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[theweaselking]

Hey New Yorkers: I saw a sign that said you get your license suspended for two speeding tickets, under state law. That real? More to the point: Is that "two ever", is that "two before the points fall off", is that "two New York tickets"? What's the deal?

Related: Americans get awesome soft drinks. Nobody imports vanilla cream soda or cherry diet pepsi into Canada. Of course, there's a tradeoff: nobody sells fucking hard disks within ~150km of Ogdensburg on the US side - Kingston or Ottawa, sure, but they're on the wrong side of the border, and beyond that it's fucking UTICA.

Seriously, people. Radio Shack: "No, try Wal-Mart or the computer store on Ford street[1]." Computer store #1, on Ford street: "We don't do parts. Try Wal-Mart." Computer store #2, on Ford street: "We don't keep hard disks in stock, but can order one in 2-3 business days. Try Wal-Mart?". Wal-Mart: "No".

Massena? Nope. Potsdam? Nope. Watertown? Probably, but that's an hour each way. And fuck that.

[1]: NB. EVERYTHING is on Ford street. And not like King Street in K-W, this is actually just one street and it's reasonably straight.

Comments

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

Having grown up in Potsdam- word.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Seriously, what kind of "computer repair shop" has a 2-3 day turnaround on A HARD DISK?

[fionn1799.livejournal.com]

3 speeds in 18 months. 2 if they are work zone speeds. Or 11 points in 18 months.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Neat. The sign at the border just says "2 speeding tickets = suspended license, by state law"

[fionn1799.livejournal.com]

That figures. New York is all about accurate communication.

[elmo-iscariot.livejournal.com]

I'm not a lawyer or a New Yorker, but based on my experience in the mid Atlantic states I wouldn't be surprised if the law is more commonly used to push people into pleading guilty to a higher dollar value offense to avoid losing the license.

Most Jersey prosecutors will drop speeding charges if the offender agrees to plead guilty to a "failure to obey signage" charge. No points, higher fine. A prosecutor doesn't generally _want_ to take licenses away unless he really doesn't like the looks of you; it's more trouble and less lucrative.

[dscotton.livejournal.com]

You actually braved the dangerous wilds of the USA? I thought you swore you'd never come here?

[dscotton.livejournal.com]

It's funny that you envy our soft drinks while we envy Mexico's, which are made with sugar instead of corn syrup. (Although those are obtainable around here these days, not not ubiquitous).

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Canadian ones are made of real sugar, too. It's just that we don't get the weirder flavours, and I *like* cherry cola and non-pink cream soda sometimes.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

No, I make a practice of never crossing the border unless I have to, because your complete lack of civil infrastructure and the presence of a huge amount of UNCIVIL infrastructure bugs the crap out of me.

In this case? Work. Last time? Because it would have cost me $800 and an extra day to fly AROUND Los Angeles instead of through.

That kind of thing.

[timprov.livejournal.com]

According to the signs when I crossed the border last year, it's more expensive to go 30kph over the speed limit in Ontario than it is to kill someone in Michigan.

[jerril]

... they only give you a fine and impound your car for murder in Michigan?

[timprov.livejournal.com]

My impression was that the fine was for accidentally striking a construction worker with your car, causing death. The signs didn't mention impounding.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

If the fines are doubled when workers are present, and you kill the worker, what happens?

[pappy-legba.livejournal.com]

You need to kill all of them. Every one. In the whole work zone. And run over every "WORK ZONE" sign. Then the fine goes back down to normal.

[clinkerfiasco.livejournal.com]

You can get vanilla cream soda at herb and spice, as well as a the green gas station at woodward and clyde.