Comments on: The Vacation Day From Hell

By: Lincoln Adams

Lincoln Adams — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:27:01 +0000

I lead a charmed life.

By: ...Annie

...Annie — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:05:55 +0000

Only you, would get pulled over, while driving, and be given a parking ticket.
Classic.

By: Lincoln Adams

Lincoln Adams — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:47:32 +0000

Connecticut, beautiful? After how many beers?

I keed, I keed… a little.

By: ConsrvYank1

ConsrvYank1 — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:40:43 +0000

This is what I was doing while reading your post.

This is what I was doing while reading your comment on the beautiful state of Connecticut.

By: Lincoln Adams

Lincoln Adams — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:35:21 +0000

@Judy: I’ve been thinking about this, and the superfluous fines and fees don’t make any sense to me. Rather than being a state law I suspect it’s something germane to the town itself where he got pulled over. State police act on behalf of the local towns up there, so if they cite you, you actually pay the town, not the state.

The jurisdictions up here operate very differently from the city, which is why this whole thing left me completely perplexed. I just never heard of a fine that’s arbitrarily decided by a judge rather than being set by statute. Again, it’s not how we do things downtown.

By: Lincoln Adams

Lincoln Adams — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:22:50 +0000

I think he fully intended to give me a speeding ticket until he saw who I worked for. Sometimes it’s good to be part of the brotherhood.

By: RovingPoet

RovingPoet — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:30:30 +0000

Every vacation gets one whirly bird day. I deem this to be it. But you’re right. That trooper cut you some slack…they usually do, so we never know how things would have gone if he’d done otherwise.

Now, on with the vacation!