Speeding ticket for brand new Kentland fire engine
This is one I heard about during my abbreviated visit to Ocean City, MD for the Maryland State Firemen’s Convention. But I got so distracted by the large trees on my home that forced me to rush back to Virginia, I failed to check out the tip. Alan Henney, who edits the very popular Rehoboth Weekend Update newsletter each summer, had no such diversion and has the story.
While there has been a lot of rumor, speculation and the usual bickering on thewatchdesk.com about this incident, Alan has the details directly from the police:
The Maryland State Firemen’s Association’s annual convention held this past week in Ocean City attracted firefighters with their apparatus from across the state. PFC Barry Neeb, OCPD spokesman, confirms that the Kentland Volunteer Fire Department’s new 2008 Seagrave pumper was stopped by police for speeding.
“We received several citizen complaints about the truck,” PFC Neeb wrote in an e-mail, “and one of our traffic officers caught him on radar.” The engine was stopped around 1:30 a.m. on Monday in the area of 37th Street and the driver was issued a speeding ticket for 60+ in a 40 m.p.h. zone.
Now, to put things in perspective, if a speeding ticket is the only “scandal” from the convention, things are quite boring compared to some previous eras (and I am sure that is welcomed).
