Speaking of Driving
Just a friendly warning: when driving in Middletown, Maryland, watch out! The cops there must have really stiff Quotas: I got my first ticket in over 10 years. He pulled me over for a speed I wasn't going, in an obvious speed trap (from 55 to 30 in less than a half mile, and he pulls me over less than 100 feet from the start of the 30 MPH zone). So, instead, He cited me for failure to show registration on demand. I showed him my receipt for registration, and he wouldn't accept that, plus my tags. Then, before I even had pulled away, he cited a moving truck behind me. Busy lil' guy, ain't he? So watch out. He'll pin something on you.
The best, most humiliating part? This was also less than 100 yards from where I was dropping my son off for Driver's Ed courses. Yeah, ain't that sweet?
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This will make you want to curse. Maybe you should get a blond wig and keep in your car for those emergencies.
I was stopped 9 x's in one year for speeding. Once doing 90 in a 50 mph zone and another time doing 110 on the freeway. I never got a ticket. I did get one written warning. I got 9 lectures telling me they were concerned I would get in a accident and lose my life at those high speeds. I thanked them for caring and promised to watch my speed. I was driving a St George red Porsche. She was a real beauty, slant nose and all. They all commented they liked my car. I offered to let them drive it, if they wanted to.
Ah, that's payback for all the dumb blond jokes. So, it all equals out in the end.
Well, the running joke with my kid brother is that I must secretly be a black man, because no other blonde haired, blue eyed guy has been pulled over for "just checking" (in Prescott Arizona) nor ticketed for going 56 in a 55 zone (in Dewey , Arizona). Not that I want to make fun of what some black guys really have to put up with, just- I seem to be a cop magnet. Yet, there must be something to a Porshe: I drove over 110 mph, with a cop chasing me for over 10 miles, and didn't get cited ( out in the desert near Blythe, CA), and I was driving a Porshe for that.
Nope, I didn't swear under my breath. I swore loudly, after I dropped my son off!
and let me guess: you're female, right? Not that I've done a scientific study or anything, but anecdotally, women I know seem to get away with so much more on the road than men....
Yes, indeed, I do love a fine german automobile. However, in the interest of full disclosure, I currently drive an Acura that is a near-death experience at any speed. I just feel fortunate that I've got friends who are generous with their cars. That's not to say that I've never owned a really good car, just to say that I don't, right now!
But, I do know what you mean; I'm somewhat envious at your training. I had a friend who raced corvettes, and he showed me just a few things, but the ability to really let a porshe do its "low center of gravity" thing? Oh, that would be nice!