jjrodger - well said!!

On my way to work this morning, there is a stretch of long, straight road where the limit is 60 Km/h and people often go closer to 80-90 km/h. It is close to my home and there are often speed traps there. Being as it was a beautiful, sunny morning I purposely slowed down as I approached this section from about 85 to 65 in anticipation of a speed trap. Sure enough, as I crested the hill, leading the pack of cars behind me, there were THREE cops positioned with a laser gun right at me. I saw the officer check my speed and then look away.

Of course, I just sailed on by with a smile...

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2007 E550 4Matic - 61,000 Km - Iridium Silver, black leather, Sport package, Premium 2 package
2007 GL450 4Matic - 62,000 Km - Obsidian Black Metallic, black leather, all options
1998 E430 - sold
1989 300E - 333,000 Km - sold
1977 280E - sold
1971 250 - retired

"And a frign hat. They gave me a hat at the annual benefits meeting. I said. how does this benefit me. I dont have anything from the company.. So they gave me a hat." - TheDon

On the same topic, what REALLY burns me up are these massive Springtime speed busts. It seems that during the first few really nice days of Spring, especially Fridays, the police are out in droves wiht speed traps. They (correctly) assume that since the weather is so beautiful and we Canadians are coming out of hibernation from a freeezing winter of salt and slush, that we might be enjoying the fine weather and cruising a wee bit faster than normal. Which of course people do and they pull them over by the thousands.

This really gets me. Now, I'm not condoning racing or unsafe driving. I'm talking about going anywhere from 120-130 Km/h on our highways which are marked 100 Km/h. With good conditions and a nice car you can cruise all day long at 130 Km/h safely. In fact, during the summer, that is a normal speed for traffic. But in the Spring, they always nail you for going 120ish on those big bust days. They'll have about 4-6 cruisers and 6-8 cops in any one speed trap. Several lasers. It's nuts.

Why don't they just raise license fees????

Thanks for the venting rant....

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Chris
2007 E550 4Matic - 61,000 Km - Iridium Silver, black leather, Sport package, Premium 2 package
2007 GL450 4Matic - 62,000 Km - Obsidian Black Metallic, black leather, all options
1998 E430 - sold
1989 300E - 333,000 Km - sold
1977 280E - sold
1971 250 - retired

"And a frign hat. They gave me a hat at the annual benefits meeting. I said. how does this benefit me. I dont have anything from the company.. So they gave me a hat." - TheDon