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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."

Rather unethical of him, to make an offer, have it be accepted, and
THEN try to reduce the 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.

Seems unreasonable that one should pay the fine for exceeding the
limit by 16mph when exceeding the limit by 10mph.
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Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu
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