I wish things would have worked out differently for Moats. It matters not who was going to the hospital to say goodbye to someone. Moats, his wife, and his mother in law all had something very precious and very private taken away because of an apparent poor judge of the situation. Unfortunately, I've gotten a couple of phone calls from the hospital like Moates' wife must have gotten. I hopped on my motorcycle once when my dad was ill and headed up the freeway (hwy 41) to St.Joseph's Hospital. I was apparently going at a pretty good clip, the cop pulled me over far from where I got on the freeway where he informed me he had been tailing me with lights on for a few miles. I never saw him. I was crying a bit, explained the situation and why I was in a hurry. He said that at the time he could have and should detained me but let me go. He had to impound the bike because I was around 80 MPH in a 45 zone though. He let me go and offered to have another car get me when the tow truck got there. I said it would take too long, and started running. I saw a couple dudes washing a car and begged for a ride the last 10 or so blocks. They took me immediately and wished me well. I'd say that 99 times of 100 the officer is gonna let ya do what ya gotta do. A ticket can wait. Moats was in the hospital parking lot for Pete's sake. I was around a mile or so away. There may be more to the story than I or we are aware of, but that was from what I see, a bogus call on the cops part and he should surely be repramanded somehow. By the way, I went to court when I was supposed to about the speeding ticket. The cop said he checked into my story, and then recommended to the court I get a break on the violation. He also gave my family and I a nice sympathy card.