Things You Learn ...

[Jun aka Pekto]

Unfortunately in Metro Manila, the only nearby highways are NLEX, SCTEX, SLEX and the Skyway. Most are monitored by patrols with speed-radar guns.

Like my experience just this Sunday. I was trying to keep pace with a speeding red Corvette in my Project Sentra (yeah yeah I know I am being optimistic). As we neared NLEX Bucaue exit, my radar detector rang its alarm and I hit the brakes hard to quickly lower my speed to under 100kph. Seconds later I spot a half-hidden white unmarked Innova van parked at the side of the road.

I am sure the Corvette was tagged but I am not sure if he tagged me as well. As I neared the tollbooths, the Corvette was flagged to one side by the NLEX patrol. As I picked a cue, a patrol man approached my car but walked passed and ignored my car.

That's one point for my detector.

Ha Ha. Lucky you.

Me? Of all the places I drove here, I never got a speeding ticket...... except in California where I had three. Of course, I talked my way out of one of them.

The worst one was when one CHP unit clocked me at 125 mph at Auburn, east of Sacramento along I-80. He gave me a ticket for 75 mph and told me to get out of there (I had Nevada plates). I think the IROC-Z* (plus 5 other cars who tagged along) I was racing didn't fare so well. That guy signaled he already had two speeding tickets. This was back in 1991.

*The cops seemed to recognize it. Fire engine red, late-model Camaro IROC-Z.