[M.D. Holloway]

Only time I ever got stopped while in the Targa was when I was in a school parking lot on a Saturday, teaching my Son how to drive a stick. Out of no where a cop pulls in. My Son freaks a bit thinking he is going to get arrested. We both get out and the cop meets us.

"Hey Max, how are you?" He says. We know all the cops in the town and several know my Son by name (for good reasons not trouble).

I explained I was engaging in a time honored tradition of teaching my boy how to drive a stick. After gabbing for 10 minutes about cars, shooting, scouts and tractors he was on his way.

We are lucky for several reasons - demographic and race included. Our experience would have been very different if we didn't fit a certain profile. We talked about that after and agreed we are very fortunate and not ever to forget it.