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Back in the bad old days of national 55 MPH speed limit in 1970s an newly elected Alabama state senator was stopped on the interstate in his Cadillac going well over 100. He started yelling at the cop, that he was on the way to the Senate, as was thus above the law. The state constitution did indeed have a clause that a Senator or Representative could not be arrested on the way to the legislature. The State Trooper escorted him to the legislature.
Only when a reporter published the incident in the paper did he decide to drive the speed limit.
The clause was put in back when the local Sheriff was arresting members of the legislature to prevent them from getting to the legislature to vote on a bill.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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