I rode with one housemate out to a birthday party in the big city (population sign says 780) tonight. Was planning on getting a ride home with the other housemate, but there was awkwardness (completely different situation), so she wasn't returning as early as planned. Anyway they both decided to spend the night at the party house, but let me drive one of their cars home.
It's dark and kinda rainy so I'm driving decently slow.I mean I get passed a couple of times and all.Come to the BIG fair that's going on starting tonight and through the weekend. Speed's dropped and I've slowed down more , but am getting distracted looking at what's going on at the fairgrounds. Next thing I know I'm pulled over for speeding. Oooops. Of course I can't figure out how to roll down the windows, but have license and housemate's old registration pulled and hand to the officer as soon as he finally gets to me. (While he goes back to check things out, I call my housemate's cell phone asking where her new registration is...She'd just gotten it this afternoon..)
Anyway, I think this is probably one time when having an out-of-state license worked in my favor. I got off with just the question "How well do you know the area?" "Um..I just moved here. I'm working to figure it out. " So for anyone who needs to know, the speed limit outside the fairgrounds is 25 MPH. And it is strictly enforced during the fair.
EDIT: Upon further reflection, I think that the 25 MPH speed limit is special for the fair (and higher during the rest of they year). So when you visit, you might not have to go that slow. Then again, you might.
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