Just wondering why I was able to get away with written warning instead of ticket for excessive speeding?
Long story short, I was trying to beat the light before it turned red, so I sped up to pass through it. He saw me and pulled me over. It was a formal local police cruiser, not some random unmarked police car. He asked me why, and I just admitted my fault. I told him, ‘May be I was driving a little too fast before the traffic light turned from yellow to red.’”
I don’t usually speed(that much), I also have a clean driving record. My last and only ticket was for careless driving five years ago, and I’ve never had a speeding ticket in my life.
But that’s not an excuse. I was honestly expecting to get a ticket. I had an emergency but I didn't mention about it and I just cooperated with the officer by giving him the documents and let him do whatever he needed to do. I wanted to get back on the road asap. This happened late at night, and I was driving a two door sports car, which I think can be more of a ‘red flag’ for them to issue a ticket.
The officer ended up giving me a written warning. It showed 50 mph in a 25 mph zone.
I’m just wondering how I still got away with it… he had plenty of reasons to give me a speeding ticket, but he didn’t. What was he thinking...?