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[From Josh]

I don't know what was funnier, that your excuse for speeding was that you chose to drive a vehicle whose window was dirty and prevented you from driving safely or that the cop should have recongnized that you had a clean drivers license even though you had just finished traffic school. Thanks for the laughs. Josh "The Statue of Liberty on the East Coast should be supplemented by a Stuate of Responsibility on the West Coast." Viktor Frankl

>From: "Keith Saltzer" >To: Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: NKLR I know I was guilty.......... >Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:51:47 -0000 > > > Just pointing to the other side of the coin, and wondering why > > somebody would be going 53 in a 35, or did you see that speed limit > > sign in your mirror ? > > > > > Dooden > > A15 Green Ape > >Well Dooden, there were quite a few other "little" details that I >left out in my original post because I just didn't feel like typing >it all out for everyone. But now that I've seen quite a few >responses, and after all, you did ask: > >To start with, I live right on and next to this 1/4 mile stretch of >35 mph posted roadway. If I pull out and turn right, I only roll >about 200 feet and it goes up to 45 mph, then 2 miles later it's 55 >mph. I go this way 99% of the time. > >If I turn left (as I did this time) it stays 35 mph for only 1/2 >mile and then goes to 50 mph for a short distance, then 55 mph. > >In either direction, most cars do 45-55 the whole way. It's just >the way most people drive this road. I have lived here and driven >it for 7 years and always pass CHP and Sheriffs doing 5-7 mph over >and I never get pulled over for that. They WILL give you that. >They have even told me that personally. I usually stay right at 5 >mph over. Not slow enough to have a mile long line of cars behind >me, and not fast enough to even worry about a ticket. > >I had not driven my 4Runner in a solid week and the windsheild was >pretty dirty so I cleaned it with the squirts and wipers while >waiting for it to warm up a bit. It looked clean to me sitting >there in the driveway, but it appearently still had some funk on >it. I don't know what it was. It was dark outside. > >I pulled out onto the road and my "still cold and carburated" old >Toyota started to stumble a bit. This happened in front of a few >cars coming up behind me at the speed most people travel at on this >road...........about 45. So naturally I gave it more gas to get >moving up to the same speed. Doing this probably put me a little >over the 35 mph posted limit now, but that shouldn't have been a big >deal. > >I was now on a short bridge which then heads into an easy left hand >bend in the road, and I remember letting off the throttle as soon as >I got close to the speed of traffic, and just maintained it across >the bridge. As I am coming to the end of the bridge, a vehicle was >coming to a stop on my right, facing me directly, with his lights >full on in my face and lighting up my windshield. (this is where I >get distracted for the next 500 ft, and right past the cop, who's >sitting in front of a 50 mph speed limit sign) The road that that >vehicle is on is extremely steep, and facing the direction that I am >going, and it causes his lowbeams to look like they are "high" beams >and it really lights up my windshield. I have a hard time looking >through the muck still on my windshield and so I try to clean it off >some more with my squirts and wipers. As I am doing that, I pass >another road entrance on my right, that is just like the other one, >except it is facing the same direction as me and there's no one >there. > >Since I know I am getting close to a major bump up in the posted >speed limit, as I am still cleaning my windshield, I subconciously >speed up and get moving. There's no more roads on my right, no >driveways, no major intersections, nobody in front of me, and I'm >heading into a 50 mph section. That's where mister wonderful was >sitting. I didn't even know it was a cop as I came up behind him. >I couldn't see details. I saw a vehicle sitting on the side of the >road, and I let off the throttle because I was still dealing with my >windshield and although I could see that the vehicle wasn't moving, >I couldn't tell if there were people beside that vehicle, on the >road, or what was going on for sure. It was just a safety reaction >on my part, also subconciously. When the cop pulled me over and >told me he clocked me at 53, (and noticed that I slowed down as soon >as I saw him) I was shocked and I let him know that. That just >seemed too high. Then I remembered that my bigger tires have the >speedo reading slower than I am going. I don't know how slow, but I >forgot about it completely cause I hadn't driven the truck in a full >week. I drive many different vehicles during the week, and I just >forgot to remind myself of that particular detail in the first 2 >blocks of driving it that night. I would have remembered it in a >mile or so after passing the cop, after my windshield was clean, and >after I was settled down into the vehicle again. > >So that's why I'm a bit pissed about it. That's also why I put "I >know I'm guilty" in my post heading. (Warning, rant follows) I know >that I was guilty, but come on!! I was guilty of speeding because I >chose to do the more important thing and concentrate on making sure >that I could see where I was going!! Still getting used to the >trucks controls again and cleaning the windshield off better, I was >going a little faster than some peice of metal sticking up out of >the ground says I can go. Shut the f^#$ up. Tell you what, next >time I'll say screw the dirty window, and I'll make damn sure that >I'm only doing 35 mph, as I drive by that cop again and plow into >him and kill him as I can't see him standing right next to the road >there. Oooops. Sorry bout that. But aren't you glad that I was >doing only 35 mph when I killed your husband ma'am?? Yea right. > >The cop was sitting only 100-200 ft away from a 50 mph sign. >This is not the first time that I have been pulled over this way. I >got it reduced last time, and just did online traffic school. > >He could see that I had windshield fluid all over my window. He >could tell that my motor wasn't even warmed up. He could see that I >am a 40 year old class A driver with every endorsment that one can >get, plus a motorcycle endorsement. He could see that I live right >there! He could see that my license is clean. He could see that I >had insurance, the truck registration was current. He could see >that I was very polite and cordial. He could see that I was white. >(hehehe just a little joke guys, don't freak)But no, he had to give >me a ticket anyway, all the while saying, "boy, I might as well go >home now. I'm just not doing my job here giving you a break and >all. The judge is gonna see this and say "what? only 9 miles >over?" OH brother. Was this guy for real? The speed limit signs >do not have a brain and cannot take into account weather, road >conditions, traffic, vehicle condition, and how much experiance and >control and brains the driver has. The cop can! He chose not to >use his brain. He just wanted to write another ticket. > >Of course I'm going to fight it. I'll let you all know what happens. > >MrMoose >A14 (4 awhile) > >

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[fasteddiecopeman]

Bob, Just take it easy if it's cold out. Also, there's a GOOD possibility that there'll be sand/ pebbles in the corners, another reason to take it easy. Ed