Was this within the Herndon city limits? The Herndon cops are the worst.
Fairfax is pretty bad but Herndon...forget about it. They'll nail you for
going 2 mph over. :o)
I know this area well. :o)
Dan
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999 01:03:26 EDT, REwald9535@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 9/9/99 9:07:26 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> neilc@apphosting.com writes:
>
> > I got pulled over for speeding in my 626. Ok I was speeding yep. No
excuse,
> > but suffice to say was on a dual lane freeway at the time, and they
were
> > pulling in queues of cars and there was cars in front of me as well. A
> > cynical revenue collecting attempt in it's purest form. Said they
clocked
> me
> > doing 20kph over (100 in 80 zone) which amazed me and god knows how
their
> > radar can pick me out of a line of cars - but anyway.
>
> Neil,
> Let me tell you about my worst experience with the John Law.
> January 1994 7 days after the Northridge earthquake I had to travel to the
> Washington, DC area on business. My house had sustained about $45,000 in
> damage from the quake (I live about 5 miles from ground zero). My wife
was
> so freaked she would not stay in the house with me out of town, so I put
her
> and the kids on the train to Northern Cal to my sister's. It had not been
a
> fun week leading up to leaving town, if you get my drift.
> Anyway, I'm driving my rent a slug back from the office to my hotel,
located
> on the outskirts of Herndon Va. I turned off the hiway onto a secondary
> road, with nothing but farms around. I figure that I am out of the city
> limits and the correct speed limit is 55 WRONG! I'm IN city limits and
> within 1/2 mile I have been pulled over by John Law.
> He tells me he has me on radar at 55 in a 35 zone and asked for my papers.
I
> hand him my California license and Hertz rental agreement. He looks at my
> license and says "Are you aware that the state of California is the only
> state that has not signed the reciprocal agreement with the Commonwealth
of
> Virginia?" Now at this point you have to realize that I had no, none,
zip,
> idea of what he was speaking of. He could have been speaking Greek for
all I
> knew. Being a bit of a smart a** I said the first thing that came to my
mind
> "Excuse me officer, could I have the English translation of what you just
> said?"
> "It means that I am supposed to take you to jail" was the reply
> At this point I just lost it.
> "Great, swell, this is the perfect end to the perfect week, first my house
> gets nuked in the earthquake, next I have to go out of town on business,
and
> now I'm going to get thrown in jail for a speeding ticket."
> the cop then looked at my address and asked a few question about where I
> lived and told me to wait in the car and he would be back. So I sat in
the
> car for five of the longest minutes I have ever lived through, trying to
> figure who am I going call to post my bail 2500 miles from home. These
> thought were mingled with, I wonder if Bubba is going to be in the cell
with
> me and be lonely.
> The cop came back and I got the best late Christmas present that I have
had
> in a long time, he said "I am going to cite you for failure to obey a
posted
> sign, you sign here and you will get a bill in the mail."
>
> When I got back to LA I told this story to a cop that I know and he said
this
> "Every time you get stopped for a ticket you did not deserve, think about
all
> the ones you deserved and never got, then wish the officer a nice day"
> I did a quick calculation and I'm WAY ahead on points.
> Maybe you can find a sympathetic judge that will knock the fines down
> Good luck
> Rick
Dan Dwelley
77 Midget
Alexandria, Va.
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