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P . O. Box 565 Charl otte , North Carolina May 16 , 1967 Chi ef of Poli ce City of Atlanta Georgia Dear Sir : Over a year ago I ,,3.s in Atl a nta and "'as goi ng south on Peachtree . When I crune to I 85 , I was in the ri ght h and lane a nd mad e a r :Lght t1-1rn an<l h ad to wa -i t to get b ac k int o th e traffic l a ne o n J 85 . I wa it e d for traffic to cl e ar so I could ge t on I 85 a nd was g ive n a ticke t for this . I wrot e y ou about this a nd e xplained wha t h appe ned . This morning again I was go ing south on Peachtr ee and made a spec i al effort t o get in th e second l ane to wh ere I could turn to ge t on t h e Expre ssway and wh e n I got to the Expressway , I turn ed off of Peachtree . A Police Officer on a motor cycle pulle d me over a nd said I h a d broke n the l aw a nd gave me a citation for it . Hon es tly , I do n ' t understand how to get on or off of Peachtree to the expres - way , becaus e I have done both waJs and have got ten a ticket for it both times . My t hi nking on it i s this ; I was us ing good hors e sense judgement to k eep traffic moving and stay out of troubl e t oo , but I b ate to b e cl~ss ified as not knowing how to drive , b e caus e I have b een drivin g many, many y ears, a nd it s eems I can ' t do anything ri ght at Peachtree and I 85 . I exp l a in e d to the Officer what happened before and told him I thought he should h ave g ive n me a warning ticket instead o f g iving me a ticke t ; however h e didn ' t agree , so I run turning th e ticket ove r to you and hope that you will t ake this ticket of t h e rec ords b e cause I hon es tly do not fe e l that I should pn.y fur do i_ng somctl1ing that I had don e th e wny it had t o be clo n e lx· f or0. T, 0t m0 r1 0 11r from y011 -j n r0p;11rn :i to th -i s . Vl ·, ·.v t. ,· 11 1 .v .v c, 111 ·:; , htt!P~ Troy Whit eh ead TW:ve CC Municipal Tra ffic Court CC Mayor Ivan All en F.nr 7 • �