[Nobbc] California ticketing

[wendell bain]

I guess it's known as Infineon Raceway now. It will always be Sears  
Point Raceway to me.
It's better to have a driving instructor tell you that if you had hit  
the apex of the last turn
a little closer you could carry MORE speed into the next turn and  
COULD GO FASTER!!!
Racing in addictive. A lot more fun than going to Safeway for a  
carton of milk.

Wendell

On Jan 14, 2011, at 5:39 PM, Clif & Deborah Williamson wrote:

> What did you have to pay for the 82 mph?
> I got nailed once at the end of a line of about 20 cars out in the  
> valley around Merced.  I was probably doing 70 in a 55, just going  
> with the traffic.  He was in a Mustang with Radar, had just turned  
> around and was coming toward me.  When I asked why he picked me out  
> of the group, he said I would probably have been going faster if  
> there hadn't been cars in front of me.  Real jerk.  That was my  
> last violation back in 1997.  Boy did I get a razz from the three  
> guys with me.
> Sears Point?
> Clif  74 Jensen Healey
>
> -----Original Message----- From: wendell bain
> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 2:06 PM
> To: North Bay British Car Club
> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] California ticketing
>
> As you say, you play, you pay. I was caught driving a friends 72 Alfa
> GTV on
> Bodega Hwy last April. Three cars came around a blind turn and the
> third one
> was CHP. He got me with radar using instant on. I was probably doing
> 90 plus
> but managed to slow down to the cited speed of 82. Not fun and now
> I'm stuck
> with it. I think I will save this stuff for Sears Pt.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wendell
> 59 Morgan
>
> On Jan 13, 2011, at 3:25 PM, Clif & Deborah Williamson wrote:
>
>> There seem to be plenty of offers of help on Google:
>> http://www.google.com/search?q=speeding+ticket+by  
>> +air&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-  
>> US:official&client=firefox-a Unfortunately you will have to pay  
>> for  this advice.
>> Most of you have probably noticed the diagonal lines on the   
>> shoulder of the road within an "air trap".  So you probably also   
>> know they use a time and distance method for determining your   
>> speed.  But if the plane is going faster or slower than you, his   
>> line of sight to the lines will change.  This combined with two   
>> random clicks of his stop watch could also cause some error.  And   
>> who knows how if the distance between lines is accurate.
>> Of course, if this method has become computerized, then these   
>> errors are taken out of the formula.  Or it could be that they  
>> use  a radar gun to determine speed differential.  I think that  
>> would be  a really tuff one to beat.
>> On the other hand, you were probably speeding, correct?  If you   
>> want to dance, you have to pay the piper, I always say.  I hate   
>> getting tickets...they suck, but I can only think of two times in   
>> my 50 year driving career when I got a ticket, I didn't deserve.   
>> I  went to court to fight that ticket, insulted the judge, and  
>> ended  up in Santa Rita for a night for contempt of court.  I was  
>> only 25  at the time and it was during a time when "questioning  
>> authority"  was in vogue.  He was a jerk of a judge, finding  
>> everybody in his  court room guilty of their violation. The other  
>> was in SF. I was  driving a borrowed 54 Rambler.  This pile of  
>> crap couldn't go over  50 mph, but I was sited for 70.  I went to  
>> court and explained this  to the judge and he let be off.  Of  
>> course it helped that the  officer didn't show up.
>> Good luck
>> Clif  74 "very red" Jensen Healey.  Owned since new, and not one   
>> ticket.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Roland Quintero
>> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 1:09 PM
>> To: North Bay British Car Club
>> Subject: [Nobbc] California ticketing
>>
>> So now that we are talking about tickets.... Michael or   
>> anyone.....Any suggestions on appealing speeding ticket done by  
>> air  on Hwy 80 from truckee to sacto.?????  Help!!!!!!!  and  
>> thanks....
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