Gary W. Graley
“Imagination is more important than knowledge"
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well today, we took a different route heading to my inlaws, my wife figured it was shorter but as I was driving out of South Corning NY on Hwy 225 heading south, there is a curve that takes you outside of the residential area and then drops down a small slope onto a long straight stretch which has a speed limit sign that shows 55 miles per hour just a few car lengths into that straight stretch...but, the downhill slope to that area is still in the realm of only 30 miles an hour.
There in lies the rub, you are heading down hill, speed picks up as you are now going on a straight stretch with nothing in your path, but off to the left sits a St Trooper car...waiting...smiling...and as you drive past and my speedometer at the time wasn't even up to 50 yet, I wondered why he was pulling out after me?
He claims he clocked me at 50 at the top of the slope, again with the smile, he was polite but while I know I wasn't even up to 50 yet I know I was at least at 40 or so as I started down the slope, so technically I would agree I was over the 30 mile per hour speed limit, but, it sure felt wrong to be getting a ticket for something with the surrounding area leading you to start to that 55 sign. He, still smiling, takes my license and paper work, heads back to the bank...I mean patrol car and proceeds to write the ticket.
He comes back and says he will give me a break this time and just made the ticket out for "Disobeyed Traffic Control Device" so no mention of speeding, but I'm sure the it'll end up being probably $150 when all is said and done. Fortunately the ticket is in NY, while I live in PA so nothing against my license. My wife was pretty good about not ranting on me about speeding, as I just drive as the conditions are good and try not to speed, but this seems a little silly. I was sad the rest of the 40 mile or so trip we were taking to her inlaws, where I got to hear it all again, good natured of course, but everyone else had a story of being pulled over and successfully talked their way out of a ticket, I'm never so lucky
Ah, there goes some of that savings...
G2
PS, this shortcut turned out not to be so short...well, if you deduct the time spent with the officer, maybe it was shorter, but we got there late just the same...
There in lies the rub, you are heading down hill, speed picks up as you are now going on a straight stretch with nothing in your path, but off to the left sits a St Trooper car...waiting...smiling...and as you drive past and my speedometer at the time wasn't even up to 50 yet, I wondered why he was pulling out after me?
He claims he clocked me at 50 at the top of the slope, again with the smile, he was polite but while I know I wasn't even up to 50 yet I know I was at least at 40 or so as I started down the slope, so technically I would agree I was over the 30 mile per hour speed limit, but, it sure felt wrong to be getting a ticket for something with the surrounding area leading you to start to that 55 sign. He, still smiling, takes my license and paper work, heads back to the bank...I mean patrol car and proceeds to write the ticket.
He comes back and says he will give me a break this time and just made the ticket out for "Disobeyed Traffic Control Device" so no mention of speeding, but I'm sure the it'll end up being probably $150 when all is said and done. Fortunately the ticket is in NY, while I live in PA so nothing against my license. My wife was pretty good about not ranting on me about speeding, as I just drive as the conditions are good and try not to speed, but this seems a little silly. I was sad the rest of the 40 mile or so trip we were taking to her inlaws, where I got to hear it all again, good natured of course, but everyone else had a story of being pulled over and successfully talked their way out of a ticket, I'm never so lucky
Ah, there goes some of that savings...
G2
PS, this shortcut turned out not to be so short...well, if you deduct the time spent with the officer, maybe it was shorter, but we got there late just the same...
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