Virtual Speeding?
Technology is a wonderful thing.
I just finished going through traffic school – online. (Traffic school? Yes, I was caught speeding recently – I find it humorous that I spent 3 years with a 290+ horsepower beast capable of 0-60 MPH runs in the high 5s, a top speed of 155 MPH, etc…. and not once did I run afoul of the law. I now have a 160 HP, gawky-looking SUV thing……..and I get caught for speeding very close to home, on a road that I use each day to/from work (that I’ve travelled on in the 290+ HP beast on a zillion occasions……but, I guess that’s another story….)
In any event, when I got the ticket, I opted for the ‘guilty’ verdict (I was speeding, after all) with the traffic school option. To my surprise, in addition to the various time and ‘physical’ location options on the traffic school enrollment form, there was an ‘online’ option !!!!
I spent about three hours today going through a very basic set of ‘online learning’ modules – did a ‘pre-test’ and a ‘post-test’ – and passed. All very nice and done from the comfort of my own home – and without having to spend a Saturday morning in a large room filled with people who would rather be someplace else…….