Omaha short-notice meet up

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Hey folks Todd Sweezey from here (PoA) and the PB is in town, and he and I were going to meet up for a late lunch at Old Chicago on 132nd and Maple at 2pm.

Anyone else interested in coming out?
 
DavidWhite said:
Hey folks Todd Sweezey from here (PoA) and the PB is in town, and he and I were going to meet up for a late lunch at Old Chicago on 132nd and Maple at 2pm.

Anyone else interested in coming out?
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Did you or Todd come out? :lol::lol:
 
I'm not going ot be able to make it to my own meetup, apparently. I got a letter in the mail saying my drivers license is suspended.
 
If it's not a certified letter, you didn't receive it.
 
Is Peyton going to be there?
 
EdFred said:
If it's not a certified letter, you didn't receive it.
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Guessing if he did a bit of remembering, he would likely already know it was suspended. They rarely suspend them for entertainment purposes.
 
report on medical?
 
Sorry guys... I'd have gone if I'd read about it sooner, but I spent the morning meeting with a potential RV partner. Speaking of which, if one of youse guys wants to buy in on an E-LSA RV-12... we need one or two more warm bodies with attached checkbooks.
 
DaleB said:
Sorry guys... I'd have gone if I'd read about it sooner, but I spent the morning meeting with a potential RV partner. Speaking of which, if one of youse guys wants to buy in on an E-LSA RV-12... we need one or two more warm bodies with attached checkbooks.
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If you finish in time and fly it to Gastons, I want a ride!
 
Well, I later found out that my mom was mistaken...my license will be suspended on March 13th if I can't provide proof I took care of my last speeding ticket. I have my certificate of completion for Defensive Driving so it should be easy for me to clear up Monday morning.
 
Jim Logajan said:
You need to either slow down or get a Valentine One radar detector.
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You can be driving the speed limit and get a speeding ticket if the cop behind the radar gun doesn't know how to use it right.
 
DavidWhite said:
There was literally no one else on the road and I had to poop.
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You could have called 911, told dispatch to relay to the officer you aren't trying to outrun him but really don't want to evacuate your bowels all over your seat, and he can check your toilet if he wants to follow you all the way to your house.

When my brother was around 2 my dad was on the road, and mom called him as we were taking him to the burn unit. He called 911, gave them a description of the car, they relayed the information to the patrols, and gave him the green light to exceed the speed limit to get to the hospital.
 
When our daughter (first kid) was just a few months old, barely crawling, she took a header off the bed and landed face-first on the tile floor. Smushed her little nose right in. We lived 18 miles by Interstate from the hospital at Ft. Sill. I had the flashers on and was doing 75 at the top of the ramp and 85 or 90 when I saw the highway patrol car go past in the other direction... this was in 1980, when the speed limit was still 55. I decided to let him catch up a little before pulling over. The old Mustang would do well over 120, and it took him a few miles. When he got close enough I pulled off the road and had my license hanging out the window when he got up to the car.

"Sir, is there some reason you're going so fast?" "Yeah, I think my daughter just broker her nose, we're on our way to the hospital." He took one look in the window and said, "Go!" So I did. He was nice enough to radio ahead so the gate guards knew we were coming and waved us through.

Then we found out that babies are mostly made of cartilage and poop, and very difficult to break. She had a pretty good bruise but no damage. Of course I'm sure if I did that now we'd have snipers in a police helo puncturing the car.
 
Jim Logajan said:
You need to either slow down or get a Valentine One radar detector.
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I've owned two, both of them got stolen. But I haven't gotten a speeding ticket in a long time, so I didn't see a need for a third.

Those things are worth every penny...
 
With a judicious amount of stamping and filing, I am no longer a criminal lol
 
EdFred said:
I believe that's only if alcohol related. Not for unpaid parking tickets. Though I don't know why his license is suspended.
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Nope, that's any license suspension, or administrative action like traffic school, that you need to report on 18v
 
Even if it's for not paying child support?
 
JoseCuervo said:
Guessing if he did a bit of remembering, he would likely already know it was suspended. They rarely suspend them for entertainment purposes.
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Very true...he knew it was, or was going to be suspended I bet
 
Corpsmaide said:
Then he'll go with too fast for conditions.
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Bright sunny day keeping up with traffic which was going the speed limit. Nope got it tossed when I got dash cam video of the supposed violation. Dash cam showed speed limit speed limit speed limit speed limit, and then about 10 frames of 15 over and then dropped back down to the speed limit again. Of course I was tail end of a line of cars and had been following the line of cars for over a mile and I haven't gotten quantum acceleration and deceleration installed on on my bike yet.

But it doesn't surprise me that you chimed in with the officer never makes a mistake line. Is that the first class they have you guys take at the academy or is that an "upper level" course?
 
EdFred said:
Bright sunny day keeping up with traffic which was going the speed limit. Nope got it tossed when I got dash cam video of the supposed violation. Dash cam showed speed limit speed limit speed limit speed limit, and then about 10 frames of 15 over and then dropped back down to the speed limit again. Of course I was tail end of a line of cars and had been following the line of cars for over a mile and I haven't gotten quantum acceleration and deceleration installed on on my bike yet.

But it doesn't surprise me that you chimed in with the officer never makes a mistake line. Is that the first class they have you guys take at the academy or is that an "upper level" course?
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Officers do make mistakes, I've made plenty. Nothing serious. Missed court once and got written up. I was just putting another scenario out there. Obviously something was not done right or proven for you to win. I'm glad you were right and have had the case dismissed. Radar cases can be easy to lose if the officer does not articulate tracking history.

In reference to the does not know how to operate it properly comment. Funny story. I was running moving radar while stationary, heard a high pitched tone and saw triple digits:hairraise:, thought I had a good one. I realized I was in the wrong mode :mad2:
 
Corpsmaide said:
Doesn't always work. Could be the lucky one caught for the two seconds the signal is sent out.
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The objective is to reduce the probability of getting pulled over, not eliminate it. So one should either slow down or get a good radar detector - or do both. Pragmatically I suspect the average law-abiding driver finds themselves speeding because they are trying to match surrounding traffic or they are trying to avoid becoming the head of a long tail of cars.

I've had the same Valentine One radar detector for 14 years. Had some speeding tickets before getting it, but none after that. I did slow down, too (wife asked why don't I just slow down instead of spending that kind of money on a detector - um, hard to argue that logic), and I know that helped some but I still find myself above the limit due to traffic.

I've never been the one who got hit first - maybe just lucky. But I suspect the roads are so "target-rich" with speeders that cops really don't need to hide the use of their radar - many seem to keep the things on all the time or check car speeds more often than they need to. Always detect them a long way away. Only time I recall getting a one shot laser signal, which would be the stealthiest way to nab speeders with detectors, was driving through Illinois years ago. I might not have been the intended target because nothing came of it.
 
Corpsmaide said:
Doesn't always work. Could be the lucky one caught for the two seconds the signal is sent out.
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That part is true, it depends on which radar band (or laser) is being used. A couple of times, the V1 did nothing more than tell me that I was about to get pulled over. Still, it paid for itself quite a bit during my days when I was trying to get places fast on the ground.

Now I just get places fast in the air, and never get pulled over for triple digit speeds. :D
 
Ted DuPuis said:
Now I just get places fast in the air, and never get pulled over for triple digit speeds. :D
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I have my spots where I can still get away with that on the ground. Gotta love concrete medians and a low profile car. I just gotta check the on ramps, but I don't know if I've ever seen a patrol car sitting on them. When I'm guilty by all means give me a ticket - I fully admitted doing 28 over the only other time I was issued a speeding ticket. But don't pull me over when I'm doing the speed limit and tell you me you are going to haul me off to jail because you don't like bikes.
 
EdFred said:
I have my spots where I can still get away with that on the ground. Gotta love concrete medians and a low profile car. I just gotta check the on ramps, but I don't know if I've ever seen a patrol car sitting on them. When I'm guilty by all means give me a ticket - I fully admitted doing 28 over the only other time I was issued a speeding ticket. But don't pull me over when I'm doing the speed limit and tell you me you are going to haul me off to jail because you don't like bikes.
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Agreed fully, especially on a sport bike.

The reality with the vehicles I've typically been caught speeding in is that if the cop pulled me over, it is because I let him (or her, been pulled over by a female cop before).
 
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