<VV> Dangers of Re: Speed on Public Highways

[FrankCB at aol.com]

There are other dangers associated with being caught and ticketed for  
excessive speeding, at least in this area (NJ) of the country.  Many years  ago 
when I was speeding trying to get to work on time, I was ticketed for going  
85 mph on a 55 mph limit 6 lane divided highway.  I found out that this  
could give me 6 points on my NJ driver's license which was the limit.  Any  
further infraction, even a minor one, would lead to a SIX MONTH suspension  of 
my license meaning my wife would have to drive me 84 miles (roundtrip) to  
work every morning and REPEAT the trip at the end of the  workday!!!   For 
$500 I hired an experienced court attorney to get me  a reduced sentence 
(down to only 2 points) so I was no longer in danger of the  suspension.  
Getting caught driving on a suspended license can result in  JAIL time, so 
expenditure of money is the LEAST of your worries.
Since I'm retired now, I usually drive below the speed limit, or, at the  
very least, I'm NOT the fastest driver in the immediate vicinity.  And,  with 
gas prices approaching $3.50 a gallon, that gives me better gas mileage,  
over 25 highway mpg on my "DustBuster" Pontiac MiniVan.
 
Frank "no longer speedy" Burkhard
 
 
In a message dated 4/3/2011 10:38:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
moonpie8n at comcast.net writes:



NO  WORRIES  FOR  ME ,  .........  



I  went  to  work  for  the  state   of  Maryland, drove  a  state  car  
for  20  yrs.  at  5mph  under  the  speed  limit.  IF  that  doesn't  murder  
any  aggressive   driving  you  have  in  you , ... nothing  will   [get  2 
 tickets, you  are  transfered  to   another  job  inside]. 
----- Original Message ----- 
From:  "Bryan Blackwell" <bryan at skiblack.com> 
To: "Virtual Vairs"  <virtualvairs at corvair.org> 
Sent: Sunday, April 3, 2011 9:33:03 AM  
Subject: Re: <VV> Speed on Public Highways 

Hi folks,  

Related to this - yesterday I took the Miata to an autocross (sorry,  no a 
Corvair) and noted one of the competitors taping over his license plate.  
"Why?", I asked. 

"Because people will come and take pictures at  an event and sell them to 
insurance companies, who then deny a claim based on  your use of the car." 

He went on to tell me there had been someone  taking photos at an event 
that was somewhat suspicious - not a participant,  not there with a competitor, 
no business card, not even willing to give a  name.  He later asked a 
friend who is an adjuster and got confirmation  that at least one company buys 
photos. 

--Bryan 

On Apr 3, 2011,  at 5:37 AM, Paul Fox wrote: 

> While we all enjoy reading about  individual "land speed records on 
public roads", I would caution people you  may piss off the wrong people. 
> 
> While I would doubt that big  brother monitors this list, I know for a 
fact they do look at You Tube.  

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