[74-911]

Earlier this week I was driving into a small town just down the road and the speed limit goes from 65 -> 55 -> 35 in a short distance. As I enter the town I see a local black & white backed into a drive, I'm well into the 35 zone and speedo says I am doing a good 55 still. Sure enough, as I get even with him he lights up and starts pulling out of the drive. Ahchit, this is going to cost me....

I immediately pull into a parking lot, roll down the window and hand him my drivers license and Insurance ID when he walks up. All he says is "man, I kept thinking you would slow down but you didn't" shook his head and said "don't go anywhere" as he walked back to his car.

When he returned he said "I want to thank you for your service and we'll just let this go today" and told my wife to keep an eye on me . As he walked back to his car he turned and said "and by the way, your insurance card expired last week", shook his head and kept going.

Not sure but me thinks the "Veteran" printed in bold block letters on my TX drivers license had something to do with this. It certainly didn't hurt anything. As of a couple of years ago, if you present your DD214 to the DMV you are identified as a veteran on your DL. Definitely something every veteran should do.