SteveWinwood
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Someone call me an ambulance because I just died.
someone call an ambulance i have to visit rad
Someone call me an ambulance because I just died.
Whether or not you feel "safe to speed" is irrelevant. If it's safe to speed there, then why is the speed limit 40 instead of 75? You act like it's just an arbitrary number that no thought was put into.
You probably know this already, but a tip - when you go into court, don't do this whole justification thing you are doing on here, where you basically tell them that you get to decide what speed limit is safe for you. It will go badly.
I agree with this.I did 100mph and ran through red lights one time when my mom with an extremely low blood sugar got lost behind the wheel nearly 20 miles away from home. When you're hypo-glycemic you're essentially drunk, and with her insulin pump still connected, she could have had a seizure and died before I could have ever gotten to her. Thank god my cousins got there before I ever did. We didn't know exactly where she was, so I was just driving around my county frantically based on the limited info my mom was able to give me. I probably would never have been able to get to her in time.
Did I get caught? No.
Should I have gone to jail? Yes.
If you're able to, accept that you did the right thing given the situation, but don't expect the judge to give you any leeway.
Take the ticket with pride, you did the right/wrong thing.
I can understand your motivation for wanting to speed. I think most people would want to do the same thing in your place. However, the fact is that people's parents die every day. If everyone did the same thing you did, it would make the roads extremely dangerous. This is just one of those cases where the needs of society trump the needs of the individual.
#1 - As mentioned, read the OP again.
#2 - Something being understandable doesn't mean there are no consequences. If you're sitting alone at home with a suspended license (let's say you got it from going 70 in a 45) and you get a call like this, most people will hop in the car and rush out. That's understandable as a human, but you're still risking getting arrested for driving on a suspended license. You've decided the risk of punishment is worth it, and that's fine, but you can't whine too much if it happens.
Also speeding isn't safe but most people aren't going to randomly plow into something because they're going above the limit. But still, unsafe.
Exactly. Seeing your mom before she "dies" is not more important than the lives of the people you're risking.
It doesn't really matter if it was the GOAT of driving conditions. Going 120 km/h in a 64 km/h zone is lunacy. I'm surprised he isn't ecstatic that he's not in jail...
Exactly. Seeing your mom before she "dies" is not more important than the lives of the people you're risking.
Unlikely to get it dismissed, but may get it down a few notches.
Exactly. Seeing your mom before she "dies" is not more important than the lives of the people you're risking.
I haven't been in this situation myself, BUT if you do show up for your court date with the documentation proving that your mother was in the hospital and that's why you were speeding....they may lower the charges at least so you can avoid a suspended license and getting points on it as well. I would be very surprised if they threw the whole thing out though.
This wasn't a spot where pedestrians would be walking around.
Well, thats an extremely selfish attitude.You gotta understand that I don't give a shit what anyone thinks about if I should have sped to see my mother or not. I did. I don't regret it.
If you go up and look at my responses to other people, I sped up when I clearly would be safe to. This wasn't some rural street with kids playing or people riding bikes. It's basically a highway. No pedestrians are crossing there, ever. I've driven the road hundreds of times. There was little traffic.
You gotta understand that I don't give a shit what anyone thinks about if I should have sped to see my mother or not. I did. I don't regret it.
If you go up and look at my responses to other people, I sped up when I clearly would be safe to. This wasn't some rural street with kids playing or people riding bikes. It's basically a highway. No pedestrians are crossing there, ever. I've driven the road hundreds of times. There was little traffic.
You gotta understand that I don't give a shit what anyone thinks about if I should have sped to see my mother or not. I did. I don't regret it.
If you go up and look at my responses to other people, I sped up when I clearly would be safe to. This wasn't some rural street with kids playing or people riding bikes. It's basically a highway. No pedestrians are crossing there, ever. I've driven the road hundreds of times. There was little traffic.
If these pedestrians crossed where I was driving, they would have been breaking the law as well.
Well, thats an extremely selfish attitude.
Maybe you're right - maybe it wasn't dangerous. I wasnt there. But you're coming off (particularly in the first paragraph) as a huge dick.
The problem is how much you were speeding. Going 75 in a 40 is a real danger that could get you or others killed. Going that fast wasn't a rational decision, but it is understandable that you weren't in a rational state of mind. At the very least, you can say the worst thing that happened was a speeding ticket.
You gotta understand that I don't give a shit what anyone thinks about if I should have sped to see my mother or not. I did. I don't regret it.
If you go up and look at my responses to other people, I sped up when I clearly would be safe to. This wasn't some rural street with kids playing or people riding bikes. It's basically a highway. No pedestrians are crossing there, ever. I've driven the road hundreds of times. There was little traffic.
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A short ambulance trip probably costs more than his ticket honestly though.
That's not how traffic laws work though. You can't decide which streets are okay to go 35 miles over the speed limit and which aren't. And I'm going to go ahead and say if you were in that much distress over the unknown condition of your mother, you likely weren't driving with your best ability, especially Italy while nearly doubling the speed limit.You gotta understand that I don't give a shit what anyone thinks about if I should have sped to see my mother or not. I did. I don't regret it.
If you go up and look at my responses to other people, I sped up when I clearly would be safe to. This wasn't some rural street with kids playing or people riding bikes. It's basically a highway. No pedestrians are crossing there, ever. I've driven the road hundreds of times. There was little traffic.
I'm responding to you saying that it doesn't matter if my mother was dying. Sorry if I sounded like a dick.
Here's an example: you fuck up at that speed and flip your car leaving a trail of debris... That debris causes a car a mile behind you to have a tire blow, causing their car to flip and they die.
You are never only taking risks with your own life on roads.
So what do you do if your trying to get to see a dying relative before it's too late
Speeding in the situation is still going to be understood by most, your attitude however is bad.. Which makes it seem like you need to be taught a lesson in humility.
If the relative is truly dying, what makes you think you're going to see him/her right away once you arrive to the hospital? If it's a terminal disease and the patient's in hospice, then you would've had plenty of advance warning.So what do you do if your trying to get to see a dying relative before it's too late
I am surprised at the amount of people that are willing to throw all hell away to get to their mother.
my mom has had quite a bit of heart attacks and pulled through.
or maybe its because I am not that close to my mother.
Tire blow =/= flipping car.Here's an example: you fuck up at that speed and flip your car leaving a trail of debris... That debris causes a car a mile behind you to have a tire blow, causing their car to flip and they die.
You are never only taking risks with your own life on roads.
Speeding in the situation is still going to be understood by most, your attitude however is bad.. Which makes it seem like you need to be taught a lesson in humility.
When my mom was giving birth to me, my dad was rushing from work and he got pulled over. He explained the situation and the cop actually gave him an escort to the hospital to make sure he got there.
Sucks about your situation, though. That guy had no sympathy.
Honestly, its not going to matter. If they've been made palliative, you've probably had plenty of advance warning. If they've presented to the hospital in extremis, you're probably not going to see them for a while anyways.
I don't understand. Someone said that it doesn't matter if my mother was dying, I responded with a bit of spite.
It's easy to say this until you're in the situation. Last week I probably would've said the same thing.