"The Rules are the same everywhere"

This is a sign that is on base... I tried to drive this speed and my car was almost stopped in the road. BUT if you go over they WILL pull you over! I know because I got pulled over on Saturday when I was going to pick up a few things from the commissary. I went through the check in point at the gate and the guy at the gate was bored and was trying to make conversation with me. Then after I made it through the maze they have at the front gate, I turned left and was just driving down a road that goes in front of the "police station." Then there is a stop sign right in front of the gym and you take a left there. After I did, I looked in my rear view mirror and there were lights... like red and blue lights... like a cop car's lights! I was seriously being pulled over. Are you kidding me?! After like five minutes of sitting there waiting for him to approach my car, he started in a very aggressive tone chewing me out because the zone I was driving in was apparently a 10 mph zone and I was was going 17. But every road on base has a different speed limit , some 10, some 20, some 5. All I told him was that "I am not used to driving on a base." He said, "Well, the rules are same everywhere. I need your liscence, registration, and insurance." It is weird cause you just feel like you are on a college campus or something. I didn't even know there were speed limit signs until Saturday! Anyway, he ended up letting me go without any penalty. I think he was just really bored and thought it made him feel all important to be all authoritative to me. I talked to the cashier at the Nex and she said they just do like a point system anyway. They don't actually give tickets on base. Thank goodness! The Good Lord knows I cannot afford that right now. Anyway, from now on I am going to make sure to read the signs and go the speed limit!