As long as we're telling cute stories... Scene: 1958ish rural S.Jersey two
lane in the middle of winter. Dad had just got his XK140 Jag roadster and
was taking it to show off to some of the other SCCA club guys and I was
along for the ride and as a pre-teen was quite naive. The State of NJ
requires inspections and issues a windshield tag to show compliance, but
allows 2 weeks to get it. Anyway, a State Trooper passes and then
immediately turns on his lights and turns around. Dad pulled over and waited
while the Trooper's big, heavy Crown Vic patrol car slides on the snow
packed road into the back of Dad's new Jag. Well, I had NO idea that you
could talk to a cop the way old Dad did......
Dave@Taos Garage Annex in Albuquerque
59 AH :{) 54 BN1
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----- Original Message -----
From "Bryan Vandiver" <Bryan.Vandiver at Eng.Sun.COM>
To: <Spridgets@autox.team.net>; <mhanna@ball.com>
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 2:21 PM
Subject: RE: PenDot bashing
> Ya know, it helps if you don't greet the CHP by saying 'what's up Pig?'
;-)
>
> - Bryan
>
> >X-Authentication-Warning: teamfat2.dsl.aros.net: majordom set sender to
> owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net using -f
> >To: Spridgets <Spridgets@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: RE: PenDot bashing
> >
> >When I lived in Kalifornia, I used my Bugeye as a daily driver. One night
> >coming home from work
> >(2nd shift) while driving on the Los Angeles freeway system I got pulled
> >over by a CHP officer.
> >I was only going 55 MPH (in a 55 zone) because I was low on gas (petrol).
> >The officer thought that I was
> >driving so slow because I had been drinking. When it became obvious that
I
> >was not drunk ,
> >he accused me of having bald tires. They were new ! Then he wanted to see
my
> >break lights ,
> >turn signals, windshield wipers and horn operate. In the end he had to
let
> >me go. It's probably
> >worse now.
> >Mark Hanna
> >AN5 (In Colorado, I'm never going back ! )
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> When I was 16, I had a 1959 A-H 100-6. Bought it for $275. Needless to
> >> say,
> >> it needed some work. I rebuilt the tranny and got it put back together.
> >> Decided to test drive it before putting all the rest of the stuff back
on
> >> it. The front bumper was still off so it did not have a front license
tag.
> >>
> >> Got stopped a cited by a county mountie! Went over to my girlfriend's
> >> house
> >> for the afternoon. On the way back, I got stopped by a state trooper.
He
> >> made me sit in his car, never told me why he stopped me and proceeded
to
> >> write a ticket. He handed me the pad, told me to sign the citation... I
> >> asked him what it was for. He said for not having a front license tag!
> >>
> >> I looked at him and said that he could not give me a ticket for not
having
> >> a
> >> front tag. In his most sarcastic voice, he says "WHY NOT?" I pull the
> >> other
> >> ticket out of my shirt pocket, wave it in his face, and say "BECAUSE I
> >> ALREADY GOT ONE!!!"
> >>
> >> In Ohio they have to give you a chance to make the equipment repair
before
> >> they can recite you for the same thing.
> >>
> >> Boy, was he cranked up. Ohio troopers DON'T void citations! He did a
> >> roadside safety inspection looking for something to bag me on. When he
got
> >> to the turn signals (which didn't work) I used hand signals! LOL - he
> >> couldn't have been any madder then. Never found anything he could write
me
> >> for.
> >>
> >> Kent
> >> 1960 Bugeye
> >>
>
>
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