GAH! $120 Speeding ticket this morning!

[Blue-Jay]

Well, the speeding was for 70 bucks. I was leaving the club where the band played and got caught doing 36 in a 25 zone. Vroom, vroom! I got an extra 50 tagged on for having an expired drivers license. Dammit! I haven't had a ticket in 9 years. Looks like I paid ten dollars to play at McGuffy's. bah.

[brainshrub]

1. Thank-you for not drinking & driving.

Think of the fines & hassle if you had been drinking at McGuffy's and gotten busted for DUI?

[Blue-Jay]

3. I was actually a little disappointed

I had hoped to get a breathalyzer test, because I knew I'd pass it. I'd had a few beers, but the last one was at around 9:30 PM and I got popped at 3:00 AM. On the weekends, I'm paranoid about having more than a couple. Gotta stay safe.

[brainshrub]

5. I love to waste cops time to.

[Blue-Jay]

7. Ah, he was just doing his job.

I come from a family of cops, and he seemed like a nice enough guy. I was tired and not paying attention. It looked like it should've been a 35 zone...

It was funny. After I told him that I was leaving from a gig, he asked my band's name. I told him and he said "Hey, I've heard of you guys!"

[1monster]

2. Hiya, leadfoot!

:hi:

[Blue-Jay]

4. Yeah, I was flyin'.

My last ticket was for doing 59 in a 50. Stupid South Vienna speed traps.

[mobuto]

6. New Jersey is the worst

I think I was clocked going 76 in a 65 mile zone. Stupid of me, but what can you say. I got a $200 fine. Reeediculous.

[RebelOne]

8. Shame, shame on you.

Though I don't have any room to talk. I speed whenever I have a wide-open road. And I live in the Atlanta area where no one does the speed limit. If you are traveling at 70, which is the speed limit on most interstates, you will be tail-gated.

[Blue-Jay]

9. Yeah, Atlanta's nuts like that.

Last time I was driving through on I-75, I had to stay at around 85-90 MPH to keep from causing a pile-up.

I've been known to open it up on isolated stretchs of highway before (Had my current car up to 120 after I bought it), but I seem to only get caught when I'm just not paying attention. Usually in the wee hours of the morning.

[Thor_MN]

10. Only $10???

I take it you haven't talked to your insurance agent yet...

Sorry...