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Back when my Valentine was my best friend there were several close calls.
About 9 years ago I was rolling north on I-57 in southern Illinois on a beautiful clear Sunday morning. I was doing about 105 in my Mercedes E320 when I crested a hill and glimpsed a gaggle of what looked like police cars at the crest of the next hill. I passed them at the speed limit, but one pulled out and immediately followed me. If they got me on radar then the Valentine had let me down. He stopped me, told me a plane had clocked me at over 100 mph and gave me a ticket for 79 mph - 14 over the limit. It was a $60 fine. I was told later that aerial speed estimates don't hold up in court. They know you are speeding and give you a ticket for something that you aren't likely to fight.
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