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A Speeder's Guide to Avoiding Tickets

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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.

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

Being 16, and the target of 99% of police officers, I felt that the need to read this book was a must. After hearing all my friends getting large fines for getting tickets, along with my 18 year old brother getting a $120 fine for 53 in a 40 because he pretty much did what the book told him NOT to do. My dad has read this book, been pulled over at least 10 times, and has never had a speeding ticket(got caught in VA with a radar). AFter reading this book, even being only 16, I dont feel scared or cautious to speed when i need to, because the book tells you exactly what to do and what not to. would highly recommed. Although I gave it only a 4 and not a 5 because it focused entirely on adults when really the teenagers are more supceptable to speeding tickets.

Who could possibly know more about speeding tickets than a retired New York State Trooper? The author, James M. Eagan, spent the last 20 years writing speeding tickets, only because he was forced to. He even says so in his book. He was fed up with being told to go write speeding tickets just to raise revenue for the state of New York, so he decided to write this book. "I'm not encouraging people to speed. I'm only helping them do, what they are already doing more safely," says Eagan in a TV interview about his book. Eagan breaks the police officer's code of silence and he reveals it all in this book. YES VIRGINIA, there IS a QUOTA for speeding tickets! This book is full of useful tips and strategies on talking your way out of a ticket, as well as speeding without attracting attention to yourself. If you speed, and let's face it who doesn't?. . . THEN YOU NEED THIS BOOK!! Order "A Speeder's Guide to Avoiding Tickets," today and you'll be well on your way to speeding WITHOUT receiving TICKETS!

I don't speed. I drive on cruise control at 65mph over Bay Area interstates and lower my speed as necessary for slower zones. I stay out of fast lanes, but yet I read this book anyway.

Driving at speed limit is boring to death. And that is why people speed. Trust me, I am bored beyond belief while I am cruising along at whatever the speed limit is. To entertain myself, I look for cops! I then estimate which speeder might get pulled over first. I chose a relatively slow (0-60 in 11 sec) car just for that reason so I wouldn't be overly tempted to drive like I would at my favorite race track. Rest assured, however, that I take full advantage of the fact that there is no law limiting how fast I can hit the speed limit every time I get a chance to. Just ask my sorry passengers. :-)

My pet peeve is people slowing down to look at accidents and people not using their turn signals. Please, just don't do it and speed up at first available instance. But I digress from the subject at hand. I found this book both enlightening and entertaining. I happen to hang out with people who are not as compliant with the law. While they were getting pulled over, I told them a few tips from the book and there were no tickets issued in six out of eight cases. These tips saved my friends well over $1000 combined. That is not bad compared to the price of the book, isn't it?

In short, if you drive on freeways, get this book. It will teach you to be more attentive, safer driver, what to do if you are busted, how to avoid getting the officer pissed and preoccupied with taking notes about you, and ultimately how to be a safer driver. It is true that some of the technology described is no longer state of the art, but not too many police agencies are equipped with state of the art equipment. Unfortunately, CHP is equipped nicely, so supplement your knowledge from this book with very current information about their crown vics and the associated equipment. I truly very highly recommend the book.

P.S. I got a speeding ticket once. I was a teenager and did everything wrong. The attitude cost me $170. I learned my lesson and remember every word said by that officer. If you are a teen, you should read the book to avoid this trouble or to help out your friends. Members of opposite sex would be impressed :-). It would be amusing to behave like an off-duty cop, but it could save you or your friends a lot of cash in astronomical insurance rate increases and traffic court fines.

Trooper Eagan provides wonderful insight into the world of being a police officer working on traffic enforcement. As a consequence, he gives very practical and detailed techniques that will enable one to avoid many types of tickets. That said, I was also filled with respect for what these officers do, so I cannot say enough about the many benefits of this book. This is certainly the best "self-help" book that I have ever read.

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.

Overall, this is a good book for the price. I speed in rush hour traffic to work and back on a inner city Interstate higway. I want to avoid radar traps which are the number one cause of tickets on this well traveled road. This book does not offer much help for me, unless I want to become a nervous slave to the radar detector and its false readings. However the book provides humorous and entertaining insight into the "fear and ego" of the officer. It may not spare you any tickets, but it sure will make the officers job a little easier to write you up, if you behave as the book instructs. haha. I didn't understand how a trooper could be aiming his radar gun into multi-lane oncoming traffic to get your picture while the trooper is driving 65 mph. It was a little fuzzy when it talked about aiming accuracy. Mostly, you are to just stay behind a truck or car. But I can't speed if I am behind a truck! I was dissappointed to learn the many prejudices and bias the police have when pulling someone over. The author did a good job of being honest. I notice that most radar traps are in the spring, but the book never discussed the seasonal quota's of tickets, nor the family man station wagon verses the kid's 4x4 truck . Still, there are other many other tips that were discussed such as identifying unmarked cars, sky radar, useful bumper stickers. To truely avoid tickets, the profile is of someone glued to their hidden radar detector, listening to the CB radio for Smokey reports straining to search for cops on the horizon, and the will give dramatic acting performances when pulled over, and who has his story thought out in advance. Whew! I would rather listen to some music and relax. But, it was worth the price of the book, and was informative. And it is more accurate than learning tips from truck stops and friends.

After reading this book I have yet to pay out to the mobile revenue collectors. NO moving violations at all. Much more useful than my radar detector and CB. Furthermore, it is actually a very funny book to read. It's full of amusing anectdotes and useful tips. I highly recommend it to any driver, whether or not you consider yourself a "speeder."

This book is excrutiatingly poorly written, with painfully unfunny sarcasm as well as a misplaced or missing comma in every other sentence. While this distracts from the advice the author gives, the usefullness of it outweighs the obnoxious writing. Anyone who speeds, which is basically everyone, would do well to read this book.