6/30/91. I had a car of knuckleheads pass me, pull in front of me and then slow down 3-4 times in Gulf Breeze on the way to P’cola Beach. Each time, at the speed limit, I passed them and returned to the right lane. Not once did I accelerate until the bridge, where they tried it again. This time I floored it and at the top of the bridge I hit 130, then started down shifting and made the toll both with minimal braking and no beep on my radar detector. After I paid the bridge toll, I was waved over to the side of the road by a police officer standing in the road and I was issued a ticket. They were timing cars between points, fortunately for me. They waved over the 4 door Accord with the knuckleheads too.

Most fortunately for me, this happened at the last day of the month at 1130p. A new law went into effect at midnight. Under the law when I was ticketed, I got to go to a driver safety course with a $20 fee and the ticket went away and no points. I also got a standing O in the class for highest speed over a speed limit, I won by 30ph. 😎 I also used my course completion letter and got a discount on my USAA insurance.

If the ticket had been 30 min later on 7/1/91, I would have had a hefty fine, been required to take the course at a fee of hundreds of $, and received a crapload of points on my driving record.

My tiny, blonde, Hokie friend slept thru the whole event. Which was fine, she was well rested when we got to her condo. 😎👍🏻

Sorry, no unshuns. 😉