Posted on 10/03/2013 2:03:10 PM PDT by lee martell
I admit it, I drove in the car pool lane as a single driver. I got in a hurry and started playing that game of seeing what I could get away with. I drove from the Veteran's Hospital in Santa Rosa, toward San Rafael, past acres of vineyards, past sleep cows, past car lots full of vehicles and tried to save some time.
All was well until some other driver peered out of her SUV to see me whizzing past, then and decided to join me in the express lane. That single driver was soon followed by another in one of those new electric cars shaped like a toaster. Soon this growing caravan of 'naughty children' passed by a police car, windows all blackened, was it one of those empty decoys? The headlights of the cop car blink on as the 'monster' awakens. Everybody got out of the car pool lane and back to the middle lane except for me. At the last moment, I saw the colored lights come on. London Bridges coming down! Damn. I gambled and I lost.
When I'm driving other folks around, I am much more rule bound. Sometimes I slip a little when driving alone. This was a good lesson for me to calm down, and stay out of that car pool bear trap. I imagine others have had similar experiences. I was advised to contest the ticket in case the officer didn't show up in court, but I didn't want to wheel and deal with the court system, not this time anyway. I will pay about $35. a month for X number of months. Oh well, 57 years old going on 15, sometimes it's that way.
Doesn’t a Cherokee do 120 Kts? Which engine?
I live about two miles from work. I need a car that does >200 Mi/Hr to get to work. I want to be able to kiss my wife “goodbye” and (Kapow!) I’m at work. Like that.
You knowingly decided to drive in the HOV lane. That’s not a mistake.
Put Jersey barriers up to separate the HOV lane.
Give special training & licenses to high speed bus drivers - 90mph.
Run inter city buses in these high speed lanes.
Bus terminals are at the better malls in a city. Plenty of parking, food court, restaurants, good lighting, no inner city thugs prowling.
Use the airport car rental type shuttle buses from this inter city hub to take passengers to various neighborhoods & business districts.
System to be managed by UPS or ADO bus lines out of Mexico.
Who needs the airport hassle for a 200 mile flight?
CT posts fines (in the 300s, typically) as well as CA and PA.
Cherokee 140, 150, 160, 180? 235? Hehe.
N95156 RIP.
Something like that would be a better use of the HOV right of way.
Or just open up the stupid lanes.
Kawasaki 750 H2
I remember those fines posted as you entered PA. It clearly stated that the fines start at 56mph. Now how could someone “maintain” 56 mph?
I've been saying this for years. Just how "green" is it to have 3 lanes at a standstill chugging out exhaust, when there's a perfectly good empty lane?
One that we've already paid $%#&ing taxes to build.
I saw a lot of out of state Cadillac, Mercedes, etc. that found out .... the radar read out said 56.
Although they don’t post their fines on signs, Illinois will run their speed traps on the interstates with out of state drivers being prime income. They generally setup a mobile payment center in a van near the speed trap. They then encourage you to pay on the spot (and they do take credit/debit cards) or you can go to the nearest town/county seat and spend a couple of days trying to get released on bond. Above all, never consent to allowing your car to be searched if you have a gun. Even if it is properly secured they will steal it, or if you protest will fake the circumstances and drag you off to the locals and steal it anyway. Or even better yet, just avoid the place.
Why not? A significant percentage of the time my destination is home, who doesn’t want to get home sooner rather than later? I’m a destination guy, not a journey guy (nor a Journey guy).
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