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I seem to remember one of y'all getting pulled over awhile back. Lol
I got pulled over earlier this year testing a new set of injectors. We were skinnin' cats down the highway and got caught. Got lucky to not go to jail also.... lol
I got pulled over earlier this year testing a new set of injectors. We were skinnin' cats down the highway and got caught. Got lucky to not go to jail also.... lol
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Nice. Mine was "110 on his front radar and over 120 by the time i got to his back radar" as the cop put it... it was a 60mph zone. Lol
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He must have liked you and the truck! How in the hel! did you stay OUT of jail on that one!!??
When I got pulled over, I was laughing as he walked up and said, you definity got me! This is what saved me some money and points because he just gave me one of those 'wasting fuel' tickets.
When I got pulled over, I was laughing as he walked up and said, you definity got me! This is what saved me some money and points because he just gave me one of those 'wasting fuel' tickets.
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He must have liked you and the truck! How in the hel! did you stay OUT of jail on that one!!??
When I got pulled over, I was laughing as he walked up and said, you definity got me! This is what saved me some money and points because he just gave me one of those 'wasting fuel' tickets.
When I got pulled over, I was laughing as he walked up and said, you definity got me! This is what saved me some money and points because he just gave me one of those 'wasting fuel' tickets.
When the cops, yes plural multiple cars, came to our doors they were very serious. Had us keeping our hands in their sight and basically treating us like we may be armed or dangerous in some way. The first thing that I was asked is, "Do you have any idea how fast you were going" and my response as close as I can remember it was, "Honestly, officer, I have no clue how fast we were going because my speedometer pegs out at 90mph, so we were definitely going faster than that."
Anyways, he ended up letting me out of that stop with just a registration ticket. My registration had just gone out a few days before and since the truck had been broken for a month, I wasn't able to go take care of it yet. lol. The cop that pulled us over did acknowledge that if I wouldn't have slowed down, he wouldn't have been able to catch me by the time he turned around as fast as I was accelerating. ha!
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Wow, you did get real lucky Travis!
I had something similar happen to me when I was 15. I took my car out of town and buried the speedo at 120 (did that way too often when I was young). The sheriff clocked me coming back to town doing the same thing and pulled me over. I did slow down some before I got to him, but not as soon as I really would have needed to. He asked the same question, "Do you know how fast you are going?" I said no as I was nervous as can be at that age. He showed me the radar gun and it showed 65 and he kind of smiled. Wrote me a ticket though. I lost my license for 30 days because I was under 16, but could have been worse. My mom wanted to fight it thinking I should have gotten a warning, but I said no and dealt with it (she of course had no idea how fast I was really going).
I had something similar happen to me when I was 15. I took my car out of town and buried the speedo at 120 (did that way too often when I was young). The sheriff clocked me coming back to town doing the same thing and pulled me over. I did slow down some before I got to him, but not as soon as I really would have needed to. He asked the same question, "Do you know how fast you are going?" I said no as I was nervous as can be at that age. He showed me the radar gun and it showed 65 and he kind of smiled. Wrote me a ticket though. I lost my license for 30 days because I was under 16, but could have been worse. My mom wanted to fight it thinking I should have gotten a warning, but I said no and dealt with it (she of course had no idea how fast I was really going).
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Funny stories, as long as no one dies. Its one thing to be driving but my brother in a 66 Pontiac Grand Prix would peg it at 120 and I wasn't a happy camper. When I got my license, that was OK for me to do, LOL
I have my days mixed up Bill, when is that test drive?
I have my days mixed up Bill, when is that test drive?
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I've got some great cop stories and some not so great. Wouldn't have been good to be pulled over when my brother and I were dared he wouldn't ride on the roof of my 5.0....possibly the dumbest thing we ever did.
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On edit, spoilers are for lame GT cars and ricers. Lol