Eddie Van Halen Got Out Of A Speeding Ticket For Being Eddie Van Halen

Eddie Van Halen says that he once got out of getting a speeding ticket because he is Eddie Van Halen. “Since I bought the V-8 R8, Audi contacted me and offered for us to go up to Infineon [Sonoma Raceway] to test-drive the V-10 on the track. You know, just go crazy,” Van Halen told Car And Driver. “So [my wife] Janie and I drove up in her Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG.”More »

By on June 19, 2016

Eddie Van Halen says that he once got out of getting a speeding ticket because he is Eddie Van Halen. “Since I bought the V-8 R8, Audi contacted me and offered for us to go up to Infineon [Sonoma Raceway] to test-drive the V-10 on the track. You know, just go crazy,” Van Halen told Car And Driver. “So [my wife] Janie and I drove up in her Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG. It’s a long drive and we’re doing about 90, 95 in a 65, and I get pulled over and the guy writes me up for a ticket.” “I’m going, ‘The last thing I need is a speeding ticket for that much over the speed limit.’ We get home and I get a letter from my office; the patrol guy who gave me the ticket, his captain voided it,” he continued. “He said, ‘You don’t give Eddie Van Halen a ticket,’ and I had a letter to prove it. The letter came straight from the captain.” Copyright(c) 2016 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «