Re: [non-scirocco]Accelerating too fast

[Peter Walsh <cerksies@nbn.net>]

While we are all telling our bad luck stories, Ill share mine.  (kinda long)

3 Weeks ago, I was crusing around the Circuit in Lebanon PA (if anyone knows
where that is) and I was w/ Two buds of 3 buds of mine.  My friend Jus in his
G60, Tom in his yellow G60 and Timon who was riding w. me (doesnt have a VW
Yet.....).  Anyways, it was about 10:20 PM and I had gone around the circuit
about 2 times.  We stoped once to talk and Tom had to leave.  After tom leaved,
Jus, Timon, and I drove off.  At a stop light, I was next to a big "Hick
Truck".  When the light turned green, The truck did a massive brake torque.  I
mean, he spun 'em for like 5-10 seconds.  I took off rather quick, maybe up to
40 MPH MAX (this is a 25 zone) and then backed off.  Jus in the G60 was behind
me.  All of a sudden, the cop which was about 4-5 cars back (aka, couldnt see a
damn thing) Flew around Jus and whipped in behind me.  I slowed down to 23-25
MPH and kept cool... I mean, He didnt turn on his lights just yet.  So, after
10 blocks (yeah 10, about a mile and a half.. maybe two) I turned onto 10th
street (also RT 72 South) and was gonna see if I could find Jus, he lost me
cause I got stuck at light (err, w/ 5.0 behind me).  The INSTANT I turned, red
and blues come on.  I pull over right away.  its not like he had 2 miles of ass
rubbing to run my plate a jazillion times if he wanted too (and not to mention
see the guilty maxwell house gold can on my exaust! HA!).  Here is what he says
after I ask what I was pulled over for.

"You know I didnt have to pull you over for squeeling your tires right away"

"I didn't squeel my tires officer, The truck next to me did"

"Yeah?  I was right behind the truck"  (no he wasnt, but I didnt say anything)
"Next thing your gonna tell me is that you weren't racing the truck"

I decided, that say I was racing and maybe it wont piss him off.  I mean, he
controls the fact that I might not have a licence for the next 6 months!, so
"Yes, I was racing"

"Do you know what the penalties are"

Yadda Yadda Yadda

"Do you know what time curfew is in Lebanon?"

"No I dont, Im not from here"

"It's 10 PM"  (it is now 10:28 and I am only 16 years old)

Guess where Timon and I got to go.... Thats right, the Police Station to call
our now happy parents (our parents didnt really care)

When Riding in the back of that dreaded Crown Vic, I stared at the speedo.  He
was crusing between 45 and 50 MPH.  The speed limit of this road is 25 MPh (ill
remember to bring this up in court)

We got to the station and the cop phoned our parents to come pick us up (sure,
wake all our parents up... screw the rest of our night! We cant get friggen
curfew fines if im DRIVING and my licence (pa state JR licence) allows me to
drive until 12 MIDNIGHT!

Anyway, I got a citation of disobeying the posted sign or something like that.
I plead NOT GUILTY to both of them and now await the court date to go fight em!

Thank you for listening

Pete

VwFrank wrote:

> Hey... Thought I should share my life too :-)
>
> Last year I got a ticket for passing on double yellow lines.  That got me a
> probation for 1 year (no tickets or you loose your license).  Last March, I
> was doing 65 clicks in a 50 zone.  I know, it's sound bad, but everyone is
> driving that speed normally on that street.  So I paid my ticket.  2 months
> later, I got a notice that I will loose my license for 3 months (this
> summer).  I was a little pissed off, but still, I had my license still for
> 9 days until my permit would expire.
>
> The day after I got the notice,  I was driving around...  I stopped at a
> yield (to let a car pass, and to prevent an accident!, and I heard a horn
> go off...  I pulled out my middle "bad" finger to indicate that no, I had
> no intention of burning the yield (I thought that the car behind me wanted
> me to go anyway).  Next thing I know, the lights are going, the sirens and
> the whole sha-bang.  It was a  "phantom police car".
>
> So the guy said the same thing, gimme your papers yadayada...  gave it, I
> used alot of cooperation, but was pretty pissed off... I said, I did my
> yield, and I'm sorry I raised my finger at you...
>
> He said it's not that, I say you burn a stop, speed 10 clicks over the
> limit and follow another car in the ass... I said, ok, give me your tickets
> (I was too pissed to talk, and just wanted to remain cool in front of mr.
> god).  He gave me a ticket for the stop that I "burned".  I agree, I don't
> stop my tires completely at all stops.  But I did it long enough.  The cop
> was just pissed I raised the finger at him... Ah well.  The stop I burnt
> was at least half a mile before.  He had alot of time to stop me,  but the
> second I got the finger out, he nailed me.
>
> So I earned another 3 months without a permit.  (total of 6 months) and I
> have to pass some exams to get my drivers lisence back...  I work in 9-1-1
> systems and need a car in case of emergencies.  I do some maintenance on
> the 911 system of the cop guy all the time, and this is the thanks I get.
>
> Thanks for reading on.
>
> Frank
> (who is now biking to work and losing big pounds)
>
> On Thursday, August 27, 1998 6:05 PM, Wm. Josiah Erikson
> [SMTP:josiah@gsinet.net] wrote:
> > Hey guys...
> >     Just thought I'd share this with you... delete unless you feel like
> > reading about a cop who was a real jerk to me.
> >     I was having a really crappy day. I was just feeling depressed in
> > general, and I was taking care of Cara (my daughter's mother), and JLynn
> > (my daughter) at Cara's house because Cara had just had her wisdom teeth
> > out and she wasn't feeling too hot. I ran down the street to get her
> > breakfast, and on the way back I was sitting at a stoplight in my QSW. I
> > don't know what came over me, but I felt like showing the guy in the
> > Firebird next to me that I was cool or something... he was wearing
> > sunglasses and was listening to really loud music.
> >     So I was sitting there with my engine up at 4500rpm, and when the
> > light turned green, I dropped the clutch and floored it. WHAM! slight
> > tire chirp and I took off. Maxed it out in first gear, dropped it into
> > second and then backed off because it was in the city and I'd already
> > left the Firebird about 200ft behind anyway (obviously, he wasn't
> > racing). So I drop it into 4th and then hit the brakes for the next
> > stoplight. I got up to maybe 35mph, max.
> >     Then I see the blues. This cop pulls me over right in front of the
> > next stoplight, and I'm thinking, "well, what can he get me for?
> > Accelerating too fast?" Huh... I roll down my window, shut off the
> > engine and wait. I see the cop coming, lean out my window...
> >     "Good afternoon, officer."
> >     No response. He comes up to the window, put his hands on his hips,
> > and says, "Gimme your license and registration."
> >     "Can you tell me what you're pulling me over for first, sir?"
> >     "Gimme your license and registration, NOW."
> >     "Don't you have to tell me what you're pulling me over for first?"
> >     "You have to provide license and registation to an officer upon
> > request at any time, for any reason. Now give them to me, or do you want
> > me to arrest you right now?"
> >     I give them to him. Then he proceeds to tell me why he pulled me
> > over, in his own way.
> >     "You took off from that stoplight like Mario Andretti. I could hear
> > you racing your engine. You chirped your tires and lifted your front end
> > up. I'm debating whether to give you a ticket or arrest you right now."
> > (He seemed to like to threaten me with this).
> >     I said, "Yeah my muffler's got four holes in it." (to explain why he
> > could hear me revving my engine from a block away).
> >     "That WAS NOT your muffler. That was you revving your engine."
> >     "I didn't say I wasn't revving my engine, sir."
> >     He looks at my license. "You still live in Weare, on Poor Farm
> > Road?"
> >     "Yes, sir."
> >     "Do they tolerate that kind of driving in Weare?"
> >     I didn't know what to say to that, was pretty shaken up and having a
> > bad day, so I didn't say anything.
> >     "Huh? Do they? I bet you think they do, huh?"
> >     Again, I didn't say anything... I couldn't believe this cop. I kinda
> > muttered something incoherent like "I dunno" or something equally lame.
> > He was succeeding in intimidating me.
> >     "So what are you doing in my city?"
> >     Godddamn it! "I'm visiting my daughter," I managed to say. I don't
> > remember what he said to that, but he made it clear that he wished I'd
> > stay in my own town.
> >     So he went back to the car, and I just started crying. I know, I'm a
> > wuss, but I don't care. This just sucked. If I got a ticket, my license
> > would get taken away, and then I wouldn't be able to go to work, so I
> > wouldn't be able to pay child support, etc.... the whole world just
> > tumbled down... (you know those moods, where you just think that
> > EVERYTHING sucks).
> >   So he gave me a must appear, and I have to go to court on the 31st. I
> > dunno what will happen, but I hope I can keep my license. Hmmm.... his
> > charge was "reckless driving". I wonder if it'll hold up.
> >     If a Porsche 911 had accelerated that fast, it wouldn't have been
> > dramatic. If I had been going 35mph through that intersection, he
> > wouldn't have pulled me over. Just seems like a silly thing to get a
> > ticket for, accelerating too fast.
> >     I bet the guy driving that Firebird saw that cop, otherwise he would
> > have kicked the shit out of me (it was a Formula).
> >     So wish me good luck on the 31st! Anyone still reading? (laugh)
> >     -Josiah
> >     '83 Scirocco (parts car)
> >     '84 GTi (temporarily dead)
> >     '86 Scirocco (broken frame)
> >     '87 QSW (daily driver)
> >     http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah
> >
> >
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'87 16V Red Rocco (240,000+ Miles!)


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