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Love wagons, we had a '65 Impala wagon when I was a teenager. I always wanted to do a '65 Impala SS wagon, BBC and 4 speed with bucket seats and SS console. She would be black on black.

I was in group to study what would be needed to computerize our reports. That was 15 years ago. So far, the best we've done is to computerize the booking process using the computers in the car. Our Station is the only one in L.A. County that does that and it was a fluke. One of our patrol...

It's so true, however, the vehicle code is an excuse to stop, look and smell. Most cops would rather arrest for a felony than write tickets. In our Department, productivity is based upon arrest stats. No one really cares about cites. Even the CHP bases productivity on DUI arrests. So much so...

I guess L.A. County is behind the times. Cites are written out the old fashion way. There are choice spots to write cites all over. In our city, there's a four way stop our traffic cars hang around. They will write 8 cites in an hour and the rest of the time, do nothing. They don't even handle...

Hmmmmmm, never knew anyone that named their cars. It was always Bob's Vette or Jim's Mustang, unless it was a show car. The was a street race Mustang called "Fast Stang" which changed with a multi-colored paint job into "Fantasia".

There is a big misconception about making money from cites. In small townships, this is probably true. However, in big metropolitan area such as L.A. County, most of the money goes to the state. For example, running a stop sign is a $50 cite. 80% of the fines goes to the state. the other 20%...

In California, nothing can be on the front, driver's or front passenger windows. As for cops having tint, Carson Station cited a guy for tint. He complained to the Sheriff, a Chief from the Department showed up with a box of razor blades and made anyone with an illegal tint take it off. From my...

Usually, the tint you see on new cars in the dealer show rooms is the max allowable tint, which is why, in California, you are not allowed to add any tint to the front driver and passenger windows. There are some states that allow dark tint, however, the CHP addressed that issue stating that if...

I use to write those tickets all the time, however, living and working in a large metropolitan area, we have quite a few violators.

I saw a restored one at a local cruise spot. I had forgotten how good they really look.

This guy comes out to a Saturday morning cruise spot. Do you think he's rich? He looks like he's in his 80's. http://picturetrail.com/sfx/album/slideshow/23786162

Sorry, but if motorcyclists would use common sense, there wouldn't be a need for those cameras. It's only enforcing laws that are already on the books.

When Ronald MacDonald House had a giveaway Ford GT-40, there was a warning that if you won, the taxes would be $34000, which would have to be paid within a month. Needless to say, I did not enter.

When my water heater went out, it was original to the house, like 50 years old. Got a new water heater and eight years later, it leaked. Called a plumber out, first thing he said was, "I bet it's 8 years old". I said yes, how did you know. He said they are designed to last only 8 years.

That '54 was pretty rough. A friend of mine that owns Hot Rods and Hobbies did the finish fit and finish on the car, then he painted it. Funny, the producers approached him about finishing the car and they offered to put his shop on screen if he did it for free. He told them they would have to...

Yep, don't leave home without them.

Growing up, we always had big dogs. The smallest was German Sheppard. We've had Akitas and Great Danes. My Dad thought it was manly to have big dogs. All our dogs had Japanese names like Taizon, Bashi and a bunch I forgot.

About 3 years ago, I was in the shower getting ready to go to work. I got a funny feeling started at my toes. It moved up through my body and into my throat. I blurted out, "It's Barbara's birthday!". Barbara was an old girlfriend I hadn't seen in 32 years, but we recently reconnected. Now, I...

Ever since I was a kid, strange things happened to me. One day, my Mother bought a Ouija board. My Mother was trying to get it to work with my brother and sister, but it wouldn't move. My Mother called me over and asked me to touch the pointer since weird things always happen to me. I took my...

Update on my '52 Chevy. I had the radiator rotted out so I could take her on a poker run. The wife and I left at 5:30 am, got on the freeway where she drove at 180 degrees and the oil pressure was 20 lbs, fine. Had breakfast with the guys at the orange cafe. After breakfast, we caravaned to Lake...