THAT IS A MYTH!!! JUST CONTEST THE FINE!!!!
Aaron T. Sudds
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From: bmounce@impop.bellatlantic.net
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Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 2:24 PM
To: Rick Ehlert
Cc: Alpines; MG List
Subject: Re: Speed Kills (No LBC content)
Rick, I have seen an e mail in the past year that suggests that when
you pay
your fine, over pay by about $15 or $20. The court will issue you a
refund
check. Throw it away! As long as the check is uncashed, your file
will not be
closed and your record will not be updated; your insurance company
will not get
the info from traffic court concerning the conviction, and your
rates will not
go up. Or so went the theory in the e mail. I don't make 'em up, I
just repeat
'em. Bill
Rick Ehlert wrote:
> 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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