Speeding, just a little

Gary W. Graley

Gary W. Graley

“Imagination is more important than knowledge"
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Well, it finally happened, gee, just like my wife has always warned me about ;)

Heading home the other day, expecting a package from Seagate, a nice
500gig hard drive.
I knew my wife wasn't going to be there for the mail so I hot footed it over
during lunch.

Almost home, driving down on a two lane and I see this black truck coming at
me from the other direction.

THEN, I see him in my rear view doing a sudden stop and a U turn, hot on my trail !

So I take the very next road, just incase he needed to speed on by me, didn't
want to be in his way :) and of course he turns as well and flips on his lights.

He asked where was I headed, "home officer, expecting a package"

Then he asks where do I live, "over in Mosherville..." pointing in a direction that
I obviously wasn't heading in...

He said, "what are you doing going this way then?"
I said "to be honest, I was trying to get away from you"
I told him I saw his abrupt U turn and worried that he might
have been coming after me, he just smiled.

Gave me a ticket, turned that into the Southport office, will get a bill in the mail
in a few weeks, O the joy. and the hard part will be living with the wife, she
had such a good laugh over that!

Forgot to mention, was pegged doing 69 in a 55....ouch!

Last ticket was in 1972 I think, in the Carolina's been doing pretty good til now!

G2
 
Sorry 'bout your luck G2. I got a ticket from one of your friendly state troopers years ago. 10 over on I-80 I think. PA don't mess around. Cost me $200.

It'd have probably been $50 or $60 here at the time.

Last time I got pulled over I got the usual question:
"You know why I pulled you over?"

My reply (knowing I was in the wrong):
"Yeah. I was movin' wasn't I?" :D

He got a laugh out of it. I got a ticket out of it. He was kind and gave me a lesser ticket.

Chris
 
Yep, they don't mess around, the lady at the office says, Hmm Todd's been a busy boy lately!

I was told that with the current conditions, money being tight, you can expect the roads to
be monitored a little harder. I normally don't speed like that, but in a hurry, there ya go!

And I didn't know you were a Master of Sinanju? When will they ever make that sequel :)

G2
 
Gary,
Isn't this the second adventure you've had in a car in a fairly short time? Be careful...I'm going to need another of your great sheaths one of these days!

That "heads up" about hard times and closer vehicle violation monitoring is true out my way too. You should be safe though because the way I figure it, your next ticket'll be around 2046...
Steve
 
Gary W. Graley said:
Yep, they don't mess around, the lady at the office says, Hmm Todd's been a busy boy lately!

I was told that with the current conditions, money being tight, you can expect the roads to
be monitored a little harder. I normally don't speed like that, but in a hurry, there ya go!

And I didn't know you were a Master of Sinanju? When will they ever make that sequel :)

G2
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What did he get you with? radar? Laser?

And a sequel isn't whats needed, a remake then sequel.:D (Fred Ward is too old now)


Paul
 
If we all got a ticket every time we deserved one, NO ONE could afford to drive.

SDS
 
Hehe, yes, I have a nice long wait now, I hope!

I guess it was radar on his dash board, he was heading towards me
when I was shot, no fair eh?

Remo Williams...a lot of thought went into that name ;)

G2
 
There was a dumb article in the local paper.Troopers found a loaded rifle in a car they stopped.I had to read carefully to see why they stopped him .Going 109 in a 55 mph zone !!
Bikers seem to want to best the highest speed there have recently been bikes going 130 + mph !
 
Gary W. Graley said:
I was told that with the current conditions, money being tight, you can expect the roads to
be monitored a little harder.
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I said the same thing when gas was $4+ a gallon, and sure enough, everywhere I looked, cops had people pulled over and were writing tickets.

Somebody's got to pay for that expensive gas. :p
 
The fastest I've ever gone was just over 120, on a 900 Kawasaki, belonged to a friend
I had a Yamaha 400 two stroke street bike

we took them on Route 220 around Towanda PA, nice new highway, no windshield on his bike and no face shield on my helmet!

I was going 90 when he pulled up on MY bike and said Go Man, what are you waiting for?
So I gave her a twist and WOW, bam, 120+ roaring down the road, eyes watering,
a June bug would have killed me at that speed ;)

G2
 
So far I've been pretty fortunate. Got pulled over in Mar '03 by the local troop. He wrote down my license # and said, "that's 1".

He retired recently and I was humming along out to work, not paying attention, when I saw I was up to about 70 in a 60. Told myself, "what's your hurry" and let off the gas. Coasting down past 67 looked up and thought - oops, looks like a trooper. Yep. The new troop wrote down my license # and said, "that's 1".

Theoretically they keep an annual notebook. You get one recorded warning - depending on how stupid you were being - and the next time you get the ticket. At years end they throw the notebook away and start a new one.

I hope to never find out the hard way if that is true. One of the co-workers got cited the other morning. He better learn to use his cruise control or leave a little earlier.
 
Mongo said:
So... did you get your package OK?:D
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Yep, got the packages ok, one was a 500 gig seagate hard drive, Ruby Red
in colour, I wrote along the white side the words "Speed Racer" and on the
back wrote the date and the 69 in a 55 and the fact I got a ticket while
on my way to get that hard drive, should be a constant reminder ;)

Martin, I wish I got a warning, man do I wish that! No such luck, local sheriff's
office, they are collecting as fast as you can drive.

G2
 
We were wondering, but how do you ask the trooper this, if someone complained that all of us were high-balling to work again or if he got a lecture about not writing enough tickets and came out to our stomping grounds to pick a few cherries.
 
Some guys/gals talk their way out of tickets routinely, nice for them!
But it's pretty cut and dry, speeding is speeding, they didn't MAKE you speed ;)
your foot decided to rest a little heavier on the pedal and there you are.
Like I say I normally drive a little over 55, just a little, so as not to draw attention
but it probably doesn't get me anywhere that much faster in the long run.
G2
 
I'd look into fighting that ticket,I've never been aware of any police in PA using any kind of moving radar.The fines are one thing but once your insurance company gets a hold of it,you usually end up paying double,anymore,it very seldom ever hurts to fight a ticket.
 
If you can spare the time, it is well worth fighting traffic tickets of any kind. Its your word and evidence against theirs. Take note of everything that happened at the time you were hunted down by the cops. The time of day, weather conditions, angle of the sun, and traffic conditions. Don't admit to any kind of faults such as overlooking your speedometer. Look the judge in the eyes, and tell them you were doing 55 in a 55 speed zone and don't waver off topic- you will have a chance, which is better than no chance at all.

Stick to the details and question the officer. If you win your case, it will pay off on your driver's record and insurance premiums. The fact that your last ticket is so long ago, already is an asset in fighting your case. People who have an accumulation of tickets are more likely to be charged than someone with a clear record.

Many tickets are handed out, knowing that the victim is unlikely to fight it in the courts.
 
Last I knew,in PA a speeding ticket is contested in the office of a District Magistrate and the officer had to be present,if he wasn't and most times they didn't bother to show up,the case was thrown out.;)
 
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