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Got my first speeding ticket today! I've been jinxing myself for years, saying "I've never gotten a speeding ticket." So some jackass will certainly say "See, if you hadn't said that..." ignoring the past decades of saying "Fuck you, jinx!" Actually, today I said "Wow it would really suck if we got in a crash on the way!"

The ticket was in the speed trap that they put on the bottom of the hill by my house. I know it's there, but didn't think they'd have one in bad weather or think that the cop pick-up was something to pay attention to. I got 37 in a 26, $116. I usually go much faster, and I think I was coasting in nuetral when I got it. Slight aggravation, more because I know there has never been an accident here ever, and the speed limit is too low. It's just a speed trap - no safety has ever been gained by this revenue raiser. I've called the police non-emer and asked them to stop trapping my block - long before I ever got a ticket.

Am I wrong, or do most people find the limits too low? Why do we have laws that no one obeys? This is democracy yet no one likes the system we allegedly choose. Eh. How mild my reaction when the financial blow is so small. Well, that and I have far more pressing issues.

Now to study for exams.