks.

madwi · 07-02-2014, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Mitco39

Ill be sure to be holding a can of PlastiDip for Kenchan. lol.

The $20 just threw me off. Up here the minimum is around 100 bucks.

I can see that. Here our parking tickets are over $20.
I can see a good avatar if that plastidip pic surfaces .

Mitco39 · 07-02-2014, 05:59 PM

A typical parking ticket in Alberta is $50.

DEpointfive0 · 07-02-2014, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Mitco39

So your saying I could have been doing 90mph and it would have been the same fine? Damn I shoulda checked in with you guys before heading down there. lol

I believe so. I think they start to really care at 100MPH+

Call a police station next time

Tadpole · 07-02-2014, 06:20 PM

I smell bull cookies!

kenchan · 07-02-2014, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by DEpointfive0

Montana used to have no speed limit.

So they imposed this "fine" at first as a pollution fine, and it was $5 (People used to carry envelopes of $5 bills). But I guess it's $20 now, lol

Yah, that's wat I remember too...thus the american autobahn..

07-02-2014, 05:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mitco39 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Edmonton Alberta Canada Posts: 2,089 Drives: 40th 370z Rep Power: 132	Speeding Ticket in Montana Hey Guys, So I drove down to Montana this weekend with the car for a nice long road trip. Got caught doing 79 in a 70 zone. What was weird about this whole ordeal was that the cop said it was only a $20 fine? Is that even a thing? 20 bucks seems very low but ok whatever. He went back to his car with my info and took about 20 mins to come back and walked me through the ticket and then asked if I had cash to pay it right there on the spot. Is that legal in the US? It seemed very fishy and up here that would be considered trying to bribe the cop and end you up in more of a mess than anything else. I didnt have any US cash on me and he looked disappointed but gave me a website I could go to to pay the ticket. For all I know this was on the up and up but after we got back on the road and thought about it a little more it seemed very fishy to me. Anyone have any experiance with this? Mitch __________________ 2007 Chevy Duramax - EFILive Tuned By Me 2010 40th W/ Nav - Boosted Performance - UpRev Tuned By Me The Mrs. Ride -2012 335XI N55 BMW - Cobb Tuned By Me, Built by her My Build --> http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...39s-build.html

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Mitco39 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Edmonton Alberta Canada Posts: 2,089 Drives: 40th 370z Rep Power: 132	Hey now he pulled me over to ask me where he could find some for his cruiser he was so impressed with it. kenchan likes this. __________________ 2007 Chevy Duramax - EFILive Tuned By Me 2010 40th W/ Nav - Boosted Performance - UpRev Tuned By Me The Mrs. Ride -2012 335XI N55 BMW - Cobb Tuned By Me, Built by her My Build --> http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...39s-build.html

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Mitco39 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Edmonton Alberta Canada Posts: 2,089 Drives: 40th 370z Rep Power: 132	So your saying I could have been doing 90mph and it would have been the same fine? Damn I shoulda checked in with you guys before heading down there. lol GaleForce likes this. __________________ 2007 Chevy Duramax - EFILive Tuned By Me 2010 40th W/ Nav - Boosted Performance - UpRev Tuned By Me The Mrs. Ride -2012 335XI N55 BMW - Cobb Tuned By Me, Built by her My Build --> http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...39s-build.html

07-02-2014, 05:59 PM	#12 (permalink)
Mitco39 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Edmonton Alberta Canada Posts: 2,089 Drives: 40th 370z Rep Power: 132	A typical parking ticket in Alberta is $50. __________________ 2007 Chevy Duramax - EFILive Tuned By Me 2010 40th W/ Nav - Boosted Performance - UpRev Tuned By Me The Mrs. Ride -2012 335XI N55 BMW - Cobb Tuned By Me, Built by her My Build --> http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...39s-build.html

07-02-2014, 05:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	i think he saw the plasti-shittt violation and cited you.

07-02-2014, 05:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	i dont know but i heard something about montana's rural roads as kinda being the autobahn of the USA... so that might be just the way it is.

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