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In my younger days I used to speed a lot. Had a lot of fun street racing too. It was the 60's, the muscle car era, and for a particular subculture of that day's youth, that was what we did. You know, The Beach Boys, cars, girls, the scene at the drive in restaurant, the whole bit. I was blessed with a Dad who (though far from "rich") bought me a brand new 1969 Oldsmobile 442 for a high school graduation present. What a great guy!

Obviously, some of these activities were illegal, but all in all I didn't feel too badly about it and still don't. Some of the best days of my life in fact.

Lucky for me, I never much got into the drinking scene, so I wasn't out there drinking underaged or DWI.

All this stuff brings a smile to my face just writing about it.

This was all long before the CHL era of course.

Later on, the street racing and drive in scene were displaced by work and family responsibilities, but I still liked to go fast. So I would pick up my share of tickets.

Nowadays, while I still like to go fast I do so much less frequently than in the past. It's fun to roll the throttle on my Harley and take it up to top end (which unlike the newer design of sport bikes is only around 110 mph max) once in a while. And there are still roads out here in the country that are deserted enough to do it - once in a while.

But when getting from point A to point B in my pickup, I tend to set the cruise control around 5 mph above the posted limit and just glide along. At that speed, the traffic cops tend to ignore me.

I also find speed limits here in TX to be much more reasonable than back in New England (where I originally hail from). This is especially true in the cities. (In the Northeast, almost all cities have blanket 25 mph limits that are widely ignored, making it easy for cops to set up traps and write as many tickets as they want.)