Speeding tickets
Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2006
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From: backwoods upstate ny
sure--cops are human too.
really, cops are taught to look for ''heavy'' cars...a stock ,slow moving car likely won't register as a heavy.... but wild paint, spoilers all over, loud pipes, driving aggressively--comes up as ''enemy''
really, cops are taught to look for ''heavy'' cars...a stock ,slow moving car likely won't register as a heavy.... but wild paint, spoilers all over, loud pipes, driving aggressively--comes up as ''enemy''
Race Director
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From: Behind The Redwood Curtain, The State of Jefferson
I believe I've seen a cop hit his brakes because my car looks fast, until he saw his radar. Maybe there is a perk to all show and no go, cuz if I was going... ya know 
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2005
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From: Lowell Arkansas
I've had mine for a year and as far as I can tell the cops seem to like the red vette. Yes they notice it but they understand why it seems to be sideways.....cause its fun to drive! No tickets yet with lots of fun time so far. I haven't had the crap beat out of me by a cop in years.
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From: SCMR Rat Pack'r Charter Member..Great Bend KS
I first I was going to say "no...because I've only been pulled over twice in three years/20K miles."
Then I realized that I've only been pulled over once in six years/70K miles in my white VW....so, maybe a red Vette really is a cop magnet.
Larry
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Then I realized that I've only been pulled over once in six years/70K miles in my white VW....so, maybe a red Vette really is a cop magnet.
Larry
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Drifting
Joined: May 2004
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From: Port McNicoll Ontario
I was going to say that the police leave me alone but I thought my luck would change as soon as I typed it so I won't say that.
I will say that I have had cars that drew much more attention by police but it could have been that every second I spent behind the wheel in my 81 camaro I was a complete idiot. I'm only like that once in a while now.
I will say that I have had cars that drew much more attention by police but it could have been that every second I spent behind the wheel in my 81 camaro I was a complete idiot. I'm only like that once in a while now.
Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2005
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From: Central Maryland
Probably a bit, but it has more to do with how you're driving than what you're driving.
I'm not gonna sneak up on anybody in my Torch Red, chrome-wheeled, barely-muffled Corvette, but I haven't been stopped yet after nearly two years and 14K miles in this car.
Be well,
SJW
I'm not gonna sneak up on anybody in my Torch Red, chrome-wheeled, barely-muffled Corvette, but I haven't been stopped yet after nearly two years and 14K miles in this car.
Be well,
SJW
Le Mans Master
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From: Santa Teresa New Mexico
Originally Posted by Tommy T-Bone
Pretty girl and a plain girl sitting at the bar. Which one is getting your attention?
10 Corvettes, from LA, to Portland Oregon, 0 tickets, 0 stops.
Oregon State Police did stop to offer help when the car blew a tire south of Portland.