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Television News Anchor Gets Busted By Highway Patrol And Takes A Selfie

SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDWEST (CBS SF) -- No road-trip of a lifetime would be complete without a throaty V-8 engine rumbling beneath a classic all-American sports car's curvy lines, tearing down a two-lane highway through the most picturesque scenery you can imagine, and inevitably seeing the red and blue flashing lights above the dice hanging from your rear-view mirror, then pulling over to find out how fast you were "really going" and getting a free speedometer calibration, and of course in 2014, capping it all off with the requisite "selfie."

The Wyoming Highway Patrol officer was very accommodating, but Bastida still got cited for not following a little-known state law about pulling into the far left lane while passing an emergency vehicle. For the record, Bastida was not breaking any speed limits in the KPIX 5-emblazoned Corvette.  Well, at least not at the time.

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(Photo Ken Bastida)

This is summer vacation for KPIX 5 anchor Ken Bastida, in the '66 Corvette Stingray in the National Corvette Caravan, joining more than 6.000 cars on a trip to Bowling Green, Kentucky and The National Corvette Museum. If you recall from February of this year, this was the site of the devastating sinkhole that opened up to swallow eight priceless cars whole.

NATIONAL CORVETTE CARAVAN: Official Website

Bastida's Facebook page is filled with amazing photography of cars, historic sites and amazing sights.

You can follow along each day, including that infamous run-in with Wyoming's finest.

DAY ONE: https://www.facebook.com/ken.bastida.9/posts/1448467402084734

DAY TWO: https://www.facebook.com/ken.bastida.9/posts/1448836895381118

DAY THREE: Busted!https://www.facebook.com/ken.bastida.9/posts/1449111228687018

DAY FOUR: https://www.facebook.com/ken.bastida.9/posts/1451327461798728

BROKEN ALTERNATOR BRACKET: https://www.facebook.com/ken.bastida.9/posts/1451325831798891

PHOTOS FROM THE ROAD: https://www.facebook.com/ken.bastida.9/posts/1451335625131245

DAY FIVE: https://www.facebook.com/ken.bastida.9/posts/1451670178431123

DAY SIX: https://www.facebook.com/ken.bastida.9/posts/1453017891629685

DAY SEVEN: https://www.facebook.com/ken.bastida.9/posts/1454056988192442

 

 

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