lol Police chief tickets himself for $235

[kws]

From the Daily pantagragh

Police chief tickets himself for $235


KEWASKUM, Wis. -- Police Chief Richard Knoebel says he wasn't about to take the easy way out when he accidentally drove past a stopped school bus with its emergency lights flashing.

For violating traffic laws, Knoebel wrote himself a ticket for $235, docked himself four points on his driving record and paid the fine the next day.

It happened in September but didn't make news until after the fine appeared in court records and was reported by a West Bend newspaper.

Knoebel says he doesn't mind getting the belated attention, if it serves to raise awareness.

"If it brings notice to people that they should be stopping for school buses, I don't mind the notoriety," he said.

He said he was on patrol on four-lane U.S. 45 when he was distracted by a stopped dump truck. He saw a car coming from behind and thought it might hit the truck, so he moved to pass the truck before he saw the stopped school bus in the far lane.

He said he didn't realize he had passed the bus until it was too late.

[Ron Hill]

Well...

I heard this on the radio when I was returning from Needles....My first thought was well.......dumb ass...

My eye Doctor is also a Prop customer. He was explaining to me, when I was 40, that a 40 year old man (woman) sees half at night of what a 20 year old sees. And he basically said, it continues as you age...

When I'm a Joey Cucci's shop, he says "Back that trailer..." I just hand the keys to Joey...Then he sees all the dents in my NEW truck...and laughs...

Most of you have heard of Fox Motorcycle clothing, many have heard of parts Unlimited. Parts Unlimited and Fox came from Janesville, Wisconsin. The Faux (Fox) family, Stanly raced Midget Race Cars and Indy, Fred started Parts Unlimited, Jeanna was my ex-wife's best friend...The Fox's dad,was killed rear ending a School bus in Janesville, Wisconsin. TRhe lights were on, and he didn't see it...Killed him!

Mr. Fox, as I can't remember his name, was ONLY 65 or so, when he hit the school bus....This COP did the right thing...then again, he may have thought someone Video'd it and he'd lose his job...

Turth is, a country is as only as good as its people......As Pogo said years ago, "We have met the enemy, and it is US."

The guy screwed up...and he paid...


My brother lost his driver's license in 1957, after he got it back, he drove as IF a cop was in the back seat...When I started driving, I did the same....

As I was rolling back from Needles, running 75 with a trailer, (Trailer speed in California is 55) I spotted a CHP,and slowed to 60...he passed me, and pulled into a rest stop....I stayed at 60....in about 5 miles, there he was on my ASS again...he went by and then made a U Turn...Basically, he said, I know you were speeding, but keep it down, and we're OK...

But I knew, he'd be back...I wasn't dumb enough to gas her out as soon as he stopped at the rest stop....I knew he knew, I'd been running a little hard...

I really wasn't in a hurry, I was just talking on the phone and wasn't paying attention...

Anyway...THE COP did the RIGHT THING (Paying the ticke and the other COP did the right thing not giving me a ticket...)....and there is nothing wrong with that!

[22W]

Just to add to the Fox family thing, let's not forget about Indy. Stan fox was on the first lap or two (can't remember) of his first Indy 500 and had one of the most graphic crashes ever. He had half the car sawed off with his legs flailing around at 200mph and didn't break any extremities. He hasn't quite been the same since, but living through that wreck is a credit to racing design.

[RLR]

Stan Fox

Stan unfortunately was killed in an automobile accident in Austraila a few years ago. Unbelievable pictures of his accident during the first lap at Indy are at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, which is located on the second floor of the building. There is a sequence of him coming to the wall, the intial impact, the car flying through the air, and the a couple of others as it comes to rest.
He suffered severe head trauma and never really recovered from that, but what a competitor, only to lose his life on a highway down under.

Ray

[Ron Hill]

Stan Fox...

I really didn't want to go here, but Stanley ran for 11 years at the Indy 500's. His first lap accident, left him brain damaged. He survived, but had the mental ability of a pre teen. His older brothers helped his wife divorce him.


Stan was killed in a car crash in New Zealand, that also took another life, if I recall correctly.

Stan had been one of the best Midget drivers. I saw him win Turkey Night out here one year. People still talk of his abilities...in a MIDGET.


He was hurt in a first lap accident...

IndyCar career
Fox competed in the Indianapolis 500 eight times between 1987 and 1995 driving for A.J. Foyt and Ron Hemelgarn. He was also a motorcycle racing enthusiast.


[edit] Nearly fatal crash at Indianapolis
While driving for Hemelgarn, Fox was seriously injured during the 1995 Indianapolis 500 in one of the most horrifying accidents in the history of the race. After starting ninth with little practice, Fox went low into the first turn on the first lap of the race and spun. His car collected the car of Eddie Cheever, Jr. (ironically owned by Foyt). Becoming airborne, Fox's car was pinched between the retaining wall and Cheever's car. The car exploded into many tiny pieces. Fox was thrown around like a rag doll inside the cockpit. The car came to rest in turn two with everything in front of Fox sheared away. Fox suffered head injuries, and, amazingly, only a bruised left heel. The bruise came when Fox's foot hit Cheever's rear wing. Several other cars were involved in the accident that scattered debris across the south short chute at the track.

Miraculously, he recovered from the crash, and he would even sign pictures of the accident with the saying, "I had a bad crash day, Stan Fox." Fox would lead Friends of the Fox, a contingent of people with head injuries, to the track each May. Fox reportedly never gave up his dream of driving a race car again.


[edit] Death
Unfortunately, Fox would not survive another brush with death: on the Desert Road some 200 miles south of Auckland, New Zealand, Fox's van collided head on with a car. He was 48 years old.


[edit] Career award
He was inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame. [1]

[edit] Indy 500 results
Year Chassis Engine Start Finish
1984 March Cosworth Practice Crash
1987 March Cosworth 26th 7th
1988 March Chevrolet 29th 30th
1989 March Chevrolet Failed to Qualify
1990 Lola Buick 27th 33rd
1991 Lola Buick 17th 8th
1992 Lola Buick 13th 27th
1993 Lola Buick 20th 31st
1994 Reynard Ford-Cosworth 13th 13th
1995 Reynard Ford-Cosworth 11th 30th


My best memory of Stan was when he stopped at Parker, on his way to Turkey Night, and watched me test for the Havasu Classic... He hung out about two hours....He liked those little tunnels....

[Jeff Akers]

The other Fox

Fox Racing is the most recognized and best selling brand of motocross apparel in the world today. Based in a 175,000-square foot facility in Morgan Hill, California, Fox Racing built its formidable business by developing clothing for the most extreme and physically demanding motorsport in the world: motocross. Through sponsoring and working closely with the best riders in the history of the sport - riders such as Ricky Carmichael, James Stewart, Damon Bradshaw, Rick Johnson, Mark Barnett, Doug Henry, Jeremy McGrath and Steve Lamson - Fox Racing has researched and developed race clothing that provides riders with maximum performance and freedom of movement. For three decades Fox Racing has created the best motocross apparel in the world, which is able to withstand the elements and the torturous racing conditions that are a major part of motocross.

Fox Racing first opened for business in 1974, when Geoff Fox, a Ph. D. who taught physics at the University of Santa Clara, launched Moto- X Fox, a tiny distribution business for European motocross bikes in a 1,500-square foot building in Campbell, California. Within two years, Moto-X Fox was manufacturing high-performance suspension and engine components for racers looking for an on-track advantage. In the spring of 1977, determined to show the American motocross public that his products were superior to those of the competition, Fox created his own privately-owned professional motocross team, Team Moto-X Fox. Going up against the might of the Japanese factory teams, Team Moto-X Fox riders placed fifth, sixth and seventh in the highly-competitive AMA 125cc National Championship series, thereby achieving Geoff's goal of proving that his handmade parts were the best that money could buy.

During that same summer Fox also managed to impress American motocross fans in a way he had not initially intended. While competing in the heat, humidity, sand, mud, and rain that came along with the six-round series, Team Moto-X Fox riders wore bright red, yellow and orange race outfits. Handmade by Fox, the clothing became an instant hit with the fans and interested enthusiasts started calling the Fox shop in Campbell inquiring about its availability. Fox knew he was onto something big, and by 1980 he had completely reorganized and repositioned his company to be a major player in the U.S. motocross apparel industry. In 1980, Fox Racing rider Mark Barnett won the company's first National Championship, and two years later, Brad Lackey won Fox Racing's (and the United States') first World Motocross Championship. In the ensuing two-plus decades, Fox Racing-sponsored riders have won over 30 National Motocross and Supercross Championships. In fact during the summer of 2002, Fox Racing riders Ricky "RC" Carmichael (an eight-time AMA Champion) and James Stewart (a 16 year-old rookie) re-wrote the American motocross record books by completely dominating the National Championship circuits. Wearing his signature orange Fox gear, RC won 24 out of 24 motos, on his way to the sport's first ever "perfect season".

Today, Fox Racing remains a family owned and operated business, with all four of Geoff and Josie Fox's children working full-time at the company. Ever-growing, Fox Racing is moving bravely into the future with the help and enthusiasm of its 300 employees. While still remaining 100% committed to its motocross roots, Fox Racing has also become the world's number one brand in BMX and mountain bike apparel and with its Fox Head logo has become the most recognized alternative sports brand amongst Generations X and Y. In doing so, the company has ventured into the spotlight of other alternative sports, backing such high profile, championship-winning athletes as Dave Mirra, Alan Cooke, Ruben Alcantara (BMX); Danny Harf, Shawn Murray and Dallas Friday (wakeboarding), Kalani Robb (surfing); and Brian Lopes (mountain biking). While Fox Racing offers its complete line of motocross pants, jerseys, gloves, boots, and helmets through independent motorcycle accessory dealers worldwide, the company also offers a full line of sportswear, including shorts, T-shirts, fleece, hats, jeans, sweaters, sweatshirts and jackets to the public through finer motocross, bike, and sportswear retailers worldwide.

During the last three decades, Fox Racing has become an international leader in the sportswear apparel industry with its famous Fox Head logo seen worldwide. In doing so, Fox Racing has held steadfast to Geoff Fox's original goal of making the best motocross products money can buy. Constant research, development, and fine-tuning goes into Fox Racing race apparel and performance gear. Through the guidance and feedback of Fox Racing's championship-winning athletes, the company continues to lead the charge by utilizing the best technology and design talent available to enhance and optimize the quality, comfort and performance of all of its products. It is through lessons learned on the professional and amateur race circuits of the world that Fox Racing will continue to create and offer the finest lines of racewear, gear, and sportswear available today.

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In 1976 I started racing motocross in northern California. I wached this company go from making shocks and forks, to making riding gear...

I was there when the first Fox factory rider (Pat Richter) had the famous yellow & orange gear on .....

[Ron Hill]

Interesting, Jeff...

Because Parts Unlimited was out of Janesville, and Fox owned Parts Unlimited, and they sold Fox Clothing, I guess I always thought it was started by Fox in Janesville... I knew Fox had owned a Motorcycle shop, in Janesville, Wisconsin, and I heard they had sold their LOGO, the Fox Logo...There may be some truth in the logo...I'll make a call or two and ask...

Stan Fox is the brother of Parts Unlimited owner.

ADD;


Got any three cyclinder OMC's kicking around???

[Dave M]

My Question For Ed

If this cop decides to fight the ticket in court, will he be credited as showing up to fight the ticket, or will he be credited as the cop not showing up to fight the ticket, and get off ?

[kws]

WELLL......... since the cop wrote the ticket himself and paid the fine.. i think he wont fight it lol
btw the first opinion sent in by a reader said that he bet the guy was going to run for public office soon and wanted the publicity lol

personaly i think it is a good reminder to watch out for kids going to and from school!!
NO ONE WANTS TO BE THE PERSON THAT HITS A KID GETTTING OFF OR ON A SCHOOL BUS

[ryan_4z]

I know someone who used to pull up next to stopped school buses, in the wrong lane. Then when they pulled the stop sign in she would pass them before the oncoming traffic started to go.

[Jeff Akers]

I wonder if these guys ticketed themselves... I bet NOT!

[kws]

just what is it that they are doing wrong??????????? looks like good wheelies to me. no traffic near ect. hehe

[Jeff Akers]

Chp

In California, riding on one wheel is a NO NO and is an instant Ticket....

They call it wreckless driving

[kws]

silly left coasters LOL just kidding