The New Speedway Boogie*
Ever get a traffic ticket and it cost you a week's pay?
Driving in Paradise Valley, AZ the other day, I was tooling along at the speed limit. Why? Because I know from experience that every road in that town is a speed trap. Allegedly this is because all the wealthy folk in their million dollar homes don’t like speeders.
Yet, I noticed something that before I had paid little attention to… the vehicles that were speeding. I was passed by a Lamborghini, several Lexus drivers, a Bentley sports convertible, and a couple of Mercedes.
The price tag for speeding, there and elsewhere in the Phoenix metro area, is steep, beginning at $200 for up to 10 mph over the limit. For ever add’l 10mph over add on another $50. If you use the car pool lane for multiple passengers, the fine starts at $400.
So, back to all those really nice vehicles that passed me. They live in or near Paradise Valley. This is what people who live there drive. Not a 20 year old pick-up like my 2003 Chevy Avalanche. And they obviously don’t care about the ticket or ticket cost.
But, what about the people from out of town, or elsewhere in the Valley, who for whatever reason…
