Been caught speeding

"Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction)
10/10/2017 at 14:40 • Filed to: None

Came home to a friendly letter from the German police. Been a little bit too fast, yet again.

Now my first reaction was: oh god, that’s gonna be a nice reminder of the Megane when it will be gone. I proceeded to open the letter, to discover a picture of my face, and of a number plate. A black and silver plate. The Pajero’s plate.

I managed to go 15 kph over the speed limit in one of the slowest cars I’ve ever owned!

DISCUSSION (12)

MonkeePuzzle > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
10/10/2017 at 14:45

I’ve had fun tuner cars for several decades now, and my speeding ticket was in the wife’s stock Rav4.

I think it’s the auto transmission, I just wasn’t paying attention like I do in my own car.

Tripper > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
10/10/2017 at 14:48

“Came home to a friendly letter from the German police. Been a little bit too fast, yet again.”

I wish that is how they did it in the USA. I usually have to pay the ticket, then go to court just to plead it down to a no points violation. I’ve no beef with the fine, but I don’t want my insurance to go up!

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > MonkeePuzzle
10/10/2017 at 14:50

I always go too fast with automatics! Just loose complete track of it.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
10/10/2017 at 14:50

Speeding ticket under 10mph? I like roads in the US, Ive been given warnings for doing 20 mph over (32kph) while passing on a backroad. I think Id get run off the road doing only 10 over on the highway during commuting hours around home.

MonkeePuzzle > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
10/10/2017 at 14:51

it was 20+mph over, I think the cop was generous when he marked it as 19mph over to keep it in that range to reduce my fine.

and yeah, speed limit +10 is absolutely the cruising speed of US roads.

back home in Australia I would have lost my license for the speed I was going, here in the US I got a $50 fine. I literally laughed.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > MonkeePuzzle
10/10/2017 at 14:52

I actually replied that to the wrong comment but yeah makes sense.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
10/10/2017 at 15:27

I’m so glad speed cameras aren’t a thing where I live...

Nibbles > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
10/10/2017 at 16:20

I’ve been caught speeding
‘bout a dozen times
I enjoy speeding
It’s just as simple as that
Well, it’s just a simple fact
When I’ve gone somewhere
I don’t want to wait to jet
My pedal’s on the floor
Slammed down on the floor
Hey all right!
I’ll get by, it’s a fine
Just a fine

My car likes it too
Shift it out of Park
Go out on a lark
Speedo sez ninety-three*
It cruises just like thatWhen I’m on the road I simply just forget
The pedal on the floor
Straight down on the floor
Hey all right!
I’ll get by, it’s a fine
Just a fine

I sat around the pile
The pile of fines
The pile of fines and sighed and wrote the checks
And I did it just like that
Got caught speeding now I gotta pay for it
The pedal’s on the floor
Always to the floor
Hey alright!
I’ll get by, it’s a fine, fine fine fine fine

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Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > Nibbles
10/11/2017 at 00:22

That’s actually the tune I had in mind when writing the title :)

duurtlang > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
10/11/2017 at 03:42

It’s a speed camera. Go faster than the speed limit = ticket in the mail. They do give you a few (5?) kmh for free due to potential calibration variations.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction
10/11/2017 at 05:59

cover your face when driving, never get a ticket

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > duurtlang
10/11/2017 at 07:30

Ahh a foreign concept to me for sure! I kind of just drove the limit while in Norway, since nobody else was speeding anyways. Very peaceful to drive there actually. And When i went to Italy it was absolute chaos, especially in Rome, so it felt like home. On the autostrade people just slowed down for the well marked speed camera and then immediately back up to 150 km/hr.