Do you think this has something to do with my astronomical insurance rates? I thought it was just because I wasn't married....
If they have any idea what kind of driver/rider you are, sounds like they're justified in keeping the rates high.
So do you keep a notebook or something to keep track of all these?
I can't remember every ticket I've had, but my history goes back to 1968. When I Used to live in Utah, they awarded points differently. Speeding was like 60 points and you could get about 200 before you were in trouble. Points would drop off after three years and if you went a whole year without a ticket, the points were cut in half. I was real good at getting a ticket about every 11 months so that the points were always there. :'(
I was given the opportunity to take a safe driver course every two or three years, however often it was allowed, to cut 50 points off. I managed several personal conversations with DMV officials explaining what it meant to be on probation. The only thing I can say for sure is that I've gotten more tickets for 52 in a 35 than for anything else, since the first two were for that and I know there were one or two more since then. That must be my natural speed on those types of roads.
What I find interesting is that since I moved to California in 1988 I've managed to keep a clean record. I've gotten a few tickets, but nothing that traffic school couldn't erase (and that is offered only every 18 months). My last ticket was over four years ago, on the Monster, for speeding up to get into a gap in traffic for a freeway exit, not realizing that a CHP was in the line of cars. I don't think I drive very differently since moving here, but the police seem a lot more reasonable and don't run speed traps
everywhere like they seem to in many other states.
I'm still waiting for someday in the hills when I get nailed for 80 in a 25. 8)