[Healeys] Dealing with the Highway Patrol

[Robert Duquette]

Be thankful, you didn't hand him cash.  You'd have ended up in jail!! :)

Tell me - off list - where you got your speedo done, as I have to get mine
done.

Robert Duquette
Ottawa ON Canada



Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:16:49 +0000
From: bspidell at comcast.net





I was following a CHP on a 2-lane highway (HWY 49 near Jackson, CA).  My
speedo said he was doing 50mph in a 55, so when a passing lane came up I
thought 'what the heck' and went around him.  The red light came on
immediately, and I pulled over ASAP.  When he asked why I passed him I told
him 'because you were doing 50 in a 55' and he replied 'well, my speedometer's
calibrated and you passed me at almost 60.'  Since I just had my speedo
re-geared and calibrated (I thought) for my 3.54 rearend--at $200--I was
completely befuddled and p*ssed off.  I kept mumbling 'g&dd#m it, I just spent
$200 on this speedometer' and was so flustered I handed the CHiP my American
Express card instead of my license.

He laughed and let me go with a 'better get that speedometer fixed.'  We used
a GPS to check speed the rest of the trip.

bs


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Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA



Did you at least get a discount? :)

I knew a guy ...