Bear in the Air On This Day Dec 21, 1922 317s
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December 21, 1922
Beneath the azure skies of San Jose, CA, where the rumble of motorcars echoed through the dusty highways, fortune took an unexpected twist for one Dominic Bifiore. In a tale that danced between the realms of innovation and the long arm of the law, Lady Luck chose to descend from the heavens above.
It was on a crisp December day when the unmistakable drone of an airplane's engine became the herald of Bifiore's impending misfortune. As he sped his motorcar along the sun-kissed highway, possibly a touch too quick, little did he know that the vigilant gaze of Officer Robert Byers soared high above, perched in an aerial steed alongside a daring aviator companion.
The eagle-eyed traffic officer, Byers, spotted Bifiore's heedless haste through the clouds of dust left in his wake. Determined to uphold the order of the law from the lofty vantage point of the heavens, Byers reached into the folds of his uniform, retrieving a "John Doe" summons that bore the weight of Bifiore's transgression.
With a nod to his aviator accomplice, Byers orchestrated a graceful descent towards the earthly realm. The avian chariot swooped down, and like a celestial messenger, the summons descended with gravity's grace, landing squarely in the path of Bifiore's racing automobile.
Startled and perplexed, Bifiore cast his gaze skyward, where the unmistakable silhouette of an airborne patrol loomed overhead. The law had come not on the wings of justice, but on the wings of an airplane. As the dust settled and the engine's roar subsided, Bifiore beheld the parchment harbinger of his recklessness, a "John Doe" summons, now resting on the pavement.
In the shadow of the aerial encounter, Bifiore, compelled by the force of authority from above, brought his motorcar to a halt. With a mix of bemusement and chagrin, he stepped down to retrieve the proclamation that had descended from the heavens. A modern twist on the age-old pursuit of justice, where the long arm of the law reached down not from a stoic courthouse, but from the daring heights of an airplane patrol.
And so, in the chronicles of San Jose's highway tales, the day Dominic Bifiore met his summons from the skies became the first motorist ticketed for speeding via an aereoplane. Creating a chapter etched in the annals of the Roaring Twenties, where innovation touched the wings of justice and the air was not just a medium of flight but a realm for the enforcers of the law.
From yesterday’s show about air cushioning your ride, to today with air becoming a place to watch out for Johnny Law, This Day In History with No driving gloves will keep you learning about the automobiles past just before you get off your ass, to burn some gas, cause John is OUT!
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