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To: John Carragher who wrote (129280)	8/2/2005 12:52:34 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 793843

You think i was going to try to defend myself against the judges boys? You can't always tell by looking at them, but judges can be quite independent. They have a tendency to believe cops but if a certain cop shaves the truth just once then they won't ever believe anything he says, but they won't say that to his face. If the cop had you on a radar charge, and they calibrated the radar then there's not much you can do, especially if you're the only one around so you can't argue that maybe the radar picked up someone else. You have to challenge the radar machine and you didn't come prepared to do that. And if the cop got you with pacing, then you're dead. He follows you and looks at his own speedometer, and if he keeps his car calibrated, it's pretty much impossible to beat. 62 in a 55 zone is not bad. Much better than 70.

To: John Carragher who wrote (129280)	8/2/2005 12:53:31 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Respond to of 793843

You're lucky they require the citing officer in Court. In my state, all that is required is the officer's declaration on the ticket to make a prima facie case. FWIW, it always pays to check that declaration. Believe it or not, sometimes they are not signed by the officer.

To: John Carragher who wrote (129280)	8/2/2005 1:43:00 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793843

I speed all the time and get caught regularly...but I've never paid for a speeding ticket in Louisiana in 20 years. Don't bother with a radar detector. Don't ask, I'll tell you no lies. It's a different story in Texas, where the wide open spaces practically invite one to put the pedal to the metal. I've been ticketed there, too, but have never had a ticket dismissed. However, it turns out that Louisiana insurers must rarely check driving records or Texas doesn't bother with forwarding the information. In any event, Louisiana doesn't know about my Texas tickets so my insurance premium stays low. The most memorable ticket I've had in Texas was on the 4th of July, when I was cruising somewhere in the panhandle at 95 mph more or less in an empty piece of road at 6 a.m. on the way to Colorado. The Trooper and I were the only travelers on the road. He got me, gave me a ticket in a county whose motto I'll forever remember: "God, grit and grass."

To: John Carragher who wrote (129280)	8/2/2005 2:02:36 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793843

One of the great freedoms you enjoy in most of Europe is not having to worry about a speeding ticket. Cruising at 165 Kilometers or higher is a real kick, especially when those faster moving Italian drivers whiz by you! We worry too much about speeding in the states, we also waste a lot of resources on the effort. For whatever it's worth, the Brits do to. It's one of those cultural things that is so bred into us we don't even consider challenging the assumptions around the validity of it anymore. Is 100 any more dangerous than 75? Would driving be more or less dangerous if we had unlimited speed limits? In most of Europe, people move to the right quickly when they see a fast moving vehicle in the rear mirror. Far too many Americans are oblivious to the traffic coming up behind them. The same is true regarding the drinking age. For all intensive purposes Italy has no drinking age and you rarely (I mean virtually never), see a young Italian kid drunk and acting foolishly like you do in the states. Drinking is just not that big of a deal. By the way, found another great European travel site to throw in your bookmarks for future reference. europeanexplorer.com