Speeding ticket

[JahJahwarrior]

In TitleTown, FL (Gville, Fl for the non-college-sports fans), I've commonly observed people going 60+ on one large road with a speed limit of 45. However, the other day, on my way to graduation, I was late. A fat lady on a bicycle (I don't mean to be rude, but the lady was extremely obese.) was riding in the middle of the road at a speed just high enough to keep her moving forwards. 2 lane road, no other cars around, so she didn't bother to get out of my way, and it was a construction area so I couldn't pass her. I was mad.

My dad's speedometer reads 3 mph fast, when it reads. It jumps around, over a 15 mph range, usually. And he drives about 5 under. So he's usually going 5-10 under. He gets mad at people who actually drive the limit.

But I'llnever forget the time when I was learning to drive....we were taking a new route home from a visit to my grandmother's house, and I was instructed to follow my aunt. Well,it's a 35mph small country road, and my aunt was going 70. No joke at all, I litereally had to go 75 to catch up to her. My dad was yelling at me because I was going the speed limit. Oh that was so funny. And at my graduation party thing the other night, that aunt gave me a microwave. Wierd family stories to tell.

 

[CenTexDivin]

Ever hear the saying "8 is great, 9 your mine"?

We had an officer give a presentation about road safety a few years back and he said "Nine: you're fine. Ten: you're mine."

I got a fat ticket in a small town South of Waco on I-35 that met one officer's quota.

I was headed back to Dallas from Austin, after losing my ID (funny story, some other time). I only had a paper copy of my license from the DPS and my student ID. About 1:30am on a long stretch of Texas highway, my Camry wanted to stretch it's legs. I was cruising at between 125 and 130, when my radar lit up with a Ka band signal at 11 bars (why not 10? because "these go to 11.")

I knew I was busted and was pulled over on the left shoulder of the highway to protect the officer and myself as I was sure that I was about to be asked to exit the vehicle. In fact, I had pulled over and was waiting with my paperwork before the officer had even turned around and put his lights on.

After waiting a few minutes for him to catch up to my parked car, he walked up to my car and asked why I was going so fast. "Because I just want to get back home from school," and I proceeded to hand him my documents. After looking at my paper license and my student ID, he asked where my driver's license was. I explained that I was in the process of replacing my missing wallet and was getting the new one shipped back. After a few minutes in his car, he returned, wrote me a ticket for 95 in a 65 and told me to slow it down.... "and stay in school."

It cost me more than $400 and I was worried about a traffic warrant in the area, but I managed to pay it off a year later. I was on a trip through the area and had the check and an appology letter in an envelope that I slid through the door of the police station at 2 am in the morning. Never heard back from them, but they cashed my check, so I think it's all even.

 

[Dan Gibson]

About 1:30am on a long stretch of Texas highway, my Camry wanted to stretch it's legs.

Toyotas will do that

I was cruising at between 125 and 130, when my radar lit up with a Ka band signal at 11 bars (why not 10? because "these go to 11.")

Too funny