Mine came from an accident. Age 16, 1965, picking up hay in a field and hauling it home. Turning left into the hay field- it was a tight turn, and I pulled partially off the highway to the right to get a bigger turning radius. Lady thought I was pulling off the road, so went around me- I managed to destroy both passenger side doors on a '57 Olds 4 door hardtop. I was driving a '47 Cornbinder- K5 or K7 rings a bell.
State cop gave me a ticket for "failure to yield right of way", or some such. I said I was signalling, but he said I should have checked rear view mirror- her car was a lot easier to see than my little tail light. Can't say as I disagreed with him.
Went to Juvenile Court with my parents- which was just the judge's chambers. He said I apparently had made a pretty good impression- he had letters from both the victim, and from the cop, both saying I was a good kid and recommending leniency. He said he had to do some kind of punishment, so he restricted my "pleasure driving" for 10 days. I could still go to work, just don't do any pleasure driving. "But I don't expect stopping off for an ice cream on your way home after a hard day would be out of line."
Dad had dropped insurance on the rig, so we were on our nickel. We found and removed 2 doors in a junkyard, took them to the bodyman, who straightened the post and painted it. About 200 bucks, as I recall. Woman I ran into owned a popular restaurant here locally, and we have laughed over it for 40 years or so.
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