[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

you believe in rational law, and rational enforcement of it, then, for example, don't try driving 5mph over the limit on the Rte. 123 overpass of I-66 on certain "collection" days.

Actually, I have found Fairfax to be extraordinarily lenient when it comes to speed limit enforcement. The City of Vienna, that's another story altogether. That's just one big speed trap. In fact, the City of Vienna preys on the fact that speed enforcement on the VA 123 hill entering the city on the east is non-existent on the county side of the boundary. VA 123 takes a long downhill run at this point, and is in the City of Vienna at the bottom. So is the city gendarme - camped out on a side street just waiting for unsuspecting people to come flying down the hill.

[nicollo]

I lived in Vienna, so perhaps my views are skewed... Unbelieveably, Montgomery County has far more reasonable limits than Fairfax, and not just Vienna. Rte. 123 is a stupid 35 mph all the way from McLean to Fairfax. I tried to fight this once with the DOT people. Already next to impossible, for they use traffic criteria that runs in circles. The last wall I ran into was that the County Police had to agree to any change in a speed limit.

Fuggetaboutit.

[Holding Our Breath]

Well, I have two situations that I was involved in that would refute your claim of leniency in Fairfax County. Over here in Reston, they are ticketing fools when their quotas haven't been met. there is no leniency, no questions asked, no explanation given consideration. Maybe it should be that way, but it seems to me things do happen that could be considered by the traffic/parking cop.