Ticket Etiquette: Follow these guidelines if you get pulled over

This is to prove that michaell8 is correct: Texas Transportation Code Sec. 545.363. MINIMUM SPEED REGULATIONS. (a) An operator may not drive so slowly as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.(b) When the Texas Transportation Commission, the Texas Turnpike Authority, the commissioners court of a county, or the governing body of a municipality, within the jurisdiction of each, as applicable, as specified in Sections 545.353 to 545.357, determines from the results of an engineering and traffic investigation that slow speeds on a part of a highway consistently impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, the commission, authority, county commissioners court, or governing body may determine and declare a minimum speed limit on the highway.(c) If appropriate signs are erected giving notice of a minimum speed limit adopted under this section, an operator may not drive a vehicle more slowly than that limit except as necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

My personal advice is to be honest with the cop. Don't say that you were driving the speed limit when in fact the police officer has a record of your speed on his radar. Cops hate liars!! They are more willing to just to give you a warning if you are honest with them. But also depends on fast you were going over the speed limit and if you had any prior warnings in the past because even warnings are kept in their database.

Just because YOU drive the speed limit DOES NOT MAKE YOU A GOOD DRIVER.

topazeyes, Yes, you can get a ticket for going to slow READ up on it. It is much less likely that you would receive a ticket for slow speed but YOU CAN GET A TICKET for driving slow. >You can get a ticket for impeding traffic if you are driving slower than the minimum speed. It is unlikely that you'd get a ticket for driving the speed limit in the left lane, but you could get a ticket for improper lane usage, since the law is 'drive right, pass left'. That means the left lane is for passing There are also laws that demand that slower traffic keep right. Ticketable? Possibly.< It is people like you that don't really know the laws that are dangerous. I am sure you drive in the left lane down the highway also, did you know that is against the law also. When was the last time you took a defensive driving class? There are all kinds of laws out there that people don't know because they have not had a class since high school. I had a man the other day that would not GO on a yellow blinking arrow even though there was no traffic coming even after I gave him two courtesy honks. Yes driving slow is against the law.

@ michaell8 yea whatever. It's not against the law to go slower. Speed limit is speed limit. unless there is a minimum speed limit then you are not going too slow. you sound like blah blah blah everyone else blah blah blah everyone else blah blah blah blah... you too are daming the ones that get no tickets (like me) as being the bad drivers.

You know I appreciate you goody two shoes that have commented on here, however speed is not the main problem of driving. Driving to slow is just as bad as driving to fast. I go down Basse Road every day behind the Quarry Market to Broadway and the speed limit is 40 mph. There are so many people that drive 30 mph on that stretch of road and what that does is the people that know the speed limit are trying to get around them and such and that is just as dangerous. Speed is not the killer it is BAD DRIVING! Just because you drive the speed limit does not mean you are a GOOD driver. I drive with a driver at work sometimes and he always drive the speed limit and I have NEVER drove with someone that terrifies me more behind the wheel. He also has had 3 accidents in a year and a half. I have had many accidents in my life and only one was considered my fault however he had no break lights, drivers license, or insurance. NONE of the accidents that I have been involved in had anything to do with the speed of the car. It was people doing the wrong thing or stupid things. The leading cause of accidents is NOT speed it is distractions. So be proud of yourself that you have not received a speeding ticket but DON'T dam the speeder dam the BAD DRIVER.

I've been driving 40 years and have NEVER had a speeding ticket. It's not that difficult.

"because we've all gotten them!" Speak for yourselves. I've never gotten a single ticket and that isn't because I don't get caught, it is because I obey the speedlimit.

Shame on you two..Shelly and Cleto (sp)..I drove trucks for a living until an injury caused me to have my right lower leg amputated..but there is really no excuse for getting a ticket..The speeds in San Antonio are high enough..and even I travel a little beyond them at times..but never more than 5 over the limit. I see people driving well over the limit each time I get out..and then we all see the accidents..and you even report them Shelly..Speed is almost always part of the cause in accidents, the other major cause is not paying attention..Here's my own personal rules I follow each time I drive. 1)I leave my cell phone alone..if it rings they'll leave a message. If it's a text it will be there when I get where I'm going..most likely in less than 10-15 minutes..Isn't anything that important..and if it is..well it will still be important when I get it. 2) I leave my radio station alone..If I don't like the song, it will soon be over..and if I just need to do anything about it..the knob that turns it down is the closest, and I don't need to look to find it. 3) I treat my driving just like it is..a PRIVILEGE. It is not a right people. And remember..leave plenty of room for the unexpected.. 4)Plan ahead, I never jump in my car without some kind of plan, route..time of day verse traffic..always leaving me plenty of time to get where I need to, even if there's a problem. Better to be 15 or twenty minutes early..than to arrive late, frustrated and a ticket in hand..or worse..not at all. As for talking my way out of a ticket..sure I have. But it's more like when they have stopped me I tell them right off I'm very sorry to have caused them a problem..and to just go ahead a write me a ticket..and tell them what I have done wrong. So far that's worked..all three times in my 38 years of traveling more than a million miles.