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Article #378Re: Deciding what to do about speeding ticket in Oregon on I-5
From: Nate Nagel
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:52
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:52
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gpsman wrote: > On Sep 6, 8:23 pm, Nate Nagel <njna...@roosters.net> wrote: > >>techman41...@yahoo.com wrote: >> >>>Recently, I was driving home from Portland, OR back to California. I >>>was driving at night and a copy hidden on the side nabbed me with a >>>laser gun going 85 (speed limit was 65). It pisses me off especially >>>when so many drivers were still passing me and apparently were getting >>>away with it. >> >>You got pulled over not because you were the fastest driver on the road >>but because you had out of state plates and likely the other cars around >>you didn't. > > > I am compelled to point out the implausibility of the OP's claim that > many drivers were passing him and being ignored by LE. > > OSP maintains a fairly constant presence on I-5, and local drivers > are, or should be aware of that, and locals do not tend to operate at > 90+mph on a deer infested highway at night, and would not expect to > not be ticketed if they did. > > >>The reason is simple, you don't want to drive back from CA >>for a court appearance. > > > I would agree that an OR LEO might single out an obviously idiotic CA > driver, but because so many CA drivers drive idiotically, and not due > to the idiot's reluctance to return to OR to contest their well > deserved ticket. > ----- > > - gpsman > Oh, look, it's a bitter, assaholic old moron. Isn't he cute? nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel
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