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In article <1992Jul11.194105.11887@escom.com> al@escom.COM (Al Donaldson) writes:
>In article <1992Jul9.204254.1999@access.digex.com> jamie@access.digex.com (James Treworgy) writes:
>>I was recently pulled over for speeding in Virginia.  The cop said I was
>>doing 71 in a 55.  ...  I was doing less than 65 (probably around 63)...
>>I have gotten tickets or warnings in the past...
>
>Reminds me about the old story about the man who asks the woman if she'll
>sleep with him for $500,000.  When she finally agrees he asks her if she 
>will do it for $50.  She explodes, "What do you think I am, a prostitute?"
>He replies "we've established who you are, now we're just haggling about price."
>
>Seems to me that we've established that you were speeding.  Now you want
>to haggle about how much.
>
>If you want to drive faster than the speed limit, be prepared to pay the fine.
>
>Al

I've got to protest on behalf of this guy.  Come on!  On most large highways,
if you are doing 55 mph, you are posing a trafic hazard by traveling much 
slower than the majority of motorists, who drive at speeds between 60 mph and
65 mph.
  Also, the trafic fines you pay increase the faster you were going, so a 
ticket for going 63 could cost the offender less than a ticket for doing 71.
And though I'm not certain on this point, it may be that the increase in your
insurance rates also depends on how much faster than the speed limit you 
were traveling when you recieved the ticket. 


						--Dave Eisner
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