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"Mickey" <mickeyb@comcast.net> wrote in news:1109788933.516480.57450
@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:
>
> Craig wrote:
>> > now that I'm more awake, I'll explain the rest.
>> >
>> > Speed limit was 60 MPH, uphill. I was going up the hill a little
>> > fast, as I put the pedal down pretty good in order to not slow down
>> > too much, guess I pushed a little harder than needed. Before I let
>> > off the pedal when I saw my MPH and him, he clocked me at 79, but
> my
>> > odometer, I SWEAR TO w/e you want to believe in, that it said 75. I
>> > didn't even try to wiggle out of it when the cop stopped me, I
> always
>> > tend to lock up when I talk to cops. I wish I had mentioned that I
>> > tend to not speed and I have only had one written warning ever
> before
>> > (being pulled over for following too closely). It's a rare occasion
>> > when I speed, funny how that works eh? The one of few times you go
>> > too fast, you get your bum pulled over and a ticket for $122.
>> >
>> thats not too bad as far as fines go for the amount you were over, I
> just
>> got stung with a $128 fine for being 4k (2.5miles) over the limit by
> one our
>> little hidden revenue raisers also known as speed camera's.
>> And as for going to court, what the others said, be polite, contrite
> and
>> dont argue with the judge.
>
> In 1987, when there was still a drawbridge north of the Sunshine
Skyway
> bridge, I got stuck first in line while a sailboat spent 10 minutes
> trying to line up and get through. When the draw lowered and I reached
> the top of the Skyway, I looked down the 37 degree incline and noted
> there was NOBODY on the bridge. I floored the 959 and came roaring
down
> the bridge, only to run into enough cops to fill the QE2. I was
> ticketed for doing 196MPH in a 55 MPH zone. The fine was $15 per mile
> over the limit, plus $300 for gross speeding, and another $500 for
> reckless driving (which was later thrown out for lack of evidence)
plus
> $54 for court costs.
>
> Mickey - Who slept on the couch for a few nights afterwards
>
>
196 huh? Ever consider race car driving? You related to Ernhardt?
"Mickey" <mickeyb@comcast.net> wrote in news:1109788933.516480.57450
@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:
>
> Craig wrote:
>> > now that I'm more awake, I'll explain the rest.
>> >
>> > Speed limit was 60 MPH, uphill. I was going up the hill a little
>> > fast, as I put the pedal down pretty good in order to not slow down
>> > too much, guess I pushed a little harder than needed. Before I let
>> > off the pedal when I saw my MPH and him, he clocked me at 79, but
> my
>> > odometer, I SWEAR TO w/e you want to believe in, that it said 75. I
>> > didn't even try to wiggle out of it when the cop stopped me, I
> always
>> > tend to lock up when I talk to cops. I wish I had mentioned that I
>> > tend to not speed and I have only had one written warning ever
> before
>> > (being pulled over for following too closely). It's a rare occasion
>> > when I speed, funny how that works eh? The one of few times you go
>> > too fast, you get your bum pulled over and a ticket for $122.
>> >
>> thats not too bad as far as fines go for the amount you were over, I
> just
>> got stung with a $128 fine for being 4k (2.5miles) over the limit by
> one our
>> little hidden revenue raisers also known as speed camera's.
>> And as for going to court, what the others said, be polite, contrite
> and
>> dont argue with the judge.
>
> In 1987, when there was still a drawbridge north of the Sunshine
Skyway
> bridge, I got stuck first in line while a sailboat spent 10 minutes
> trying to line up and get through. When the draw lowered and I reached
> the top of the Skyway, I looked down the 37 degree incline and noted
> there was NOBODY on the bridge. I floored the 959 and came roaring
down
> the bridge, only to run into enough cops to fill the QE2. I was
> ticketed for doing 196MPH in a 55 MPH zone. The fine was $15 per mile
> over the limit, plus $300 for gross speeding, and another $500 for
> reckless driving (which was later thrown out for lack of evidence)
plus
> $54 for court costs.
>
> Mickey - Who slept on the couch for a few nights afterwards
>
>
196 huh? Ever consider race car driving? You related to Ernhardt?