I Got A Speeding Ticket

[Anomaly]

I once got a ticket for going 135 in an 80 zone, that I thought was a 90 zone, and also happened to be a construction zone(at like 5 am, not a single cone was out i could see)

 

So cool, speeding in a construction zone.

 

I've had 3 co-workers and know of at least a dozen other road workers that have been killed in construction zones due to reckless drivers, not to mention the dozens of accidents and near misses I've personally witnessed.  I can also throw in a couple of dozen incidents that Law Enforcement Officers have pulled over (some arrested) idiots who have no regard for people who have to work in/on/and around roadways.

 

I've heard "I didn't see the signs/cones/barricades/flashing lights/vehicles/workers w/ vests/flagmen/policemen..." well over a hundred times as a manager who spent less than 10% of the time on roads.  

 

http://www.workzonesafety.org/crash_data/workzone_fatalities/2008

Edited January 2, 2013 by Anomaly

[Winchester]

So cool, speeding in a construction zone.

 

I've had 3 co-workers and know of at least a dozen other road workers that have been killed in construction zones due to reckless drivers, not to mention the dozens of accidents and near misses I've personally witnessed.  I can also throw in a couple of dozen incidents that Law Enforcement Officers have pulled over (some arrested) idiots who have no regard for people who have to work in/on/and around roadways.

 

I've heard "I didn't see the signs/cones/barricades/flashing lights/vehicles/workers w/ vests/flagmen/policemen..." well over a hundred times as a manager who spent less than 10% of the time on roads.  

 

http://www.workzonesafety.org/crash_data/workzone_fatalities/2008

 

I believe his description should put you at ease. Fact construction zone penalties should only apply when workers are present.

 

I work freeways, too.

[Anomaly]

I believe his description should put you at ease. Fact construction zone penalties should only apply when workers are present.

 

I work freeways, too.

 

In Florida, the fines are doubled if you speed through a work-zone with workers present.

 

Performing construction activities is much different than responding to an accident.  Vehicles, men, and materials come and go as the tasks change.  When you are flying down the road at 40 to 70 mph, it's hard to gauge when and if people are present or can be in "immediate danger".  Not to mention that hundreds or thousands of vehicles can pass through until the idiot who claims they didn't see any danger/signs/workers goes flying off the road or into someone.  What's so freaking hard about being polite and slowing the hell down?  A few seconds?

[Winchester]

In Florida, the fines are doubled if you speed through a work-zone with workers present.

 

Performing construction activities is much different than responding to an accident.  Vehicles, men, and materials come and go as the tasks change.  When you are flying down the road at 40 to 70 mph, it's hard to gauge when and if people are present or can be in "immediate danger".  Not to mention that hundreds or thousands of vehicles can pass through until the idiot who claims they didn't see any danger/signs/workers goes flying off the road or into someone.  What's so freaking hard about being polite and slowing the hell down?  A few seconds?

 

I ask the same question. Often out loud, and to the offending party. I've been called some interesting names.

[Anomaly]

I ask the same question. Often out loud, and to the offending party. I've been called some interesting names.

 

LOL.  I've been called names, threatened with violence, have had guns waved around...  It's always more comfortable when we have LEO present!  I've heard of instances where offending drivers get caught in traffic and have received blunt force remedial instruction.  Motorcyclists are very vulnerable to propelled cones and wrenches.

 

But seriously, road construction work-zones are not just a danger to the workers.  Lanes are narrowed, road surfaces change and affect vehicle traction, shoulders change, there are drop-offs, lane lines may be temporary paint and not reflect at night letting you drift into another's lane, etc., etc., etc.  You are endangering other motorists, your passengers, or just wrecking your vehicle can cause significant damage to the road and structures which you will be sued for.

[DiscerningCatholic]

My grandpa used to have a car with an iron bumper, so if there were people going below the speed limit (or just too slow for his liking) in front of him, he'd just go up and bump them.

[Jesus_lol]

So cool, speeding in a construction zone.

 

I've had 3 co-workers and know of at least a dozen other road workers that have been killed in construction zones due to reckless drivers, not to mention the dozens of accidents and near misses I've personally witnessed.  I can also throw in a couple of dozen incidents that Law Enforcement Officers have pulled over (some arrested) idiots who have no regard for people who have to work in/on/and around roadways.

 

I've heard "I didn't see the signs/cones/barricades/flashing lights/vehicles/workers w/ vests/flagmen/policemen..." well over a hundred times as a manager who spent less than 10% of the time on roads.  

 

http://www.workzonesafety.org/crash_data/workzone_fatalities/2008

 

 

 

Considering it was a freeway, at 5 am, and I was the only car on the road, and there was no visual indications I could see that indicated it was a construction zone(i never saw any trucks, workers, cones, markings or anything, it was not being worked on)

 

Considering I am not blind, and my headlights work, it was not obviously a construction zone, at all. If it wasnt for the cop saying "well its also kinda a construction zone, though you wouldnt know it" I would have never known.

 

Unless your crew made a habit of installing cloaking devices on your machinery. 

Edited January 3, 2013 by Jesus_lol

[Lil Red]

i got a ticket speeding to church on Good Friday. :| I might have been late. (I think I was going 55 in a 35.)

 

my dad races his Porsche for a hobby. he likes to go really fast. :hehe:most of his kids have a lead foot. :hehe:

 

fyi, i used up all my damn props on this thread.

Edited January 3, 2013 by Lil Red

[Winchester]

my dad races his Porsche for a hobby.

 

Does he ever beat it?

[PhuturePriest]

Not in the USA. And to any officials reading this thread, I am convinced my speedometer was broken at the time, i was just piddling along in 2nd gear, I replaced the speedo immediately afterwards and became a monk...

 

That's actually an awesome way to get out of a speeding ticket: Apply to a cloistered Monastery that no one is allowed into (The Carmelite Monks of Wyoming, for instance), and the night before you enter, speed, get a ticket, and then enter the Monastery and not let anyone know about it. I'm totally doing that...

[Anomaly]

Considering it was a freeway, at 5 am, and I was the only car on the road, and there was no visual indications I could see that indicated it was a construction zone(i never saw any trucks, workers, cones, markings or anything, it was not being worked on)

 

Considering I am not blind, and my headlights work, it was not obviously a construction zone, at all. If it wasnt for the cop saying "well its also kinda a construction zone, though you wouldnt know it" I would have never known.

 

Unless your crew made a habit of installing cloaking devices on your machinery. 

 

Considering that I too used to be ignorant about all the non-apparent dangerous conditions in a roadway construction zone. 

Considering that the idiots universally did not consider themselves idiots. 

Considering they all try to present their actions as reasonable and knowledgeable. 

Considering that they all thought they weren't really endangering themselves or others.

Considering none of the idiots had the vision of Stevie Wonder.

Considering I don't have first hand knowledge of what you saw and what the police saw, I'll just shake my head, hope you never prove yourself wrong, and not voice my opinion of what I may consider your mentality is/was. :)

[Anomaly]

The Pope goes to New York. He is picked up at the airport by a limousine. He looks at the beautiful car and says to the driver, "You know, I hardly ever get to drive. Would you please let me?"

The driver is understandably hesistant and says, "I'm sorry, but I don't think I'm supposed to do that."

But the Pope persists, "Please?" The driver finally lets up. "Oh, all right, I can't really say no to the Pope."

So the Pope takes the wheel, and boy, is he a speed demon! He hits the gas and goes around 100 mph in a 45 zone. A policeman notices and pulls him over.

The cop walks up and asks the Pope to roll down the window. Startled and surprised, the young officer asks the Pope to wait a minute. He goes back to his patrol car and radios the chief.

Cop: Chief, I have a problem.

Chief: What sort of problem?

Cop: Well, you see, I pulled over this guy for driving way over the speed limit but it's someone really important.

Chief: Important like the mayor?

Cop: No, no, much more important than that.

Chief: Important like the governor?

Cop: Wayyyyyy more important than that.

Chief: Like the president?

Cop: More.

Chief: Who's more important than the president?

Cop: I don't know, but he's got the Pope driving for him!

[Jesus_lol]

Considering that I too used to be ignorant about all the non-apparent dangerous conditions in a roadway construction zone. 

Considering that the idiots universally did not consider themselves idiots. 

Considering they all try to present their actions as reasonable and knowledgeable. 

Considering that they all thought they weren't really endangering themselves or others.

Considering none of the idiots had the vision of Stevie Wonder.

Considering I don't have first hand knowledge of what you saw and what the police saw, I'll just shake my head, hope you never prove yourself wrong, and not voice my opinion of what I may consider your mentality is/was. :)

 

Its like you missed this part ""no visual indications I could see that indicated it was a construction zone(i never saw any trucks, workers, cones, markings or anything, it was not being worked on"

 

Even the cop involved didnt bother writing it up, as it was not in any way obviously a construction zone, and it definitely wasnt being worked on.

[Anomaly]

Its like you missed this part ""no visual indications I could see that indicated it was a construction zone(i never saw any trucks, workers, cones, markings or anything, it was not being worked on"

 

Even the cop involved didnt bother writing it up, as it was not in any way obviously a construction zone, and it definitely wasnt being worked on.

 

So the part about speeding in a construction zone ("and also happened to be a construction zone") was just fictional elaboration. 

 

Cool story, bro. :)

 

 

 

An Irish priest is driving down to New York and gets stopped for speeding in Connecticut. The state trooper smells alcohol on the priest's breath and then sees an empty wine bottle on the floor of the car.

He says, "Sir, have you been drinking?"

"Just water," says the priest, fingers crossed.

The trooper says, "Then why do I smell wine?"

The priest looks at the bottle and says, "Good Lord! He's done it again!"

 

 

 

 

 

A police officer had just pulled over a car full of nuns for going too slow on a major highway.
Police officer: "Why were you driving so slowly?"
Nun driver: "I kept seeing all these signs with the number 20 on them and figured that was the speed limit."
Police officer: "No, Sister, that is the highway number."
Nun: "Oh, I'm so sorry, Officer, I didn't know that."
Then the police officer looks into the back seat and sees that the nuns there have panic-stricken faces and white knuckles from holding on to each other too tightly.
Police officer: "What's wrong with the nuns in the back seat?"
Nun: "Oh, we just got off Highway 166 a few miles ago."

Edited January 3, 2013 by Anomaly

[Jesus_lol]

So the part about speeding in a construction zone ("and also happened to be a construction zone") was just fictional elaboration. 

 

Cool story, bro. :)

 

You seem determined to misread what I say. No, the cop mentioned it in passing but did not write it up.