[Dangerous Doug]

So, this "Mish" guy gets two tickets in what, about a month, then writes an article about "over-enforcement" and "revenue generation" in order to feel better about himself, and this substantiates the over-enforcement and revenue generation claim?

Hhmmmm....

I dunno. Who is the "Mish" blogger anyway, and why should I believe him? And citing a Car & Driver article as evidence? I'm not sure I'd be going to C&D for verification of any suspicions of mine.

The funny thing for me is that the troopers are just learning our ways and figuring out how to outsmart the violators. In CA, recently there has been a phenomena where CHP's would trail together, spaced by a mile or so. When people see a CHP pulling someone over, suddenly they get religion and slow down, but once out of eyesight, get right back on the hammer. CHP knows this, and now they have a guy waiting on the side of the road oh, just out of eyesight where you start getting right foot heavy again.

It's cat and mouse. If you choose to play, be prepared to pay.

And so what if it is a revenue generator? If you DESERVED it, you deserved it. When you didn't get a ticket before for the same violation and they turned a blind eye or let you go with a warning, they were just being nice and forgiving.

As for motorcycles? Helmet law in CA. Even Hells Angels and Monguls (sp?)wear "helmets" here in CA.

DD