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JALLEN wrote:

Bruin98 wrote:

JALLEN wrote:I was stopped last week, nice young man. When I handed him my DL and LTC, he said, "thanks for showing me that" and handed it back. I asked if he wanted me to get my proof of insurance and he said no, he already saw it on the computer. This was a revenue stop. I was the first car going over an overpass. He was sitting on the down side.

He asked if I had any tickets recently. I thought about it and realized this was the first ticket I've had in Texas in 55 years. I did get a couple in San Diego, not counting the ones I beat, and one in a speed trap in AZ.

I guess I have to go to stupid study now.

Was it a city cop or a state trooper? I hear state troopers look the other way and city cops are a crap shoot.

I know a state trooper warned me about doing 90 in a 55 last summer. In a construction zone.

City police. He said he was working speed, cellphone and seat belts on a popular main road. That's why I alluded to it as a revenue stop. No warnings, they want the money. The speed limit is 45 mph, he said. I've only lived in this area for 3 years, but I may yet find someone on that road who isn't turning going 45, maybe.

I realize what happened. I was in the center lane with a truck behind me in the right lane, what I call "Blue Angel" formation. I knew I would be turning right up ahead, and as we crested over the over pass, I sped up to put some space between us to make a lane change. Otherwise, I was with the flow of traffic.

Oh well! Odds are I will never get another.