[blml] By the pricking of my thumbs

[Ed Reppert]

On Mar 16, 2007, at 5:53 PM, Eric Landau wrote:

> Not quite absolved, but you *should* have been allowed to get away  
> with
> it -- because the cop who wrote you the speeding ticket really should
> have been spending the time chasing down and ticketing the other guy,
> who is far more of a danger on the road.

Hehe. I recall being stopped once for speeding. When I pointed out to  
the officer that others had been passing me, he said "yeah, but I got  
*you*". <shrug>

>   (Unless, of course, you were tooling along in the leftmost lane 
> (*), forcing the prevailing
> above-the-limit traffic to get around you on the right, in which case
> he should have just shot you.)

I don't disagree - but its not gonna happen. I firmly believe that  
speed limits on most roads are about 10 mph too low. :-)
>
> (*) ACBL jurisdiction