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Soldato
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- 18 Oct 2002
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- Florida/UK
So, as many of you know I moved to the US a few years ago and have been enjoying myself out here. There's not much I haven't driven supercar wise and to this day, almost 10 years of driving, I've yet to receive a speeding ticket.
Cue last night, I was on the way home from Porsche after having a very painful operation done on my wallet, in the form of a new clutch and flywheel in the 911. They'd done a bunch of tweaking as well so I was expecting some rattles or squeaks here and there, and I wasn't disappointed.
Fast forward about an hour, it's dark and I'm pulling into my neighborhood which is gated and has contracted police patrols within. As I accelerate after the security gate/guardhouse I hear a rattle at around 3k rpm, so I shift into second and accelerate again, not noticing the parked police car with his lights off and a nice laser gun pointed at me! The limit is 25, naturally I was doing significantly more, around 45mph and he proceeds to pull me over. Keep in mind, after the security gate, there's about half a mile of beautiful landscaping before you actually reach any houses.
I'm as polite as can be to the policeman, after all, it's late, I don't want to get a ticket and I do, unlike a lot of people, respect the work they do. He takes my documents and goes back to his car for about five minutes before returning to my window. It's then that I can't quite believe what I'm hearing, he says "David, it's your lucky night, I was about to write you a ticket for $500 but, I'm all out of speeding tickets. Have a good night". Pretty lucky I'm sure you'll agree.
It is ironic though that my first ever speeding ticket would have been for doing 45 in a 25, given that I spend most of my weekends with friends in Lambos, Ferrari's and other exotica, doing slightly higher speeds. Still, cruise control goes on now the second I enter my neighborhood, tickets out here are expensive!
Cue last night, I was on the way home from Porsche after having a very painful operation done on my wallet, in the form of a new clutch and flywheel in the 911. They'd done a bunch of tweaking as well so I was expecting some rattles or squeaks here and there, and I wasn't disappointed.
Fast forward about an hour, it's dark and I'm pulling into my neighborhood which is gated and has contracted police patrols within. As I accelerate after the security gate/guardhouse I hear a rattle at around 3k rpm, so I shift into second and accelerate again, not noticing the parked police car with his lights off and a nice laser gun pointed at me! The limit is 25, naturally I was doing significantly more, around 45mph and he proceeds to pull me over. Keep in mind, after the security gate, there's about half a mile of beautiful landscaping before you actually reach any houses.
I'm as polite as can be to the policeman, after all, it's late, I don't want to get a ticket and I do, unlike a lot of people, respect the work they do. He takes my documents and goes back to his car for about five minutes before returning to my window. It's then that I can't quite believe what I'm hearing, he says "David, it's your lucky night, I was about to write you a ticket for $500 but, I'm all out of speeding tickets. Have a good night". Pretty lucky I'm sure you'll agree.
It is ironic though that my first ever speeding ticket would have been for doing 45 in a 25, given that I spend most of my weekends with friends in Lambos, Ferrari's and other exotica, doing slightly higher speeds. Still, cruise control goes on now the second I enter my neighborhood, tickets out here are expensive!
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- To be honest, rather take a $500 hit than have the UK system of 3points and and then get bent over by insurance.
