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I worked at a car wash for a while in SA, and one LEO told me that just speeding is the only offense they CAN'T arrest me for.

I'm curious to hear what the answers to the quiz are.

subsonic wrote:Driving 120mph on I-10 is not necessarily reckless, depending on traffic, weather and other road conditions. However, you can reasonably expect to be cited if the police see you driving that speed. If the DA prosecutes, you will have the opportunity to try to convince a jury you weren't reckless.

I personally got a ticket (while stopped at a gas station) for 115mph on I-10 coming back from Houston. It was within 48 hours of buying my '06 Pontiac GTO and there wasn't a lot of traffic on the road. I saw the State Trooper when he passed me and since he didn't show any signs of having noticed me I slowed down and then stopped for gas since my tank was almost dry. 10 minutes later he rolled up and wrote me the ticket, after I clarified that I hadn't stolen the car (had put it on my insurance immediately, title was still in previous owner's name). Needless to say I put away my phone with this pic that I was texting to my friends:

Granted, it's in kph, but still looks cool. Anyway, he told me he could have taken me to jail, I said thanks for him not doing so, and then I drove the speed limit the rest of the way home. Oh, I also called the judge's office and told them about how a Trooper pulled up behind me at a gas station and threatened to take me to jail even though my receipt shows that I was there for 10 minutes before the ticket. Since he was obviously mistaken I got deferred adjudication.

But back to bikes, I've had an R6 and a ZX-6R at seperate times so far, with no wrecks and just a couple close calls. Keeping a 5-10mph lead over traffic seems to be the only way to not get run over by people changing lanes into you (In Austin at least). I didn't get into stunting on either of my bikes before selling them simply because I didn't have the money to fix them if they got dropped. But I did make it from Grapevine to Wimberley in just over two hours once.


2006 6.0 LS2 GTO, 6-Speed Manual Transmission


2006 ZX-6R (636)

It's a little reassuring that I'm not the only one who enjoys things that will do over 150mph, but I have wondered how that effects the "is of sound mind" requirement...