Re: Help! I need a cop.
F-In....<br /><br />You might to find out if your state and the opposing state have an reciprocal agreement for the sharing of traffic matters regarding the driver's from the two states.<br /><br />If they don't have the agreement, all you will be out is $215.00 and a bruised ego.<br /><br />Example: Right after the Federal speed limit was lowered to 55, I got pulled over for doing 68 mph, in a "newly 55'd", two lane, rural road, in Iowa.<br /><br />Officer "Barney" asked why I shot up to 68, from 55 and back down to 55. I told him I was behind an old stake bed that was loaded junk and doing about 40 mph, with no other traffic in sight. I advised him I was in a similar situation about 10 years prior, where a 4X4 came off a truck and ended up going thru my windshield. Just then the old truck pased by. I said,Hey, there's the truck!<br /><br />I told "Barney" that's why I sped up to pass the truck and reduced back to 55 mph after I got around him and I didn't feel it to be too safe to pass him at 55. <br /><br />"Barney" wouldn't budge and I got the "scratch." He actually took a personal check, where as I wrote in the lower left, on the memo line..."L E donation." <br /><br />A month later I received a registered letter from the Iowa DVM, advising my driving privilage had been suspended in their state for 30 day's...BFD. It ended up on my Calipornia driving record as a traffic violation, with no further information. I called my insurance agent and explained the situation. He said his company is aware of some ot the mid-west tactics against out of state drivers and it was just for the revenue and they wouldn't hold it against my "Snow White" driving record.<br /><br />Four hours later I got puled over for doing 72 mph, on I-80, in Nebraska. A local was pulled over at the same time. "Barney II" walked up to me and said "you're under arrest for speeding." He said he would take me to a magistrate to contest the ticket or I could pay the fine on the spot. I asked if he would take a personal check,to which he said, "No." He settled for two $20.00 t-checks and excorted me to the nearest post box. This did not appear on my driving history.<br /><br />So, if it won't appear on your driving record, I would just pay it and drink off-brand beer for the next couple of months.<br /><br />...Bob in Calif...
<br /><br />Here in Texas, that is a normal speed.<br /><br />Anything under 25 mph over the limit, and you can take traffic school.<br /><br />Ken
