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| SirAndy |
  Jul 26 2007, 11:40 PM
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Resident German  Group: Admin Posts: 41,707 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California  |
don't try this at home.
i *completely* spaced out. going from 505 onto 5. it's central valley boredom, completely empty freeway in the middle of flat nothingness. i didn't pay attention to my speed and was doing what i thought was just casual cruising. i see the cop sitting on the other side of the freeway on an offramp and i look down on my tach, 4200 rpm, oh shit, that's gotta be too fast. 15 minutes later he catched up to me and pulls me over. had me clocked at 96 (!) ... i got lucky, the cop turned out to be a car nut. he aksed if i was going up to the raceway. so we talked cars for some 15 minutes or so. he wrote me up for 80, which is the minimum he could do (short of letting me go free) ... so here's to the cop on I5, whatever your name is, i owe you a cold one! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Andy |
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| orthobiz |
Jul 27 2007, 08:14 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,755 Joined: 8-January 07 From: Cadillac, Michigan Member No.: 7,438 Region Association: Upper MidWest 
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You could live in rural Michigan like me and, after you recognize the cop who stopped you, you say "hi, sorry" and he says, "hey doc, just slow it down please" as he lets you go.
But, cars rust out here something fierce so it's a definite tradeoff I guess. Anyway, I once visited SF and was stopped speeding in a rented car on the Embarcadero ?sp? and the cop was professional, smiled and gave me a ticket anyway. What good is that? Giving you the ticket for a "lower number" and making you feel like he did you a favor just never felt good to me. Good luck in court! Paul |
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| SirAndy |
Jul 27 2007, 08:25 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,707 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(orthobiz @ Jul 27 2007, 06:14 PM)  Giving you the ticket for a "lower number" and making you feel like he did you a favor just never felt good to me. well, here's the deal: i was doing 96 in a 70 zone. according to the cop, they don't stop you unless it's 10 miles over or more. so, the least amount he could write me up for was 80. like i said, short of letting me go free, that was the best he could do. the way he explained it, the 80 in a 70 zone won't get me in much trouble ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Andy |
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SirAndy got a speeding ticket tonight Jul 26 2007, 11:40 PM
SLITS Yeh ..... sometimes they cut you some slack.
In t... Jul 27 2007, 12:10 AM tdgray Time to get that speedo hooked up big A. :) Jul 27 2007, 07:10 AM jimkelly here in the beach area of Delaware, speeding ticke... Jul 27 2007, 07:57 AM PRS914-6 Hey Andy, you are getting a work out these days...... Jul 27 2007, 08:23 AM Tobra He probably clocked you rather than radar, radar n... Jul 27 2007, 08:38 AM
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He probably clocked you rather than radar, radar ... Jul 27 2007, 05:05 PM geniusanthony Andy, are your tire sizes or gearing changed? I th... Jul 27 2007, 08:59 AM balljoint If he had known about your "record" he w... Jul 27 2007, 09:06 AM Borderline Isn't there some speed over which they just lo... Jul 27 2007, 09:46 AM SLITS
Isn't there some speed over which they just l... Jul 27 2007, 11:56 AM mikerose This is NO joke. On the way home last night I am o... Jul 27 2007, 10:06 AM DonTraver I've got a GPS that you can set the max speed ... Jul 27 2007, 11:21 AM URY914 Andy, what do you think your top speed is? Jul 27 2007, 12:06 PM Dr. Roger Excessive Speed and Designated Lane Use
(In summa... Jul 27 2007, 12:39 PM smj Ugh! Nice that it wasn't a completely unpl... Jul 27 2007, 03:57 PM race914 Best to keep CHPs on friendly terms!
http://w... Jul 27 2007, 05:20 PM smj I've got a V1 that I bought shortly after my f... Jul 27 2007, 05:31 PM fiid Don't forget you have options.
1) You have th... Jul 27 2007, 08:06 PM fiid I did well over a hundred mph from Palo Alto down ... Jul 27 2007, 08:29 PM Cjllong
don't try this at home.
i *completely* space... Jul 28 2007, 12:16 AM smj I gotta tell ya, the fact that you got a ticket sp... Jul 28 2007, 03:55 AM porschecb Hey Sir Andy my SO works for the court system and ... Jul 28 2007, 01:12 AM |
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