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Write a smug reply to the fine request
Then post smug reply on an even more smug cycling forum
Then sit back a read all the smug replies
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That's exactly what I doing!
How do you look in an orange jump suit?
Pink in Arizona state tent prison!
Have you got a purty mouth?
I went to Canada a few years ago and we got done 40km up a logging road by some mounties on quads. I was done for drinking alcohol in a moving vehicle and being in a moving vehicle without a seatbelt (I was riding the in the back of a pickup truck). Both offences resulted in a total fine of $800.
The mountie at the time pulled me over and said "do you ever intend on coming back to Canada?", to which my response was "yes". He replied "then I suggest you pay the fine". He then went on to say that if I wasn't going to enter the country again then go home and forget about it.
I paid the fine. I suggest you do the same.
A friend of mine flew from London to LA a few years ago, only to be denied entry, due to a speeding ticket he'd received some 20 years ago. He didn't even get the option of paying it, he just had to come straight back home. We'll never know whether he got more than just a speeding ticket, and wasn't letting on.
As above, if you're ever planning on returning to the country, probably worth just paying up.
This may be useful if you don't pay up 😆
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"I have a verbal recording of this conversation to prove this."
sits on edge of seat....are we going to get to hear this?
I had a similar experience but in Canada. Was traveling around BC as a student. We had rented a Toyota Corrola but got upgraded to a Pontiac Grand Am (2 door sports coupe in red)
After spending a while in Jasperwe headed down towards Banff and I got pulled by a Mounty. He stated he clocked me at 130km/h in a 90 zone. Saw I was foreign and then said tell you what I will reduce the fine to 110 in a 90 zone.
His parting words were 'if you are leaving soon I might just ignore it'
Being skint I did exactly that. Skipped the country about a week later and never paid.
Several years later I wanted to go back to Canada. Being slightly anxious regarding getting turned away or arrested on arrival I went into the Canadian High Commision on a trip into London. Being careful to avoid giving my name I explained the situation to the desk clerk who then rang for advice. I can still hear the laughter from the other end of the phone and was told not to worry about it.
Been back to Canada several times now and am just very careful not to speed.
However in your situation if I had the money I would cough up as the US of A is pretty different in its law enforcement
[i]I challenged the officer to provide me with evidence of his allegation at the scene[/i]
[i]I have a verbal recording of this conversation to prove this.[/i]
I suspect you got fined as you failed the attitude test!
When you said recording I was thinking "I hope Texas is state with 1 party consent and no law against recording police" like some states!
I went to Canada a few years ago and we got done 40km up a logging road by some mounties
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That's some holiday video 😯
Don't judge everyone by your own standards squirrel 
I got a lot of parking tickets in Perth W.A. in the late 80's was worried about flying into Sydney after that but no problems. I guess computer systems weren't as linked up back then.
Ewwww. I hate odd numbers.