Am I losing perspective? November 28, 2007
Or maybe I’m just tired. Or drunk on yarn. Does this guy want to be my dad? (Context: I got a ticket on my way back to Minnesota last weekend.)
No-Longer-Potential-Paramour: Im sure it pissed you off at the very least
Me: Not at all. I speed all the time, so I’ll get tickets occasionally
NLPP: I see; well hopefully your insurance wont get dinged too badly
Me: Nah - that’s what lawyers are for
NLPP: Lawyers ! ? For a speeding ticket ? [Uh...he knows I went to law school]
Me (If this had been over the phone, spoken in a tone as if I’m explaining something to Big Bird): Yes, they take care of it so that you don’t have it on your record
NLPP: Wouldnt driving a little slower be easier and more logical ?
Me: Wow, that was condescending
NLPP: No, not really, at least I didnt mean it that way. It was really just a question.
Getting a lawyer for a speeding ticket just seems a little extreme to me and, well, easily avoidable.
The process of fixing tickets at one time paid my bills. Is it some sort of twisted lawyer-thing that I don’t see anything wrong with paying one (I don’t have any friends with an Iowa law license) to fix my ticket?
I don’t think so, because honestly a fixed ticket brings more money into a city since your fees are much higher.
If the law allows you to do it…
Since you asked…
You speed all the time? I’ve lost a number of friends over the years to horrific auto accidents; in most of those, excessive speed was involved. Please stop. If not to protect your own butt, to protect those of us who share the highway with you. And no, I don’t want to be your Mom.
Hey! How have you been? I realized I hadn’t seen your blog come up on bloglines in a while. I hope everything is okay. I tagged you for a Christmas meme.
Rachel
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