To: Freedom4US
I'm sure the charge was "Speeding -- doing 205 in a -- zone." He pleaded not guilty because he was not doing 205.
The amount of the fine is commensurate with the speed. I'd plead not guilty too. He'll have to take out a loan to pay the fine. Though I wouldn't be going half that speed in a car let alone on a bike. He's Darwin material.
Plus there's no way he was doing 205 on the bike he was on. To do that kind of speed, you need a specially paved track or a bike with the steering so dampened you wouldn't be able to turn the front wheel. An ordinary road would give you such a case of the "high-speed wobbles" you'd end up doing a face-plant all the way up to your heels. There are just too many grooves and bumps in ordinary pavement to keep control at that speed.
To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
Well, I can expect him to plead "not guilty" of going 205 if that was indeed impossible. But the fact remains he was in considerable excess of the posted speed limit - well over double - and should lose his license for that alone. I'm underwhelmed by a legal system that is that nit-picky.
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