Monday, October 16, 2006
Grumble.
I've been caught - on film.
I've gotten used to the speeds here. It's 50kph in the cities (about 30mph) and 100kph outside city limits UNLESS OTHERWISE POSTED. That's the tricky part. Just at the edge of our village is a school. There, the posted speed is 30kph. That's slow. Painfully, dreadfully slow.
And, it's nestled right between a 50 and a 100 zone.
Most days there is traffic and a lot of kids there. Today there was noone around, no cars, no kids, no crossing guards. I was going 40kph which is quite slow anyway...
But then I saw the camera. Milliseconds later there was a bright red flash in my face and I turned to see the two policeman in the car behind the camera throwing their heads back and laughing hysterically.
Nice.
So, in 4-6 months I'll get a ticket with my picture in it.
Driving back from the base this morning I had to go through there again. I slowed, almost to a stop, to go the appropriate speed. I flashed my lights at oncoming traffic to warn them. Six cars sped by in a row. Six more bright red flashes and six more disgruntled drivers. They were all going at least 50. Christmas is coming and those police will be getting a nice bonus, I'm sure. They're making a fortune this morning.
I've been caught - on film.
I've gotten used to the speeds here. It's 50kph in the cities (about 30mph) and 100kph outside city limits UNLESS OTHERWISE POSTED. That's the tricky part. Just at the edge of our village is a school. There, the posted speed is 30kph. That's slow. Painfully, dreadfully slow.
And, it's nestled right between a 50 and a 100 zone.
Most days there is traffic and a lot of kids there. Today there was noone around, no cars, no kids, no crossing guards. I was going 40kph which is quite slow anyway...
But then I saw the camera. Milliseconds later there was a bright red flash in my face and I turned to see the two policeman in the car behind the camera throwing their heads back and laughing hysterically.
Nice.
So, in 4-6 months I'll get a ticket with my picture in it.
Driving back from the base this morning I had to go through there again. I slowed, almost to a stop, to go the appropriate speed. I flashed my lights at oncoming traffic to warn them. Six cars sped by in a row. Six more bright red flashes and six more disgruntled drivers. They were all going at least 50. Christmas is coming and those police will be getting a nice bonus, I'm sure. They're making a fortune this morning.
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1 comments:
Oh I know....it is 40km in housing areas....25km in school zones....ya, painfully slow! Todd got a speeding ticket 39km in a school zone about 8 months ago. It sucks!