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Originally Posted by devilsadvocate
Ordinarily I'd agree, and the law here does in fact include that little "not to exceed the posted limit" clause. Real life works a little differently in IL, however:
3. "Under 9, you're doing fine. Over 9, your a** is mine." Most of the time, unless the cop is really bored, he/she doesn't want to get out of the car. If you don't get stopped in the first place, you don't have to explain anything to the judge. Following this rule on an IL interstate will often result in the cop passing you. Note: I'm basing a lot of this on highway/interstate travel, where the accidents get a lot more painful. .
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I must say, I'm glad I learned to drive in Illinois. I think it prepared me to drive everywhere. In my opinion (and from watching others), I think it's a lot easier to learn to drive in the country or some other type of city after first learning to drive in a place like Chicago, than the reverse. My husband, who has been driving over a decade longer than me, stresses out big time when we go to Chicagoland. I have to drive so we don't both go crazy. While in Driver's Ed in high school, they brought a cop in to talk to us. Someone asked how fast we can go without getting pulled over, and he basically said the 9 rule to a bunch of hormonal, power-hungry teenagers "we won't stop you if you go 9 over, but we'll getcha at 10..."
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Originally Posted by bjones6416
I wonder if there are reruns of "Night Court" anywhere. That was a great show.
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I loved that show!
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
I just noticed that I pay twice as much to fill my motorcycle gas tank with 17 liters (4.5 US gal) of gas than I used to pay to fill my old Ford pickup with 80 liters (21 US gallons) in 1970. That is ridiculous! 
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yikes! I wasn't even born in 1970! Oh, wait, that wasn't the point, was it?