Profiled this morning
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From: Haymarket VA
Profiled this morning
It's a nice morning here in Northern VA so I had the top down/tunes up on my way to work at 5:30am. I'm just cruising along WITH traffic at 65 MPH on Route 66. The speed limit had just changed from 65 to 55 but everyone was going at least 65. I'm maintaining a proper distance from the car in front of me. A VA police Mororist Assistance Expedition pulls up next to me and hits his siren and angrily motions for ME to slow down. I slow down and watch the rest of the traffic pull away pretty quickly, obviously going 65 or better.
Couldn't be a more obvious case of profiling. At least it was because I was driving the nicest car on the road. Unfair as it is I guess we should expect it.
Couldn't be a more obvious case of profiling. At least it was because I was driving the nicest car on the road. Unfair as it is I guess we should expect it.
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From: Sterling VA
Originally Posted by Gray Ghost
I live in the DC area and I am really glad I don't have to commute on Rt 66
Anyway, the pseudo-cop was probably just trying to get a good look at the Vette.
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Hey, neighbor! I do the I66 dance every morning myself, and fortunately, whenever I see the blue-light special, he's already engaged somebody else. It does sound like he was spotlighting you out of the crowd, though.
I must ask, however, knowing how most of these early-morning idiots love to travel in PACKS going the SAME SPEED, did you do any bobbin' and weavin' to get around 'em? I know good and well I do, and usually from the time I get on 66, to when I exit at 50, all the way down into Rossly, and across Rt 110. Don't get me wrong, I don't blast past people doing 65 and up, but the packs ususally travel at about 53 and take up all 3 lanes.
If you were, that may have been his probable cause. I know it's just a matter of time before I get red-flagged.
I must ask, however, knowing how most of these early-morning idiots love to travel in PACKS going the SAME SPEED, did you do any bobbin' and weavin' to get around 'em? I know good and well I do, and usually from the time I get on 66, to when I exit at 50, all the way down into Rossly, and across Rt 110. Don't get me wrong, I don't blast past people doing 65 and up, but the packs ususally travel at about 53 and take up all 3 lanes.
If you were, that may have been his probable cause. I know it's just a matter of time before I get red-flagged.
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From: Haymarket VA
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There is this stretch of 66 right around 7100 where there are ALWAYS representatives of the law enforcement community. Of course, this is right where the speed drops to 55 and these ever vigilant ladies and gentlemen use this as an excellent opportunity to ping folks for reckless. Of course, the aforementioned packs of wild minivans and Camrys keep our intrepid members of the law enforcement community from being able to continue to support the state budget in the manner they've become accustomed to. Therefore a foul mood ensues, which in turn leads to the frustration boiling over into overly zealous profiling of visibly innocent Corvettes.
Oh yeah, this is also why I stay away from 66 and take the Toll Road.
Oh yeah, this is also why I stay away from 66 and take the Toll Road.
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From: Haymarket VA
Originally Posted by wit2pz
Hey, neighbor! I do the I66 dance every morning myself, and fortunately, whenever I see the blue-light special, he's already engaged somebody else. It does sound like he was spotlighting you out of the crowd, though.
I must ask, however, knowing how most of these early-morning idiots love to travel in PACKS going the SAME SPEED, did you do any bobbin' and weavin' to get around 'em? I know good and well I do, and usually from the time I get on 66, to when I exit at 50, all the way down into Rossly, and across Rt 110. Don't get me wrong, I don't blast past people doing 65 and up, but the packs ususally travel at about 53 and take up all 3 lanes.
If you were, that may have been his probable cause. I know it's just a matter of time before I get red-flagged.
I must ask, however, knowing how most of these early-morning idiots love to travel in PACKS going the SAME SPEED, did you do any bobbin' and weavin' to get around 'em? I know good and well I do, and usually from the time I get on 66, to when I exit at 50, all the way down into Rossly, and across Rt 110. Don't get me wrong, I don't blast past people doing 65 and up, but the packs ususally travel at about 53 and take up all 3 lanes.
If you were, that may have been his probable cause. I know it's just a matter of time before I get red-flagged.
This was not a whine but simply relating a story. If I get caught doing something - so be it. I've read comments about profiling here and to be honest some of those were begging to be "profiled" (80 in a 50, street racing, etc) but this morning had I been in my DD I'm quite sure that I would have been invisible.
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From: Clarksville TN
Doing 85 in a 70 going down I24 to work in Nashville in my F150 never resulted in a ticket, but now that I am driving a vette I feel that I need to go slower so that I don't invite a ticket...of course sometimes you just have to let the others now that you are the king.
Maybe our rookie from mall security thought that he was turning on the radio when he hit his siren...
Maybe our rookie from mall security thought that he was turning on the radio when he hit his siren...
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From: springfield va
I drive the beltway from springfield to gaithersburg every day (shoot me!). I sometimes drive the vette but that hasn't happened to me .. yet. I totally understand what you mean about DC Metro drivers.. I've been doing my commute for 26 years
Sounds like someone wanted to feel important that morning.. Kinda stupid of you ask me. I don't have any thing against legit law enforcement ..but.. this area is awash with bad drivers and speed is a minor contributer to the problem. It's no wonder that the DC ranked #1 in accidents amoung cities nation wide in a recent study. Some surrounding jurisdictions ranked 3-5th.
Sounds like someone wanted to feel important that morning.. Kinda stupid of you ask me. I don't have any thing against legit law enforcement ..but.. this area is awash with bad drivers and speed is a minor contributer to the problem. It's no wonder that the DC ranked #1 in accidents amoung cities nation wide in a recent study. Some surrounding jurisdictions ranked 3-5th.
