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On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Juuso Koponen wrote: > If someone with small or no income would have had to pay fines for > the same crime (driving 75 km/h when the speed limit was 50 km/h), > he/she would only need to pay 94 euros. Paradoxically, this is *less* > than the on the spot fine (which is not determined by income) he/she > would have to pay if he/she was speeding only 10-20 km/h over the limit. > So, if you have an income of less than 650 euros, always break the limit > with 21 km/h or more if you break it. =) hm, now that's sound logic. :) this is one of those stories that dounds fake, but trust me, it's true. i once got pulled over for doing 85mph (137kph) in a 65 (105) zone. i had a big old BMW at the time. when the cop walks up to my window, he says, in a very tired voice, "i'm about to go off for the day - if you have a good reason why you were going so fast, i'll let you go." my car had this real-time fuel efficiency gauge, and i pointed to it and said "if i go over 80, i get almost 40 miles to the gallon" (which was true). he said "have a nice day" and walked away. micah stupak /"\ laerm soulfood.org \ / the world is falling down international bright young kook X and it may as well crash ascii ribbon campaign / \ with me against html email
