Got a ticket while being paced?!?
Melting Slicks
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From: "No matter where you go... there you are"...."You cannot drive a dollar bill". ...and remember... "D
Wow..I can't believe you went here with that post and your avatar.. I was LEO for 15 yrs, father was retired USMC 25 yrs and brother active duty Navy Fighter Pilot..I guess I'm a d!ck as you put it. Cops do far more than write speeding tickets. I see from your profile you were the youngest person to buy a Corvette from the dealership you purchased from. I hope you bought a bag of maturity to go with it. God help us if you are still active duty!! Pure ingorance!!
Instructor
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Well Bubba....I won't tell you to man up....but how about taking responsibility for ones action?....Wow and you have made yourself look pretty silly....ie....I know a lot of cops who drive bad.....jeeze guys like you that group LEO's as Hypoctites/revenue makers are just... well hypocrites. I suppose that you have never broken a law or driven badly......BTW... I live in Tucson and woud be happy to have a cup of coffee and talk this over with you......
I'll take you up on the cup of coffee as soon as I get back from Afghanistan.
Melting Slicks
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From: "No matter where you go... there you are"...."You cannot drive a dollar bill". ...and remember... "D
I don't deny speeding. Which is why I'd never be able to give tickets to people for doing something that I regularly do. My point is that if you're going to be a traffic cop, at least set the good example. Don't be a DEA agent if you're like to smoke pot. Don't be a Doctor if you're going to eat fatty foods and smoke and drink and do all the things you tell your patients not to do. Don't be a Fire Marshal if you're a pyromaniac. You know, hypocritical things.
I'll take you up on the cup of coffee as soon as I get back from Afghanistan.
I'll take you up on the cup of coffee as soon as I get back from Afghanistan.
Burning Brakes
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From: Warwick NY
The bottom line is there are good and bad in all professions. I'm retired and In my 35 years on the job in the public sector I've met both, but the majority are the good. I now have a son that's on the job and as a father I worry every day He's out there. Yes there is a lot of pressure to raise revenue and as we all have driven on the roads today they don't really have to write anything bogus. The kid got caught, asked advice, and hopefully learned his lesson? I've followed this thread and commented as others have. Some I agree with and others not. But I do take offence when people make comments that generalize a profession.
I"m also a Viet Nam vet and as a 18 year old kid "Had to man up" Enough said!
I"m also a Viet Nam vet and as a 18 year old kid "Had to man up" Enough said!
Le Mans Master
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From: Cumming, GA
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Makes me want to get current again and take the flight school's Diamond DA-20 up for a spin. Flying's expensive!--but we can fly low to the ground in our Vettes (but watch for cops!).
Intermediate
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From: morrisville nc
first your lucky u and anybody else didnt get hurt or killed 2nd 30 over the speed limit he gave u a break he could of impounded your car and taken u to jail but i would try to fight the points on your license the judge may not b so forgiven
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From: Riverside CA
I love golf and planes, When I'm in an EZ-Go cart at El Prado, we get strafed by that very same P-51 out of Chino. Too cool!
Makes me want to get current again and take the flight school's Diamond DA-20 up for a spin. Flying's expensive!--but we can fly low to the ground in our Vettes (but watch for cops!).
Makes me want to get current again and take the flight school's Diamond DA-20 up for a spin. Flying's expensive!--but we can fly low to the ground in our Vettes (but watch for cops!).
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From: Monroe WA
Sounds as if the officer did a odometer pace on you and thats why it took 10 miles. odometer pace is when the officer sets his speed at say 10 over the limit and watches you as you pass a land mark such as a road sign. He then holds his speed as he passes the land mark and sees that he is .1 tenth behind you. He then waits for you to pass another land mark and continues to hold his speed until he passes the land mark. You are now .2 tenths ahead of him. He now knows you are at a minimum of 10 over the limit. He can then increase his speed to 20 over the limit and start the checks all over again. I learned this over 37 years ago working a desert area. Using this method you can even lose sight of the speeding vehicle as long as you maintain a steady speed. It worked well in catching the "professional" speeder. Don't know if this is what happened to you, but it might explain the 10 mile pace.
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From: Atascadero California
- whatever you said - 
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I am damned glad they have our back 24/7.
Racer
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From: Riverside CA
Think of what cops do everyday of their lives. No wonder some of them have attitudes. How would you like to deal with idiots and death as much as they do? Their lives are on the line so much more than firemen yet we worship firemen. Firemen can weigh the options before going into a burning building. Cops are much more likely to face a gun. I see cops as the heros in our lives.
Drifting
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From: wolfeboro nh
In a pack of Vettes here in the Hill Country Cruise, most were going way faster than me at 125MPH. I also know officers of the law that routinely go quite fast. And finally, no, 90MPH is not that fast in Texas. When I drive on I35 or I45 I see people passing me constantly going 90.
In LA I was going 80 and still had 2/3rd of the traffic passing me constantly.
How fast I've driven doesn't matter, but some of the comments here about how 90 is stupid strike me quite strange as at least in Texas and California, it seem about average.
In LA I was going 80 and still had 2/3rd of the traffic passing me constantly.
How fast I've driven doesn't matter, but some of the comments here about how 90 is stupid strike me quite strange as at least in Texas and California, it seem about average.
Drifting
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From: wolfeboro nh
Think of what cops do everyday of their lives. No wonder some of them have attitudes. How would you like to deal with idiots and death as much as they do? Their lives are on the line so much more than firemen yet we worship firemen. Firemen can weigh the options before going into a burning building. Cops are much more likely to face a gun. I see cops as the heros in our lives.
Drifting
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From: wolfeboro nh
I don't deny speeding. Which is why I'd never be able to give tickets to people for doing something that I regularly do. My point is that if you're going to be a traffic cop, at least set the good example. Don't be a DEA agent if you're like to smoke pot. Don't be a Doctor if you're going to eat fatty foods and smoke and drink and do all the things you tell your patients not to do. Don't be a Fire Marshal if you're a pyromaniac. You know, hypocritical things.
I'll take you up on the cup of coffee as soon as I get back from Afghanistan.
I'll take you up on the cup of coffee as soon as I get back from Afghanistan.
Le Mans Master
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When I was much younger I did a lot of mountain climbing. It wasn't even called an "extreme sport" back then. I still don't consider it a sport. What does this have to do with the topic at hand.
Well, there are risks and there are rewards that come with taking risks. Climbing is risky but the rewards can be immense. You climb, or sky dive, or race cars....whatever.....and you accept that fate might single you out to be the one out of many who pays a price.
You drive over 90 in a 60? Well, for many there are rewards in this. Personally, I don't like to drive sustained periods at high speed. Too many idiots on the road ahead of me etc. I just like the ole zero to sixty type action etc.
Just offhand I'd say you broke the law, you did it knowingly, and you got caught. "How" the officer "did" you is of no matter and not yours to argue ( IMO of course ).
Around here, and in many jurisdictions I believe, that speed would get you arrested along with having a pile of citations and huge fines.
That's how mountaineering fits into the picture.....risk/reward. You play the game and you have to be willing to lose a hand or two every so often.
That's all. Stay safe.
Well, there are risks and there are rewards that come with taking risks. Climbing is risky but the rewards can be immense. You climb, or sky dive, or race cars....whatever.....and you accept that fate might single you out to be the one out of many who pays a price.
You drive over 90 in a 60? Well, for many there are rewards in this. Personally, I don't like to drive sustained periods at high speed. Too many idiots on the road ahead of me etc. I just like the ole zero to sixty type action etc.
Just offhand I'd say you broke the law, you did it knowingly, and you got caught. "How" the officer "did" you is of no matter and not yours to argue ( IMO of course ).
Around here, and in many jurisdictions I believe, that speed would get you arrested along with having a pile of citations and huge fines.
That's how mountaineering fits into the picture.....risk/reward. You play the game and you have to be willing to lose a hand or two every so often.
That's all. Stay safe.
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Well, there are risks and there are rewards that come with taking risks. Climbing is risky but the rewards can be immense. You climb, or sky dive, or race cars....whatever.....and you accept that fate might single you out to be the one out of many who pays a price.
You drive over 90 in a 60? Well, for many there are rewards in this. Personally, I don't like to drive sustained periods at high speed. Too many idiots on the road ahead of me etc. I just like the ole zero to sixty type action etc.
That's how mountaineering fits into the picture.....risk/reward. You play the game and you have to be willing to lose a hand or two every so often.
You drive over 90 in a 60? Well, for many there are rewards in this. Personally, I don't like to drive sustained periods at high speed. Too many idiots on the road ahead of me etc. I just like the ole zero to sixty type action etc.
That's how mountaineering fits into the picture.....risk/reward. You play the game and you have to be willing to lose a hand or two every so often.
Drifting
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From: wolfeboro nh
You climb a mountain, skydive, race, whatever; you take risks and get rewards. That is true. But you also do not expose innocent folks minding their own business to the dangers arising out of your risk-taking, like doing 90 in a 60 zone. That risk/reward should be on the track.
