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Re: Speed

Sure, but what does he do when he pulls over a tinted-window Diamante
without a front plate? If he's anything like the State Police in
Framingham, MA (otherwise known as Framingshame), he draws first and asks
questions later!

Sean Ford
sean@nwh.org
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA  02162 (USA)

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> From: Steven Buchholz <steveb@falcon.kla.com>
> To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject: Re: Speed
> Date: Monday, March 03, 1997 1:30 PM
> 
> > 	I just sent my husband off on this beautiful, early for northern 
> > Vermont, spring day in my Audi. I told him, "Don't drive fast if
your're 
> > in a hurry; only if you do it for fun."  He smiled.
> 
> ... it just so happens I spent the majority of my Saturday in a "Driver's

> Improvement" class to mask a recent ticket ...
> 
> The class was taught by a CHP officer, and he said that he was much more 
> likely to let someone off with a warning if they were "enjoying the day" 
> rather than being stressed or in a hurry.  He said that once he let a guy

> off with a warning that he had clocked at 90MPH because the guy told him 
> that he had just hit the point where the engine was completely broken in 
> and that combined with the beautiful day made him a bit exhuberant.  
> 
> He also said that he lets people off with a warning on their birthday ...
> 
> Steve Buchholz
> s_buchho@kla.com
> San Jose, CA (USA)