1st Cop Stop

grandpawmoses

It's been a long time since I've gotten any kind of ticket (and I deserved everyone I got). I guess I'm not an aggressive driver anymore except an occasional burst when passing on some two lane highway. But back in the sixties when you could buy 400+ HP cars right off the showroom floor for $3000, most of my money went for gas, tires, oil, and tickets.
My first car was far from new, probably closer to junk but I bought it myself with my $20 per week part time job. 100+ octane premium gas was 20 cents a gallon & good recap tires could be bought for $15 each. I turned sixteen and got my license and first car the same day & I got my first ticket the next day. It should have been reckless driving but the cop cut me a break and reduced it to speeding ($15 instead of $25). There wasn't any kind of points system so you could get many tickets as long as you could pay them. It was my 10th grade year and the tradition for boys was, on your first day of driving to school, you pulled out of the parking lot and laid down a rubber streak as long as you could. Your status at school greatly depended on how long it was so you didn't want to embarrass yourself. Pity the poor guy who showed up with the family sedan.