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MrBillM
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Highway Law and Disorder
Driving North on Hwy 5 south of La Puerta at about 60 M, I came up behind a Gringo Land Rover driving at a slower speed. Nobody else in sight.
I realized that she (as it turns out) was driving EXACTLY at the 80 K Speed Limit. Ok, no problem until we hit a 60 K stretch and SLOWED to EXACTLY
that speed until we arrived back at an 80 K stretch. Tiring of the Law and Order game, I passed.
The POINT of the story is that, as I passed and looked over, she was shaking her fist at me and then pointing at her speedometer while she mouthed
God-Knows-What.
A Righteous "Keeper of the Speed". We've got a lot of those up in the High-Desert, but they're usually Really old. This gal looked to be late 20s.
I started Laughing and my wife asked why. I said that, given normal driving habits on either side of the border, that's one Gal that must go through
life REALLY P--sed.
Wonder how many Mexican drivers she shakes that fist at ?
Funny thing is that, a short distance later, a Fed going South passed me and then made a U. At which point, I slowed to 80. After he paced me for a
mile, he gave up and U'd again. I thought about how happy Land-Rover Gal would have been to come up on me pulled over.
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Barry A.
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That's pretty funny, Bill. I am a retired cop. We had two names for folks like you-------if we caught you, you were known as a "cash cow". If we
didn't catch you, you were known as a "potential statistic". 
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Skipjack Joe
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You won again.
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JESSE
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 At her.
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Cypress
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She was probably stoned.
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DENNIS
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That brings back a memory. Twenty five years or so back, Ensenada had parking meters. They were busted and bent over, only a few if any worked.
Mexicans used them with a chain to straighten out their bumpers.
One day I watched as a US tourist lady was trying her best to find the slot so she could put in some money so, I told her in a kind way that nobody
actually fed the meters.
She went off on me loud and long saying it was our moral responsibility to teach these Mexicans the proper way to conduct a civilized society.
I went into shock and wandered down the road while she continued to "do the right thing" and get that busted ol' meter to take her money.
Gawwwdammm....what arrogance.
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Martyman
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
She was probably stoned. |
No, If she was stoned she wouldn't be as uptight as she was.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Martyman
No, If she was stoned she wouldn't be as uptight as she was. |
Or driving so fast.
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William,
How come, in that imaginative mind of mine, I picture you, slightly perturbed, driving within a foot of the girls rear bumper, maybe honking your horn
now and then, before you stepped on it and went by her like a bat out of hell.
Told you I have a good imagination.
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Her car couldn't have had CA license plates. CA normal speed is 15mph over the posted speed limit minimum.
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MrBillM
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Them Foreigners and their Imaginations
That's certainly your imagination gone weird, VBerg.
I NEVER tailgate anyone. Gave up all that youthful aggressive driving as a Youth. Driving behind the "Keeper" I was never closer than 4 or more
car-lengths. THAT is what made the incident hilarious. No excuse for her anger than someone lawlessly exceeding the speed that she
had decreed proper. After passing her, I went back up to my original 60-65.
She's probably one of those DumbAss "Keepers" who drives the speed limit in town(45) and rails at anyone LEGALLY passing her. I run across those all
the time.
The irony is that I'm usually the Slow-Guy on the Highways, but I don't try to force anyone else to drive at my speed. I don't give a Crap how fast
anybody else drives. While lots of Gringos and others pass me on the highway, I pass very few.
As far as being a potential "Cash Cow", that would ONLY be in Mexico with their unrealistic speed limits and, even then, I'm pretty damned good at
picking them out before they pick me out. In the U.S., there isn't a Chance in Hades that I'll ever get a SPEEDING ticket on the highway. The last
one was in 1976 or thereabouts.
Keep on Dreaming, VBerg.
[Edited on 10-9-2009 by MrBillM]
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I think I ran into the same lady when I stopped for a stop sign. I must have been one inch on the white line and she was a pedestrian so as she went
by she looked at the line, came back and looked at where my wheels were, then shook her head no in a very stern manner. From the looks I swore she
was a school teacher, although I am positive she was not catholic since she did not whack my tires with her ruler.
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MrBillM
Driving North on Hwy 5 south of La Puerta at about 60 M, I came up behind a Gringo Land Rover driving at a slower speed. Nobody else in sight.
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land rovers don't go too fast. maybe the new ones can go over 55, but my old one from 1970s (stopped importing type 3s in mid 1970s) would go over
55, but got loud as heck as it was geared for top speed of about 50 mph. i think they now import some fancy new land rovers to US, but they cost a
mint, and i think only city slicker posers buy them.
or did you mean range rover? those new range rovers are hunks of junk, and probably don't speed at risk of needing to go to shop for electrical and
driveline repairs
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MrBillM
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Rovers ?
Having not kept up with the models, I couldn't say EXCEPT that
It wasn't a Range Rover. It said Land Rover on the Decklid and the style was in keeping with that. The Range Rovers look a lot fancier. Or, at
least the ones I've seen.
AGE ? Quien Sabe ? It was either a very late model OR it was amazingly well-maintained for whatever its age. Perfect-looking Original paint scheme.
Regardless of power, I would say that the immediate slowing to the lower speed limit was a better indicator than the possible capabilities of the
vehicle.
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MrBillM
The irony is that I'm usually the Slow-Guy on the Highways, but I don't try to force anyone else to drive at my speed. I don't give a Crap how fast
anybody else drives. While lots of Gringos and others pass me on the highway, I pass very few.
As far as being a potential "Cash Cow", that would ONLY be in Mexico with their unrealistic speed limits and, even then, I'm pretty damned good at
picking them out before they pick me out. In the U.S., there isn't a Chance in Hades that I'll ever get a SPEEDING ticket on the highway. The last
one was in 1976 or thereabouts.
[Edited on 10-9-2009 by MrBillM] |
----as Paul Harvey used to say, "and that is the rest of the story". Assumptions always get us in trouble, and I made a wrong assumption about your
driving habits from what you briefly stated here. Sorry about that. 
I too just stay to the right and let the crazys pass me by, but------
I wish I could say that I had no speeding ticket since '76------
Barry
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mtgoat666
| Quote: | Originally posted by MrBillM
Driving North on Hwy 5 south of La Puerta at about 60 M, I came up behind a Gringo Land Rover driving at a slower speed. Nobody else in sight.
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land rovers don't go too fast. maybe the new ones can go over 55, but my old one from 1970s (stopped importing type 3s in mid 1970s) would go over
55, but got loud as heck as it was geared for top speed of about 50 mph. i think they now import some fancy new land rovers to US, but they cost a
mint, and i think only city slicker posers buy them.
or did you mean range rover? those new range rovers are hunks of junk, and probably don't speed at risk of needing to go to shop for electrical and
driveline repairs |
Land Rovers now have V-8 engines and can go very fast... not just Range Rovers... Here's Squarecircle's new Land Rover (Model LR3) going to Mision
Santa Maria a couple years ago...
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Land Rovers now have V-8 engines and can go very fast... not just Range Rovers... Here's Squarecircle's new Land Rover (Model LR3) going to Mision
Santa Maria a couple years ago... |
yeah, range rovers can go fast when running, but they are least reliable SUV, and they cost an arm/leg to repair. yes, they are probaly quite
luxurious, up until they break down and leave you stranded
toyota 4WDs rule! perhaps the only think DK and I agree on
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David K
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That's right... but I am showing and talking Land Rover, not Range Rover in my reply... Squarecircles Land Rover was amazing... BUT, it is definetly a
hand full of trouble as you say... not solid and well built like a Toyota.
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Gypsy Jan
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A Mexican Friend Told Me This
So it can't be too politically incorrect, no?
"There are two kinds of Mexican drivers - those with no insurance drive really slow, those with insurance drive very fast."
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
"There are two kinds of Mexican drivers - those with no insurance drive really slow, those with insurance drive very fast." |
I thought there were three types of Mexican drivers.
One who wants to keep a safe distance from the car in front of him.
One that wants to occupy that space.
And one who doesn't want to give up that space, so he tailgates.
I don't know about the insurance aspect of it all since hit'n run is one of the national pastimes.
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