Thursday, May 11, 2006

Which is more of a Cop Magnet; Red Sports Car or Doughnuts?


So I got my first written warning from a DPS officer while in my RX-8 today. And of all things it was for lack of a front license plate. Or that was the excuse the officer used after he pulled me over. I have a hard time believing this motivation since when I passed him 1 mile before he was just getting back into his car after having pulled over a young lady in a '06 RED Mustang GT. My current thoughts are that he just likes red sports cars. I have had my car for a little over four weeks now and I love it but it has also gotten me pulled over twice, the first time I received a “verbal warning” for what is known as “exhibition of acceleration” from the San Marcos police department. For those not as enlightened this is the legal description for tearing away from stop signs and/or traffic lights at a quick rate of acceleration although not technically speeding. :) Now this license plate issue was the second instance!

Now I have not had a ticket in 8 years and I am even going on 5 years since the last time I was pulled over by an officer. But this is twice in the first month of owning my new "red bulls-eye" that I have been pulled over. I am starting to think that the cops just want a closer look at my car. :)