Got a letter in the mail today from the State of Iowa presenting me with a speeding ticket from some camera speed trap somewhere near Des Moines.
Cost me 65$.
I don't even know if I was driving when the picture was taken.
They'll probably send me another shakedown threatening to tell my insurance company if I don't take their online "Driver responsibility" class for a couple hundred more.
Brown's probably behind this.
That's only my current alias.
Seriously, they got me that way once. As Brent pointed out, coming into Cedar Rapids there used to be a notorious speed camera where the limit dropped. Got a lot of people. It was my understanding they were supposed to pull that one.
A couple years ago, I was involved in an accident down there. Properly reported to the police, who came and took statements, etc. Showed the officer my license, insurance, etc . . . went on my merry way. A couple months later, I got a nasty letter from the Iowa DOT that they were going to suspend my license because they hadn't received proof of insurance. This all happened in a rural county, and I got copies of the accident report from the county sheriff. I called the DOT and told them the accident report verified my current insurance status. The rude young lady cut me off and said "We never look at those." At which point I said "Then why does it say, at the top of the report, "Copy to DOT"? I did think it was funny that they were going to suspend my Wisconsin driver's license . . . but, as it turned out, something fell through the cracks with my insurance company. They got it all straightened out, and I got a nice email from the Iowa DOT confirming that I was no longer a fugitive from justice.
