So as some of you may know on July 4th 2008 11 of us from the CSC did a 500+ mile trip dubed the Firecracker 500.
On our way back while traveling on Hwy24 just a few miles before Wilkerson Pass 5 of us were pulled over by a Park County Sheriff for speeding.
Initially the officer told us we were all going 105mph and then took our license/reg/insurance and returned a few minutes later. He told the group it was our lucky day and to GTFO of Park County, except for me. Because I had a passenger I was the only one he could pick out, lol.
Shannon and I told the guy we were actually doing 90 according the the speedo as that's what the bike maxed out at the 10,000 ft of elevation and two riders.
I was written a ticket for 12pts 105 speeding, 4pts Careless driving and a Lvl 3 misd for reckless endangerment.
In September I went to Fairplay, CO for court for the first time. Initially the DA offered to drop the two smaller charges but wanted me to plead guilty to the 12 point speeding. I told him no thanks and we returned a month later; this time I brought my wife and my dad joined in (he thought the ticket was BS considering there were 5 of us and radar doesn't tell the user which target it has and he was a traffic DA 30 years ago (still a DA but hasn't done traffic in a long, long time).
We also pointed out that the difference between 12pts and 6 points was 1 mile per hour (105 was 40 over, 104 would have been 39 over and 6 points) - with that the DA offered 6 points for the speeding but wanted to readd the 4 point careless for a net of 10 points.
A few more visits later, I grudgenly took the 10 points (I wanted the 6 point speeding and the other two dropped).
$300 in fines, $124 in court cost for a total of $424, 10 points and 24hrs of community service.
By the grace of god I still have 2 points left and I'll get my points back after July 4th 2009, so no speeding for me.
So, to echo what Judge Green said "I wouldn't speed in Park County".
-Clovis