[Vwdiesel] OT uniformed tax collectors coming to a state near you

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/5/2012 9:07:42 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
decker at toledotel.com writes:

Hi  Publius;
There are many thousands of miles of roads in  Washington state that have 
speed limits that make no sense. The simple answer  is don't speed. When you 
do make the decision to disobey the speed limit you  take on the 
responsibility of the fine if you receive one. I am older now (72)  and I don't see as 
much need to hasten my death plus I drive mostly in rigs  powered by a VW 
1.6 N/A diesel. I no longer collect many speeding tickets. In  my younger days 
driving the likes of a Porsche 356A, Lotus Elite, Alfa Romao  Spyder ETC I 
used to have a pocket full of speeding tickets most of the  time.
Brian Decker
Toledo Washington



I had several and most were simple, minor oversights, for very short  
distances before I realized it, just a few seconds after a cop realized  it.  :-( 
 I don't think I've EVER received a ticked when I was  intentionally 
speeding.  They used to be really nasty around here.  I  had one pull me over and 
tell me he paced me at 61mph.  I'd seen him slowly  gain on me for miles 
while I was doing dead on 55mph.  Luckily he saw a  friend in the car and 
apparently didn't decide to push it and wrote me a  warning.  :-P  An uncle was 
cited for failure to yield when he was  rear ended by a motorcycle.  Also got 
a 57mph in a 55 as the Trooper said  that was the fastest he'd ever seen 
someone tearing up that hill (in a  240D)  uh huh.  Someone I talked to got a 
55mph ticket in a 55mph  zone!  "He was pushing it."
  They're way better now, or at least have been.  I'd think a  fake 
construction zone would be deemed a "speed trap" which is illegal in WA,  
supposedly anyway.
   Loren