I Can't Drive.... 115!

The one and only Sammy Hagar reference I'll ever make....

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=6&u=/nm/20040830/od_nm/speeding_dc
from JoeUser Forums
I love this story.... there was a guy in England who got ticketed for going 115 mph in a Fiat Punto and he successfully fought the charge by arguing that there was no way he could have gotten one up to that speed. Now, if you haven't seen a Punto, it looks like this:



In all honesty, I don't think you could get one of those to go 115 mph if you strapped booster rockets to it and dropped it from space.

The guy who fought the law and won was a law student who fully admitted that yes, he was driving too fast... but he knew that the little Punto couldn't go that fast, and proved it by driving it downhill in favorable winds.

But honestly, when you think of Fiat, you don't really think of high-performance. I mean, I could see him maybe breaking 115 if he was in a Mini or Kia or something like that, but a Fiat... yeah... that's happening.


I think I like the story so much because it is sort of a David and Goliath story... I mean, he fought for 18 months to win the case. It also reminded me of all the stories about people beating tickets by getting every piece of information they could about the situation, like when the radar guns were calibrated and when the officers using them were last trained... though I am not advocating speeding.
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Bah. This story, I'll agree, is David and Goliath, but when other people are speeding and get off on technicalities, then I think that's ridiculous.

(Unless it's me. Then it's all good.)
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Well, the thing with the technicalities is, you have to really do the leg work to win on those grounds... but when you do make the effort, in most states, there is usually something you can find to get out of the ticket.

At least that's what shows like Dateline and such discovered.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yay. Yet more excuses for Americans to not take responsibility for themselves.

(Whoops, sorry, tripped over my soapbox there....)
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Touche Angloesque... touche...

Hey, your soap box almost looks like mine... only mine is a bit bigger... not that its a competition...
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
I had a dream about this article last night. I dreamed (dreamt) that someone got on me for being an "American asshole" because I said

(Unless it's me. Then it's all good.)


and saying that I personified American stupidity, blah blah blah. Some dream people just don't get sarcasm.

So...guess that means I've been dreaming 'bout you. So how big, exactly, IS your soapbox....?

-A.
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
I realized last night after I got off the computer that I missed the best joke of all... Punto is one little letter from being a Pinto, and we all know that was a quality automobile when it wasn't blowing up on you.

Now, about the dream....

saying that I personified American stupidity, blah blah blah. Some dream people just don't get sarcasm.


Or they've never seen Jessica Simpson talking about tuna

So...guess that means I've been dreaming 'bout you.


Hope the hubby isn't too upset about that... hehe

And let's see.... my soapbox is big enough to support 4 pundits, a pitcher of water and a moderator. I just don't get a chance to pull it out often enough for my liking.

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Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
Hope the hubby isn't too upset about that... hehe


What H doesn't know won't....oh, never mind. We both have blogs but seldom read each other's. All the same, I'd never write anything I wouldn't want him to read.

I've also just realized that now that I know the JU html code for quoting, I can make up quotes; ergo, historyishere said,

I'm pretty!


Ha ha. Okay. I'm done.
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
Well, we of course would have to assume that he follows my blog.... after all, who doesn't read my blog here.... Man, I wish my ego could get that bloated about things here.... lol

And yes, I'm Pretty, OH, so pretty...
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top


Well, that's one way to get rid of the spam

*Puts spam through a process to make a spread and eats it....*
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
Eating spam is the first step to becoming a Hawaiian!
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
Or a former GI
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top
No... I just know that Spam was an acquired taste for soldiers who brought that taste back home with them after the second world war.....
Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top
Awww . . . I was hoping that you were . . . I still like ya, though.
Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top
hehe... yeah, you could look at it that way.... not a soldier... still a decent guy....
Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top
Apparently the spammer can't drive 115 either.... he's REALLY SLOW
Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yeah spammer, bringing another funny article from the past to today
Reply #18 from JoeUser Forums Top
Apparently the spammer can't drive 115 either.... he's REALLY SLOW


he he he . . .
Reply #19 from JoeUser Forums Top
I liked that one too... not as much as the Pillsbury Doughboy meets the three stooges of course... but it made me laugh seeing it again.