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Chances are, no matter how careful you drive, there will be at least one point in your life that you are pulled over for speeding. Most people don’t mean to speed excessively but are compelled to when drivers around them are going faster than the speed limit and no one other than your grandmother wants to be the person holding everyone up.

There are several ways that you can help yourself get out of a speeding ticket, but none are guaranteed. There are just too many variables involved including the officer that pulled you over, the offense for which he pulled you, your reaction to his arrest (any time you are stopped it is considered an arrest), his current mood, and the perceived danger that you were posing to your surroundings while speeding.

However, in spite of all of these variables, you can potentially turn the odds in your favor by following a few guidelines:

1. Drive a relatively non-descript vehicle. No, you don’t have to go out and buy a Buick just to avoid speeding tickets, but loud colors and heavy modifications create a persona of you that the officer will not be able to help pre-judging you on even before he steps up to your window. Clean cars, believe it or not, help as well. The more “put together” and professional you appear, the better your chances are of getting out of a ticket.
2. Don’t appear to be a threat to the officer. This is extremely important. Police officers never know what is going to happen on the most routine of traffic stops. When pulled over, make sure that your seat belt is buckled, roll down your window, and if you have them handy, pull out your license, registration, and insurance information. Have them in your hands which you will rest on the steering wheel. If you have to find these documents in your glove box or anywhere else in the car, remain still until the officer gets to your car and then look for them. Otherwise it may seem as if you are looking for a weapon.
3. Don’t concoct a crazy story. Police officers have heard it all before. Extreme cases of diarrhea, babies being born, late for an important job interview, etc. all count as crazy stories. It’s best to just be polite.
4. Don’t incriminate yourself. Believe it or not, the officer is probably not “out to get you” but will not hesitate to allow you to hang yourself with your own words. When asked “Do you know how fast you were going?” just politely state that you were doing the posted speed limit. When the officer counters with, “Well I clocked you going…miles per hour” remain calm and politely state that your odometer read that you were going the posted speed limit.This is an exclusive article for Radar Detector Shopper about Speeding Tickets