This LOOPHOLE can get you out of any ticket in Texas 

30 minutes over 30 hours is way better than forever in a ditch or in the grille of oncoming trucks. Glad you're safe and everyone else was.

Thanks Ed! It’s been an high honor to tell my stories on Vinwiki.

Born and raised in Texas, that’s usually referred to as “deferred adjudication” they also offer an option to take a defensive driving class. You can essentially get 2 tickets taken off your record every 2 years.

FYI, that "90 days with no traffic offenses" window is within the same county. So if you get another speeding ticket in the state of Texas on a different county, that won't affect the process on the first one. Ask me how I know ;) 8-) Both tickets dismissed.

USAF bomber pilots will regularly take 20-30min power naps like that (in shifts) during long missions. You wouldn’t think it, but even a short sleep can make a world of difference.

-Hey whatcha doing this week? -Not much, driving across USA twice

I used to drive long haul. Can confirm the awesome power of a 15-30 minute nap to remove that urge to sleep

I got a ticket for the first time in Texas and asked about a plea deal (coming from NY where that was common) and the justice clerk looked at me like I was insane. She said to me "What do you mean you want a parking ticket or something?!" acting like I was trying to bribe her and getting offended. I explained "No ma'am that is just how it worked in New York, how would you recommend I deal with this?" and she calmed down and explained this system to me. Pretty easy and I didn't have to go to court so I am alright with it but man I did not expect the backlash!

Been living in TX for a few decades. I’ve had a few tickets get removed this way. The real trick is to find an attorney that specializes in traffic tickets (there is no shortage of those here). You send them your ticket and they take care of everything else. Every time I did it they also got the fine reduced by almost the exact same amount as their fee. Win-win.

I always say “I’m not discussing my day officer” when they start asking questions 😅

Shame that the Spanish Trail may be unbeatable now because the 18 mile I-10 Bridge over the Atchafalaya in LA has time based average speed cameras at 60 MPH. If you cross that bridge in under 18 minutes, automatic ticket Sadly the small town in the middle doesn't have a gas station but it does make a place to stop, and with the way the bridge is made, there's likely not cops checking speed on the middle of that bridge anymore. I bet it would be a great place to do high speed pulls at night

Live in Texas, got a ticket, was allowed to get that notarized form for clearing my record, forgot to send it in. Received another form in the mail 7 months later with the original 6 month expired due date on it, turned it in and found out they put a warrant out for me over that paper work. Texas is something else

Need more Prius racing stories. Literally anything with this sweet silver voice.

It is legally called deferred adjudication. I have personally used this a half dozen times in Texas. Fun story, it was a high school biology teacher that originally told me about it. Judge was so impressed that a 17 year old knew what it was I basically got carried out on a palanquin.

Unless there's another one that takes 2 rights to get into off I-10, he pulled into Cracker Barrel in Sulphur, Louisiana

20-30 minute naps have saved me multiple times. From AV/Rigging/Concert all the way to commercial truck driving. It's amazing what a short nap can do for your cognizance. I believe Mythbusters did an episode about this.

The same thing happened to me in Texas, except when I called the number, the judge told me to send an extra $100 and they would not report the ticket. Felt like extortion so I took the ticket. It has been 7 years with no tickets.

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I think the new interesting thing would be cross country EV races. I think that would be quite interesting with all the charging differences and all.

First time hearing this guy, SUPER chill. Good story teller too.

Not getting you out of a ticket just keeping it off your record and it’s the price of the ticket plus a fine usually $200-$300 total. Depend on how fast you are over the limit. You can only do it once a year maybe 2 unless you get a lawyer.

That's not a "loophole" that's deferred adjudication. Totally normal thing in TX

Here in New Zealand we have signs on the open roads that say " tired? Take a 30min break"

Jay's stories are some of the best that get shared here. Rabbit, John Ficarra, Rob Ferretti and all are great, but Jay's just so wonderfully low-key off the wall that his picture on a thumbnail is a can't miss for me.

I always like seeing this guy's stories... he has a great chill energy

There's something similar in Kansas. It required paying a traffic lawyer to know about it but I got a speeding ticket there and my attorney got the ticket delete in exchange for paying a fee to the court and a fee to my attorney.

Same thing in Kansas. Donate to some charity they pick - no tickets in the time they say - it never happened.

Those Cracker Barrel parking lots are a godsend.

20-30 minute naps can completely change your day

Missouri doesn't issue rear plates on 3/4 ton and bigger trucks. It's a real pain the further away you get from the state.

Texas native here. this “deferred adjudication” that he happened across isn't offered everywhere in TX. he got lucky. but we also don't have a points system for our licenses either. and last time i checked, you can take a defensive driving course that wipes out a ticket if you don't have another ticket within the year.

This story was BEYOND awesome. Thank you for bringing it to light🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

30 minute naps work great for us truckers. That power nap and a good stretch REALLY helps out quite a bit on them long haul nights. Shiny side up, sticky side down.

Stupidest thing I ever done did in my life was when I was a young truck driver, driving my new to me Freightliner cab over with forward set steer axle, powered by a 425 CAT. I drove straight through from Ogalala Kansas all the way to Gladstone Oregon because I’d missed my wife so much I just had to go home. The last 150 miles I’ll never forget till I die that I was so tired that I hands realized I had slowed to 45 mph on I-84 approaching Biggs junction at hwy 97, I was in right lane and about consciously drifted off the interstate in to the Columbia River. I reach the truck stop at the bridge of the gods and pulled my truck in to the old old Burns Bros and filled my thermos and washed my face with ice cold water and decided I can make it the next 120 miles so I got back in my truck fired it up and on the road I went but about 1 min later as I was headed west an old man came on the CB radio and called out to the driver in the white west bound cab over. That old man struck up a conversation with me all the way to the I-205 south bound exit! The entire way I would look in my mirrors and never seen another trucker anywhere and I asked him a few times during our 2 hour drive where you at and he would reply with oh I’m far behind ya, kid. There were no cars with CB antennas sticking near me but I never seen him! I even slowed down to 55 from 60 trying to let him catch up! When I reached I-205 he said to me “I think you got it from here kid and thank you for the great conversation, you take care now”! I thought you think I got it from here? I never told him I was tired and almost crashed so why is he implying he was helping me stay awake, how did he know that’s exactly what he did and I was so grateful. I never never seen him. When I arrived home and surprised my wife who had no idea, thought I’d be home 2 days later she looked at me and asked me through the window as I stood there smiling at her “what are you doing here” with a shocked look on her face. I believe everybody who reads this can figure out why she would ask that instead of smiling at me and running to the door to greet me. Let’s just say I risked my life and lives of innocent people for something that wasn’t ever true. One of my 3 toughest lessons in my life.

In the 90's in my teenage years I lived in north Arkansas. The small towns use to clear the tickets if you paid cash within a week of the ticket. Not sure how legal that was, but I had 3 tickets that never showed up thanks to it. Else I'd been grounded for a while. ha ha

I think we can all agree that Prius has earned its honorary sports car badge...several times over.

Great story, told well, would listen to this guy again

3 decades ago I was ticketed for 88 in a 65 in East Texas. (2 more mph and I would of had to go before the judge.) I called the courthouse and it was the judge that answered. Imagine my surprise.

You don't have to answer any of those questions even when you are in a Terry stop. It's crazy how many people don't know their 5th amendment

LOL sounds like the officer was such a try hard. I better watch myself driving through TX then.

What he says is true, in 2017 I was caught speeding near Lampases TX, they offered me this same deal and it worked out great, Despite the $110 extortion.

Driving fatigue is such a tricky thing to overcome, you simply dont know if you will wake yourself back up and have the sense to pull over, or actually pass out. i had driven across most of Canada, Alberta - New Brunswick when i had just crossed into Quebec i pulled over for a nap. saying to myself, no this is enough, your in Quebec time for a nap, instantly falling asleep, and woke up shortly after refreshed and pressed on.

Watching this feed was great! Can’t wait for the next adventure Jay!

They do prayer for judgements in NC but instead of 90 days it's 3 years I think. Maybe the time differs by crime, but it's offered.

In Minnesota, the term is "Continuance for Dismissal", so that's not just a Texas thing.

Laughed my ass off cause it happened to me in Florida.....called in, nice lady put me on with the magistrate, mailed in the fine, got my form back, 30 days, notarized, sent it...checked in 3 months, no ticket even existed on my record.

Homie can "Hear the deer"

Yeah that's how it works here in Texas. I had a bunch of tickets just from driving a crappy car couldn't get it inspected and turn into a handful of tickets and I went to the judge and the judge was like hey I'm going to knock all these off if you just don't get any tickets in the next 90 days and I didn't even have to pay anything I just had to stay out of trouble

We call that Differed Adjudication in the State of Texas

I got stopped 20 inside Texas on the Louisiana state line for not having a front license plate. When asked why I was stopped, the lady said I didn't have a front license plate. I said when you saw my Louisiana license plate why did you continue with the traffic stop? She said, " Do you want to go to Jail?" That's TEXAS.... Very Sad

They sometimes offer deferred judification or something like that

Ahh, they love to bring up that front plate 🤦‍♂

I once drove from a town south of Split, Croatia back home to Gothenburg Sweden. For some reason I thought it was a good idea to drive nonstop. Had been awake all day and set of at 19:00 simply to avoid traffic. Slept for 30 minutes at a Mcdonalds in Switzerland and kept going. We hit big time traffic in Germany at 16:00 the day after. I put our rental volvo in P about 02:00 at night in my parking space. Completely exhausted. But that 30 minute powernap did wonders!

I wouldn’t necessarily say any ticket in Texas, more like a ticket issued in that particular Texas county, and maybe only under that one JP’s jurisdiction.

safety over everything man, glad you chose to be safe both for yourself and others

Hudspeth county in West Texas is flooded with State Troopers

My personal best from Canyon Country Cali to Atlanta GA is 30 hours in a straight truck.

Here in NC, in addition to being able to plead to a lesser charge for traffic violations you can also plead guilty and ask the judge for a prayer for judgement. I think it helps if you have a lawyer when doing that. It's been a long time since I've gotten a ticket, but I was able to plead a 74 in a 55 down to a 64 in a 55, and anything under 10 over and you get no points on your license if your record is clean.

People underestimate the revitalizing power of a power-nap.

What kind of cop doesn't know that some other states don't require front license plates

Sir I'm glad you took down the 30 minute power nap and you continue on your way thank you for being safe 👍

Awesome story Jay, thank you

Excellent story. I hope you have more and return to VinWiki.

I love hearing that his stop was Jacksonville, and then to see the Dames Point Bridge in a photo slide.

I received many traffic tickets in Texas I just sent them to Mallory in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and he bounces them around and they always got dismissed.$42 per ticket best money I ever spent

Congratulations Jay.

I filmed a series a couple years ago and was so far beyond help from napping that I set a timer for 20 minutes and time traveled to 4 hrs later in the blink of an eye… Sleep deprivation is no joke. My wipers were on too when I pulled into the parking lot and on camera I even said “why are my windshield wipers on? I have no idea.” 😂 Stay rested, stay safe out there guys. The only difference between drunk driving and drowsy driving is drunk drivers make corrections too late, and sleeping drivers don’t make them at all.

Fantastic testimony

ticket deferment is common is a few states.

Super soothing voice

I've had this happen in the past in MN. One county prosecutor called it a stay, one called it a writ of continuation. It's totally up to the prosecutor whether they are willing to offer it or not. I asked both times, one said sure since I had a clean record, the other said it wasn't a possibility.

In North Carolina you can use a PJC but no more than 2 in a 5 year time frame. Also, must be less than 25 over the speed limit

I got deferred adjudication once in Vigo county, IN. 6 months, no tickets in that county. I wasn't in that county for a year.

Uh… that sweet deal you got is called a deferred adjudication and it’s probably the most common result for any speeding ticket in the state of Texas. Definitely not a loophole…

The picture of the car at an over look was taken near my hometown in NC. Pretty interesting to see it on RU-vid

Damn Texas DPS never offered me this option and I live in Texass.

Proud of you for doing the right thing.

When you say get you out of any ticket; paying the ticket isn’t the same as getting you out of the ticket. For your average non rich person paying the ticket Is the punishment.

I don't know about Texas but in NJ, pop radar (instant on) isn't enforceable or valid in court. Also, it's a delayed read K band so when you see K band and it's pop radar you have around 3-3.5 seconds or so to smash the brake pedal before they get your speed. I've tested this. I remember going around 70 in a 35 that should been a 50 late at night here in NJ about 10 years ago when a cop who was hiding in a ditch hit me with it at 3am driving home in the M3. I hit the brakes hard down to 35, knew the cop didn't get me in time, and so when he asked for my license and registration I told him sure, but that I would need to see his radar gun if he was going to issue me a citation. He came back angry as hell 20-25mins later (deliberately made me wait as there wasn't much he could do) and wrote me a ticket for obstruction of view on the windshield for the radar detector I had. I was far more arrogant as a 22 year old than I am now at 32. $35 ticket, no moving violation, no points. The point of the story is that like everything else in life, education is key.

The deferred sentence is fairly common. I've used it at least once. I'm not sure every state has it but Oklahoma has it too. It wouldn't surprise me if it's virtually universal in the United States.

Ed, just a personal opinion, but I liked your vids better when they opened with a short teaser from the narrator, rather than with your opening credits. The teaser is a great way to get viewers into the story. Just a thought -- LOVE your vids, Happy New Year!

I had 93 in a 70 and had the coolest judge ever in Eldorado Texas this past year and the law has changed, now as long as you don't get another ticket in that county it's gone. Anywhere else doesn't matter

In Texas they call that "Deferred Adjudication". The length of time you have to be a good citizen, keeping your nose clean and free of moving violations vary and may vary on regions. City PD's will have the region set to the city or the county. DPS (our Texas highway patrol) will make it the whole state. And FWIW, DPS are usually below average for the cost of the fine. Over 100mph you're supposed stay behind bars until you can be seen by a judge which may present a problem if you're in the middle of nowhere and they have a Circuit Judge so you may be there for a month. I use this when I need to and i do it in my own and in person. My wife has a lawyer on speed dial.

jurisdictions, usually small ones, in my state offer folks receiving citations similar arrangements; the "fee" money you pay them they get to keep most of it, whereas processing the ticket requires the fines be remitted thru the state. While the jurisdiction retains a portion, much or most of that money is allocated by statute to go to a myriad of departments or funds. a bit of a "tax cheat " , if you will- but its ripe for abuse, with instances of towns "speed traps" funding their general budgets with 'ticket' revenues.

Every year I tell them someone stole my front plate, and if I can get a new one, They say no but tell me id have to a get new plates. I've saved thousands and thousands of dollars in toll fees😎

In Houston, that's called deferred disposition. Some call it deferred adjudication, although that term is for more serious offenses (Class B misdemeanor or higher).

Man, the South East of the US has it going on!

Indiana does this iv been pulled over twice and did this they let you do this 3 times before they start to stick to your record

Dang Texas I didn’t know they did that

If you can sing the yellow rose of Texas in it's entirety to the officer he legally has to let you go.

Hes right i got a ticket last year when I was 16 it was 102 in a 65!!!! and $300 and 6 months later it was completely gone no documentation about it publicly besides the ticket I have in my dresser!

Deferred Adjudication is no longer allowed for out of state DL. I just went through this. Yes they call it probation too.

You guys should do a race from Key West to Neah, Washington…two furthest continental points in the US.

Obviously time zones work in your favor going east-west, but how come nobody does the cannonball run from Portofino to NYC?

I love how the office just automatically assumes everyone has a front license plate... This is especially funny because Oklahoma only does back plates. I think most of the states surrounding Texas only have back plates actually

Deferred judification that's not a loop hole? Anybody living in texas with a lead foot knows that... and you can't get a ticket for 90 days in the county you received the ticket. 🙏🇺🇸🇨🇱

Indiana has that, but you sign it in the courthouse, and it's a 6 month period

Jay can tell an “almost made it” story way better than the touchholes from Boston. It’s called personality guys, maybe spend less on cars and buy one. 🤣🤣

Blew past a parked cop doing 125 in a 45. The cop he radioed pulled me over, by which I was doing the speed limit. Cops "you know how fast you were going?!" Me:"can't say" told em you didn't pace, no radar. so, well, fu. no ticket

As a Texas resident in Amarillo I can tell you this works for all Texas speeding tickets I've had 5 and do the 90 day thing and off record each time.. There's no limit as long as you be good for 90 days then back to good. Of course the tickets can be 300 or 400 lol my last one was 98 in a 65 lol