Exhibition of Speed.....
06-23-2014, 02:42 AM
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Exhibition of Speed..... So I was driving on the way to the movie theater with the wife and cruising in the left lane passing some slower traffic. I was doing about 65 in a 65 so all is good.
I look in my rear view and see a fast approaching car behind me, so I pull to the middle lane to let him pass. Well, he doesn't. He slows down into my blind spot, what an *******! Now I'm approaching traffic in front of me and slow down to about 60 to let this ******* in my blindspot pass. He slow's down too. Ugh.
**** you asshat, I signal left (I don't pass on the right), drop it to third (I could've grabbed second at this speed) and give it some of that go go pedal juice (about 80%). I merge left, pass the car in front of me, and look in my rear view mirror and see red and blue lights. Ugh....
Yeah, the asshat in my blind spot was a cop running my plates. I punched it away from him while he was running my plates. Damnit!
So, I pull over and he tells me he pulled me over for "exhibition of speed". I say "yup". We are both noticeably mad at each other according to my wife in the passenger seat.
Cop: Why did you do that?
Me: Because you were riding in my blind spot; I pulled over to let you pass, but you stayed in my blind spot. I was approaching traffic and needed to get around.
Cop: Calm down, I was running your plates. That's why I stayed in your blind spot.
Me: Well, people riding in blind spots cause accidents and I was trying to avoid a dangerous situation.
Cop: Licence, Insurance, and proof of registration. You could have just slowed down more.
Me: (I give him my info), you're right, but that too causes accidents with traffic behind us.
Cop: I'm going to run this (my licence and all that), wait here.
Cop: (returns from patrol car with citation) I'm going to let you off with a warning, next time slow down and be more careful. Please sign here (hands me the warning).
Me: Will do.
So, in summary, I punched it away from a cop and got off with a warning. Damnit, I knew I should've played the lottery today.....
I look in my rear view and see a fast approaching car behind me, so I pull to the middle lane to let him pass. Well, he doesn't. He slows down into my blind spot, what an *******! Now I'm approaching traffic in front of me and slow down to about 60 to let this ******* in my blindspot pass. He slow's down too. Ugh.
**** you asshat, I signal left (I don't pass on the right), drop it to third (I could've grabbed second at this speed) and give it some of that go go pedal juice (about 80%). I merge left, pass the car in front of me, and look in my rear view mirror and see red and blue lights. Ugh....
Yeah, the asshat in my blind spot was a cop running my plates. I punched it away from him while he was running my plates. Damnit!
So, I pull over and he tells me he pulled me over for "exhibition of speed". I say "yup". We are both noticeably mad at each other according to my wife in the passenger seat.
Cop: Why did you do that?
Me: Because you were riding in my blind spot; I pulled over to let you pass, but you stayed in my blind spot. I was approaching traffic and needed to get around.
Cop: Calm down, I was running your plates. That's why I stayed in your blind spot.
Me: Well, people riding in blind spots cause accidents and I was trying to avoid a dangerous situation.
Cop: Licence, Insurance, and proof of registration. You could have just slowed down more.
Me: (I give him my info), you're right, but that too causes accidents with traffic behind us.
Cop: I'm going to run this (my licence and all that), wait here.
Cop: (returns from patrol car with citation) I'm going to let you off with a warning, next time slow down and be more careful. Please sign here (hands me the warning).
Me: Will do.
So, in summary, I punched it away from a cop and got off with a warning. Damnit, I knew I should've played the lottery today.....
06-23-2014, 01:22 PM
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I got lucky. I guess he agreed with my reasoning for doing it. I didn't know he was a cop when I punched it, and I wasn't speeding before hand either. To top it all off my car numbers from the track are still on the windows. So maybe he realized I actually race at the track and was honestly trying to avoid a potential accident.
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06-24-2014, 08:37 AM
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Cop was being a bit of a *** from the sounds of it. I've done similar stuff before and the cops have either just given me "the look" or followed me to see if I was gonna do something else or if that was it. IMO the cop was just looking for a reason to pull you over and run your info. Are you black? Was it late afternoon when the drunks start to hit the road?
06-24-2014, 06:19 PM
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Cop was being a bit of a *** from the sounds of it. I've done similar stuff before and the cops have either just given me "the look" or followed me to see if I was gonna do something else or if that was it. IMO the cop was just looking for a reason to pull you over and run your info. Are you black? Was it late afternoon when the drunks start to hit the road?
He was trying to do his job, running my plates, for no reason, while riding in my blind spot, doing 5 under the speed limit, in the passing lane. Cops should be pulling people over for exactly what this cop was doing.
I'm honestly surprised he let me off with a warning. The wife was telling me to fight the ticket before the cop came back with a warning. We were both expecting him to write a ticket.
06-24-2014, 06:44 PM
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Not Black, I'm Hawaiian, but am mistaken for Mexican all the time here in Southern Arizona. It was late at night, 10 pm, and I have tinted windows. Normally my car is ignored by cops. don't think it was profiling.
He was trying to do his job, running my plates, for no reason, while riding in my blind spot, doing 5 under the speed limit, in the passing lane. Cops should be pulling people over for exactly what this cop was doing.
When I learned how to ride motorcycle's I learned to slow down (not break check, just let off the gas) to let the tailgater pass. Which is what I did here. He didn't, so I gunned it. Put's distance between me and the dangerous driver (the tailgater/blind spot rider) and keeps me away from his inevitable accident. And all my accident claims are from when my cars were parked.
I'm honestly surprised he let me off with a warning. The wife was telling me to fight the ticket before the cop came back with a warning. We were both expecting him to write a ticket.
He was trying to do his job, running my plates, for no reason, while riding in my blind spot, doing 5 under the speed limit, in the passing lane. Cops should be pulling people over for exactly what this cop was doing.
When I learned how to ride motorcycle's I learned to slow down (not break check, just let off the gas) to let the tailgater pass. Which is what I did here. He didn't, so I gunned it. Put's distance between me and the dangerous driver (the tailgater/blind spot rider) and keeps me away from his inevitable accident. And all my accident claims are from when my cars were parked.
I'm honestly surprised he let me off with a warning. The wife was telling me to fight the ticket before the cop came back with a warning. We were both expecting him to write a ticket.
06-24-2014, 08:59 PM
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I rarely get pulled over. I'm sure if I didn't punch it he would've left me alone, as they normally do. I'm a law abiding tax paying veteran.
Isn't that what the race tracks do? Good point, LOL.
Officially he called it "Speed greater than reasonable and prudent". Basically, a generic way of saying he thinks I was accelerating too fast. Easily fightable in court, especially with my wife present; witness. Probably why he gave me a warning and not a ticket.