[DMCForum] Re: Cop stories

["Joe OBrien" <joeyoseppijoe@xxxxxxxxx>]

No kidding, I was on my way to Atlanta earlier this year in March and 
got nailed for my $155 ticket on 75 South.

I would have fought it since I was the only Ohio plate on the road, 
and I swore he was just abusing me, But to fight a ticket 400+ miles 
away would have cost me 10x the ticket. I just swallowed my pride and 
mailed the damn thing in. And my radar detector never even went off 
to make matters worse.


-Joe

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski <martin@xxxx> wrote:
>
> Over 150,000 miles on British and European roads since I passed my 
test 
> in 1996. I'd never been pulled over, till I got to Atlanta on the 
way to 
> the Memphis show, half an hour after landing, got pulled for 83 in 
a 70 
> (or something, I forget). I explained to the officer that a) I'm 
> Eingerlish, doncherknow and b) I'm used to driving a *little* 
faster. He 
> asked how much faster. I said (and it's true) that on a quiet 
motorway, 
> you won't get stopped until you're tickling 100. He looked at me 
> seriously and said "this highway gets twice as busy as this!" (I 
could 
> see for about 1/4 of a mile and could see 3 cars). I suggested that 
he'd 
> be very surprised if he ever drove around London!
> 
> I handed over my tatty original falling-to-pieces British driving 
> licence (they've brought out card ones now but they're not 
mandatory 
> yet!) and he looked at it blankly, obviously wondering what to do 
with 
> me. I got let off :-)
> 
> Just want to have a quick moan too - what got me more annoyed about 
US 
> highways than anything were the apparent random speed limits. You'd 
be 
> chipping along at 75 and suddenly for no discernable reason, its 
55. 
> Then 65. Then 75. And if you miss the sign, you're screwed! Over 
here, 
> if it's a motorway, it's a national limit. Officially 70mph but you 
> rarely get someone in the outside lane doing 70! The only 
exceptions 
> would be roadworks, fog, danger ahead etc.
> 
> Martin
> 
> Joe OBrien wrote:
> 
> >I got nailed doing 67 in a 55 in Kentucky earlier this year. 
Rednec k
> >cops start the tickets out at $155 for 5mph over and go up from 
there.
> >
> >He made me feel good by saying he was only going to put me down for
> >only 5mph over.
> >
> >Gee, what a bargain.
> >
> >
> >-Joe
> >
> >  
> >
>

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