doubledown68
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OK, here's the scenario:
On Wednesday evening, returning to the office from a far away hoops game, I was pinched for speeding. Last stretch of road through a medium-small town, only driver on the road for the ride through, and the cop said I was doing 41 in a 30.
Was I traveling above the limit? Yeah. Was I doing 41? No. ****ing. Way. But whitey said I was.
Some things I'd like to point out:
1. When whitey first hit his lights to follow me, he was to my right, facing oncoming traffic on a two-lane road with no shoulder. Who's the bigger danger to motorists? Me puttering along by my lonesome, or him sitting in the dark in a black car?
2. My car, bought new in 03, recently hit 96K miles, and at least 75 percent of that, if not more, is work related. Never had a driving issue in my current shop, because I know not to go that fast through small towns.
3. He said the radar is accurate to plus or minus 3 mph. So can the ****ing thing be tweaked to make passing cars faster than what they are? Kinda like a scale? My absolutely ignorant guess is yes, it can. If that's the case, I wasn't doing no ****ing 41 mph.
The fine is $75. Believe it or not, I've got a sense of fairness about the issue. If I felt I made a $75 mistake, then I'd have no problem with it. If I felt I inadvertently endangered other drivers, I'd be fine with it. But I was the ONLY soul on the road. My (ample) gut feeling is that this ****er was bored and tired of sitting in his car on a lonely Wednesday night.
I've decided that if I can argue the ticket without incurring more money, I'm going to. No, I'm not hiring a lawyer. If $75 buys me the chance to chew on a judge's ear, I'm doing it Good Will Hunting style.
By now you either think I'm whiny or righteous. I just don't like it when people try to stick a $75 pole up my ass. So should I fork over the money, or stand tall before the bench, if the bench doesn't demand more dough?
On Wednesday evening, returning to the office from a far away hoops game, I was pinched for speeding. Last stretch of road through a medium-small town, only driver on the road for the ride through, and the cop said I was doing 41 in a 30.
Was I traveling above the limit? Yeah. Was I doing 41? No. ****ing. Way. But whitey said I was.
Some things I'd like to point out:
1. When whitey first hit his lights to follow me, he was to my right, facing oncoming traffic on a two-lane road with no shoulder. Who's the bigger danger to motorists? Me puttering along by my lonesome, or him sitting in the dark in a black car?
2. My car, bought new in 03, recently hit 96K miles, and at least 75 percent of that, if not more, is work related. Never had a driving issue in my current shop, because I know not to go that fast through small towns.
3. He said the radar is accurate to plus or minus 3 mph. So can the ****ing thing be tweaked to make passing cars faster than what they are? Kinda like a scale? My absolutely ignorant guess is yes, it can. If that's the case, I wasn't doing no ****ing 41 mph.
The fine is $75. Believe it or not, I've got a sense of fairness about the issue. If I felt I made a $75 mistake, then I'd have no problem with it. If I felt I inadvertently endangered other drivers, I'd be fine with it. But I was the ONLY soul on the road. My (ample) gut feeling is that this ****er was bored and tired of sitting in his car on a lonely Wednesday night.
I've decided that if I can argue the ticket without incurring more money, I'm going to. No, I'm not hiring a lawyer. If $75 buys me the chance to chew on a judge's ear, I'm doing it Good Will Hunting style.
By now you either think I'm whiny or righteous. I just don't like it when people try to stick a $75 pole up my ass. So should I fork over the money, or stand tall before the bench, if the bench doesn't demand more dough?
