On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > No, they don't. > > > > All of them can and will issue tickets for 3 mph over. > > All of them will issue tickets for 3 mph over? > That looks like fast typing. > > While 15 over in a 25 mph zone will cause you a major fine, on the > freeway that's accepted as official tolerance. Some states only allow > 10, and with the recession tolerance seems to be slipping away. > > > 15 over is a serious ticket often with the potential for loss of > > license, and required court attendance (cannot mail it in) > > I have driven back and forth across the country many times and almost > always use the 15 mph rule and the only speeding ticket I was given in > the last 30 years was in Albuquerque and I wasn't speeding. Lying > f'ker. > I did get a warning in back roads MD where the cop told me they had no > tolerance so never drive over 55 in his county again. > > My sister has always lived by the rule and never received a speeding > ticket, she;s older than me. > My neighbor is a cop and told me neither he nor his buddies ever stop > anyone unless they're over 15 > > Anecdotal but still. >
You've been very, very fortunate. I know that any cop in the KC area who gunned you at 15 over, would pull you over in a heartbeat. I suspect that's true in more cities than not. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337127 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
