Re: [non-scirocco]Accelerating too fast

["jason. miller" <j.miller@shaw.wave.ca>]

Hey, back when I had my 81 Jetta, I got pulled over for the same thing, and a
nice $50.00 fine!  Whatever.

    Record of the "Honda Killer" :

        1) Speeding in my Jetta +37km/h
        2) Illegal Pass (Contested in court & won)
        3) No Headlights
        4) Illegal Left Turn (Pending)  :)

--> Jason "Honda Killer" Miller.

David McGowan wrote:

> Sucky , the other thing that happend to me tonight was i was driving down
> the main strip of my town , when i saw a sheriff comming the oppisite
> direcxtion. His head was leaning out the window and staring at me , i
> looked down at my speedo and i was doin 50 in a 35 , so im like hsit , i
> slwo down and keep lookin in my read view. i see him flip a Ue and starts
> commin after me so i stay at 35 and shure enough he pulls me over . he
> turns every god damn light he has on that car and focuses his lights right
> into my mirror so it of cours is blinding me. he sits in his car for 3 or
> 4 minutes finnally comes out and tells me my lights wernt on ( was thining
> god this guy was stupid) said sorry sir my car has had electrical problmes
> tonight , i turn the car back on and the lights come on. He says ok , have
> a nice night and walks away :P
>
> On Thu, 27 Aug 1998, Wm. Josiah Erikson 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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