I was stopped doing 67 in a 55 with my 83.5 Westy!  The Virginia state
trooper commented on how much he liked my van, but proceeded to give me a
ticket anyway.

With all this high speed traveling going on, some of us on this list might
want to consult http://www.speedtrap.com

JS

>From: Patrick Bryson Reply-To: Patrick Bryson To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: cruising speed Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 08:00:17 -0700
>
>I was stopped for doing 75 in a tired '78 Westy going up a slight grade. I
>got off with a warning. I honestly don't think the officer could believe
>his radar gun.
>
>Patrick, '71 Westy. Gone '66 Passenger van. Gone '76 Passenger van. Gone
>'71 Deluxe w/1776 and all the goodies. 90mph was easy. Gone '78 Westy. Gone
>'85 Westy w/Subie 2.2L. Current car
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Steele" To: Sent: Friday,
>January 26, 2001 7:30 AM Subject: Re: cruising speed
>
>
> > > > A classic van tale...it is Friday... > I was driving home from my
>last MBA class after three years' of commuting > two to three times a week,
>110 miles round trip to Ohio Univ. in my '81GL > (thank God for those aux.
>heaters). Earlier, along with fellow students, I > had stopped at a college
>watering hole and I had a beer before heading home. > Late night, deserted
>road, barren countryside. Coming out of a series of > sweeping curves,
>heading downhill to a straight stretch...pedal to the > metal...I pushed
>the van up to 98 on the speedo. No rattles,smooth sounding. > > A set of
>headlights flashed by at a hidden driveway but nothing...must not > have
>been the cop that I sometimes would see sitting there. A couple of > miles
>down the road and doing about 60; I looked back at an approaching set > of
>headlights. It was an Ohio State Patrolman. Red lights flicked on... OH >
>HELL! Doing 90 plus, beer on my breath, Crap!....Crap! What was I thinking?
> > I knew that cop sat there sometimes. ..Crap! > > I pulled over, rolled
>down the window and waited for the "man". He strolled > up to the van. I
>watched him in the rear view mirror; he was really looking > over the van.
>He bent down a little to look at the back hatch. After the > typical
>exchange of license and where and what...he handed back my license > and
>said, "At first I saw you and thought, that's a VW van. Then I looked at >
>my radar readout and thought it was broken...it read 92 mph. Then I looked
> > back up and you were gone. I had to catch up to you and make sure I
>wasn't > dreaming. You ought to drive that thing slower." Then he walked
>back to his > cruiser, did a U-turn and drove off. > > -- > Stephen Steele
> > Chillicothe OH > '91 Caravelle Hans > '84 Westfalia Fritz or Sunny? >
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