[Midwest Classic]

Originally Posted by 767Jockey

Robbin,
This thread is SO discouraging. My record was clean for years. One night while driving home from work at 3:00 AM, on a local stretch of three lane limited access highway whose speed limit was artificially forced down to 50 for revenue enhancement, I was ticketed for speeding. 3 months later I was at an unmanned ezpass tollbooth and the gate didn't come up. Again, it was in the wee hours of the morning, about 4:00 AM. After waiting about 5 minutes for help, it became apparent that none was forthcoming. I backed up to enter another toll lane, and a revenue (I mean police) officer appeared out of nowhere and ticketed me for backing on a controlled access highway. I was clean for years, and have had no accidents. However, now with two tickets in three months, now I guess I'm public danger number one, and I should just sell the Cobra rather than work my tail off to finish it since I likely won't be able to get insured due to my "terrible" driving record. Remember, we all speed, each and every one of us. Some have been caught, most haven't yet. Tomorrow is another day, and it may be your turn to support the local poor.

When you are ready to insure the car talk to me and I will see what I can do. The ticket at the tollbooth was BS and I would have personally fought that one. I agree with you everyone speeds but knowing what is excessive is what someone has to be able to acknowledge. I drive about 75-80 a couple of times a week but it is usually in an ambulance with lights and sirens going. Kind of helps get that speed thing out of my system.