[RKDinOKC]

Vacation Update...The Ticket

Got a tourist ticket in Texas for 93 in a 70, $291 ouch. It was late at night and I was actually driving the speed limit and in no hurry. Passed a pickup truck that was going 55 in a 70. As soon as I pulled back into the lane and hit my brights the left side of the road lit up flashing red and blue. Radar detector did NOT go off. He did not mention the word radar and first thing he said to me was that he was giving me a citation for speeding. When he asked if I knew how fast I was going I said I was in no hurry and was cruising 70 and only passed the truck because it was going 55. His words were he got me doing 93. I think I got an out-of-state, driving a porsche, tourist ticket.

The officer gave me some line about there being a lot of deer out, and that he had worked a fatal deer hit in that area just two days earlier. About 5 miles after being stopped a deer flashed across the road 2 car lengths in front of me. I had sped up to 80 because if I was going to pay for speeding, I was darned well going to do it.