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I got 7 points just after buying this car. I was still driving the RS, thought to myself, yes! I just bought a car and this one is sold, I can thrash it a bit! Got onto the highway, accelerated up to ~140 km/h as quickly as the RS could, followed an SUV doing the same for about 300 feet before they slammed their brakes on, I swerved into the middle lane in avoidance, they then swerved in front of me, I swerved over one more lane to the far right lane and bang, there was a cop right there.

It's my assumption they were changing lanes because they saw the cop, and then proceeded to not care about the safety of others. Now I realize how hypocritical it is of me to say that when I'm going so fast, but even still, I had time enough to check my blind spots, mirrors and change lanes as safely as possible without hitting them or anyone else. Mind you, I didn't have time enough to do all that AND see the cop sitting on the side of the road till I was all done with the lane changing and safe. So I guess I just have different priorities than the person in the SUV.

So anyway I got nailed for 146 km/h in a 100 (4 points), and unsafe lane change (3 points). Cop said to me "You almost lost it there!" I kind of wanted to laugh, because I knew I'd come no where near losing anything, let alone "it" but oh well... Fighting the tickets, but damn, I'd only been going that fast for about as long as it took to get there, and I definitely wasn't going to drive that fast all the way home. I was just so excited it got the best of me. So another lesson learned, calm down. I get nervous, anxious, angry, sad, happy pretty quickly and easily. So it's actually quite hard to stay calm at times, this is where cruise control helps me out. And now that I have it I should be a bit better off. Stick it on cruise, breath, calm down.

If anyone remembers way back when I bought the RS, you'd know my luck with buying a car. Recall when I bought the RS, I had a ticket for drinking and driving, yes, G2 license, 1 Coors light, 3 hours later, RIDE program. Zero tolerance. $6800/yr insurance, liability only, $150 reinstatement fee, $110 fine, $200 tow, 30 day suspension.

At least this time I've already confirmed, at least I think I have, that my insurance will only rise $30/mo if I were to be convicted of all 7 points. One good reason to get older I guess. Too bad I still look like I'm 17.

Edit: I should note, with the "mood swings" and staying calm.. I don't mean I panic or anything... just to clarify, re-reading it seemed like perhaps I was coming off like I panic a lot.