Speeding Ticket

Picture #1. I took these pictures while I was out running this week, mostly so I could tell this story. I like this first picture for many reasons. You can see the green of the winter grass, you can see the beautiful wooden gate, and you can see the 30 mile an hour speed limit sign. True to form, President Bunker got a speeding ticket the first week we were here. We had no idea. Ten days later the staff came in laughing that we had gotten a ticket when we were on our way to Costco the week before. This was not funny news...

Picture #2. Notice the 40 mile an hour speed limit sign and the sign underneath. That is a camera sign. Here in the UK they warn you that they are going to be taking a picture of you as you are driving so don't speed. Unfortunately, we had no idea what this sign was, or what it meant until after we got our ticket.

Picture #3. Notice the car parked on the left side of the road. This happens all over and most streets are not this wide, so when you have parked cars on the side, two cars can barely pass each other on the road.

Picture #4. Notice the white horizontal lines on the road and the yellow box on the right hand side of the picture. The white lines tell you they are taking a photo and the camera is in the yellow box. How does anyone get a speeding ticket here? Now that we have learned this I am constantly saying, "camera. 40." or "camera. 30." or camera, camera, camera. Jon is afraid he is going to lose his privilege to drive if he gets another speeding ticket, not to mention it cost a lot of money. DANG! Now you know why he stresses while he is driving. Sometimes there are camera signs and no white horizontal lines and we never see a camera box. Other times we see all three. It is tricky learning the rules and signs of the road in a foreign land.