I’m adding “Climax Molybdenum” to my list of album titles for my metal band.
you can get thru the school zones faster by passing the school buses.
One of our local municipalities has set up cameras in school zones to ticket speeders. No flashing school zone warning lights, just small, easily overlooked signs. They then mail tickets, with a statement saying no points issued if the fine is paid. It’s all about income for them, not safety.
It was still afternoon. Gila Bend (aka the Fan Belt Capital of the World) is in Arizona and on Pacific time in April. I was driving home to Phoenix after Easter weekend in San Diego. My kids’ Episcopal school always had Easter Monday off which is another reason I wasn’t thinking about schools being in session or active school zones. I was still about 75 miles from home, with Phoenix rush hour traffic to navigate, my daughter to be dropped at gymnastics, and my sons to be fed before game time!
(My kids now on the east coast still miss live sports starting times in the west- especially MNF and being able to roll out of bed on Saturdays and watch college football in their pajamas!)
Today is a very special birthday.
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It is also my nieces' birthday (twins). I will have to remind them they share it with an important frog.
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Funny. I got one of these tickets in the mail last month. Tallulah Falls? Of course, I wasn't even in the vehicle (my wife was driving), and it was a Civil Violation or something, not a moving violation.
The funny (?) part was that the school zone speed limit is the same as the non-school time speed limit. Odd, right? I thought the point was to have a slower speed limit during school times. Who knows.
Regardless, my wife was guilty as charged, so we paid the ticket online (managed by a firm in Chattanooga, TN, strangely enough) and moved along.