RE: [gti-vr6] VW Sport Icwewaterfest

["Geoge J. Grubr" <George@connectel-us.com>]

PA is notoriously bad for speeding tickets - I've got a ticket on 79S
past Pittsburgh, going 70 (!) in 65.

The only comment from the officer was - "this is PA, if you ain't sure 
you're doing 65 you should go slower".

$148

gg

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Robert Brown [SMTP:robrown@sctcorp.com]
> Sent:	Monday, March 08, 1999 4:53 PM
> To:	George Achorn
> Cc:	Jamie Vondruska; doug; chuck; corrado; Jetta; GTI; Audi; Beetle
> Subject:	Re: [gti-vr6] VW Sport Icwewaterfest
> 
> 
> 
> snip-
> >>Todd from AWE got nailed for triple digits in MD coming down
> from PA. Lucky MD and PA
> don't share points ro Todd would be hurtin'.
>     I took a load of pictures, but I am not blessed with a
> digital camera,
> so I will not have them developed and scanned for at least
> another week.<<
> 
> Umm - my EXPERIENCE is that there IS reciprocity in MD with PA!!
> I ahem - got a ticket my last trip on my last consulting job - I
> used to travel weekly out of BWI - so a trip into MD on 95 was a
> bi-weelky event (radar detectors unless they are top notch with
> laser detectors even they are sometimes useless in MD).  There
> are 2 places on 95 where the police routinely set up traps one
> with laser the other with a timer - that's probably where Todd
> got caught - going down a big hill - there's an overpass were the
> cops sit under with a timer - either there or where 495 and 95
> split - they use laser there!!
>   I would call if I were Todd to find out about reciprocity - MD
> has a probationary program that you can *sign*  (read PAY) up for
> ... It's called "plead guilty with an explaination" and if you
> have a clean record in MD - they will let you off on the points
> but you still have to pay the price of the ticket - you get 6
> months probation in MD for speeding.
>   It's funny - I got to court and plead "innocent with an
> explanation" - not one of the options!!  You should have seen the
> look on the judge's face ..."ahhh I mean guilty with an
> explanation, your honor".
> 
> That's my MD speeding experience - Oh and BTW - not to rub it in
> or anything - but I made the trip to VWsport in 1.5 hrs down and
> back with an  AVERAGE speed of 76 MPH - no radar and no tickets!!
> Got hit with laser - I saw the cop - I was going along at a happy
> 95MPH - slammed the brakes - saw him recalibarate as I went past
> him - too bad for him - no reading@!!
> 
> Bob Brown
>