Why drive fast??? You just get tickets. - GoFuckYourself.com

Peter Romero · 12-05-2003, 09:51 AM

This is a debate I've been having with alot of people lately... Why the fuck would you drive so fast all the time? Sooner or later, you just get - in wrecks, a traffic jam or speeding tickets. I used to drive fast all the time and one year I got 6 speeding tickets all over Cali, Nevada & Texas. I spent lots of time in court, not working, traveling to court apearances, paying people to drive me around, renting cars because mine was in impound, etc, etc... Not to mention - the money I lost on fines, rental cars, lost wages, impound fees & extra insurance because I was a high risk. My estimated cost that year because of all this was about $40,000.

So my question to myself & those who disagree with me about now driving slower is: How do you (or I) save time by driving fast when the end result is always the preceeding paragraph?

Me in Arizona on my way to another speeding ticket.

liquidmoe · 12-05-2003, 09:53 AM

Sometimes you just dont notice, I didnt when I got my speeding ticket last friday. Got pulled over doing 101, had no idea I was going that fast because you dont notice it sometimes.

Im more cautious now though. Eventually everyone goes through enough tickets to start slowing down, but until that happens people just assume they wont get pulled over or have problems.

leg4 · 12-05-2003, 09:56 AM

I'm alot more calm and cautious now---

especially since I don't live by any kind of time scheduel...

(trapped in the webmaster cave)

but I do notice that I drive fast and dart-around when I'm in a good mood...

B

angeleyes · 12-05-2003, 09:56 AM

I always drive 75-80, but the speed limit on some highways here is 70 so it's not that much over.

C-Bass · 12-05-2003, 09:58 AM

A lot of people dont realize that the "sucker" that you passed on the freeway at 140km/h will end up right beside you at the right light on the off ramp, when you get off the high way

Peter Romero · 12-05-2003, 10:03 AM

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Originally posted by Spotter_03
A lot of people dont realize that the "sucker" that you passed on the freeway at 140km/h will end up right beside you at the right light on the off ramp, when you get off the high way

Exactly!

Peter Romero · 12-05-2003, 10:07 AM

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Originally posted by leg4
I'm alot more calm and cautious now---

especially since I don't live by any kind of time scheduel...

(trapped in the webmaster cave)

but I do notice that I drive fast and dart-around when I'm in a good mood...

B

That's when you gotta watch out - when you are jammin to some killer tune on the radio and singin along and before you know it... you are doin 100. This is also the exact reason I do the discman thing while riding my bike or skiing.

ThunderBalls · 12-05-2003, 10:08 AM

Why live? You just end up dying.

Peter Romero · 12-05-2003, 10:10 AM

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Originally posted by ThunderBalls
Why live? You just end up dying.

That's deep... and all I think about when depressed.

NinjaSteve · 12-05-2003, 10:14 AM

You speed for many reason:

- it's fun
- it's fun again
- travel time is less
- maybe you're late

Now if you're going somewhere that takes 35 minutes and you speed and get there in 30 minutes you just saved time. Let's say this is a daily commute both one way and back.

So 5 days, 30 min each way = 5 hours
35 minutes = 5 hours 25 minutes. You just saved yourself 25 minutes!

Longer trips you can save an hour or two. Speeding is worth it. We should all speed. If you die from speeding then too bad, survival of the fittest I guess.

Peter Romero · 12-05-2003, 10:18 AM

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Originally posted by NinjaSteve
You speed for many reason:

-- travel time is less

Now if you're going somewhere that takes 35 minutes and you speed and get there in 30 minutes you just saved time. Let's say this is a daily commute both one way and back.

So 5 days, 30 min each way = 5 hours
35 minutes = 5 hours 25 minutes. You just saved yourself 25 minutes!

Longer trips you can save an hour or two. Speeding is worth it. We should all speed. If you die from speeding then too bad, survival of the fittest I guess.

I spent lots of time in court, not working, traveling to court apearances, paying people to drive me around, renting cars because mine was in impound, etc, etc...

I spent about 2 months in court or driving to court apearances.

Leave the house earlier.

infectd · 12-05-2003, 10:20 AM

To get to work on time...

Peter Romero · 12-05-2003, 10:21 AM

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Originally posted by infectd
To get to work on time...

In a traffic jam??? Leave the house earlier. Don't forget to plan.

Peter Romero · 12-05-2003, 10:24 AM

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Originally posted by infectd
To get to work on time...

What was that bumper sticker???

"I'm not in a hurry, I'm on my way to work!"

com · 12-05-2003, 10:27 AM

I dont feel safe under 90mph... 130mph is the beginning of my comfort zone... and the ONLY two times ive gotten tickets is because i had an empty tank

Wade · 12-05-2003, 10:34 AM

Dont speed, its not worth it. Unless you are at the race track, then its fun ;-)

baddog · 12-05-2003, 10:57 AM

I like court, serously. I beat far more tickets than I lose, and now I use a radar detector to help the odds when on the open road

liquidmoe · 12-05-2003, 11:01 AM

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Originally posted by baddog
I like court, serously. I beat far more tickets than I lose, and now I use a radar detector to help the odds when on the open road

What are some of the ways to beat tickets, Im looking at three court dates in the next 30 days

J B · 12-05-2003, 11:06 AM

Well, I guess it depends on where you live. Here in Germany there are a lot of roads with no speed limit and not much traffic at all, so it's no problem to drive 150 mph

liquidmoe · 12-05-2003, 11:09 AM

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Originally posted by J B
Well, I guess it depends on where you live. Here in Germany there are a lot of roads with no speed limit and not much traffic at all, so it's no problem to drive 150 mph

America isn't as progressive.

detoxed · 12-05-2003, 11:11 AM

Just pay the damn tickets why go to court?

liquidmoe · 12-05-2003, 11:13 AM

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Originally posted by detoxed
Just pay the damn tickets why go to court?

its 34+ mph over the speed limit, court appearance is required, as far as NJ is concerned. At least according to the ticket.

raceman · 12-05-2003, 11:13 AM

I never get tickets when I am driving fast

"he he he he"

RACEMAN

skillfull · 12-05-2003, 11:17 AM

never got a ticket cause im driving fast too,
i guess im lucky

raceman · 12-05-2003, 11:18 AM

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I hate it when that happens

pornkitten · 12-05-2003, 11:22 AM

There are two types of people on the road morons and maniacs.. the ones that drive slower then you are the morons, the ones that drive faster then you are the maniacs...

Ludedude · 12-05-2003, 11:22 AM

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Originally posted by liquidmoe
America isn't as progressive.

America also doesn't have fuck-all in the way of driver education. The idea of soccer mommys flying down the freeway at 110 in minivans scares me. It should scare you too. When we teach people how to drive then we can be as "progressive" as Germany is. Go find out about what it takes to get a license there. They also have much more stringent laws about the condition your vehicle must be in for it to be allowed on the roads. No smoking POS 1990 Civics with fart can exhausts to worry about. Much more progressive, I agree. We should all be more like Germany.

Ludedude · 12-05-2003, 11:23 AM

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Originally posted by pornkitten
There are two types of people on the road morons and maniacs.. the ones that drive slower then you are the morons, the ones that drive faster then you are the maniacs...

George Carlin said that

liquidmoe · 12-05-2003, 11:23 AM

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Originally posted by Ludedude

America also doesn't have fuck-all in the way of driver education. The idea of soccer mommys flying down the freeway at 110 in minivans scares me. It should scare you too. When we teach people how to drive then we can be as "progressive" as Germany is. Go find out about what it takes to get a license there. They also have much more stringent laws about the condition your vehicle must be in for it to be allowed on the roads. No smoking POS 1990 Civics with fart can exhausts to worry about. Much more progressive, I agree. We should all be more like Germany.

Believe me I know, American requirements for a license are a joke. People in Germany dont even J-walk.

ldinternet · 12-05-2003, 11:25 AM

I'm not too bothered about the speeders - most of the young ones (i.e. all twinks in Golfs that sit with a Schumacher stance) will run into a telephone poll sooner or later. I usually move with the traffic at around 80-90 on the motorway when it's not busy (limit is 70), and move with the traffic when it's busy at whatever speed it may be. I keep it to a max of 35 in and around town (limit is 30)... especially since there are pedestrians, cyclists, horses, roadworks, etc.

It's the overly timid drivers that worry me.

Old people, and women, that try to merge into 70MPH traffic by driving down the access road and indicating at 45. FORTY FUCKING FIVE. Yes, indeed, 45 may be a "safe" speed, but not when you're trying to merge between two cars that are going 70. It's just dangerous. That causes many, many accidents.

Women, again - if someone is on an access road to a dual carriage way, and they're level with you, and the lane next to you is empty - please - move over and let them on. If you don't move, they're either going to have to speed up or brake. If you're on the access road, and the lane beside me is empty, indeed, I will move over and let you on.

Also - people that slam on their breaks on the access road when there's virtually no traffic on the motorway, yet there are people following behind them. I've seen people STOP dead before now, and there's no need for it. Are they trying to be safe or something? It causes accidents. Reminds me of a Goofy cartoon where he's trying to get on the motorway, he stops on the access road and causes a huge pile up.

In this country, on the motorway, speed limit is 70. Sometimes there are cops parked on the grass looking for speeders. Women and old people, when you see a cop, there's no need to slow down to 40. The limit is 70.

People don't pull out in front of buses and 8-wheelers. But if it's a compact? I don't know what makes people think that the laws of physics don't apply to them. If you're going to pull out suddenly in front of a moving car, WHATEVER the size, without looking, don't be surprised if it doesn't stop. The car heading towards you may be a compact, but the fact of the matter is, it's travelling just as fast as any other car and it takes just as long to stop.

Those thin sheet of steel doors on your shitty sedan is the only thing seperating you and your family from a 2500lb compact lump of speeding metal and glass. I'm fine... I've got the whole hood in front of me. But when it hits you, it's going to snap your bones and break you in half just as easily as a truck would. I'm trying to keep the insurance down and keep a clean license, but you fucking kamikaze clowns making it REAL hard work. You're not invincible, you morons.

J B · 12-05-2003, 11:25 AM

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Originally posted by liquidmoe
America isn't as progressive.

When I was living in the US there was no speed limit in Montana

liquidmoe · 12-05-2003, 11:27 AM

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Originally posted by J B

When I was living in the US there was no speed limit in Montana

Thats because there are two people living in Montana

Sifu · 12-05-2003, 11:35 AM

what a fuciken loser you are to spend 40 grand on that bullshit, god you are dumb ass fuck, youd figure after the first two tickets youd learn. oh wait your a pathetic moron lol...good you get what you deserve asshole....lol

NinjaSteve · 12-05-2003, 11:42 AM

radar detectors work wonders, and if you are driving locally you can spot where cops usually hover around.

ModelPerfect · 12-05-2003, 11:51 AM

I speed for safety reasons: it keeps me more alert.

liquidmoe · 12-05-2003, 11:53 AM

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Originally posted by ModelPerfect
I speed for safety reasons: it keeps me more alert.

Thats funny I fall alseep just as much behind the wheel when I'm speeding as when Im driving the limit.

ModelPerfect · 12-05-2003, 12:00 PM

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Originally posted by liquidmoe
Thats funny I fall alseep just as much behind the wheel when I'm speeding as when Im driving the limit.

There may be more issues here than just speeding...

ModelPerfect · 12-05-2003, 12:02 PM

I just broke a 100 posts! Yah for me!

liquidmoe · 12-05-2003, 12:03 PM

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Originally posted by ModelPerfect

There may be more issues here than just speeding...

I dont have narcolep....... sy.

liquidmoe · 12-05-2003, 12:03 PM

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Originally posted by ModelPerfect
I just broke a 100 posts! Yah for me!

Make a thread about it!

Everyone else does.

ModelPerfect · 12-05-2003, 12:04 PM

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Originally posted by liquidmoe
I dont have narcolep....... sy.

Amputate Your Head · 12-05-2003, 12:05 PM

i don't have that problem... speed limit here is 20, and that's as fast as traffic moves. If I go up on the big road though I can get her cranked up to 40.

liquidmoe · 12-05-2003, 12:06 PM

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Originally posted by Amputate Your Head
i don't have that problem... speed limit here is 20, and that's as fast as traffic moves. If I go up on the big road though I can get her cranked up to 40.

How long does it take you to get from one end of the island to the other? a couple of hours?

ModelPerfect · 12-05-2003, 12:06 PM

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Originally posted by liquidmoe
Make a thread about it! Everyone else does.

I'll wait until I can add another zero. My fragile male ego can't stand too many "that's great: now sit down and shut up" replies.

fuzebox · 12-05-2003, 12:06 PM

Uh... because it's fun?

Amputate Your Head · 12-05-2003, 12:07 PM

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Originally posted by liquidmoe
How long does it take you to get from one end of the island to the other? a couple of hours?

from here on the south end over to the west side Lahaina town is approx. 20 miles.... takes roughly 45 minutes to an hour.

ModelPerfect · 12-05-2003, 12:08 PM

After over 30 speeding tickets, I have now mastered the art of getting out of a ticket.

liquidmoe · 12-05-2003, 12:08 PM

That's crazy, everything is like half an hour away. Ever feel like you need more space?

liquidmoe · 12-05-2003, 12:09 PM

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Originally posted by ModelPerfect
After over 30 speeding tickets, I have now mastered the art of getting out of a ticket.

30 Speeding tickets?! And you are telling me I have other issues?

btw does the method invlove flashing?

ModelPerfect · 12-05-2003, 12:14 PM

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Originally posted by liquidmoe
30 Speeding tickets?! And you are telling me I have other issues?

btw does the method invlove flashing?

No, that's part of mastering the art of a beat-down.

Yeah, I'm addicted to adrenaline. ...just looooooove those shakes.

12-05-2003, 09:51 AM	#1
Peter Romero Long time no happy ending Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: San Diego CA Posts: 10,578	Why drive fast??? You just get tickets. This is a debate I've been having with alot of people lately... Why the fuck would you drive so fast all the time? Sooner or later, you just get - in wrecks, a traffic jam or speeding tickets. I used to drive fast all the time and one year I got 6 speeding tickets all over Cali, Nevada & Texas. I spent lots of time in court, not working, traveling to court apearances, paying people to drive me around, renting cars because mine was in impound, etc, etc... Not to mention - the money I lost on fines, rental cars, lost wages, impound fees & extra insurance because I was a high risk. My estimated cost that year because of all this was about $40,000. So my question to myself & those who disagree with me about now driving slower is: How do you (or I) save time by driving fast when the end result is always the preceeding paragraph? Me in Arizona on my way to another speeding ticket. __________________ POVCash [email protected] See them all here: http://www.Petergirls.com

12-05-2003, 09:56 AM	#4
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12-05-2003, 10:14 AM	#10
NinjaSteve Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 11,089	You speed for many reason: - it's fun - it's fun again - travel time is less - maybe you're late Now if you're going somewhere that takes 35 minutes and you speed and get there in 30 minutes you just saved time. Let's say this is a daily commute both one way and back. So 5 days, 30 min each way = 5 hours 35 minutes = 5 hours 25 minutes. You just saved yourself 25 minutes! Longer trips you can save an hour or two. Speeding is worth it. We should all speed. If you die from speeding then too bad, survival of the fittest I guess. __________________ ...

12-05-2003, 10:27 AM	#15
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12-05-2003, 09:53 AM	#2
liquidmoe Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NY Posts: 4,994	Sometimes you just dont notice, I didnt when I got my speeding ticket last friday. Got pulled over doing 101, had no idea I was going that fast because you dont notice it sometimes. Im more cautious now though. Eventually everyone goes through enough tickets to start slowing down, but until that happens people just assume they wont get pulled over or have problems.

12-05-2003, 09:56 AM	#3
leg4 Confirmed User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 4,429	I'm alot more calm and cautious now--- especially since I don't live by any kind of time scheduel... (trapped in the webmaster cave) but I do notice that I drive fast and dart-around when I'm in a good mood... B

12-05-2003, 10:08 AM	#8
ThunderBalls So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Mesosphere Posts: 2,926	Why live? You just end up dying.

12-05-2003, 10:20 AM	#12
infectd Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Canerda Posts: 1,122	To get to work on time...

12-05-2003, 10:34 AM	#16
Wade Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 253	Dont speed, its not worth it. Unless you are at the race track, then its fun ;-) __________________ www.BlueDesignStudios.com ICQ : 1380208 Email : [email protected]

12-05-2003, 10:57 AM	#17
baddog So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the beach, SoCal Posts: 107,089	I like court, serously. I beat far more tickets than I lose, and now I use a radar detector to help the odds when on the open road

12-05-2003, 11:06 AM	#19
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12-05-2003, 11:11 AM	#21
detoxed vip member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,798	Just pay the damn tickets why go to court?

12-05-2003, 11:13 AM	#23
raceman Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Now offshore on an island paying a heluva lot less tax than you suckers Posts: 1,064	I never get tickets when I am driving fast "he he he he" RACEMAN __________________ "ILLEGITIMIS NON CARBORUNDUM" <-- "DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GRIND YOU DOWN" General Joe Stiwell ICQ: 213-684-158

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skillfull Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Quebec Calisse Posts: 4,716	never got a ticket cause im driving fast too, i guess im lucky __________________ mind at underdark dot cc SEO Analyst Thunder-Ball.net - Member

12-05-2003, 11:18 AM	#25
raceman Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Now offshore on an island paying a heluva lot less tax than you suckers Posts: 1,064	Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I hate it when that happens __________________ "ILLEGITIMIS NON CARBORUNDUM" <-- "DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GRIND YOU DOWN" General Joe Stiwell ICQ: 213-684-158

12-05-2003, 11:22 AM	#26
pornkitten Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,412	There are two types of people on the road morons and maniacs.. the ones that drive slower then you are the morons, the ones that drive faster then you are the maniacs...

12-05-2003, 11:25 AM	#30
ldinternet Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 8,245	I'm not too bothered about the speeders - most of the young ones (i.e. all twinks in Golfs that sit with a Schumacher stance) will run into a telephone poll sooner or later. I usually move with the traffic at around 80-90 on the motorway when it's not busy (limit is 70), and move with the traffic when it's busy at whatever speed it may be. I keep it to a max of 35 in and around town (limit is 30)... especially since there are pedestrians, cyclists, horses, roadworks, etc. It's the overly timid drivers that worry me. Old people, and women, that try to merge into 70MPH traffic by driving down the access road and indicating at 45. FORTY FUCKING FIVE. Yes, indeed, 45 may be a "safe" speed, but not when you're trying to merge between two cars that are going 70. It's just dangerous. That causes many, many accidents. Women, again - if someone is on an access road to a dual carriage way, and they're level with you, and the lane next to you is empty - please - move over and let them on. If you don't move, they're either going to have to speed up or brake. If you're on the access road, and the lane beside me is empty, indeed, I will move over and let you on. Also - people that slam on their breaks on the access road when there's virtually no traffic on the motorway, yet there are people following behind them. I've seen people STOP dead before now, and there's no need for it. Are they trying to be safe or something? It causes accidents. Reminds me of a Goofy cartoon where he's trying to get on the motorway, he stops on the access road and causes a huge pile up. In this country, on the motorway, speed limit is 70. Sometimes there are cops parked on the grass looking for speeders. Women and old people, when you see a cop, there's no need to slow down to 40. The limit is 70. People don't pull out in front of buses and 8-wheelers. But if it's a compact? I don't know what makes people think that the laws of physics don't apply to them. If you're going to pull out suddenly in front of a moving car, WHATEVER the size, without looking, don't be surprised if it doesn't stop. The car heading towards you may be a compact, but the fact of the matter is, it's travelling just as fast as any other car and it takes just as long to stop. Those thin sheet of steel doors on your shitty sedan is the only thing seperating you and your family from a 2500lb compact lump of speeding metal and glass. I'm fine... I've got the whole hood in front of me. But when it hits you, it's going to snap your bones and break you in half just as easily as a truck would. I'm trying to keep the insurance down and keep a clean license, but you fucking kamikaze clowns making it REAL hard work. You're not invincible, you morons. Last edited by ldinternet; 12-05-2003 at 11:29 AM..

12-05-2003, 11:35 AM	#33
Sifu Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: So Cal Posts: 1,791	what a fuciken loser you are to spend 40 grand on that bullshit, god you are dumb ass fuck, youd figure after the first two tickets youd learn. oh wait your a pathetic moron lol...good you get what you deserve asshole....lol __________________ ICQ: 317-769-855

12-05-2003, 11:42 AM	#34
NinjaSteve Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 11,089	radar detectors work wonders, and if you are driving locally you can spot where cops usually hover around. __________________ ...

12-05-2003, 11:51 AM	#35
ModelPerfect Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: USA Posts: 2,862	I speed for safety reasons: it keeps me more alert.

12-05-2003, 12:02 PM	#38
ModelPerfect Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: USA Posts: 2,862	I just broke a 100 posts! Yah for me!

12-05-2003, 12:05 PM	#42
Amputate Your Head There can be only one Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Somewhere else Posts: 39,075	i don't have that problem... speed limit here is 20, and that's as fast as traffic moves. If I go up on the big road though I can get her cranked up to 40. __________________ SIG TOO BIG

12-05-2003, 12:06 PM	#45
fuzebox making it rain Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: seattle Posts: 22,166	Uh... because it's fun?

12-05-2003, 12:08 PM	#47
ModelPerfect Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: USA Posts: 2,862	After over 30 speeding tickets, I have now mastered the art of getting out of a ticket.