First Ticket on the Bike!!!

I was right! If only I had re-read yesterday's entry before venturing forth today...

But even though I didn't read yesterday's entry, I should have known it was gonna happen when I opened the day's mail and found an offer from "Municipal Services Bureau" imploring me to take care of that "FT USE SB" and "EXP LIC PLATES" ticket from back in May of '04.

That's the way my life works. I get a letter telling me I need to pay my fines. For most people, this would probably mean they just need to pay the fines. For me it means not only do I gotta pay the fine, but I'd better be on the lookout for the next one because Johnny Law is almost certainly sitting there waiting for me, right around the corner from 80 mph.

Sure, it's true... I'd been nursing a fantasy that I'd never get a ticket on the bike. This, despite the fact that I've probably aquired somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 or 30 tickets in the short 21 years that I've been driving on Texas highways. My stellar record notwithstanding, I basically had it in my head that I had developed enough self-control to keep the speed under wraps when on the bike.

To his credit, the officer was very polite and addressed me with only the utmost respect as he enquired as to my expeditious velocity. He seemed very much relieved as I assured, and then re-assured him that, "No, no officer, there is no emergency... I'm merely a victim of this recent colusion of dry pavement, 800cc's and new tires and but forgot myself, if only for a moment!"

Unfortunately, his peace-of-mind did not translate into goodwill and I was soon to find that my lack of restraint on F.M. 2244 was to be matched - nay surpassed by his own exuberance with pen and paper!

So much for self-control! Now I'm looking at an "81 in a 45" (303 dollars) and "No MoCyl Endors" which I believe equates to driving w/o a valid drivers license (125 dollars). If we add these numbers together, we come up with 428 dollars, and this does not include the cost of a driver safety course or deferred ajudication.

I figured I'd put it here rather than tell Tina about it. I've been giving her a lot of shit about money lately and somehow I don't think this is gonna lend any credibility to my cause.