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got a speeding ticket tonight, on my way to thunderhill raceway ... |
SirAndy |
Jul 26 2007, 11:40 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,815 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
don't try this at home.
i *completely* spaced out. going from 505 onto 5. it's central valley boredom, completely empty freeway in the middle of flat nothingness. i didn't pay attention to my speed and was doing what i thought was just casual cruising. i see the cop sitting on the other side of the freeway on an offramp and i look down on my tach, 4200 rpm, oh shit, that's gotta be too fast. 15 minutes later he catched up to me and pulls me over. had me clocked at 96 (!) ... i got lucky, the cop turned out to be a car nut. he aksed if i was going up to the raceway. so we talked cars for some 15 minutes or so. he wrote me up for 80, which is the minimum he could do (short of letting me go free) ... so here's to the cop on I5, whatever your name is, i owe you a cold one! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Andy |
smj |
Jul 27 2007, 03:57 PM
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"Dude, Steve from Berkeley." Group: Members Posts: 591 Joined: 28-August 05 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 4,691 Region Association: Northern California |
Ugh! Nice that it wasn't a completely unpleasant experience, but still...
Diablo region PCA is getting their DE program together, and there are occasional meetings early Saturday morning. I've cruised down to Dublin in one p-car or another numerous times, usually at high speed. One week I take the fly yellow EX500. I'm the only thing on the road whatsoever. Sho 'nuff, a Chip picks me up at Grand Avenue on I-580 in Oakland and follows me to about Golf Links Road before I notice him. Highly embarassing that I didn't spot him much, much earlier. Paced me at an average of 83mph. I can't complain about his behavior, he was perfectly professional about it all and only wrote me up for 79 in a 65 zone. I'm still waiting for something explaining the whole traffic school thing to show up in the mail, as I haven't gotten a ticket in the 2.5 years since I moved out here. Sigh... |
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