Originally posted by Forumie Partie Markie:
What the F did you do?
I was driving back to The OC from Humbolt at a ridiculously early time in the morning. It was about 5:15 AM in Sonoma County and I was going at or over 100 MPH in a 55 MPH zone on 101 (the federal mandated limit at the time). That's considered Reckless Driving in CA (as well it should be, too) and carried a huge fine. The cop actually wrote it up as 95+ so he wouldn't have to take me to jail right then, but it was still over the limit for reckless driving.
What pissed me off was that I had no intention of fighting it, I just didn't want to have to drive that far for my court appearance, but it was mandatory and I couldn't get it transferred to a more local court. So that's when I started thinking, hell, if I have to go that far, I might as well put up a fight. Bad idea, and I was only saved by the guy with similar sentiment who went before me.
This was also ten years ago when I was young and stupid, so I can't imagine what the fine is now.
All told, with the fine, extra trip to NorCal and increase in my insurance rates, the ticket cost me about $3000. It was my last ticket until the MD ticket, which was around 80 in a 55 zone coming out of a 65 zone on 95 returning from NY 2 years back.
Always a silver lining though, because I was in and out of court that morning, I drove the Jeep that I bought after selling my BMW (the car I got the ticket in) back down PCH all the way from Sonoma to Newport Beach with the top off from sunrise to sunset. To this day, the best drive of my life.
