NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/rec/motorcyc/39330

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From: [e-mail] (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: High speed in USA?
Date: 16 Nov 1992 15:03:26 GMT
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In article [e-mail], [e-mail] (Roland Besserer) writes:
>>
>It sure is my experience that cops typically don't care how fast you were
>going and usually are quite reasonable and will write you up for a 65 in a
>55 zone even though you were going 75. The difference in fines is significant.

The professionals do (which is almost 100% restricted to the CHP where
you are).  They will write you up for less than your actual speed just
to keep you from getting *so* pissed off, and to decrease the
likelyhood that you will contest the ticket in court.  They know that
in the long run it makes no difference.  If you are a safe rider who
just happened to let the speedo get away, well, you've got a fairly
minor reminder.  If you are a speed freak who never rides at the speed
limit, well, after 3 or 4 tickets your license or your insurance or
both is going to be yanked, and whether the ticket is for 65 or 75
makes little difference.

City cops, OTHO, most often have an attitude of "multiple citation per
stop" will more thoroughly teach you a lesson.


---
Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,
  [e-mail]   |and I showed him a picture of you.  I said,
DoD #0111  [phone]  |"Go on, get to know her, you'll like her!"
 (The Grateful Dead) -->  |It seemed like the least I could do...