Tag Archives: speeding

Beware Of The No-Goat Zone

Back in 2006 a Swiss man was caught speeding on a Canadian highway. The cop radared the violator going 161 km/h (100mph) in a 100 km/h (60mph) zone 1. The foreign driver apologized for his transgression and explained to the traffic officer that he was taking advantage “of the ability to go faster without risking […]

Speeding on the Bangkok Motorway

Before my arrest for copyright infringement by the Thai Cyber-Cime Police I owned a Toyota Altis 1.8, the poor man’s BMW, although my Thai friends referred to the car as a souped-up cab, since the Altis 1.6s. On drives from Pattaya to Chai-nat I avoided driving through Bangkok to avoid the predatory cops on the […]

No Red Lights – No Worries

California has a budget deficit of billions. The federal government has no intention of bailing out the failing economy of the nation’s largest state, so Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been seeking alternative methods to save and make money. Earlier in the week he proposed cutting the prison population along with privatizing the penal institutions. State […]

Speeding on the Bangkok Motorway

I have a Toyota Altis 1.8. The poor man’s BMW, although my Thai relative refer to the car as a souped-up taxi cab. Normally I drive from Pattaya to Chai-Nat detouring onto Route 7 to avoid the predatory cops on the elevated motorway, although sometimes when the traffic is light I zoom through Bangkok to […]