At 4:25 on 2/28/03 I was caught on radar going 39 mph in a school zone posted at 20. It was a gray, misty day and I never saw the school zone on 61st Street up in Park City. On this day there were two events at the Wichita Collisium complex- the state HS wrestling tournement and a Horse Expo. The truck I was driving had a 30 day tag on it from the Missouri auto dealership where we bought it on 2/10/03. The officer was surprised when he learned from my licence that I was a Kansas City, KS resident.

Lesson learned, don’t drive w/ out of state 30 day tags in Wichita. Watch out for short school zones in small towns at 4:25. I have a hunch that school zone speed expires at 4:30 every day but with two large events in Park City it’s a gold mine. The irony is this- I was leaving town much earlier than planned because of bad weather back up in KC. Since it’s a 2 1/2 hour drive I wanted to get going. FTR, in 30 plus years of driving I’ve never had any traffic ticket. The officer didn’t offer to give me a warning.