[ale] [WAY THE HELL OFF TOPIC] -- but accurate

[Lightner, Jeff]

On one drive in Texas I saw a car moving in that way one sees when a police officer is trying to catch up with them.  I slowed down and pulled into the line of traffic hoping it wasn't me he was after.   It was.

He pulled me over it turned out because the light on my license plate had burned out.    After we got done talking he handed me back the license and almost as an afterthought when turning to walk back to his car he said "By the way you were speeding."

I've done the I-10 drive all the way from Mobile to Los Angeles which means I went across the widest part of Texas.  On other trips I've done the I-20 drive from where it starts in GA to where it ends (merging with I-20) near Carlsbad NM.   On the LA trip when I came back I did it across I-40 which I've now driven all the way from where it begins on one coast (North Carolina) to the other (California).

I've been on I-40 through there more than once (going to the Grand Canyon, the LA trip, and Las Vegas trip to name a few.   It goes through the northern panhandle of Texas and near Amarillo there is a major stockyard you pass.    In late July you know you're approaching the stockyard long before you see it and are still aware of it long after it is no longer in your rearview mirror.





-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of JD
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 4:30 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] [WAY THE HELL OFF TOPIC] -- but accurate

On 08/15/2014 04:14 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> Hmm. Will need to map out parts places between Atlanta and there first
> :-)
> '81 924 Turbo likes parts shops
>
> So if I get pulled over for speeding in an old Porsche will wearing a
> cowboy hat get me out of a ticket in Texas?

Never know. Depends on the trooper.

I've gotten out of many tickets there, by being really sorry, clueless, late for a wedding (wearing a tux), cute/flirty (with a female trooper), and my NASA badge got me an escort after being pulled over going 40+ over to work on a Sunday once - there was flight problem - really.

OTOH, only got 2 speeding tickets in Tx from '84-96.
Have had more tickets in GA, but none were speeding.  :O

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