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Just a heads up that the CHP runs a regular fund raising event on the Vincent Thomas Bridge. My wife was driving her 95 NSX-T west bound there on Christmas Eve afternoon and despite the fact that other drivers were passing her (not an argument you can use in court unfortunately), she was specially selected to assist the CHP in contributing to their New Year latte fund. By all accounts the limit is 45 and she was keeping up with the other traffic at 55-60! Apparently its an extra special ticket (22405) to drive at excessive speed on a bridge in CA which may be harder to defeat but I'll let you know how we get on. Evidently, despite the fact that the Vincent Thomas Bridge is uniquely a welded AND riveted construction, and the NSX is made of wafer thin alunimum and weighs about as much as my lawn tractor, an NSX at 55-65mph could evidently catastrophhically damage the bridge if it came into contact with it. (Perhaps if it was dropped on the bridge from a C130, or sitting on the deck of a Princess Cruise lines ship when it came into contact with the bridge I could believe that.)
Any hints and tips/personal experience for avoiding the long arm of the law (aside of driving more slowly and buying a Camry?) and more importantly, the points that will put the insurance up?
Thanks
Chris
Any hints and tips/personal experience for avoiding the long arm of the law (aside of driving more slowly and buying a Camry?) and more importantly, the points that will put the insurance up?
Thanks
Chris