Jersey_TA

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So I try sleeping since it's 1 am and I couldn't fall asleep. I get up, hop on the computer and check the forums and the weather for tomorrow. Since it's supposed to be rain I decided hey, why not take the car out for a spin. So I hop in the vette and roll down rt. 38 on my way to a wawa for coffee to keep me occupied for the ride home. I just pass over 295 and the first light I come to turns yellow. Now I'm traveling at 53 mph and was borderline on either slamming on the brakes, or planting the gas to make the light. I opted to plant it, car comes alive and I go blazing through the intersection at 75+ making it before the red. There's a gas station on the left tucked away at the light(comes into play later). Immediately after the intersection I slow back down and set the cruise at 53. I look in the rear view a half mile later and I see headlights in the distance coming up FAST. As he gets closer I make out those headlights you do not want to see behind you.....it's a cop. He's about 10 feet off my bumper for a whole 3 seconds and bam...the lights got on. I put the turn signal on and pull over to the shoulder. I turn the car off, roll the window down, and put both hands on the steering wheel. The cop walks up (I can hear on his radio, I'll be there in a minute) and it goes a little like this.....

Cop-Hi, I'm officer*****, license, reg, insur please.
Me-here ya go
Cop-Do you have a NJ driver's license?
Me-No
Cop-Why not?
Me-because I'm stationed here for the military
Cop-Oh ok. What branch?
Me-the air force
Cop-Where you coming from?
Me-My house in browns mills.
Cop-Have you been drinking?
Me-I definitely haven't been drinking?
Cop-Where you headed?
Me-No where, just out for a drive.
Cop-(looks at me funny, like WTF are you going for a drive for at 1 am)
Me-I do that sometimes
Cop-Ok, do you have a current ins. card?
Me-wait, that's not the right one?
Cop-No, it expired 4 days ago
Me-(F*** on the inside while looking for it)I don't have the current one.
Cop-Ok, I'll be right back.

(at this point I think I'm screwed and getting tickets for 75+ in a 50, and failure to provide documents)
Another cop car shows up. Cop walks back up a few minutes later.

Cop-Here you go. I'm going to go ahead and give you a verbal warning because I respect the military.
Me-Thank you, I HIGHLY appreciate it.
Cop-You didn't see 3 cop cars sitting back there at the gas station?
Me-I definitely didn't see you all sitting back there.
Cop-Alright, have a good night.
Me-Thank you, sorry about that.

Luckily I was driving the vette. I'm sure I would have been arrested if I was in the T/A.

THANK YOU GOD

Bowtie Boy

Heck I woulda just pulled you over to say nice car! If I was a cop.

DocEwww

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As soon as I saw the thread title I was thinking "oh **** Rob probably got in some trouble with the T/A". I don't even take my T/A out late anymore because I'm scared of running into the wrong cop.

Thats awesome you ran into a pretty cool cop. You do know its illegal to speed up to make a light right? He could have given you at least 3 tickets.

ULTIMATEORANGESS

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75 through a yellow light with no ins. card. ROFL. man you got a big time break. did you find your card at home? be glad it wasnt a state trooper though they might take your military service into consideration too.

Jersey_TA

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Yeah I know. For some reason I felt like I was being watched when I did it after I slowed down. There were ALOT of cops out last night too. I must have seen atleast 6 people pulled over.

Jersey_TA

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Yep, It was sitting in my truck. I took them both out to put them in the cars when I got them and got side tracked cleaning the truck.

jrocs00z28

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you my friend are a lucky man lol. by the way what township?

Jersey_TA

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Mount Laurel I think

jrocs00z28

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dude if so you got really lucky I HATE mt. laurel. i have a ticket i have to pay for that was a result of me making a defensive manover to get out of the way of a jackass that hoped over infront of me and slammed on there brakes to make a turn as soon as they got in front of me. cop gave me a unsafe lane change ticket for it. and this all happened right infront of the cop so he saw everything. especially the jackass move the guy did

CJDZ24_Z28

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lol i feel safer from tickets driving my Corvette than the TA for some reason also

chemicalstylez

WS6s have ticket written all over it. my friend in his vette gets away with everything!

LS1LT1

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I agree on the 'Corvette being less prone to traffic tickets than the F-body' thing LOL but I believe that it was more Rob's military ID than did the trick in this particular instance, and justifiably so.

Fedge

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I'm glad you didn't get the tickets...that would have sucked!

DevilDougWS6

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haha, i get nailed around ft dix more than i do at home. dunno why but always get let off with a warning. the military thing works i guess.