Posted by:
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Date: January 29, 2019 04:29PM
There is a difference in running a red light at 40 mph and simply turning left on a red when it simply WON'T change (or is a trap, rigged) forever. I was turning left onto Center Street, from 7th West, stopped for the red light, around midnight, and the light never would turn green.
At this point, at this time of night, ANYTHING you do could be either, acceptable and appropriate, or "illegal", like turning, reversing direction, or even waiting... forever.
So, I Go, and WHAM, the Red White & Blue lights collide with my eyes and I get my blinds ticket. Well, the car did. You see, the car was a gift that summer, and it being a big black1975 Monte Carlo, in Prove, the car couldn't help getting pushed, or pulled, over. The car averaged 1 ticket per month, costing way more than it was worth, to me anyway. Needless to say, I didn't keep it past the summer. It wasn't a family (LOOKING) car.
The car got another ticket one afternoon - on the 4th of July, in fact - traveling up University Ave, and turning right at 4th North, at the (once) 7-11, just before the big ole decrepit school. Ticket man said the car, with it's blinker on, took 2 lanes at once - left to right, to the short turn lane - though I properly turned off the blinker and turned it back on, for that reason. Oh well. Damn car!
One night, a friend and I were leaving the "Cow 'Palace'", going over to my house about 2 blocks away, near 11th East. I was backing out of the parking lot, across 9th East, with the studded snow tires still on in the summer, and 'squealed the tires', which the car did only in reverse.
Getting to my house we realize we may need another blanket. So we go back to the same corner- STOP sign, I stop, right blinker on, we turn right. The inside of the car lit up (and I knew it wasn't us) and so we pulled the car over to get it's ticket. The ticker said "I could ticket you for peeling out in the parking lot back there too". Again, it was the cars fault, but a joy too [especially when you are young (er)], especially when it wouldn't burn rubber going forward.
One more ticket for "speeding" was given the car, attempting to observe the 15 mph Center Street speed limit, where Center turns into the freeway on ramp and you are accelerating to 55 somewhere, somehow - from 15-55 WITHOUT "speeding". So much for that.
M@t