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Re: Caught Speeding!
In article <3otonh$o9a@gap.cco.caltech.edu>, bryan@yanomamo.scp.caltech.edu (Bryan Chow) writes:
|> I was stopped for speeding for the first time yesterday. I'm usually
|> very careful when I speed to make sure that there are no cops but I
|> guess my luck ran out.
|>
|> Anyway, I was driving down this twisty deserted road in San Marino at
|> 1am. San Marino is a very exclusive neighborhood, and that road was
|> beautiful - all curves, but very wide and flat and I could see very
|> far ahead. Million dollar mansions on both sides. There were no cars
|> in sight. I was going about 75 in a 35 zone. Slower because I've
|> never taken that route before.
I bet the neighborhood loves listening to your car drive by at 75mph
at 1am. Even though it was deserted, driving this fast in a residential
area is really kind of inconsiderate. I've seen cars parked in people's
living rooms because they thought the road was wide and safe, etc. The
large front lawns may not be enough room if you don't make one of the
curves. Maybe you thought you were driving within the limits of your
car, but it really is not super smart to be driving in an
unfamiliar residential area at 75... there are a lot of roads in
the area that go from 35 to 10-15 mph very fast. Besides waking
the neighborhood you'll end up getting yourself killed (I saw an
NSX wrapped around a tree on Sunset about a year ago. Don't know if
the driver made it...but it didn't look pretty).
|>
|> He let me go!
Should of given you 10 wacks with a cane! I hope you can see why people in
that area might not appreciate you racing through their neighborhoods. Can't
you wait for Las Vegas? There aren't any trees around that track.
|>
|> Of course, I drove at the limit the rest of the way. And to top it off
|> some guy in a modified Integra tried to race me. Arrgh.
|>
|> Bryan
|>
Charles
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