Y2K5SRT
Enthusiast
This is an \"airplane\" car...
Decided to take the Viper for a nice jaunt today. You know, a quick 370 miles or so. Anyway, as I was coming back on the Kansas toll road I came to the toll booth at my exit. I noticed that there was a Kansas State Trooper walking between the booths. Don't know if they check the entry/exit times, but I usually stop for a cold soda in between - on the off chance I accidently went over the speed limit.
Anyway, as I pulled into the toll booth the trooper made a beeline for me. The toll booth guy said to me, "Wow! You must LOVE driving that car!" I told him that it was a blast but that I was often too preoccupied watching out for <u>HIM</u> (pointing at the trooper now at my window). The trooper and the attendant both got a good chuckle out of that. The trooper then said, "Actually, this is an 'airplane car' and I don't worry about them too much."
"An airplane car?", I asked.
"Yep. We know if one of these are speeding on the toll road we don't have much of a chance at even getting a plate on it. If we spot a Viper or some other super high performance car we usually tell the fly boys to keep an eye on it. That makes it an 'airplane car' and we just watch them go."
I then told him that of course I wasn't speeding but that I was pretty sure I saw a Corvette doing 72 mph back there (Kansas has a speed limit of 70 mph on the rural Interstates). He laughed and said, "We generally don't have any troubles with the Vettes or Vipers. You guys have such high insurance rates that a speeding ticket would probably kill you." I didn't have the heart to tell him my rates were probably not that much more than his Crown Vic. Especially since that would have destroyed his illusions and he would then clock every Viper no matter what.
As we said our goodbyes and I headed out, I watched him talk into the microphone off his lapel. For the next 92 miles I had my head out the window looking for planes following me...
Chris
Decided to take the Viper for a nice jaunt today. You know, a quick 370 miles or so. Anyway, as I was coming back on the Kansas toll road I came to the toll booth at my exit. I noticed that there was a Kansas State Trooper walking between the booths. Don't know if they check the entry/exit times, but I usually stop for a cold soda in between - on the off chance I accidently went over the speed limit.
Anyway, as I pulled into the toll booth the trooper made a beeline for me. The toll booth guy said to me, "Wow! You must LOVE driving that car!" I told him that it was a blast but that I was often too preoccupied watching out for <u>HIM</u> (pointing at the trooper now at my window). The trooper and the attendant both got a good chuckle out of that. The trooper then said, "Actually, this is an 'airplane car' and I don't worry about them too much."
"An airplane car?", I asked.
"Yep. We know if one of these are speeding on the toll road we don't have much of a chance at even getting a plate on it. If we spot a Viper or some other super high performance car we usually tell the fly boys to keep an eye on it. That makes it an 'airplane car' and we just watch them go."
I then told him that of course I wasn't speeding but that I was pretty sure I saw a Corvette doing 72 mph back there (Kansas has a speed limit of 70 mph on the rural Interstates). He laughed and said, "We generally don't have any troubles with the Vettes or Vipers. You guys have such high insurance rates that a speeding ticket would probably kill you." I didn't have the heart to tell him my rates were probably not that much more than his Crown Vic. Especially since that would have destroyed his illusions and he would then clock every Viper no matter what.
As we said our goodbyes and I headed out, I watched him talk into the microphone off his lapel. For the next 92 miles I had my head out the window looking for planes following me...
Chris
