[Spridgets] MG 2009

[Geoff Branch]

It took me 10 years of trying but I finally got a speeding ticket in Montana 
when the national limit was 55.  The fine was $5.00 payable on the spot. 
The trooper didn't have change for a twenty so I had to write him an out of 
state check.  Then we jawboned for about 1/2 hour.  It's a lot less 
contentious when the fine is only five bucks.

I still have the ticket:  Emblazoned across the front in HUGE letters:  This 
will not go on your record.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lieb" <72spridget at gmail.com>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] MG 2009


> Guy,
> The OPEC fuel crunch was used as the justification of our 55MOPH
> national limit as well. It was predicated to reduce consumption by a
> stupefying 2.5 percent. In actuality, it has since been determined
> that it might half save one half of one percent. Meanwhile, it changed
> a nation of drivers that frequently observed the speed limit as well
> as other laws into a nation which realized that it was going to break
> that law, so why stop there? In the Chicago area there are roads where
> the norm, as stated by the gendarmes who enforce it, is that as long
> as you are within 15mph of the posted limit, you will not be pulled
> over. Other areas at specific times of day you can be driving 30mph
> over and have people flying by you. As Brad says, if you are not at
> LEAST 5 over if not 10 over, you run the risk of inciting road rage in
> the other drivers on the road. Anyone poking along at the posted speed
> limit is considered a road hazard. I just drove my Bugeye about 2000
> miles this past weekend (actually from Friday morning to Monday
> evening) on roads that were primarily 70mph. I felt rather guilty that
> I was not doing at least 80 the whole time.
> David L
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