Even back then, he may have just been checking to see if you appeared to have been drinking. You appeared sober so he let you go on your way.
Randy -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of WILTON Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 1:50 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: speeding/comparing VIN's Late one afternoon in '76 at George AFB, CA, (near Victorville) I had dismantled a small, surplus bridge on base and most of the long beams loaded onto my '74 Plymouth van with several feet of each protruding out the back of the van. I had attached a red flag and red reflector the end on one of the beams to improve their visibility for the night trip to my cabin 35 miles away in the San Gabriel Mountains where I planned to use the beams in the building of a deck. Almost immediately after I exited the base onto the main highway for the trip to the cabin flashing blue lights of a CHP cruiser were behind me. I pulled over thinking the officer was gonna jump me for having the beams protruding so far out the back or not having a light on them or question why I was leaving the base loaded with such beams, especially at night. He ask for my license and registration, which I immediately presented, of course. He glanced at them, handed them back and said, "Sorry to have bothered you, Sir. Have a nice evening." I put my license back in my wallet, threw the registration card on the engine cover by right leg and proceeded with my trip. 'Coupla days later, I picked up the registration card and, as I started to put it back in the glove compartment, I noticed that the card was for a '64 Dodge van that I had traded a coupla years before for the '76 Plymouth van that I was driving!!! CHP officer never noticed the difference. BTW, 'have no idea what they were looking for. Wilton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mitch Haley" <m...@voyager.net> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 3:16 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: speeding > ernest breakfield wrote: >> try to make it clear that you would have been obeying the law if > > there was some way you could have known what it actually was! > > I once got pulled over for going past a 25mph sign at 35mph with my brakes > on. AFAIK, the speed limit was 55mph on one side of that sign and 25mph on > the other. I hit the brakes as soon as I went around a curve and saw the > sign. No ticket, just a long going over from a 'by the book, straight from > the academy' cop who was bored. It was about 1:00 AM and I think he was > waiting for the nearby tavern to close. He's the only cop who ever > compared the VIN on my dash with the VIN on my registration. > > Mitch. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
