Ok....so I got a speeding ticket. Last Sunday when I was returning from Skopje on my first "airport run", I was stopped for going 23kph over the speed limit. Pastor Jeff was with me, we were talking, I probably wasn't paying close attention. Then, there was a police officer standing in the middle of the road with his little stop sign in hand. He asked me for all of my paper work, and license. He asked me where I work, live, and what I do there. He then showed me the speed gun...73kph...in a 50kph zone. He returned to the car with a ticket, and a 25€ fine.
He did not keep my documents...that was a very good thing. It was on a Sunday, and on Monday I had to drive to Skopje again, and needed my documents. I am told you drive to another city, pay the fine and get your documents back. I only had to go to a bank in Malishevë and pay the fine. Yes...I have already paid the fine.
Returning from my second "airport run"...I watched closely the area where I got the ticket...looking for a speed limit sign. There was a 50kph sign at the beginning of a long mountain drive with steep hills and winding roads. The last speed sign was about 10km away from where I got the ticket. Where I got the ticket was a straight stretch of road, completely out of the mountains. I have been told that a good rule of thumb is when driving through villages, 50kph, on straight roads/highways 70-80kph, unless there is a posted sign. I now know what the speed limit is along that stretch of road...I am teachable!
I don't mind driving the speed limit...it is just hard to figure it out sometimes...
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