OK, I'll admit it, I have a heavy foot.
Hence the speeding ticket this morning on the Turnpike, my 2nd in the past 4 months. Both times they did it using a "pace" technique in an unmarked vehicle, meaning my radar detector never even had a whiff of their presence.
I'm usually on track for about 1 ticket every 2 years, which I will swallow as the "price of doing business", so to speak. But the fact that I've gotten nailed for 2 in such a short span is either just bad luck...or possibly the fact that NJ (like many other states right now) is in a sea of red and needs to generate $$$$ fast and furious.
Just wanted to warn my fellow X5-ers that your Passport 9500ci or your Valentine V1 will NOT do you any good when they decide to simply "pace" you. And even looking out for the Ford Crown Vics with the black tints won't always help either. I'm always on the lookout for the un-marked ones. But the trooper this morning paced me from a parallel road (the truck lanes). He claimed he was going 70 mph and saw me pass him, and then crossed over to the car lanes to chase me down.
Not faulting him for doing his job though. If anything, he did me a favor by reducing it to a 70 in a 55 (instead of 86 in a 55). Now I just need to figure out whether to take the point hit on my license, or hire a lawyer to contest. I'm all out of plea bargains (did 2 in the last 3 years, on the 3rd one they won't let you plead it down to a no-point violation).
11-20-2008, 01:55 PM
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