Speeding!

[Laurentius]

The history is real with some wannabe lines indicated…

Two friends head to a party. She drove thru the highway and after singing along in a non-rush hour late night the boy realizes - by glancing at the speedometer - his friend was driving over the speed limit
=real story=
Boy: I guess you are going over 80 MPH
Girl: Oh, yeah
Boy: You should not be doing so
Girl: Yes, mom told me not to drive over 70MPH, at least only 5 M up is ok…
Boy: Yes, she is right
Girl: But, wait a minute have you ever driven this high?
Boy: huh, me...Yeah
Girl: so, you see…
Boy: but wait! I didn’t get any tickets so far!
Girl: woe to me, I got them twice, you are really good at avoiding tickets pick on you
=wannabe lines=
Boy: hey, but I don’t see the sense in speeding, why the rush? Are we heading late to the party?
Girl: huh, not really but…
Boy: and if so, what are we going to do anyway? I have a saying for you: “better to lose a minute in your life than your life in a minute”
Girl: gotcha
Boy: good 4u!

The story tells us that these guys did it on time to their party, had a great time hanging out with hmies, lots of fun. This boy learnt his lesson and now is being working diligently in respecting speed limits –even the ones that seem most stupid….

[Laurentius]

By stupid is meant this: once, a friend of Boy dropped by his office and whine while looking across the window and down the road seeing a policeman pulling over a guy…
=real story=
Boy 2: Those cops are really bad, I can’t believe what they did to me.
Boy: what did they do to you?
Boy 2: well, I was I was going over Anderson St. (speed limit 30MPH) and I was going at 34 MPH and a cop pulled me over.
Boy: and?
Boy 2: It is not just! It was already 9:00-ish and..
Boy: did you see any flashing signs?
Boy 2: yeah, I guess so…
Boy: well my friend you ought to drive 20MPH when you see those. You were in school zone most likely
Boy 2: and yes I was but I guess everybody already made it inside school. Now I have to appear in court and pay the fine
Boy: huh, do you mind if I ask you how many tickets you got?
Girl: nope, I got 2 warnings, 2 tickets for parking and 1 –well, now 2- for speeding
Boy: there you go…

[Laurentius]

It does not matter who Boy2 and Girl was in this story, but Boy was me. So I reflect on this –after seeing on myself and in others too: what is the rush? Who is hurrying me up? What are the additional 5-or-so minutes one gains by speeding up going to be spent on? More homework done? More t.v. time? Perhaps those who speed will accomplish this and more but speeding is bad on you and on others. Planning ahead is better than that. And if get caught in a jam, don’t whine, get glad.

[Laurentius]

A coworker pointed out to me this video. I don't think it is funny. And even though I believe no one of us will get to such extreme -in fact sticking to the speed limit is the loving thing- I think the video is instructive. There is no love in speeding (even more: it can surely lead to death)

video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4656737997358099776&q=houston+bmw