🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <tarrall.723409525@qso> tarrall@Colorado.EDU (Captain Neon) writes:
>rbeach@advtech.uswest.com (Richard Beach) writes:
>
>> [pulled over for speeding]
>>always been very pleasant about it, and let me go with a warning
>>(I should note that this is on dry clean roads, when there is virtually
>>no one else on the road, and not obsenely fast for the vehicle/road
>
>You might be surprised how much your car and appearance have to do with
>this.  Are you driving a nice car, looking clean-cut?  A friend of mine
>*always* got tickets, for even the most minor infractions, until she
>worked as a nanny and got to drive a BMW 735 or some such.  Then, all
>of a sudden, she got warnings and no tickets.  Funny, that; it's the
>folks who can afford to buy the BMW that can afford the speeding tickets
>without a problem...

I can testify that Richard is pleasant and well-mannered, and that
his ugly car is hard to drive fast enough to get tickets.  His
other car is a Triumph, but I think he manages to tone down that
wild-eyed "WheeeeEEEEE!" expression when pulled over.  However,
he is Certainly Not clean-cut!  

<grin>

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Jill Lundquist		jill@cs.colorado.edu		DoD #882

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