I believe California always has been more into rules than reality. When I was in the Navy in California, I was returning from Lake Tahoe one Sunday night on a stretch of road that only had one other car. Unfortunately for me it was in the same lane and 20 miles per hour under the speed limit. I gave a signal changed into one of the other three lanes and passed. From out of nowhere (or some where, the top of one of those tall trees or some underground burrow) a CHIP appeared and gave me a ticket for failure to follow the flow of traffic! I got a ticket and was ordered to appear in court in far Western California.
As it turned out, I was given the day off and missed promotion because I couldn't take the exam for already having a day off. I went to court and the judge asked me what happened. I told him and he replied that in the State of California, they tended to disbelieve members of the United States Military, from outside the State of California driving cars registered in Texas (I swear that's what he said)! He did add that they also tended to disbelieve members of the United States Military who were natives of the State of California driving vehicles with California registration. He then proceeded to slap me with a heavy fine and court costs about twice the fine. He then asked why I didn't just pay the ticket in San Francisco where I was stationed. I told him the CHIP told me I'd have to appear in that particular town and it said on the ticket I'd have to appear in the precinct where the ticket was written. He then told me that couldn't be true because in the State of California we tend to disbelieve ..... That was one expensive experience, lose of money then lose of promotion which was a greater lose of tomorrow. Butch -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Gill Ediger Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 8:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: CaveTex: Speed Limit At 06:59 PM 8/30/2005, Mark Minton wrote: > A list of speed limits by state I noticed from the list that California and Michigan have a 15 mile per hour difference between cars and trucks in the same lanes of the same highways. That, in itself, seems to be a highly dangerous practice. It has always been drilled into me that you keep up with the prevailing traffic, no matter what speed it is going--as a matter of safety. As a matter of safety, all traffic should move at about the same speed--voluntarily. This 15 mph disparity would seem to me to be a violation of that very basic tenant. But then again, California seems to be more into rules than reality. --Ediger To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to mailto:[email protected] with the following message--unsubscribe cavetex. For help and information go to www.cavetex.net. List administrator: mailto:[email protected] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.17/84 - Release Date: 8/29/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.17/84 - Release Date: 8/29/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.17/85 - Release Date: 8/30/2005 To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to mailto:[email protected] with the following message--unsubscribe cavetex. For help and information go to www.cavetex.net. List administrator: mailto:[email protected]
