Re: Re: OT, Need to vent!!~~Speeding~~

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I go the speed limit too and I'm 36. Here in this small town, the SL is

30mph. You will get pulled over and given a ticket if you speed, no ifs

ands or butts about it. The country roads are all 55mph because they

are winding two lane roads and people are just stupid and play with

their radios, cell phones, whatever and many have died just by not

watching the road, they veer into oncoming traffic and results in a head

on collision. Everyone speeds 65+ and if you go 55 you have someone up

your a**! I wish I could ask them does it smell that good? LOL But

hubby was going 64 on this very road, and a state trooper gave him a

ticket that cost us $175!!!!! Not money easy to come by for a one

income household. So needless to say we don't speed. I don't care who

is behind me and in a hurry, go ahead and pass me and get the ticket

yourself, lol! Flip me off all you want, my money is going to stay in

my pocket from now on.

I used to speed and live life in a hurry and got five total tickets in

my twenties, but haven't had once since 1996. I take my time. Nothing

is so important to risk my life or a $175 ticket that I would much

rather spend that money elsewhere.

Caroline Witte wrote:

> Please don't take this the wrong way, I don't know if you are this way or not,

but 'fast drivers' usually end up getting incredibly angry with those of us

going the speed limit. I don't know how many times I have been 'shot the

finger', honked at, or worse by people who consider that I'm in their way and

are trying to insist that I speed it up. I know I am doing the posted speed

limit, not even a half-mile an hour under, and they are STILL livid!!! I always

keep to the 'slow lane', but they just don't care!! I am and always have been a

very cautious driver. I've only ever had one ticket, which I got out of, for

missing a stop sign. Considering that I'm 62, that's not a bad record. I DO

maintain the speed of flow on the freeway, but even there you find the angry

drivers cutting in and out of lanes. What always makes me laugh is that I so

often see them stopped at the stoplight despite all their haste. They go through

all those manuevers to try and save a few seconds, and in the end, they don't

get much further much faster than the rest of us. It still drives me nuts to

watch them weaving in and out of the lanes. I have also seen those people cause

more than a few accidents. Sorry about this vent, but it has always been at the

top of my 'pet peeve' list. BTW, I don't need to hear that being over-cautious

causes more accidents. I have heard that argument from people all my life. I am

NOT overly cautious. I just obey the laws.

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> Peace and Love

> Caroline

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