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Old 01-09-2010, 11:17 PM
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Default Drivers Beware

For those of you who travel to the North on RT 301 or coming South, be advised of the exit for RT 24 towards Gainsville.

The following is what occured to me last September 09:

While exiting onto RT 24 from RT 301 South ( I assume its in Starkey) Alachua Cty) we were stopped by a local heavy (FAT really cop in farmers outfit suspenders and all).

We were stopped doing as he claims 45 in a 15MPH zone. We were not permitted to view the radar. In addition the school was boarded up and closed.

So we bit the bullet and left with the ticket. It demanded I go to court in Jan 2010 and pay a fine in excess of $450.00

Feeling ripped off I found an atty called Steinberg who proceeded to ask for a fee of 150.00 to rep me and claimed to know everything about this town and that I wouldn't need to be present. In addition he was assuring me that the ridiculous fine would be lowered considerably.

Well to my suprise or should I say my stupidity. I find today that my fine may exceed 1000.00.

Oh the atty! Well he claims I am lucky that I didn't go to jail, school or have points added to my Florida DL. What a rip off. So beware. Looks like my Florida DL is gonna get burned. No way am I paying this 1000.00+ to anyone.

Has anyone else experienced this
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