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I've been let off for some pretty serious offenses, which is amazing in itself. Most I won't go into, but I had punishment coming for sure.
A few years back I decided to take my ZX-6R to work. I got stuck behind a school bus going 54 in a 55 mph zone. I could see one slow car in front of the bus. I waited until it was clear, and went around them, hitting just over 100. A cop coming perpendicular to the two-laner hit his lights and got me.
He asked me why I did that, and eventually let me go with just a verbal warning. I told him I simply wanted to get around the bus and car so I could clearly see ahead of myself. I didn't want a dead deer or racoon to pop up behind the bus and give me too little reaction time to avoid. He told me to just slow down and allow more room, and I replied that then some old lady in her silver or white RAV4 would just pull in front of me and fill the gap. I honestly said I just wanted to cruise at 63 mph free and clear and get to work. It worked, and it was true, and he even chuckled at the RAV4 comment, because there are like 7 million of them in our county alone.
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