Author Topic: The 7th Annual "Gathering of Eagles" in Cottonwood, AZ - May 4-5, 2018 (Read 52676 times)

JJ · « **Reply #90 on:** January 29, 2018, 06:58:01 AM »

End of the month!! Time to get those speeding ticket QUOTA's in!!

ITSec · « **Reply #91 on:** January 29, 2018, 12:28:04 PM »

Quote from: JJ on January 29, 2018, 06:58:01 AM

End of the month!! Time to get those speeding ticket QUOTA's in!!

Anyone who speeds through Wikieup is asleep or inattentive. The signs are pretty well placed and visible, and any small town on a two-lane between two major cities is an obvious place to be alert! I won't ask who is boosting the local sheriff's numbers...

PJPR01 · « **Reply #92 on:** January 29, 2018, 12:54:53 PM »

Radar Detector JJ...think we had a long thread on this a while ago! Solo S3 runs on batteries...no wiring needed...right there where you need it on a RAM mount!

Besides..you're used to speed traps in places like Show Low...thought you had your eyes/ears peeled for these types of issues!

(Just yanking your chain a bit!) :)

Tom · « **Reply #93 on:** January 29, 2018, 01:53:53 PM »

Y'ep. Sunday on a 2 laner in AZ. The Shell is where I refuel.

Wildguzzi.com · « **Reply #93 on:** January 29, 2018, 01:53:53 PM »

JJ · « **Reply #94 on:** January 29, 2018, 02:58:31 PM »

Quote from: PJPR01 on January 29, 2018, 12:54:53 PM

Radar Detector JJ...think we had a long thread on this a while ago! Solo S3 runs on batteries...no wiring needed...right there where you need it on a RAM mount!

Besides..you're used to speed traps in places like Show Low...thought you had your eyes/ears peeled for these types of issues!

(Just yanking your chain a bit!) :)

Hi Paul!! How are you and thanks for yanking my CARROT!!!

So this week, I will have to SIT in front of my laptop for four (4) hours taking a silly Arizona Defensive Driving School course so I don't have to pay $170 and get 2 points on my license and then have ALLSTATE call me telling me they are raising my insurance rates!! That's nice....

JJ · « **Reply #95 on:** January 29, 2018, 03:01:07 PM »

Quote from: Tom on January 29, 2018, 01:53:53 PM

Y'ep. Sunday on a 2 laner in AZ. The Shell is where I refuel.

YUP...and we always do a PIT STOP at the SHELL station...and the trooper was just past there on the right!!

I was last in a line of 5 cars, all doing about 60 mph......and I was just following the traffic.....

That was nice....

I was actually doing 62 mph and he wrote me up of 55 mph...so there was some conciliation to the mishap!!

Tom · « **Reply #96 on:** January 29, 2018, 04:38:45 PM »

Good to see that you can defer the ticket and save on the points.

JJ · « **Reply #97 on:** January 29, 2018, 04:53:34 PM »

Yes...the Vegas auctions...and unforseen speeding tickets are all behind us now...and THIS event...during the first weekend in May 2018...will be coming up soon!!

:1:

GUZZI-GEEZERS!!! (...of the Southwest!!)

PJPR01 · « **Reply #98 on:** January 29, 2018, 05:36:37 PM »

Hey JJ...before you waste, I mean enjoy those 4 hours this weekend, have you looked into whether you have Deferred Adjudication in Arizona? Would save you the time, but not the money...and depending on the county, it's either 3 or 6 months without another violation, and this "incident" will never show up on your record.

Since this is offered here in Houston...thought you might check if it's offered in Sedona too...Coconino or Yavapai county...can't remember which one is the right county up there.

The joy of those 4 hour courses on line is you can't just click click click thru them at a high rate of speed, they seem to be timed so you have to actually spend the full amount on each screen.

Cheerio!

Tom · « **Reply #99 on:** January 29, 2018, 05:44:50 PM »

Driver's Ed. class is the deferment. Kind of like probation but for moving violations.

Arizona Wayne · « **Reply #100 on:** January 29, 2018, 11:51:36 PM »

I can't believe some of you other Guzzi Geezers still haven't figured out the last place you should speed is thru a next to nothing 'town'.

For that short period of time I always play their speeding game. It's the main way they can get revenue to pay for their services.

JJ · « **Reply #101 on:** January 30, 2018, 07:43:21 AM »

Quote from: PJPR01 on January 29, 2018, 05:36:37 PM

Hey JJ...before you waste, I mean enjoy those 4 hours this weekend, have you looked into whether you have Deferred Adjudication in Arizona? Would save you the time, but not the money...and depending on the county, it's either 3 or 6 months without another violation, and this "incident" will never show up on your record.

Since this is offered here in Houston...thought you might check if it's offered in Sedona too...Coconino or Yavapai county...can't remember which one is the right county up there.

The joy of those 4 hour courses on line is you can't just click click click thru them at a high rate of speed, they seem to be timed so you have to actually spend the full amount on each screen.

Cheerio!

It's over now...6 hours (5pm-11pm) last night in my hotel room...NOT four (4) hours...due to slow, painful Internet connection....DREADFUL!!! Cost was $220!!

AZ Wayne is correct...one needs to really watch going through these small, snoozy little Arizona towns with 45 mph posted speed limits...and especially at the END OF THE MONTH!! Quota time!!

JJ · « **Reply #102 on:** January 30, 2018, 09:43:39 AM »

Quote from: ITSec on January 29, 2018, 12:28:04 PM

Anyone who speeds through Wikieup is asleep or inattentive. The signs are pretty well placed and visible, and any small town on a two-lane between two major cities is an obvious place to be alert! I won't ask who is boosting the local sheriff's numbers...

Yes...the 45 mph signs are clearly posted...and YES!!....I was cruising at about 60+ mph behind a line of five (5) cars "going with the flow"...and FLAPPING with my buds and not being...."ATTENTIVE!!"

...and the penalty?!? $220 for the online Defensive Driving Class....and 6 hours (not 4 hours) of PAIN.....due to a slow Internet in my hotel room....That was nice....5pm-11pm....

All designed as "torture" to be PAINFUL and DREADFUL!!!

The DPS officer, however was very professional and only wrote me for 55 mph in a 45 mph zone...I was clocked at 62 mph!!

Had I been on my bike or driving solo...I am sure I would have been...."more ATTENTIVE!!"

Tom · « **Reply #103 on:** January 30, 2018, 11:50:00 AM »

Ahhhh.....the semi-retired life. Attention span getting shorter.

Just your luck to be the last in the line up. The DPS officer can't pull everyone over and cite so the last one gets it.

JJ · « **Reply #104 on:** January 30, 2018, 12:59:10 PM »

Quote from: Tom on January 30, 2018, 11:50:00 AM

Ahhhh.....the semi-retired life. Attention span getting shorter. Just your luck to be the last in the line up. The DPS officer can't pull everyone over and cite so the last one gets it.

Except sadly...I am not retired (yet) and took a full-time job Dec. 11th!!

I was on two day "furlough" as a group of us have been going to Vegas every year for >20 years!!

Yes, I was the last of a 4-5 car line-up...and frankly speaking...I was just following the others, who clearly were going the same speed as me...(about 55-60 mph) "going with the flow"...and I was the unlucky one who got nabbed...

Oh well...if that is the worst thing that will happen to me in 2018...it's just fine with me!

Tom · « **Reply #105 on:** January 30, 2018, 01:05:29 PM »

So back to work. I guess the downtime was just transitional.

JJ · « **Reply #106 on:** January 30, 2018, 05:09:25 PM »

Quote from: Tom on January 30, 2018, 01:05:29 PM

So back to work. I guess the downtime was just transitional.

I'll be 64 this August, so the countdown has started....come 66, I believe I will finally be DONE!!! - - and God willing, I will make it there!!

I have been working full-time since 1976....that's 42 years this year...and that's enough....time kick back and RIDE more!

Tom · « **Reply #107 on:** January 30, 2018, 05:22:20 PM »

I went back to work because of the youngest going to college in Reno. It's like a working retirement for me. No problems and enjoyable. I'm in charge.

JJ · « **Reply #108 on:** January 30, 2018, 05:25:37 PM »

Yes, boys and girls...Vegas is over again for another year...and it's February this week...so only two (2) months to go for this annual and memorable "Gathering of Eagles!" - our 7th year!! :1:

JJ · « **Reply #109 on:** January 31, 2018, 09:30:30 AM »

*** BUMP *** (a dump...and for a Wednesday HUMP-Day!)

JJ · « **Reply #110 on:** January 31, 2018, 12:32:36 PM »

...and I just confirmed that on Sat. May 5th, I will lead a group ride to historic Prescott, AZ for "Hot dogs & Burgers" lunch, courtesy of Jim Knaupp and crew at POWERSPORTS OUTLET......northern Arizona's only Moto Guzzi dealer!!

:1:

Tom · « **Reply #111 on:** January 31, 2018, 02:04:06 PM »

That would be a fun ride.

Guzzi Gal · « **Reply #112 on:** January 31, 2018, 03:17:36 PM »

Hot dogs? My kids LOVE hot dogs!

JJ · « **Reply #113 on:** January 31, 2018, 03:29:36 PM »

Quote from: Guzzi Gal on January 31, 2018, 03:17:36 PM

Hot doge? My kids LOVE hot dogs!

...and they would be FREE...and as my wife often says..."If it's FREE...then it's for ME!!"

Guzzi Gal · « **Reply #114 on:** January 31, 2018, 03:40:39 PM »

Quote from: JJ on January 31, 2018, 03:29:36 PM

...and they would be FREE...and as my wife often says..."If it's FREE...then it's for ME!!"

(Typo fixed

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I hadn’t considered the free part, just the "get moving kids" incentive part. That said, free is too.

JJ · « **Reply #115 on:** January 31, 2018, 03:48:07 PM »

Quote from: Guzzi Gal on January 31, 2018, 03:40:39 PM

(Typo fixed )

I hadn�t considered the �free� part, just the �get moving kids� incentive part. That said, free is too.

Hot dogs...Burgers...Mo to Guzzi's...young-in's...and an assortment of Guzzi-Geezers!!! (lol) What's not to love?!? (LOL)

PJPR01 · « **Reply #116 on:** January 31, 2018, 04:05:11 PM »

Quote from: Tom on January 29, 2018, 05:44:50 PM

Driver's Ed. class is the deferment. Kind of like probation but for moving violations.

Yeah...I get that, but it's different from Deferred Adjudication which is a court process, not a Defensive Driving course. Two separate, mutually exclusive processes. Under deferred adjudication you don't have to take the defensive driving course...you just pay the fee which is equivalent to taking a defensive driving course, and then wait the required 3 or 6 months dictated by the county. If no further infractions in that time, then, the incident doesn't show up on your record...

I just don't know if that is offered everywhere...at any rate, I'm sure JJ enjoyed his 6 hours!

JJ · « **Reply #117 on:** January 31, 2018, 04:28:26 PM »

Quote from: PJPR01 on January 31, 2018, 04:05:11 PM

Yeah...I get that, but it's different from Deferred Adjudication which is a court process, not a Defensive Driving course. Two separate, mutually exclusive processes. Under deferred adjudication you don't have to take the defensive driving course...you just pay the fee which is equivalent to taking a defensive driving course, and then wait the required 3 or 6 months dictated by the county. If no further infractions in that time, then, the incident doesn't show up on your record...

I just don't know if that is offered everywhere...at any rate, I'm sure JJ enjoyed his 6 hours!

For a Type-A, high-energy, OCD, impatient person like myself

...you have no idea how PAINFUL those 6 hours were Monday night...

Again, it should have only been four (4) hours, but thanks to a slow Internet connection at my hotel, 2 more hours of PAIN were inflicted...

...and my sympathetic wife just said: "That's what you get for flappin' you gums and not paying attention!!!"

That's nice...

Tom · « **Reply #118 on:** January 31, 2018, 04:58:01 PM »

Quote from: PJPR01 on January 31, 2018, 04:05:11 PM

Yeah...I get that, but it's different from Deferred Adjudication which is a court process, not a Defensive Driving course. Two separate, mutually exclusive processes. Under deferred adjudication you don't have to take the defensive driving course...you just pay the fee which is equivalent to taking a defensive driving course, and then wait the required 3 or 6 months dictated by the county. If no further infractions in that time, then, the incident doesn't show up on your record...

I just don't know if that is offered everywhere...at any rate, I'm sure JJ enjoyed his 6 hours!

Totally get what you're saying but if it's still handled the same way. To be eligible for the deferment, JJ would have to go to the DDC which is court approved or ran by a gov. body. While mutually exclusive, the tie in would be that you need the DDC if you want the deferment. The court can do whatever it wants but I doubt they grant a deferment without the DDC.

PJPR01 · « **Reply #119 on:** January 31, 2018, 05:31:13 PM »

Quote from: Tom on January 31, 2018, 04:58:01 PM

Totally get what you're saying but if it's still handled the same way. To be eligible for the deferment, JJ would have to go to the DDC which is court approved or ran by a gov. body. While mutually exclusive, the tie in would be that you need the DDC if you want the deferment. The court can do whatever it wants but I doubt they grant a deferment without the DDC.

Actually, deferred adjudication works differently than that. You pay the fine, but you don't do a Defensive Driving course, you have to then not incur any additional infractions during the period the court sets (can be 3-6 months depending on the county). if after that period of time, you have not had any further infractions, the citation is dismissed...so it never appears on your record. The financial equivalent of paying the deferred adjudication is very similar, although it can be a bit more than the DDC...but at least it saves you the painful 6 hours of internet time or the 8 hours of class time of a DDC.

:) Check your local state/country requirements...they do vary, but the concept may still apply.

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