Woman arrested after driving over 100 mph in snow
Seeing this on Yahoos' page brought back old and similar
memories of my ''YOUTH''.. lt was 1970, right after Viet Nam.
l had just gotten my little 327 Corvette tuned up and was
headed home that night to a 'RED HOT MAMA' West of the Ashley.
The little 67 Coupe was certainly no race car. Just the standard
327 with a 'slip n slide Powerglide' two speed automatic w/AC.
My drive from Parks Auto Service to home was about 15 miles
down l-26, turn on Hwy 7 across the Ashley River, then a short
run down US17. Well after getting on 26 @ Aviation Ave l punched
the gas to feel how good the tune up was. The secondaries on
that 585 Holley and she began to MOAN. l looked down at the
tach. The needle quickly went past 4000rpm and was heading
towards 5grand when l got off the gas. l guess l got on it a few
times before getting off l-26.. Maybe even a couple times on the
Ashley River Bridge.. l know l hit it once on US17 just past the
Clemson Experimental Station... Anyways l turn off 17 on to the
frontage rd and l see the red light from Charleston County Police
car... l stopped, got out and asked what the problem was.
All out of breath he says, ''l have been chasing you since you
got on l-26 at Charleston AFB.. What is your hurry? Are you drunk
or CRAZY''? l said, ''l don't drink''. He said, ''Well you must be
CRAZY''. Anyway, he gave me a ticket for doing 110 in a 60 zone..
Charged me $75 and said it was the minimum.. Ticket said,
''Driving too fast for conditions''. Didn't say anything about jail.
l explained l had been away, had only come home for the weekend.
l had to be back in Norfolk for the Navy on Monday morning.
l sure do miss that little White 327 Corvette. My $75 too.
l DONT miss the Navy or Charleston.. The MAMA?? That's personal
Seeing this on Yahoos' page brought back old and similar
memories of my ''YOUTH''.. lt was 1970, right after Viet Nam.
l had just gotten my little 327 Corvette tuned up and was
headed home that night to a 'RED HOT MAMA' West of the Ashley.
The little 67 Coupe was certainly no race car. Just the standard
327 with a 'slip n slide Powerglide' two speed automatic w/AC.
My drive from Parks Auto Service to home was about 15 miles
down l-26, turn on Hwy 7 across the Ashley River, then a short
run down US17. Well after getting on 26 @ Aviation Ave l punched
the gas to feel how good the tune up was. The secondaries on
that 585 Holley and she began to MOAN. l looked down at the
tach. The needle quickly went past 4000rpm and was heading
towards 5grand when l got off the gas. l guess l got on it a few
times before getting off l-26.. Maybe even a couple times on the
Ashley River Bridge.. l know l hit it once on US17 just past the
Clemson Experimental Station... Anyways l turn off 17 on to the
frontage rd and l see the red light from Charleston County Police
car... l stopped, got out and asked what the problem was.
All out of breath he says, ''l have been chasing you since you
got on l-26 at Charleston AFB.. What is your hurry? Are you drunk
or CRAZY''? l said, ''l don't drink''. He said, ''Well you must be
CRAZY''. Anyway, he gave me a ticket for doing 110 in a 60 zone..
Charged me $75 and said it was the minimum.. Ticket said,
''Driving too fast for conditions''. Didn't say anything about jail.
l explained l had been away, had only come home for the weekend.
l had to be back in Norfolk for the Navy on Monday morning.
l sure do miss that little White 327 Corvette. My $75 too.
l DONT miss the Navy or Charleston.. The MAMA?? That's personal
Nowadays I'm happy to be able to tool around not getting crazy...there's plenty of those out there to make up.
I'm almost 62, and it only snowed in my hometown, for some 15 to 20 minutes 11 years ago.
