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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (48310)	8/2/1999 11:24:00 AM
From: Michael M	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Hi X! Good points all. First thing I did was check the CA Code on speeding (just happened to have it bookmarked). Speed traps are illegal in that state and my situation here failed every single no-no in the CA book. Unfortunately (legally) SC is not CA. The speed laws here are quite plain (beginning with the usual "safe and prudent" basis). 55 is noted as statewide on highways with a few specific exceptions (none remotely met) and an indication that jurisdictions with specific permission from the state can post lower limits based on unique local conditions. I thought the fact that the road I was on posted a drop to 45 while the same road going in the opposite direction had no 45 MPH limit was a bit odd -- the hearing officer did not. One wonders if those leaving Hilton Head are OK to rob (I was driving my daughter to the Savannah airport), but those arriving are allowed in unmolested (with all their money and cheerful spend-it attitudes intact). The radar cop who nailed me did so the instant I passed the 45 sign (this clear from my subsequent look at "scene of the crime". In fact, we noticed him coming toward us with light flashing and gave it the customary, "wonder what's up" thought for half a second. I then noted about half minute later that the cop had crossed the median and was behind us -- we laughed (having no thought that we might be the object of his attention). In fact, we only started to wonder about this as he was about a foot from my rear bumper as I started a turn onto the I-95 merge ramp (at about 10 or 15 MPH -- with no help from the Crimestopper or his well-placed sign). We were dumbfounded. Frankly, I was and am of the opinion that the town of Hardeeville used its police force to legally mug me. As for the hearing, sometimes you know the ending before the beginning. Try to picture a small room jammed with the accused -- in front is the notorious (in these parts) hearing officer in his golf shirt surrounded by what must be the entire Hardeeville PD sitting on the edges of his table joking and engaging in horseplay as motorists came forward for fleecing. I am bringing all this to the attention of the legislature but with no realistic hope of change. CH, I suspect was once (if not now) a particularly anal deputy DA whose idea of a crook was based on whether he could convict vs. the many things that should go into a determination of "justice". Why do some prosecutors do this? I think pretty much for the same reasons dogs lick their thingies -- because they can.