Diablo beats the rap - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

wilsodh · 25th October 2007, 21:45

Ok ok, not a big deal. Just a speeding ticket by a local who didn't like my car one bit (where are all the friendly, car-guy cops?) It was a bogus speed trap, complete with a partially obscured speed limit sign informing of an incongruous speed drop zone... with zero signs in my direction of travel!) I had recently mistakenly turned down the volume on the V1 thinking I had turned it up.

Here in Lake County IL, all you do is show up in court and throw yourself at its mercy. In my many visits to the courthouse

, I've never seen a single routine ticket not get off with 'supervision'. Aggravated cases are different, but the judge basically can't wait to clear all these people out of his courtroom, and you file up one by one and get assessed your supervision and your fine, plus court costs. A money machine.

When the cop pulled me and called in my plates, he couldn't get a fix on who the car was registered to. He came back and said.. "All I could pull up was a Lamborgini in Oak Brook..."

"Naw.. not into Italian cars..."

Dave

MarkQC · 25th October 2007, 22:24

B U M M E R

...sorry to hear.

...back in the day the boys would go so far as to pass me, run ahead a mile, turn on the lights and do a 180 pass me in the other direction. ...then, thinkin I'd take the bait believing the road ahead was now clear, another Smokey would be hidin in the weeds down the road.

...nope, but almost.

JohnAnthony · 25th October 2007, 22:28

why is the reigstration no. diablo...or does that mean your plates...

Diny · 25th October 2007, 22:31

Height 600? Holy crap!

But yea, major bummer about a ticket, especially when its like that.

BMWMPWR · 25th October 2007, 22:37

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Originally Posted by Diny

Height 600? Holy crap!

Well the way I see it, some need to be that tall to have deeeeeeeep pockets to buy beautiful creations such as El Diablo- no?

Neil

wilsodh · 25th October 2007, 22:41

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Originally Posted by MarkQC

B U M M E R
...sorry to hear.

...back in the day the boys would go so far as to pass me, run ahead a mile, turn on the lights and do a 180 pass me in the other direction. ...then, thinkin I'd take the bait believing the road ahead was now clear, another Smokey would be hidin in the weeds down the road.

...nope, but almost.

That's elaborate!

Here in Chi-town there are some municipalities that are taking to laser traps by cops in disguise. They disguise themselves as maintenance workers (sitting on a riding mower for example), construction workers, etc. When they paint you, another guy down the road pulls you. Arlington Heights road is one trap zone that I know of.

D

MarkQC · 25th October 2007, 22:45

...Arlington heights, sounds familiar - I lived in Elgin eons ago...

...funny when I visit the USA, lots of cops. Rare to see them here, instead cameras at dangerous intersections, and rarely some mobile cameras in towns to keep the speeds down, make some euros...

wilsodh · 25th October 2007, 23:21

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Originally Posted by JohnAnthony

why is the reigstration no. diablo...or does that mean your plates...

Yup... here's the plate. A bit larger than life, like the car. I kept the San Diego BMW frame.. a touch of bling and a nod to her history (Noe, D/A's engine builder, also works at SD BMW, and this is where I first viewed the car last year). I tried to get Adbulla to send me his Bahrain plates for my garage, but I think he pitched 'em..

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Originally Posted by BMWMPWR

Well the way I see it, some need to be that tall to have deeeeeeeep pockets to buy beautiful creations such as El Diablo- no?
Neil

Dunno about the height, but yeah deep pockets is right..

The car is a money pit... you just wanna keep pouring more and more into it...she's like a high maintenance femme fatale... she electrifies your loins and evokes this compulsive urge to spend like a drunken sailor...

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Originally Posted by MarkQC

...Arlington heights, sounds familiar - I lived in Elgin eons ago...

...funny when I visit the USA, lots of cops. Rare to see them here, instead cameras at dangerous intersections, and rarely some mobile cameras in towns to keep the speeds down, make some euros...

When I was in Nice and Italy this summer, I felt a great feeling of driving freedom... seemed like the cops really were not terribly interested in petty traffic enforcement. Here, they seem obsessive-compulsive, both in regulation and enforcement..

D

MarkQC · 26th October 2007, 00:31

...in Italy with one of your cars?

...let us know next time you come over.

Wi_KeD_M5 · 26th October 2007, 00:55

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Originally Posted by wilsodh

Here in Chi-town there are some municipalities that are taking to laser traps by cops in disguise. They disguise themselves as maintenance workers (sitting on a riding mower for example), construction workers, etc. When they paint you, another guy down the road pulls you. Arlington Heights road is one trap zone that I know of.

D

Whoa! Sorry about the ticket.

Arlington Heights road????

Hmmm... I have to be more careful. I wonder if that is why the started all that construction on Lake-Cook. Sounds like it could have been more of an elaborate speed trap.