I got a speeding ticket today. It was the first ticket I’ve gotten in over 15 years. I was shocked! I’m not really shocked that I got one. After all, I was completely guilty. I was shocked it had taken so long for me to get one. On my way to work, I drive a stretch of Highway 26 in Oregon, just leaving Portland, where the posted speed is 50 MPH. I routinely drive that stretch between 65 and 90. There is a truck lane on the far right where you can easily blow by most of the traffic. Most cars won’t go over there, and the trucks are easy enough to get around. That’s exactly where I was today. I was pretty lucky because I had just gotten around some trucks and had not reached full speed when I passed the Portland Police Officer. He only got me at 74. I easily could have been going much, much faster. I’m now $287 poorer. It should probably teach me a lesson about driving too fast. It doesn’t though. It taught me that I can pretty much drive as fast as I want and it will only cost me just over $.05/day.
