I was stopped for doing 75 in a tired '78 Westy going up a slight grade. I got off with a warning. I honestly don't think the officer could believe his radar gun. Patrick, '71 Westy. Gone '66 Passenger van. Gone '76 Passenger van. Gone '71 Deluxe w/1776 and all the goodies. 90mph was easy. Gone '78 Westy. Gone '85 Westy w/Subie 2.2L. Current car
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Steele" <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 7:30 AM Subject: Re: cruising speed
> > > A classic van tale...it is Friday... > I was driving home from my last MBA class after three years' of commuting > two to three times a week, 110 miles round trip to Ohio Univ. in my '81GL > (thank God for those aux. heaters). Earlier, along with fellow students, I > had stopped at a college watering hole and I had a beer before heading home. > Late night, deserted road, barren countryside. Coming out of a series of > sweeping curves, heading downhill to a straight stretch...pedal to the > metal...I pushed the van up to 98 on the speedo. No rattles,smooth sounding. > > A set of headlights flashed by at a hidden driveway but nothing...must not > have been the cop that I sometimes would see sitting there. A couple of > miles down the road and doing about 60; I looked back at an approaching set > of headlights. It was an Ohio State Patrolman. Red lights flicked on... OH > HELL! Doing 90 plus, beer on my breath, Crap!....Crap! What was I thinking? > I knew that cop sat there sometimes. ..Crap! > > I pulled over, rolled down the window and waited for the "man". He strolled > up to the van. I watched him in the rear view mirror; he was really looking > over the van. He bent down a little to look at the back hatch. After the > typical exchange of license and where and what...he handed back my license > and said, "At first I saw you and thought, that's a VW van. Then I looked at > my radar readout and thought it was broken...it read 92 mph. Then I looked > back up and you were gone. I had to catch up to you and make sure I wasn't > dreaming. You ought to drive that thing slower." Then he walked back to his > cruiser, did a U-turn and drove off. > > -- > Stephen Steele > Chillicothe OH > '91 Caravelle Hans > '84 Westfalia Fritz or Sunny? > |
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