Oregon Trooper tickets 82 year old woman going 110 mph

[Liberal_in_LA]

:wow:

Oregon Trooper Tickets 82-year-old Going 110 mph

GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon State Police gave an 82-year-old woman a ticket for driving 28 miles per hour over her age and twice the posted speed limit of 55 mph.

KVAL-TV reported a trooper spotted Marcia Brandon's car going 110 mph Thursday on Highway 26 west of Gresham.

She said she was on her way to an appointment and wasn't aware she was going that fast.

Brandon was given a ticket for $1,103.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/strange/news-article.aspx?storyid=171870&catid=82

[Egnever]

1. wow thats a hefty ticket

I had no idea there were speeding tickets that expensive.

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. price goes up with speed. A little over the limit would have been much smaller ticket

Some places / some cops would have arrested her for reckless driving

[HuckleB]

3. She may have been in a construction zone.

They're working on that highway a lot, largely because there have some horrific accidents out there. Most people know the police are watching that road like hawks. It's amazing she could get enough room to get up to that speed, as even the speeders on that stretch of road are smart enough to keep it within five or so miles of the posted speed limit these days.

[Horse with no Name]

4. Go Granny Go!

That just goes to show my bad luck. The Granny's I usually get behind are doing 30 in a 70!

[pinboy3niner]

5. At that rate, she made it from Pasadena in under 9 hours

:)

Jan & Dean, Little Old Lady From Pasadena (2:55)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGdLDOXyWsg

[Ozymanithrax]

6. The Little Old Lady from Pasadena must have retired to Oregon.

They say there is nobody meaner.

[Buns_of_Fire]

25. Well, she drives real fast and she drives real hard, she's the terror of Colorado Boulevard!

Go Granny Go Granny Go Granny Go!

(And now I'm off to find my old Beach Boys CD, if you'll excuse me...)

[Motown_Johnny]

36. everything is on Youtube now.. no need for a CD search

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQMqgSaZZmM

[Catshrink]

7. You go girl!

[leveymg]

8. Her Dad taught her how to drive in one of these:

http://www.shorey.net/Auto/Italian/Fiat/1912%20fiat%20s76%2028-litre%204-cyl,%20%27the%20beast%20of%20turin%27.jpg

[pipi_k]

41. That must have been after he traded this in to buy it:

[Edweird]

9. Wow. That kind of infraction could esaily cost her her license.

[surrealAmerican]

26. ... as it should!

If she "can't tell" when she's traveling at 110 mph, it really isn't safe to let her drive.

[monmouth]

10. My hairdresser gets furious if I'm late too...n/t

[krispos42]

11. "Officer, the speed limit sign was 110!"

"No, ma'am... you were driving on Route 110."

:-)

[pinboy3niner]

12. LOL!

Coulda been worse--she coulda turned onto SR 180... :)

[krispos42]

14. It's an old joke

Cop pulls over an old Buick being driven 25 miles per hour on a busy highway. The driver, an elderly woman, says "What's the problem officer? I know I wasn't speeding."

"Ma'am," the officer says, "the speed limit here is 55 miles per hour. You were doing 25 and blocking traffic."

"But that sign says 25! See, right that in front of us!"

The officer looks down the highway, then looks back at the lady and says "Ma'am, that's the highway number sign! You're on Highway 25!"

The cop looks over at the front-seat passenger, also an elderly woman, and see that she's fanning herself and sweating profusely. The officer looks back at the driver and says "Ma'am, is your friend okay? She seems a bit flushed."

The driver looks embarrassed, and says "Well, officer, you see... we just got off of Highway 130."


:D

[XemaSab]

20. There's a place on I-5

Where a speed limit sign and a sign telling you how many miles to different cities are right next to each other.

Speed limit: 70

Distance to Redding: 73

:think:

[Karenina]

13. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

I wanna know WHAT she was driving! :rofl:

[Dappleganger]

15. Yay Granny!

You tell that Po Po where to go and how to get there!

[proteus_lives]

33. Yeah! Just wait till she kills someone!

:eyes:

[TexasObserver]

16. She's the little old lady from Pasadena.

[MindPilot]

17. In some places triple digits becomes reckless driving.

It's a misdemeanor and you can go to jail for it.

[Orsino]

18. Combine it with the generally reduced reaction times of the elderly...

...and it's even more dangerous.

[KT2000]

19. My 92 year old neighbor

talked a state patrolman out of giving her a ticket - he said she entered the intersection on a yellow and it was red before she cleared. She argued with him and he gave up. I know her - I would too.

[pinboy3niner]

21. With some grannies, that's a smart move...

[rug]

22. It;s not like she has a lot of time.

[lumberjack_jeff]

30. "At my age, I don't buy green banannas."

:rofl:

[whistler162]

23. Was she from Pasadena?

[whistler162]

24. But officer I was driving binary.

so you need to ticket me for going 49 mph under the speed limit.

[Taitertots]

27. Didn't realize she was going 110mph

Anyone incapable of telling the difference between 110 and 55 is a danger to every single person near a road. How long before someone innocent dies?

[REP]

28. Maybe it's possible she was telling the same lie nearly every speeder does

82 doesn't mean stupid.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

40. yep, that would be my guess

:evilgrin:

[REP]

29. Maybe it's possible she was telling the same lie nearly every speeder does

82 doesn't mean stupid.

[Motown_Johnny]

35. honestly officer, I didn't think I was going any faster than 105

[BlancheSplanchnik]

31. STOP! GRANNY TIME!

[WestSeattle2]

32. I'm gonna guess she wasn't driving a Prius

[proteus_lives]

34. Time to yank the old bat's license.

[emilyg]

37. With luck and

God's help someday you will be an old bat, too.

[proteus_lives]

38. And hopefully I'll know when it's time to hand the keys over.

Instead of risking the lives of other people.

[Zax2me]

39. Yep.

Yank it.