Re: another reason I like livin' in GA -Reply

From: Robert Trottmann (rotrottmann@davidson.edu)
Date: Mon Feb 08 1999 - 10:43:29 EST


Jack, I hate you. Plain and simple, 'nuff said...I hate you.

mike d. (Michael Z-Sykes) wrote:

> I would'a been dragged out of the car and beaten...that's just my luck =(
>
> -mike "58 in a 55" d.
>
> >>> <HEMI@charter.net> 02/06/99 12:24pm >>>
>
> Well , I was on my way home the other night at about 11PM and I was
> coming
> through downtown Newnan (where I live) and I had just turned onto the
> street that runs past the county courthouse .
> This street is two lanes that are both one way and it is very long and
> straight and has three lights as you get near the square , the speed limit
> is only 35 , but it is too easy to go over that .
>
> I just got onto the road and about 50 feet later I see that I have a
> blue-light-special in my rear-view . I pull over in a parking lot and not
> one , but two Newnan PD officers approach my vehicle , one on either
> side ,
> kinda like they do on COPS , hehehe . I roll down my window as they
> both
> shine their lights through the tinted windows (or try to , I have very
> illegal limo tint all the way around) and so I roll down my window to greet
> tha officer . I hand him my DL , but I simply cannot find my insurance card
> , which is required here in GA . I look for it for about 10 minutes and it
> is just not there so I finally conceed and tell the officer I can't find it
> . He tells me that I was doing 55 in a 35 zone (I guess it was the rear-end
> and I had the OD off, I really didn't mean to speed) so I actually was a
> little shocked . He says "Well , I clocked you at 55 and I wasn't gaining
> any on you back there ." . He also lets me know that he knows my tint is
> illegal as hell , but he didn't seem to mind and he never brought it up
> again .I told him that it had been a while since I had been pulled over ,
> but that I had gotten many many tickets back when I was a bit younger .
> He
> then says "Well , you have a very noticeable vehicle , so you may
> wanna
> drive it a little less speedy in town......have a nice night ." , and he
> hands my DL to me and walks back to his car ! I shook his hand and
> thanked
> him , and continued my way home .
>
> One more reason that I love livin' in GA !
>
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>
> Jack Hilton III
>
> HEMI@charter.net
>
> http://webpages.charter.net/hemi/jbd1.html
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