OT:Speeding ticket in another state= "points"??, Wife got busted in TX.... Options

[Mueller]

So we made the 2250 miles from California to Louisiana with no problems last weekend (40 hours worth of driving)......I drove most of the way, but would let the wife drive when I needed a nap...a few times I'd mention to her that she better slow down (posted nighttime limit is 65 in TX)(80mph is her favorite number it seems)....she often complains that I only go a few MPH over the limit...well, we are driving a bright red car with CA plates (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)

We handle our business in Louisiana and head on back to California....finally at about 11pm on Sat, near Fort Stockton, I am woken up from my nap with my wife mumbling "damn, i think I'm getting a ticket"....

Cop asks "what's the hurry", wife just says she's kinda daydreaming (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)

So, the ticket will be about $140 or so I think (forget the excact amount right now)

Needless to say, my wife did slow down and mostly obey the speedlimit...I'm kinda glad she got pulled over, she hardley ever listens to me when it comes to things like this...luckly, it was just a ticket and that we didn't hit any of the deer we see eating on the side of the road....they have the speed limit for reason and on that section of highway, it's much more safer to travel at the posted 65 due to all the deer....

[ninefourteener]

You know what?? I F**KING HATE TEXAS!!!!!

I got a ticket there about 2 years ago.... it never caught up with my insurance though.. if thats any comfort.

However... here's the story:

Driving down the highway... doing the speed limit (65)... I drive over an overpass, and the speed limit sign is right there... you can't see it until you're right on top of it....... it drops to 55.

The cop was sitting RIGHT by the sign.

Pulls me over..... 65 in a 55..... $125 ticket.

I called the courthouse.... explained that I thought it wasn't fair. I was TDY, and I was leaving to go back home before my scheduled court date.

The lady asked me point blank:

1) Are you military? Do you have a military sticker on your car?
2) Was it on highway XX, right by the XXXXXXX overpass???
3) Was it officer XXXXXXX that wrote the ticket??

I answered "Yes" to all 3 questions.

Her response:

"Yea.... she writes tiickets to al the military coming over that overpass... you're the 3rd call I've had today..... we get over 20 military guys per month from that officer.... all in the same place"

"I'm really sorry that happened to you, but unfortunately, if you can't appear in court, you must pay the fine, otherwise Texas will issue a warrant for your arrest"

Basically, this officer was picking out cars with military stickers on them, because just about every military person on that base (Sheppard AFB in Wichita Falls, TX) is TDY for a short period of time.

I paid the fine after I got back home.

In the memo on the check, I wrote "Dirty hillbilly toothless redneck lesbian cop fine"

They cashed the check--LOL