Out-ofState Speeding Ticket

Speaking of young and foolish: In 1959 I was on the then-new Kansas Turnpike in a friend's Jaguar XK 140 FHC. I was the passenger. We hit a little under 100 mph. As the car was reputed to go as high as 120, I urged my buddy to stomp on it to see if it were true. He just looked at me and said one word: "retreads."

No worry about police cars or tickets, though, as there was no speed limit at all on the Turnpike then. No traffic either. I mean, at certain times of the day you could drive for miles without seeing another car. The big problem was guys like us who drove our cars like idiots until they virtually disintegrated and turned into long strips of parts cut out of the wheat fields.

I like such fund raising activities. The alternative would likely be to raise the gas taxes and then everyone has to pay. Speeding fines are elective "taxes" that I choose not to pay and others do. :-)

It is kind of like the lottery. I prefer taxes that give me a choice as to whether or not to pay them! :-)

Matt

Unfortunately, in Michigan, the proceeds from speeding tickets don't go to road repair or maintenance, but rather to places such as public libraries.

Which is great, I guess, if you like books.

--Geoff

Public libraries are the best place to start preparing a defense for a speeding ticket. First thing you need to do is lookup the law you are being charged with breaking.

---------- Alex

To add to the pedantry.. :-) ... it is, actually,

Km/h or km/h.

In Britain we often write "kph".

DAS

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Lower case "k" to be technically correct, according to the International System of Units (SI). 8^)

Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my adddress with the letter 'x')

Quite so!

DAS

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Well, still a pretty worthy cause.

Matt

PS. Even more strictly:

km h(to power of minus 1)

:-) DAS

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You trying to out-anal me, Schmetterling!!? 8^)

Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my adddress with the letter 'x')

Dori A Schmetterl> PS. Even more strictly:

:-)) DAS

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Just wondering......where did you get the ticket. If you ingnore you will be tired in your absence and the court will send you the fee throught the mail.