Re: Auto driving trivia

Posted by wisbaker on March 04, 2015 at 13:30:04 from (173.26.84.185):

In Reply to: Auto driving trivia posted by 37Chief on March 03, 2015 at 17:50:29:

Two speeding tickets, one for 40 (or 35? can't remember) in a 25 MPH zone on the beautiful campus of Michigan State University issued by the MSU DPS (Don't Park at State). In my defense a ticket from them was almost a graduation requirement I just happened to get it out of the way in my first term. I paid the fine and took my lumps, in retrospect I should of went for a parking ticket. The second one was given to me by a Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper for 65 in a 45 (how in the heck was I supposed to know I was in a "community" called "Midway" as it was dark and the 5 houses didn't have many lights on) After noticing the Trooper summoned me to appear in the Obion County Court 11 months and 22 days BEFORE he wrote the ticket I went to court, problem was there wasn't Court on that day. After waiting an hour or so I went and spoke to the Clerk of Courts, she informed me I had to come back tomorrow when there was Court, I told her that wasn't going to happen. She said they'd issue a warrant I showed her the ticket I got pointing out the error on the date, she checked the court's copy, simply amazing it had a different date on it. She said she'd call the judge, I went back to work about an hour later she called me at work "the Judge doesn't like dealing with issues outside of court but in this case he agreed to throw the ticket out". The Trooper in question went on to buy a semi truck and hire a brother in law to drive it, couldn't figure out why we at the plant I worked at wouldn't give him any loads.

Accidents my fair share of backing into things I shouldn't of and finding how deep ditches were during inclement weather but tickets were never issued. Four Car-Deer incidents in which I was only able to recover a deer as part of the deal twice. I was home visiting my family during Christmas of 1983 and borrowed my Brother's Maverick that maybe didn't have the best brakes and rear ended a '71 or '72 Cutlass, in my defense the Cutlass's brake lights were covered in snow (they were in the bumper and packed full of snow) and the only thing holding the bumper on the Cutlass was the trailer hitch which incidentally did a number on the Maverick's radiator ( I could tell you what it stuck out like but then I might get suspended from the site again and I don't want that) but I didn't get a ticket. Once during a snow storm I stopped because the vehicle in front of me did but the State owned van behind me didn't and I got rear ended in the new company truck. Tried to pull a U turn using the emergency brake on a VW Bug and ended up putting the Bug on it's side in a ditch, but it was a Bug, we crawled out the top rolled it back onto it's wheels and drove away.

Had a few warnings from Michigan State Police officers for speeding but for some reason they never wrote me. But it was the Upper Peninsula and my address came back as K.I. Sawyer so maybe they gave me some grace. I had quite a few run-ins with the 410 CSG/SPS (Air Force cops) but they were idiots, I used to tell them that, it really didn't do much for our relationship. But then I was the guy on base that controlled ALL of the ammunition and my office was always dealing with "issues" on their ammunition supply point, I had the power to make their life miserable and that bothered them. Then we got high tech wiz bang stuff in the weapons area that the cops didn't have clearance to look at and that really messed with them, they didn't care much to be told by us that they'd have to hold on to the fence while we changed badges and if they let go of the fence we would shoot them. Then there was the day I escorted a SST into the area, the sky cops wanted to search it, the convoy commander and his detail were racking rounds into their pistols and M-16s and about ready to shoot the SP on the gate, he decided searching the SST would be a bad career move as being dead really limits your promotion opportunity even in the cop shop. By the way there was always discussion what "SPS" stood for in the Air Force, they (cops) claimed it was "Security Police Squadron" those of us who got to deal with them on a daily basis assumed it really stood for "Stupid People Squadron."

As for out running the cops, never figured that was to wise of a move especially after joining the Air Force as I could see ramifications of such an attempt having repercussions on my status as a Commissioned Officer in the Air Force. But a friend of mine who happened to be a Michigan State Police Officer informed me I did have one of 3 models of cars he couldn't catch with his Ford Special Service Mustang. Those Three were 1. Another Special Service Mustang 2. One of those "Black Buicks" if the rev limiter had been cut or 3. (My ride) a SVO Mustang. Seems the normal 5.0 Mustangs (GT or LX) had rev limiters in 4th and 5th gears that was difficult to eliminate, but the SVOs and Special Service Mustangs had no such limiters and could in theory be pushed until bad things occurred between things like valves and pistons or rods and blocks.

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