<VV> Tires & Speedometers

[Robert Marlow]

I own a Greenbrier which, when new, belonged to my father.  Around 1969 
or so, he got a speeding ticket in it.  He was not happy, and he argued 
with the cop for quite a while.

Then he remembered that the replacement tires he had purchased were 
significantly larger that the van's original tires, and so he checked 
the speedometer against the mileposts on the highway.  A significant 
difference.  And exactly the error by which the cop's radar and my 
father's speedometer disagreed.

My father sent a note of apology to the cop.  The cop sent back a note, 
telling my father that it was the first citizen apology he had received 
in years on the job!


More recently, I bought new tires for my Rampside, and I tried to get a 
size that would closely match the originals.  I may have gotten slightly 
too close, because the Rampside's speedometer now over-reads by roughly 
5% -- just like new.

--Bob