Seadog
09-04-2003, 10:50 AM
My wife has needed new tires for her car for a few months. She calls me today and says that Firestone has some good tires @$340. I told her to let me do some checking and after looking at what Tire Rack had to say, when to look at some of the better deals I found on my lunch break. After looking at what deals the Michelin/Uniroyal offered, I was headed to the Firestone store.
I know its there, because it pisses me off by existing, but for some reason I failed to see the blinking yellow lights. Naturally it was patrolled and now I am out $150 for a 30 in a 20 school zone.
The good news is that I was able to get the price on the Firestones knocked down to $270.
While I am all for respect for the law and such, the school zones around here are used for revenue enhancement. The grade schools are not allowed to leave the schools during lunch, yet it is a 20 mph zone during those times. In thirty years, I have never seen a kid out during noon to one. The schools near the campus are all on the major thoroughfares instead of being on the side streets. They even put a new grade school north side of town on a state highway/major truck route.
I am tempted to try and fight this in court because most of the people I know, including those with kids in these schools, are of the same opinion as I am.
I know its there, because it pisses me off by existing, but for some reason I failed to see the blinking yellow lights. Naturally it was patrolled and now I am out $150 for a 30 in a 20 school zone.
The good news is that I was able to get the price on the Firestones knocked down to $270.
While I am all for respect for the law and such, the school zones around here are used for revenue enhancement. The grade schools are not allowed to leave the schools during lunch, yet it is a 20 mph zone during those times. In thirty years, I have never seen a kid out during noon to one. The schools near the campus are all on the major thoroughfares instead of being on the side streets. They even put a new grade school north side of town on a state highway/major truck route.
I am tempted to try and fight this in court because most of the people I know, including those with kids in these schools, are of the same opinion as I am.