Date:         Sat, 8 Jan 2011 15:49:47 EST
Reply-To:     MrNegNRG@AOL.COM
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From:         Dale Ward <MrNegNRG@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: VW Van Profiling
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Well, here's my only story in 39 years of VW driving, generally citizens
and law enforcement have been helpful, curious, and admiring of my various
buses, vans and Westfalias.

Back when my '90 Westfalia was new the wife, kids and myself went on our
annual trip to Disney World where her niece worked and got us free
admission. On the way back, wanting to avoid I-95, we thought we'd use US-17. As  we
crossed the Florida/Georgia line we passed an agricultural inspection/weigh
station. I'm still not sure what state we were in, but the station master
ran  out of the building, motioned us over and informed me that I was guilty
of a  second degree misdemeanor for by-passing a weigh station. I tried to
explain  that I had passenger plates, there was no weight on the
registration, this  wasn't a commercial vehicle and we didn't have any fruit on
board--oops, my wife  was eating an apple at the time. I'm sure the Massachusetts
plates didn't help  much either. Well, I got a pretty good tongue lashing,
"we're looking for more  than fruit",  was told to move on, but next time I see
a weigh station  I better pull in. I never did pull into another weigh
station, even though I was  curious to see what the camper weighed, and I've
been to Florida many times  since then, although not on US-17.



Dale  Ward
Shrewsbury MA
Mr. Negative Energy
Sometime LiMBO Club House  Keeper