One victimless crime (speeding) may now be unenforceable in many parts of Wisconsin.

SPOONER, WI [ LINK : theNewspaper.com ]  Government is alllll about technicalities.  Ergo, the multi-storied law libraries at our (and every other) State Capitol Building.

You have no doubt violated some code, ordinance, or law within the past few days.  You can’t lead any kind of active and productive life and NOT step over the line.  There are simply too many lines.

Perhaps you crossed the street in the middle of the block, or failed to come to a complete stop at an unpopulated intersection, or discharged a firearm in Connorsville during the height of your partner’s happiest of happy times.  Or, if you’re like me, you’re guilty of all three.  Four, if you count the thing I did that I’m not gonna write about.

But that’s another story, for another time.  Right now, I’m tipping my hat to John Klos, who knew the specifics of Wisconsin’s traffic law technicalities, and used them to (eventually) snag a thread of justice he found hanging from the tattered fabric of our hand-me-down court system.

He beat a speeding ticket by measuring the traffic signs.

Read the story link to fully appreciate his genius and dedication.  Send it along to anybody you know who has gotten a speeding ticket in Spooner, because as of yesterday, the 25 MPH speed limit in that town is unenforceable.  The same may even be true of your fair city, or mine.  Suffice to say that, in the event I find myself ticketed for excessive speed, I’m busting out the tape measure.

Mr. Klos, next time you’re in the state (he’s apparently from Minnesota!) you have a drink coming on me.  Provided you have time, of course.

I understand you’re often in somewhat of a hurry…