I figured as much D. Pm a contact number in the event I need it.

yup, lead info received. i am going to cast my own. it is just criminal what they are charging for simple cast lead projectiles. the price has more than doubled in the last 10 years.

pm sent.

Stijn!!
 

I see lots of PMs but no one much sends AMs analogue messages. :)

I'm fighting that speeding ticket, Alarick. That CHP lit me up in a 65 zone. I just passed the spot and right before, were two signs saying "End 55 MPH zone". Can you get the morning of 5/20 off?

Okay, so you don't need to go to court with me, but we should get together and get a statement prepared from you.

Taking your lawyer dave?

I'm my own lawyer for this one, but will be talking with one before hand. ;)

good luck. Hope it works in your favor.

good night boys. i moved the mushroom project downstairs to be cooler. we'll see. now it is time for bed.

Anything you want, Dave.

This is going to be a tough one.... VC 22349(a) Except as provided in Section 22356, no person may drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than 65 miles per hour.

Hard to win that one, though the fact that the ticket was for 68.... May help. Everything I am reading on this has speeds of 75-90 in a 65.

:D Well; mine's not a turbo....
Who knows where i would end up if I'd turbocharge it.... :eek::D



Morning guys, the weather here is great, 25 degrees (°C of course) for the rest of the week and weekend.... wheeeeee!!
Shorts and Tshirts!!

And miniskirts for the ladies!!

Hope you win your case Dave, if not, you need to change your name in Notsoslodave.... ;)

I don't know what VC 22356 says, but what about the highways where 70 mph is the limit? Certainly it's OK to go faster than 65 in those locations.

Is there any sort of survey that needs to be done every x years in order to generate a speed limit for a stretch of road? Isn't there some sort of 85% rule where the speed limit is set at what 85% of the vehicles are traveling? My WAG is that far greater than 85% of the vehicles on the 101 through Hollywood travel at > 55 mph, traffic permitting.


For immortal legal internet posterity (and in case any judges or insurance agents are reading this):
You weren't traveling at any speed significantly greater than the flow of traffic. While you were in the #1 lane, there were several vehicles directly in front of you limiting your speed (therefore, they were traveling the same speed). All traffic was moving within about 5 mph of each other. As you merged into the #2 and #3 lanes to take the transition road to the 134, you actually had to slow down to allow traffic in those lanes pass by to give you space to merge. Therefore, you were actually traveling slower than the speed of prevailing traffic. You had to be traveling slower than the traffic in lanes 1, 2, and 3, after all. In fact, you slowed down to also allow two of the vehicles directly in front of you to do the same merging (in front of you) from lanes 1 to 2 to 3. A red minivan was one of those vehicles in front of you and actually moved into the #4 lane (while you stayed in the #3 lane) to actually pass the slower vehicles in front of you (in the #3 lane).

When the LEO turned on his lights, you were on the transition road between the 101 and 134 roughly where the 55 mph limit ends.

VC 22356 was written to allow the 70MPH sections. 22349 is for all other highways (55/65).

If I was written under 22350, then your above declaration would have merit. Still, I'm not sure how 3MPH over can really constitute speeding. It's easy to be 3 over on a analog speedo. As for the CHP, he probably had a digi speedo, but he was speeding to change two lanes and catch up!

Night guys...

Morning, guys!

Night/morning...

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