ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, February 28, 1996 TAG: 9602280076
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-1 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: RICHMOND
SOURCE: MARK MORRISON AND DAVID M. POOLE
Lt. Gov. Don Beyer likes to tell the story of the nervous police officer who had just ticketed then-Gov. Mills Godwin for speeding:
``I guess I'll get fired now,'' the officer said.
``No, you would have gotten fired if you hadn't written me a ticket,'' Godwin replied.
Beyer, however, offered no similar declaration Saturday afternoon when his Volvo - with the ``1 Lt. Governor'' tags - was stopped for speeding on U.S. 360 in Chesterfield County.
The Democrat was not behind the wheel: He was in the passenger seat catching up on some letters. His driver, Chris Elliott, acknowledged that two officers clocked him at 73 mph in a 55-mph zone.
After a brief discussion, the officers let Elliott go with a warning.
``I didn't say a word,'' Beyer said Monday. ``I just let them do their job.''
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