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Sep. 15th, 2011 06:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingHey 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.
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.
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Date: 2011-09-16 12:38 am (UTC)3 speeds in 18 months. 2 if they are work zone speeds. Or 11 points in 18 months.
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Date: 2011-09-16 12:42 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-09-16 01:00 am (UTC)That figures. New York is all about accurate communication.
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Date: 2011-09-16 11:56 am (UTC)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.