Never thought I'd have one of these stories. I was driving back from Colorado to California, on about hour 16 of a 17 hour drive. I was very tired, delirious, starting to see things...driving my 300E of course.

So I'm on the downhill portion of I-80 near Truckee, where it is very easy to be doing 85mph with very little gas. It's where a tuned 300E is right at home. Ahead I see there is a motorcyclist bombing through corners. It's pretty early, not much traffic so I figure why not see how fast he wants to go...

I get closer, and at first glance I thought he was a CHP officer (tan shirt, white helmet), but he was only wearing a un-tucked regular polo shirt (must have been off-duty I realize now). But I didn't see any markings on the bike so I figure he's just a regular joe , cop look-a-like.

I am following him from a reasonable distance, driving spirited, and he gets over to let me pass. I have no problem leading! So I get in front and we are entering corners at 95-100mph with him right on my tail for about 5 miles, VERY FUN! Then.....he lights me up. *****. I get over into the other lane, and he cruises up to my window and waves his finger at me....and speeds off.

I never want to do that again!

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LOL Well you were wide awake for the last hour of the journey.

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PA Bridge Authority cop after doing 70 across the Barry Bridge - speed limit is 40. He got another call and had to leave before writing the ticket, after warning me to never be seen doing that on his bridge.

Not exactly what the OP was talking about but I enjoyed this a few weeks ago:

Was heading downtown on the interstate one evening with very little traffic. I normally run about 10 miles over the posted speed. A black Suburban with state plates blew by me 25 MPH over the limit. I recognized the front seat passenger as our very own governor, The Honorable (or dishonorable, depending on what you believe) Nikki Haley. So I happily jumped in line behind her to take advantage of this "free speeding opportunity." Whipped out my phone and filmed a few seconds of our drive, making sure to get my speedo and her state government vehicle license plate in the frame.

I don't know if she had a right to be travelling faster than the speed limit. I think not, but haven't done my research.

I _almost_ wanted to be pulled by the local cops. I would have paid my ticket if her driver was also cited.

My wife calls me a $hit stirrer. Maybe she's right.

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A co-worker and I were driving to up to NY State for another co-workers wedding. I was in the Camaro. She rented a new Camaro and we each had our spouses with us. Sunday morning. Nobody in sight. We play a little.
Then we come across a construction zone with nobody in it.
We played some more. I see a bend coming up as a perfect place for an officer to snag people. I back it down to 5 mph over the construction zone limit.
She sees me back down, makes a face then keeps going.
We both were running in excess of 125 in the zone right before I backed off.
Her ticket was for 90 in a 50 construction zone.

Yeah, stupid, I know.

I once totally ran a red light in the 300TD. In town, again Sunday morning. NOBODY in sight. I swear they shortened that red light.
Lit up, where he came from I still have no idea.
Once I saw him in the rearview, I simply slowed down and pulled over with signal, even before he had his lights on.
He asked if I knew why I was being stopped. I told him yes and asked for leniency since the car would have stalled if I stopped short, as the car was cold. The clean record got me off with a warning. I think that, and I was from town. Whew!
That was a couple of weeks after the Camaro incident.
Wife would have been ticked off to no end, since she was in the car during the Camaro incident, and I was read the quiet riot act on how lucky I was that it wasn't me who got the ticket.

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"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're going to see some serious %$&^."

Pulled out of the parking lot at the end of a long and truly crappy work day, onto a mile long frontage road lined by long-empty parking lots on both sides. Absolutely stood on the go pedal of my CLK55 and didn't let off until I saw the radar cop sitting on his bike, pointing his beep-maker right at me. Oops.

He waves me over, then looped along behind me as I pulled into the parking lot.

Officer: "Bit of a rush today?"

Me: "More a whole bunch of lousy day at work getting burned off."

Officer: "I got you at 92. Limit through here is 25."

Me: "My apologies officer."

Officer: "I was ready to write you up, then I saw the AMG on your trunk.... man, I gotta admit - no way I'd be able to control myself with one of those beasts."

Officer proceeds to take a slow stroll around the car, admiring it all the way. Back at my window, he asks if he can take a look under the hood.

Me: "Absolutely officer."

I pop the hood, he pulls the release, then waves at me.....

Officer: "Come 'ere. Would you just look at this? Gawd, that is beautiful."

And we proceed to yak about cars, Mercedes, torque, and crappy Santa Ana traffic for half an hour.

Officer saddles up, and rides off into the night.

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1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife

So I'm doing 45 in a 30 mph 2-lane rural road in the W124 and I spot the cop approaching from the opposing lane...yep, I'm busted!

I don't even wait for the police cruiser to U-turn and start pursuit. I just turned into the available cross street and wait, engine off, window rolled down with my arm outside, license and insurance card in hand.

Not sure if the officer was astonished or impressed by my refreshing gesture of honesty, but he politely informed me that "this particular strech of road was plagued with frequent accidents", and to "pay close attention to my speed from now on".

End of story. He let me go on my way...

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Pity they didn't pull a "Jon Corzine" in front of you. Seeing that happening to almost any politician would be so worth it, plus you could have sold the footage to news agencies for a pretty penny.

As to the fate of the occupants? WHO CARES!

Sunedog,

Y'all won't find anybody with a citation book who'll write that instrument.

That Ignorant Witch would have'em transferred to the marine patrol,who
would issue'em a Kayak, with the duty station being 50 miles east of
Daufuskie Island.

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Hey, NJ's former governor may have been able to evade the law as enforced by the police, but not the laws of physics. SUV. Meet tree.

Driving on the Meritt and Hutchinson into NYC. Our little group of three had formed in the preceding 25~30 miles and we were rolling between 85-95 mph, taking turns in the lead as we wound through the sparse traffic.
Just before the parkway runs under 287, my turn in front, and I fly by a cop buried in the bushes, speed gun pointed right at me....
I immediately slowed and pulled over onto the shoulder of the on ramp to 287, being the only place I could see where the officer wouldn't be taking his life in his hands walking on the side of the road. I was trying to be nice, hoping he would appreciate my consideration while writing the ticket.
Next thing I see is the cruiser go flying by and grab the guy driving behind me...
I proceeded to get back on the Hutch and drove slowly by my ticket-receiving friend-on-the-parkway who gave me a look that almost peeled the paint off the side of my car. Cop never looked...

All I can figure is the cop was looking back up the highway so he could come after me just as I was pulling off far over to the right on the ramp... when he got on the road, I was nowhere to be seen and the guy behind me was all he had left.

Happened years ago, but I always slow through that section now...

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Kind of close.

I was coming out of Taos NM drving back to Tucson from a ski trip. I do not remember what road it was but it was two lanes and not even close to no where. No cars in sight so the I kept inching up the speedo. I had a 91 Eclipse GTX at the time. The cruise control only went to 90 even thought the car would go faster. I remember cursing the speed control at the time but it ended up being a good thing. We were a few miles out of a 'town' and I was cruising at 90. Gt lit up and I pull to the side. I'm thinking "Dukes of Hazzard". I'm going to be in jail and no one will hear from me. I was young and this was my first traffic stop, what did I know?

The officer asks if I know how fast I was going. Well, duh.... I had the cruise set. I paused and he said he had me at 75. I'm running his answer and my answer through my head and I decided I liked his better. A lot better. So I got a ticket for 75 instead of 90. Win win.

I figured he was just sitting on the side of the road. I had a radar detector and it never made a noise so I think he just say a white flash and new I was going faster then I should have been going.

Then there the "abusing a finite resource" ticket in AZ. Up to 10 over the limit and it was a few bucks ($10-$15 IIRC and no points) Gotta love those.

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""abusing a finite resource" ???? what does that mean?

In April 1985 I crossed the Delaware Memorial Bridge and got on the N.J. Turnpike. I was riding my 1984 Honda V45 Sabre. Water-cooled V-4, six-speed, shaft-drive, LCD gauges, etc. Traffic was light and the weather was great. I figured, "what the hell". I pulled over and removed the rear-view mirrors and stuck'em in the "glove box". I kicked out the passenger's foot-pegs and got going. Full throttle, sixth gear, feet back, and laying on the tank. I got her up to 140 MPH and held on for the ride. I ran wide open for about ten minutes, then decided I'd had enough fun. I pulled over and put the mirrors back on. I gave the bike a quick look-over for leaks and had a smoke. As I was putting my helmet back on I saw the flashing lights coming my way . A New Jersey State Trooper pulled up behind me and got out of the car. Great, just what I need.

After checking my documents he asked me if I knew how fast I was going. I said I didn't know, but I figured I'd be straight with him and told him it was maxxed out. Then he said something that totally blew me away. He told me that he just bought a bike like mine, and was wondering what it could do!!! Apparently, he was just getting set up fifteen miles back, and hadn't yet turned on the radar when I came by. He gave me a written warning for "excessive acceleration" and told me to slow down a little.


August 1991. My girlfriend (now wife) and I were cruising up I-75 just north of Tampa, Florida in my almost new VW Jetta. The little lady was totally engrossed in her Stephen King paperback. The weather was perfect and the road was nearly empty. I turned the volume up on my Escort radar detector and eased her up to 110 MPH. I was enjoying the ride for a while when suddenly, it felt like a gust of wind hit us. When I looked in the rear-view mirror my eyes almost popped out of my head. A two-tone brown Mustang with a cherry on the roof was on my rear bumper . Great, a close encounter with the Florida Highway Patrol. Just what I need.

It turned out that the cop was an ex-Jersey guy. After informing me that the state of Florida is the last place in the world you'd want to get a big-time speeding ticket he let me off with a warning.


There's a few more, but these are definitely the top two!

Wasting gas by speeding. Goofy but this was in AZ so you have to take that into account.

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- You can pray for me, I'll think for you.
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