Donut munchin' bastards!

 

I received a lot more attention from the police in the C3 I had than I do in my C5. Even then, I was only given written warnings, never a ticket. Maybe they are less interested now because I drive a convertible and they can see my gray hair.

 

So, you're not aware of the "Corvette" switch on radar guns I take it? I hear it's right next to the "Driving While Black" switch.

 

 

No problems around where I live - very few cops. And the local highway is a 70, with most folks doing 5-10 over, I just go with the flow. And a grey car (well, unpolished silver to be exact) does not hit them in the eye.

When I go into the DC 'burbs, I see a lot of slammed and tinted Civics, etc., pulled over. One night I was driving through that area and took off from a light but backed off at the limit. Car comes up behind, and I get the spotlight through my window. Cop sees an adult white guy and takes off, waaay over the limit.

 

Day made before 9am

 

Most vette owners are old dudes.. Like me.. Cops generally don't hassle me at all. I have only got one speeding ticket in mine. Honestly I deserved it I was hauling the ***..

 

Happens to me all of the time.... I can't for the life of me figure out why?

 

I haven't had that happen yet!

 

 

Cops could care less about any color vette or any sports cars here in norcal, and if you have a Tesla like every other person you have an automatic free pass to do pretty much anything short of running over pedestrians. Cops put all their focus on the lowered civics, riced up bmw's, priuses and pickups.

 

LMFAO!!!!!


WINNER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was thinking something on the same line!

I've gotten more breaks form cops than hassles in any corvette that I've driven than other NORMAL cars.



My son came home on mid deployment break from his 13 Mo army tour in Mosel Iraq. He asked me if he could take the ZO6 out for a ride to his friends house?

Sure,,, NO PROBLEM!

On his way to his friends house, He passed a lady that was turning left using the shoulder/ break down lane. About a millisecond later, a town cop pulled him over and SIX radio cars pulled in and surrounded the car. (They must of thought he was going to RUN!)


Oh,,,,,, He looks like he 17 years old... Driving a 450 RWHP rumpaty rumpty cammed, lowered C5 ZO6,,

Oh,, ,,there's a switch for that too!!!

 

Those ****'S are "danger close" to that weapon.....
I wouldn't even allow my Terp to get that close to mine, and he was my lifeline while hunting bad guys...... God bless that boy of yours... I too have a son currently serving "Navy"... Oh, and I would not allow him to drive my Vette....

 

I agree, with Lee on this.
I moved to SoCal 1 1/2 years ago. I find the LEO's pay no more attention to me (in my C5) than others, probably less. Lots of way more exotic cars out here.

I did get 'Lasered' twice on the way down to Murrieta, to CMS, the other day. I think it was CHP on an overpass on I 15. But, I had the cruise set on 5 over, and that's not who they are looking for....

I've chatted with several Los Angelos County sheriffs deputies over coffee (at golf course cafe) about this. They say, generally, that they have way more important things to do, than look for Corvettes to harass. I get no feeling at all from these guys, that they are at all 'looking' for guys in C5 or Corvette generally.

I've had several instances over the years, and not one ticket in Corvettes, where Cops turn out to be just guys, who admire my C5 (or back when I had C4's), and will 'talk cars' with you if given the chance, rather than write tickets. Of course, as they used to say; if you walk up to MIke Tyson, with your chin sticking out, and dare him to hit you; well, we all know how that will turn out.....

I spent most of my adult life in Illinois before retiring and moving here. An Illinois State Trooper once told me, that he would never give a guy in a Corvette a ticket; unless he'd been drinking. He told me he's pulled several Corvettes over, just to 'slow em down a little', then send them on their way'. Then, he whipped out his wallet, and showed me a picture of his C5....

Don

 

Was VERY common in Pittsburgh, Pa. Very blue collar area, very typically lower income and SATURATED with small towns and 6 police towns. In Pa police are incentivized to run traffic (I worked for PD...this is fact), so they were rampant on me. I got pulled over 7 times in one summer...literally stopped driving my car.

Hence why I moved...it was literally that bad. I got pulled over by 6 police when driving a testarossa one evening. Two in a parking lot started following me about a half mile back...I saw them clearly, did the speed limit of course, etc...about 5 miles down the road a fleet of cops come from various directions and stop me. Accused me of running a red light, etc. I argued flat out, then all of a sudden they changed tune and started asking how I could afford the car and what I did for a living. I answered with a short tone then spoke to the fact I used to work for a local police dept and that I was in a hurry and wanted to know why I was stopped. They avoided the question then just said nice meeting me....****in bs.

I was stopped in my Z06 by a cop that was sitting in a parking lot with no vision to the road at all...he stopped me because he said it SOUNDED like I was speeding. Yet again, I cited that I used to work for the dept and that I'd never recalled someone being stopped for sounding like they were speeding. He laughed...yet again another person asks me how much the car costs and how I could afford such a machine. Consider the fact that part time police in that region avg 12-14 dollars per hour, so they compensate by writing traffic..and a lot of it.

I still have police friends to this day that say if you aren't profiling you aren't doing good police work.

 

I was by a local cop in my city

I had my car for less then a month, pulled out of my driveway seen him sitting in a parking lot as I pulled out so I was just putting along he pulled right out after me pulled me over about a mile later, usual "license & registration" as i handed it to him he asked me how long have you owned this "Chevy" i said about 3 weeks he went to his car about 5 minutes later returns and tells me you have no front plate and your windows are tinted wheres your front plate? I told him its in the trunk since its a corvette I really didn't want it on i see most corvettes dont have them on, then he said i was surprised you didn't get offended or try to correct me when I said "Chevy" most vette owners do, I replied well its is GM made so it dont bother me he laughed handed me my license and registration started to walk away so I asked him if I dont put my plate on we going to meet again? he said maybe, maybe not

thats been about 7 months ago I see him around but (knock on wood) still no front plate, something tells me if i was offended or did reply its a "Corvette" i'd have my front plate on and probably legal tint

so i do be leave that "some" officers do profile

 

I've not had any issues with the local police. I've got a few long looks, but it appeared to be more of an appreciation of a well kept performance car than anything else.
I have a lot of respect for the local police. It's a dirty job, high risk, low pay.

 

amazing skill you have there, knowing what the police are looking at.

 

I've never been stopped or pulled over. I want to keep it that way.

 

I've been driving Corvettes since 1968, and have never been pulled over, profiled, or hassled by any police officer. If you're getting checked a lot for speeding, you might want to take a look at your driving habits.