If hypothetically the officer forgot to have me sign the ticket does that mean anything?
Allan "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com> writes: > 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 > -- 1983 300D _______________________________________ 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
