| experiences as they relate to yours. Up until I was 24 I thought I could get away with breaking the drug laws. I would do the same thing over and over. The first time I barely escaped arrest, second time I lied and beat the charges, third time I got a day in jail and 6 months probation, and the fourth time I got an open ended jail sentence. I spent 90 days behind bars and was dropped on the door step of Washington State's penal institutions. I was acting like an idiot. What else was the State going to do? Unlike you, I didn't think I was being persecuted by the system, but like you my days of getting breaks had come to an end. I wasn't picking up the beat of the music. The warnings and wrist slaps were wasted on me. In my case, I had left the law only one alternative; extended jail time. And doing time was one of the best things that ever happened to me. It made me see the foolish direction I was heading in and made me appreciate the bliss of being a free man. OK, I guess your not facing jail time, but your freedom to drive is in jeopardy. Blaming others and circumstance for your propensity to speed is not serving you well. The purpose of traffic laws is to protect violators from potential injury to themselves and to protect the innocent. You are leaving the legal system no alternative in performing this protective function. Its last resort to reform your driving will be revoking your license. I've gotten more than a few speeding tickets and, with perhaps one exception, the citations were spot on. Speeding is a problem of your own creation and only you can solve it. IMHO, you are just trying to pass the buck through cleverness, deceit and perceived victimization. To persist in doing this is a fool's mission with a foregone conclusion. I've been that fool. Use your option to change your behavior before the law changes it for you.
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