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From: djg@busch.UUCP (Joe Guilliams)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: (A Sermon on) Radar Surveillance
Message-ID: <486@busch.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 20:27:27 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 13 20:27:27 1985
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Organization: Anheuser-Busch Companies - St. Louis Missouri
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Summary: Radar Surveillance and radar detectors...


With all this discussion about radar detectors, etc. I've just got to put
my two cents worth in...

I had never had any tickets for 10 years of driving until this past spring.  
I don't speed and use my cruise control most of the time.  Well, I was on a
four lane highway this past spring and met a patrolmen coming the other 
direction.  He crossed the median and flipped on his lights much to my sur-
prise. There were only a couple of cars near me. He stopped me for doing 67 
when I was doing 55 mph. I had my cruise on and was on a flat stretch of the 
road. Naturally I was pretty upset about the whole thing but decided my speed-
ometer was out of sync and had it checked for $25. The guy told me it would 
be one mph off at speeds around *80* mph.  I now live 200 miles from where the 
ticket was written and didn't have the vacation time or real belief that I 
could beat this so paid the fine and forgot it.

Guess what.  Last friday I got stopped for doing 52 in a 35.  Radar again.  I
absolutely know I wasn't going over 40.  I saw the cop pull up to a stop sign
long before I crossed his path.  What can you do ? I don't feel I can honestly
beat the ticket without a $200 lawyer bill so I guess I'll pay the fine and 
this time I'll probably have points taken off my license (Missouri law). Guess 
what I'm going to buy ???  Damn straight!  A radar detector...  Even if they 
are illegal (I don't think they are here).  So I can speed ?  Nope.  So I dont  
get another ticket.  Radar is the biggest ripoff around. 

-- 
	Joe Guilliams
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	The Anheuser-Busch Companies; St. Louis, Mo.