A Speeder's Guide to Avoiding Tickets

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!

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.