Boy, do I have a sob story for you guys!! Thanksgiving morning my family
and I were traveling from Milwaukee to outside of Grand Rapids, MI. to visit
my parents. The trip was going fine, even with the family dog taking his
first major car ride, when, just into Indiana (East on 80-90,94) I was
going with the flow of traffic (read: fast!!!) I came upon a slower car in
the 2nd from left lane (the lane I was also in.) It was a tinted out black
Z-28 with an extra antenna. I instantly thought, "why would this tinted out
kid's car be going so slow, when the rest of the left two lanes was
screaming along at 80 mph? So, I slowed up behind him and stayed there. He
promptly touched his brakes, I shut off the cruise control. He touched his
brakes again, I touched mine. My wife asked what I was doing. I replied
that ahead of us was a Indiana State trooper, and he could nail someone in
the continuos stream of fast left lane traffic, but he wasn't going to get
me. He finally pulled out into the left lane, sped up with traffic (80 mph)
and left me sitting there with the cruise now reset on 70 mph. A couple of
miles later, I saw him pulled over on the left shoulder all alone...just
sitting there. I didn't think anything more of him, as I was still set at
70 mph. About 5 minutes later, he came weaving up through traffic, pulled
in behind me, and hit his lights. (And promptly issued me a citation for 85
in a 55mph!!!!) We were pulled over into the 65mph zone, but earlier when I
first encountered him, we were in the 55 mph zone. I was stunned as I was
certainly not the fastest car on the road, I was simply going with the flow
(as to not get RUN OVER) as I have almost been with my Sunbeam and MGB
driving through that area. And to top it all off, because the ticket was
written for 29 OVER!!!, I have to appear in court the week of Christmas!
Being such a cronic offender, this my third ticket in the last 11 years, I
need some advice? Looks like I'm going back to Indiana!!
Just payin' another tax to drive the road,
Rick Ehlert
Milwaukee, Wi.
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