A Speeders Guide to Avoiding Tickets (Paperback)

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"It's a shame that someone with twenty years of service would turn around and do something like this." -- -- Lt. Michael Downs,spokesperson, New York State Police --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Regardless of your record as a driver, everyone speeds sometimes.You are on the open road, no one around for miles, and so you step on the gas pedal. Then you experience a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach -- and in your wallet -- when you see a flashing red light in the rearview mirror. Now you can ease on down the road without paying the high price of traffic tickets, inflated insurance premiums and expensive lawyer's fees. Former New York State Trooper James M. Eagan tells you how-with invaluable tips and trade secrets that the police don't want you to know.

• What makes a cop "tick" -- and how to use it to your advantage
• What dates and times are safest to step on the gas and when you are most likely to get caught
• How to avoid talking yourself into tickets
• What stories and excuses will often work
• How to spot an unmarked car
• Clipping the wings off "The Bear in the Air"
• And much more!

Whether you drive for business or pleasure -- or simply suffer from occasional leadfoot -- you cannot afford to be without this book!

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Avon Books (Mm) (October 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380717336
• ISBN-13: 978-0380717330
• Product Dimensions: 4.3 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,737,808 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Originally a zero star till I read the book., October 17, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: A Speeders Guide to Avoiding Tickets (Paperback)

Working in the City of Los Angeles as a police officer, I've heard every cock and bull story so people would avoid a ticket. I mean, It's not like I cite people on a regular basis. I am not the CHP. The scary thing about the book was Officer Neckvein. Yes, the same people Sgt. James Eagan wrote about, I see and deal with on a daily basis. I enjoyed this book because it not only helps the speeder in avoiding that God-forbidding ticket, but assures me that the person will not shoot me, stab me, run me over or act like a jerk. But speaking about experience, I pulled over a woman for speeding. I was on the surface street as she was going five miles over the speed limit. I wanted to tell her to slow down. It was at night and I lit up her car. She then turned on the dome lights, raised her right arm, waved left and right to say she knew that I was behind her, lowered her windows, turned on her right turn indicater and stopped under a well-lighted area. I know she had to have read the book. I did the usual, asked for her Cal-op, reg and insurance. She looked into my eyes, smiled and said sure officer. She did everything to the book. I then chk'd her, she came clear and told her that I wasn't going to cite her but warned her to slow down. She never said sir, I asked what she did and managed to segue A speeders Guide to Avoiding Ticket was a good book, huh? She said yeah and stuttered. I laughed and said thank you for taking time and reading the book. Not only did she avoid a ticket, I also left home smiling. Sgt. Eagan's book is a great book. Maybe, maybe after you read this book, maybe you'll slow down. I mean, I don't speed because this book made me paranoid about getting a ticket. This book will make you paranoid too. Read it and learn.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A worthy book, September 13, 2001

By	Phil Landers (Chicago Il.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Speeder's Guide to Avoiding Tickets (Paperback)

This was written by a state trooper, and he offers a lot of things to tell an officer on why you were speeding. What better advice than from a retired state trooper? He gives plenty of lines to use that you could never think of on your own. He also gives examples from his own experiences out there where he let the driver go. I especially liked this because he tells you the truth on what will and will not work. This is definitely worth buying.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good information, will help avoid receiving speeding tickets, June 23, 1997

By A Customer

This book has a wealth of information and tips for avoiding tickets. The author's extensive experience as a New York State Trooper is the source for his material, and he isn't afraid to be blunt. No beating around the bush, he goes straight to the subject, and provides quite a bit of inside, previously non-public information