I like warnings…a lot

I got pulled over by FHP on my way home from a friend’s house this evening. Due to the recent time change, the sun had not completely set yet but was dusk when I left. I had turned my parking lights on but did not realize, until 40 minutes later, and after the FHP pulled me over, that I had never turned my lights on when it got dark. Also, the FHP claimed I was doing 70 mph; I didn’t realize that either. When he pulled me over it was a bit of a shock because, at the time, I didn’t realize I had done anything wrong. I was driving right behind someone else so when he pulled me I was wondering why I was the one to be picked IF I was speeding. I mentioned this to him after he stated that I was speeding but he said that the car in front of me was going 65 and that I was pulling up pretty fast to the car. During the trip to my house I was listening to a podcast so I must have really been in a zone that I was not paying attention to my driving.
Luckily, with both infractions, he didn’t charge me but gave me a warning. If he would have charged me for both, the ticket would have been over $400.

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I was born and raised in Tallahassee until 1993. There I was raised to love God, Family and the Seminoles, in that order. After meeting a gorgeous girl in 1992 from Jacksonville, where my family had moved to in previous years, I decided to move to Jacksonville where I lived for four years until that gorgeous girl and I decided to move to Orlando. I’ve been living in Orlando with that gorgeous girl since 1997 and still love her and the city. My only major complaint about Orlando is the weather (it’s hot, people, too hot). I have no complaints about her – I love you, baby . I work in the Technology field as a Systems Administrator working with Windows servers and Cisco networking. Because I love my career so much I enjoy technology outside of the work place also. When I’m not exploring new tech gadgets, working on my computers, or tweaking my local home network, I generally enjoy video games, movies, reading and spending time with my family. And when I am not doing all of that, I also work as a consultant for my technology consulting company, EC Technology Consulting, LLC. To sum it up, I’m a tech geek.

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3 Responses to I like warnings…a lot

Shag says:

March 12, 2008 at 11:41 pm

Wow, that’s amazing you only got a warning. Lucky guy. I guess if it’s been closer to the end of the month it might have been a different story.

Shag
Todd Elliott says:

March 14, 2008 at 9:24 am

I hate you. I never get a freaking warning. I was speeding, and the guy said I was doing 87, but there was no way. I was following this guy that was going about that fast, but I was doing maybe 79 or 80.
Andra says:

October 28, 2008 at 8:04 pm

Good post.