speeding tickets... NAC

[Zsolt]

Michael,

I heard this flying too low story in Germany. Did this really happen to
someone you know? It sure sounds like it's just an urban myth.

Zsolt

Michael Riebs wrote:

> Speaking of speeding tickets...
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> How about 2 humorous personal experiences:
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> 1)
> I used to own a 1965 Beetle (my 1st car), which I had souped a bit up.
> Updated fenders, hood, boot, etc. I also had replaced the original
> cylinders, pistons, cams, crank, etc., turning the 1200cc block into a
> 1600cc engine, but keeing the block #'s original.
> Flying down a long hill, with a tail wind, at about 155KpH (*almost* 100
> MpH), the highway patrol pulled me over, indicating the clocked speed of
> 153KpH.
> Now, you must understand that in a '65, the speedo only goes to 110 or
> 120KpH. I thanked the officer for his vote of confidence in the old girl,
> and proceeded to point out that it was a '65, with a 1200cc engine, and
> asked that he please check all the #'s.
> He wrote me a "conditional" ticket, pending investigation. 2 weeks later I
> received a letter from the police, voiding the ticket, on the grounds that
> the equipment used must have had a defect, since there was no way the car
> could have been travelling at that speed.
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> 2)
> An aquaintance of mine was stoped doing 198KpH in his Opel Manta II. The
> officer walked up next to the car, and asked to see his pilot's licence.
> It just so happened that my friend *was* a pilot, so out came his license
> for the officer to study, which he did for several minutes, after which he
> handed it back to my friend, saying: "Next time, please fly at a higher
> altitude, or much slower", and walked back to the cruiser and took off.
>
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> Michael Riebs
> Grand Rapids, MI
> '90 V8Q
> '98 A6QA
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> www.1stchoicegranite.com
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