got the thumbs up from a cop today. while "speeding" ... Options

[SirAndy]

on my way up to thunderhill raceway today. for those of you familiar with the drive, right when you get off 80 onto 505, 505 has really nice and smooth new pavement for the first 15 miles or so.

speed limit is 70. i was doing 75, going over a small hill and the cop was sitting on the side on his motorcycle with the radargun in his hand.

a few miles down the road, i see him coming up on me from behind. he stays behind my car for a mile or two, then pulls up next to me and gives me the thumbs up! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/thumb3d.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

while i was still going 75 ...
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) Andy

[jaybird840]

I can't speak for all cops, but I don't always stop everyone I clock speeding. Sometimes we have no choice as the city council or administration says "go write tickets there..." I am generally more concerned with unsafe driving, than someone going a few miles over. I am not a motorcycle cop, however. Traffic enforcement is all they do... good luck getting so much as a warning out of them. If you do, count yourself among the lucky. In most major cities (like mine), cops are much more concerned with catching real crooks than writing speeding tickets. Traffic stops are a means to catching these crooks. My son in law, also a cop, just took 300g of Methamphetamine off of a guy for a busted headlight. I've taken several pounds of weed off a guy for an expired registration sticker.... That's what we're really after. Last bit of advice... don't ask for a warning--the cop's already made up his mind usually. Tears from a female are also an instant ticket from me. Just my $0.02.

--Jaybird

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[byndbad914]

... Traffic stops are a means to catching these crooks. My son in law, also a cop, just took 300g of Methamphetamine off of a guy for a busted headlight. I've taken several pounds of weed off a guy for an expired registration sticker.... That's what we're really after.

the VC is yo' PC (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) My best friend is a Long Beach cop, can ya tell? And you know you can just "tell" which car needs a VC stop if you catch my drift.

Last bit of advice... don't ask for a warning--the cop's already made up his mind usually. Tears from a female are also an instant ticket from me. Just my $0.02.

again, same thing my friend says. The water works really gets him going too - if they start that I think he starts looking for a reason to hook 'em in fact (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

I suspect somehow maybe that cop just wanted to check out Andy's car... could be another teener cop out there! Back years ago I had a 1970 Mustang fastback that was, to say the least, obnoxious. One night I was on a somewhat desolate street in Irvine, CA and decided to click off a quarter mile. I was hardly done with my tire-roasting 60 ft launch and I saw the cop car come flying. He reamed me a bit, then asked about the car, yadda yadda and ends up complimenting me on the nice burn-out and patting the window sill as he walked back to the car. Some guys get it, some are cops for penis issues. Sounds like there are three cops out there that get it Jaybird (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif)