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

[Tad]

I was thinking that this was an (uncommon) example of cleverness until
we got to the part about it being a fake construction zone...

For God's sake there are certainly plenty of real ones around!  Why
bother with a fake?  I suppose to target those who might slow down
only when they see actual work going on (how dare they!?) rather than
slow down for a mile of nothing but orange barrels?

Thanks for the tip though, I'll be transiting WA next week.
Fortunately the cops here in OR tend to err on the side of
reasonableness most of the time(e.g. 9-over is generally safe)... I
guess to offset our unreasonably low speed limits. :)

On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Publius <t_dv at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I understand your point
>
> but.. I wanted others to know about it,
> and I think it is just an unethical way to collect taxes in the disguise of public safety
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: "LBaird119 at aol.com" <LBaird119 at aol.com>
> To: Vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2012 9:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] OT uniformed tax collectors coming to a state near you
>
>
> 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
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