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Photo by Marc Gibaud,
Clouds on Tres Cerros and
Mount Fitzroy, Argentinian Patagonia



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Unfortunately, you are correct. Especially Park "Police". I got my last ticket, Crossing a Double Yellow Line, whilst going around a mini-van that was oohing and aahing a buffalo. Seen one buffalo, you pretty much seen them all in my book. The dangerous 20 mile per hour pass (that was my total speed) cost me $150. Unbelievable.
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Angry tickets

If it helps and I dought it will ,try to think of your tickets as a form of rent. We all have to pay to use stuff. $75 to rent the U.S.A. is a bargain, don't you agree?
The trick now is to avoid paying more than it's worth to you.I have devoped an internal cop radar that when I tune in helps me avoid all but speeding tickets in the last several years. Good luck on your trip and remember to watch your back.
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In 2002 I got a speeding ticket in Northern California which I chose to ignore. In 2006 I returned to the US for another extended trip and this unpaid ticket was always at the back of my mind. I checked up and discovered that such minor misdemenours are statewide only and don't cover the entire country as in the UK. I also passed through customs/immigration with all of the extensive checks there are these days when entering the US and nothing cropped up. During my three month, 15,000 ride around the US, I wasn't stopped. So it's up to you. Should you return to AZ in the future, the risk is there should you get stopped again.

As for failing to stop at a Stop sign, I couldn't see the logic of that either. If there was a Stop sign at a junction in the middle of the Mojave Desert, for instance, and you had a perfect view for a mile in any direction, what is the commonsense in having to stop? Again I was lucky there. When leaving Los Angeles early one morning, the low sun caused me to miss at least three Stop signs. Fortunately there was almost no traffic around in the suburbs and no Police either.
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