Weird News

well not fully cross-country, "only" connecticut to wyoming to tennessee and back to connecticut.

being in connecticut, we have little choice but to pay it -- $100 for speeding, something like 12 miles over the limit.

among the annoying aspects is that we have no real way to contest it at all. we just got a ticket in the mail weeks after the alleged offense took place. we have no idea what the road or traffic conditions were. hell, we don't even know which of us was driving at the time!

as far as we know, it's entirely possible we were traveling only 35 miles in a 55 zone at the time and the equipment malfunctioned. had we been pulled over by a human, we could have argued and explained, or possibly taken a video of the slow-moving traffic. but any real opportunity for us to gather witnesses or collect evidence is long gone.

now, i'm willing to bet that, in fact, the equipment was fine and that in fact we were speeding (and if so, it most certainly was mrs. unblock driving; it's very rare for me to go more than a few miles per hour over the limit. she really hates that about me, lol!)

but that's not the point. the point is that there really is no due process.