When it rains, it pours. I started the week with a traffic ticket, and now I\u2019m closing out the week with a second traffic ticket. Awesome!<\/p>\n
The one I got today was from one of those damned red light cameras. The light turned yellow as I approached and I was close and fast enough that I would have had to brake hard to stop, but far enough away that it was going to be a little, well, \u201corange\u201d if I blew through it. The intersection was clear with no side traffic in sight, so I took it, and as I went through I looked up and saw it turn red just as I entered the intersection.<\/p>\n
I also saw a flash of light as the fucking red light camera took my picture.<\/p>\n
So that\u2019s just awesome. I have a commercial driver\u2019s license, which means I can\u2019t go to traffic school when I get a ticket. Also, I get 1.5 times the points as a \u201ccivilian\u201d driver for a moving violation. And most non-production driving jobs want someone with a spotless record going back ten years. So I have well and truly boned myself now. Awesome.<\/p>\n
The best part is that I got both these tickets in my cage, where I drive about 50,000 times more safely and legally than I do on the bike.<\/p>\n
I\u2019d better start looking for a law degree by mail correspondence course, because it looks like I\u2019m going to be spending quite a bit of time in court soon\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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