Had a Bad Day.

Undecided

Hi All,

You're probably not interested but I'm going to post it anyway. I was heading for town and got my first speeding ticket in 26 years. Going 51 in a 35 zone. My old 4WD GMC's speedometer is on the blink and I wasn't paying much attention to my speed, when behind a row of cars meeting me was a city cop. I saw his light go on and he turned around immediately, Oh shit, I knew what was comming. One hundred and forty dollars down the drain.

Now if I go to a class at college on safe driving, I won't get any points on my insurance or driver's license. I've been driving for fifty years and haven't dented a fender, and now I have to learn how to drive safe. Maybe I can teach the class. I know almost all the cops, and with my luck I got stuck with one I didn't know. Oh, well, some days are like this.

Now I feel better,

Ken P.

Prisca

Bummer. Sorry to hear it.

Been driving for fifty years? That's longer than many of the posters on this board have been alive.

Hope your weekend gets better.

somebody

I'm very sorry for smiling, but not quite. you just have to laugh at these things in life! for these annoyances which are a very part of life's natural stresses can get to a person's personality.

peace,
somebody

think41self

Sorry about that Ken,

I have yet to get a speeding ticket! We need an emoticon that shows fingers crossed. But don't let it ruin your weekend.

Somebody...Great to have you back sweetie!

think41self

Holy Flying Screaming Buddha, Batman!

patio34

My sympathies Undecided. If it makes you feel any better, I just shelled out $300 for turning left after the turn arrow had turned red. :-( It's photo-enforced at that corner. I have to do driving school too, but you can rent videos for it. I have to view them (6 hours' worth) by 12/10/01.

Fun weekend that'll be!

Pat

TR

Hey Ken,

Now if I go to a class at college on safe driving, I won't get any points on my insurance or driver's license.

Damn, I wish we in Washington state could do that. Here, you automatically bend over and grab yer ankles when you get a speeding ticket.

Anyway, sorry about the ticket, I know how it feels. I got nailed doing 62 in a 55 zone coming down the road to Mt. St. Helens last year.

TR

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
—Edmund Burke

Bendrr

You must have gotten a mean cop then. In Georgia, if you are 14mph or less over the limit, you get no points so some cops will give you a break and write a lower clocked speed on the ticket. It just happened to me 2 months ago. Got popped coming home from Savannah. I was cruising at about 85 and didn't slow down for a [vacant for the holiday] construction zone. The deputy came out of nowhere. I swear he "beamed down" or something. But he was pretty cool, wrote me up for 84 in a 70 instead of the 85 in a 55 he could have gotten me for. And he came right out and said he was doing so to keep my insurance from going up.
mike.

outnfree

Yes, it's a bummer in a way, Undecided,

but AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU CAN SPEED AND

NOT WORRY THAT YOU'RE

BRINGING REPROACH ON JEHOVAH?!!!

outnfree

In dealing with fear, the way out is in -- Sheldon Kopp

Farkel

Well, Ken,

I think you deserve a good hanging, or at least euthenasia, should the courts go easy on you. Shame on you. (Write me privately, and I'll give you my new phone number, ok?)

Seriously............nah, nevermind!

TR,

: Damn, I wish we in Washington state could do that. Here, you automatically bend over and grab yer ankles when you get a speeding ticket.

Yeah, I lived there for about four years until I came back to San Diego three years ago this coming January. My former wife (who lives in Vancouver) told me, "They don't PLAY in Washington." If we ever connect, I can tell you horror stories about what Nazis the Vancouver cops were. The only time I got into trouble there was when my car fell apart and was blowing out white smoke out of the tail pipe. I got pulled over and the fine was $200. At least I didn't have to pay any Washington State income tax though.

I'm glad I'm outta there. I couldn't even fathom living in the part of Washington where you live. Do you wear a "John Deer" hat?

Farkel, with a sparkle

"When in doubt, duck!"

TR

Farkel,

How did you know I wear a John Deere hat?

Seriously, I live in EASTERN Wa. state. The cops here are a LOT friendlier than the west side. We caught a serial killer and didn't even give him the death penalty! Spokane is a city of about 250,000. Kind of a small big city. Most of the people that wear hats are punk ass bitch kids who drive low-rider Hondas.

TR

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
—Edmund Burke

Had a Bad Day.

BRINGING REPROACH ON JEHOVAH?!!!

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