Hampton Roads Club Mini

Nice work Forrest.......  mine was a 58 in a 25.... gotta love the MINI!!

State trooper got me in Glouscter county doing 71 in a 55 back in July - thankfully the ticket said 70 so I didn't have to go to court.  Hey can we write off our contibutions to the state trooper funds?

Oh I'll be purchasing one very soon.

I didn't know we had another Poquoson MINI! Cool! If you think the Bull Island Safety Brigade has nothing to do now, you should have been growing up down here in the 70. You know,back before we had even ONE stop light, let along the metropolis we have now. Oh, and have the chief of police as a cousin! Heck, if I got in trouble, my mom usually knew it before me, and that was before scanners!

As far as tickets go, Tyler had a 80 in a 60 heading to NJ from Charlotte last fall. And of course, it was in VA. As a rule, I don't speed, but I do run with the crowds, so it's easy to get caught up in the pack. I had a state trooper friend that I once asked "who do you pick out in a crowd"? He said he pulls the SPORTS car or the RED car. And if there's a RED SPORTS car, you know it's them!

Well as a younger man, i was tossed into Portsmouth lockup over night for..."Reckless Driving"  now wait let me explain...  i drive like an Italian... AGGRESSIVE!  After high school i racked up a ticket count in the 8 - 10 range for speed violations and reckless driving.  something i have payed for.  but on this occasion i was coming back from lunch on colley ave and returning thru the mid-town to go to the Portsmouth shipyards. i turned a corner on a green light and was cruising at the speed limit to find a cruiser behind me...  i pulled over and was interrogated by a police officer for my reckless manner of driving.  I was explain that i had squealed my tires in my 02 Elantra.  I asked the officer if he was mistaken because i was just on my way back to work...  no rush no fuss.  he asked me if i needed to have this conversation at the Police station as another cruiser pulled up.  3 weeks later at the court appearance with my CPO with me i asked the judge for driving school to which the judge laughed and read my previous tickets back to me tickets that spanned 8 years and said do you really thing that your driving will improve with a class...  "don't respond to that Mr. May, i doubt that you are the type of person who learns anything so lets see what a night in my jail will teach you... 10 days in jail with 9 suspended 800$ fine and a 3 months suspension on your license."  I now avoid Portsmouth at all costs!  but i promise you my tires never squealed! the one time i was in the wrong place at the wrong time!

He was surely enjoying his morning coffee and donut while watching the traffic. 

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As for police and some of their stories.  I like to think that most policemen are out there doing their job, correctly.  If only takes dealing with that one bad apple to sway your opinion about our men and women in blue.  The Hubby had to get that one bad apple, state trooper at that, a few years back. Very long story, but the policeman told one hugely exaggerated lie in court.  I was there to witness it and it took absolutely everything in me not to go for his throat right there in front of the judge.  I was floored that a law enforcement officier did this.  I lost so much respect for the men in blue after this.  I try to assure myself that this was only one cop gone bad for whatever reason, but I still burn over it at times.   

Actually, that was originally a Dunkin Donuts several years ago. They closed up and the place became several other entities over the years. Not sure why Dunkin went back in there. Who knows.

As for the Poquoson cops, I wish they'd watch the Bull Island expressway in front from Poq ave and Poquoson Auto Repair. Some idiots just don't understand the meaning of 35 MPH! But no, they'd rather get dumb stuff like your situation.