Hey Chip-it's not as bizarre as all that. My stepfather was driving from CA
to NV to a meeting a few years back. He was on a deserted road in the desert
and so he hoped to make some good time. Well, there was a cop-and Dad passed
him-2am, deserted road and all. This gut got really ticked and gave Dad a
ticket-for passing him! Dad went to court and showed in the rule book that
the speed limit was as posted or as safe as for conditions-and he got off.
And that cop was sooo ticked. It seems no one had ever passed him before!
I don't worry so much about speeding tickets as I do about male (car)
envy-hey! When you're a chick driving a little convertible with the top
down-some guys in their family cars can't take it. Maybe they need to get a
hobby?
Keep drivin' fast and brakin' hard!
Laura G.
78 BRG Spit named 'Nigel'
-----Original Message-----
From: Chip Mautz <clmautz@yahoo.com>
To: Laura G. <savercool@msn.com>
Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, September 02, 1998 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: Results of Cold Air Box performance evaluation
>---"Laura G." <savercool@msn.com> wrote:
>>
>> It is if 1.) you can get away with it 2.) you live somewhere where
>the
>> limit is as posted or as is safe for the conditions (CA) or 3.) if
>you're
>> somewhere where even the police have respect for the kind of car
>you're
>> driving. (As in Italy and some parts of USA)
>>
>> >
>> >80mph hmm...........is that a legal speed limit?
>> >Tom
>
>Not to start a speed war or anything, but here in Atlanta, GA, I see
>90+ mph daily. In traffic. And, sometimes I'm passed by Police,
>wanting to go faster. Bizarre, huh?
>
>My Spitfire sometimes can't go fast enough! But I had the same
>problem with my '90 Jeep Wrangler 4cyl - Semi trucks would try to run
>me down in the slow lane!
>
>In the words of Bruce Hornsby, "That's just the way it is..."
>
>Chip Mautz
>Atlanta, GA, USA
>'71 Spitfire MKIV - 'Ol Smokey
>==
>Life is short - Drive fast, brake hard!
>
>
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