RE: [non-scirocco]Accelerating too fast

[VwFrank <fstamand@cmltech.com>]

Hey... Thought I should share my life too :-)

Last year I got a ticket for passing on double yellow lines.  That got me a 
probation for 1 year (no tickets or you loose your license).  Last March, I 
was doing 65 clicks in a 50 zone.  I know, it's sound bad, but everyone is 
driving that speed normally on that street.  So I paid my ticket.  2 months 
later, I got a notice that I will loose my license for 3 months (this 
summer).  I was a little pissed off, but still, I had my license still for 
9 days until my permit would expire.

The day after I got the notice,  I was driving around...  I stopped at a 
yield (to let a car pass, and to prevent an accident!, and I heard a horn 
go off...  I pulled out my middle "bad" finger to indicate that no, I had 
no intention of burning the yield (I thought that the car behind me wanted 
me to go anyway).  Next thing I know, the lights are going, the sirens and 
the whole sha-bang.  It was a  "phantom police car".

So the guy said the same thing, gimme your papers yadayada...  gave it, I 
used alot of cooperation, but was pretty pissed off... I said, I did my 
yield, and I'm sorry I raised my finger at you...

He said it's not that, I say you burn a stop, speed 10 clicks over the 
limit and follow another car in the ass... I said, ok, give me your tickets 
(I was too pissed to talk, and just wanted to remain cool in front of mr. 
god).  He gave me a ticket for the stop that I "burned".  I agree, I don't 
stop my tires completely at all stops.  But I did it long enough.  The cop 
was just pissed I raised the finger at him... Ah well.  The stop I burnt 
was at least half a mile before.  He had alot of time to stop me,  but the 
second I got the finger out, he nailed me.

So I earned another 3 months without a permit.  (total of 6 months) and I 
have to pass some exams to get my drivers lisence back...  I work in 9-1-1 
systems and need a car in case of emergencies.  I do some maintenance on 
the 911 system of the cop guy all the time, and this is the thanks I get.

Thanks for reading on.

Frank
(who is now biking to work and losing big pounds)


On Thursday, August 27, 1998 6:05 PM, Wm. Josiah Erikson 
[SMTP:josiah@gsinet.net] wrote:
> Hey guys...
>     Just thought I'd share this with you... delete unless you feel like
> reading about a cop who was a real jerk to me.
>     I was having a really crappy day. I was just feeling depressed in
> general, and I was taking care of Cara (my daughter's mother), and JLynn
> (my daughter) at Cara's house because Cara had just had her wisdom teeth
> out and she wasn't feeling too hot. I ran down the street to get her
> breakfast, and on the way back I was sitting at a stoplight in my QSW. I
> don't know what came over me, but I felt like showing the guy in the
> Firebird next to me that I was cool or something... he was wearing
> sunglasses and was listening to really loud music.
>     So I was sitting there with my engine up at 4500rpm, and when the
> light turned green, I dropped the clutch and floored it. WHAM! slight
> tire chirp and I took off. Maxed it out in first gear, dropped it into
> second and then backed off because it was in the city and I'd already
> left the Firebird about 200ft behind anyway (obviously, he wasn't
> racing). So I drop it into 4th and then hit the brakes for the next
> stoplight. I got up to maybe 35mph, max.
>     Then I see the blues. This cop pulls me over right in front of the
> next stoplight, and I'm thinking, "well, what can he get me for?
> Accelerating too fast?" Huh... I roll down my window, shut off the
> engine and wait. I see the cop coming, lean out my window...
>     "Good afternoon, officer."
>     No response. He comes up to the window, put his hands on his hips,
> and says, "Gimme your license and registration."
>     "Can you tell me what you're pulling me over for first, sir?"
>     "Gimme your license and registration, NOW."
>     "Don't you have to tell me what you're pulling me over for first?"
>     "You have to provide license and registation to an officer upon
> request at any time, for any reason. Now give them to me, or do you want
> me to arrest you right now?"
>     I give them to him. Then he proceeds to tell me why he pulled me
> over, in his own way.
>     "You took off from that stoplight like Mario Andretti. I could hear
> you racing your engine. You chirped your tires and lifted your front end
> up. I'm debating whether to give you a ticket or arrest you right now."
> (He seemed to like to threaten me with this).
>     I said, "Yeah my muffler's got four holes in it." (to explain why he
> could hear me revving my engine from a block away).
>     "That WAS NOT your muffler. That was you revving your engine."
>     "I didn't say I wasn't revving my engine, sir."
>     He looks at my license. "You still live in Weare, on Poor Farm
> Road?"
>     "Yes, sir."
>     "Do they tolerate that kind of driving in Weare?"
>     I didn't know what to say to that, was pretty shaken up and having a
> bad day, so I didn't say anything.
>     "Huh? Do they? I bet you think they do, huh?"
>     Again, I didn't say anything... I couldn't believe this cop. I kinda
> muttered something incoherent like "I dunno" or something equally lame.
> He was succeeding in intimidating me.
>     "So what are you doing in my city?"
>     Godddamn it! "I'm visiting my daughter," I managed to say. I don't
> remember what he said to that, but he made it clear that he wished I'd
> stay in my own town.
>     So he went back to the car, and I just started crying. I know, I'm a
> wuss, but I don't care. This just sucked. If I got a ticket, my license
> would get taken away, and then I wouldn't be able to go to work, so I
> wouldn't be able to pay child support, etc.... the whole world just
> tumbled down... (you know those moods, where you just think that
> EVERYTHING sucks).
>   So he gave me a must appear, and I have to go to court on the 31st. I
> dunno what will happen, but I hope I can keep my license. Hmmm.... his
> charge was "reckless driving". I wonder if it'll hold up.
>     If a Porsche 911 had accelerated that fast, it wouldn't have been
> dramatic. If I had been going 35mph through that intersection, he
> wouldn't have pulled me over. Just seems like a silly thing to get a
> ticket for, accelerating too fast.
>     I bet the guy driving that Firebird saw that cop, otherwise he would
> have kicked the shit out of me (it was a Formula).
>     So wish me good luck on the 31st! Anyone still reading? (laugh)
>     -Josiah
>     '83 Scirocco (parts car)
>     '84 GTi (temporarily dead)
>     '86 Scirocco (broken frame)
>     '87 QSW (daily driver)
>     http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah
>
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