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

 

How about "THANK YOU OFFICER"......Thanks for what you do.

 

 

Thanks guys I got a new plate when I registered with the american flag on it saying (united we stand). It fits the car and my attitude perfect.

 

where at on rt. 38 were you at?? it sounds like you were in mount laurel??

eric

 

Yep, I was in mount laurel. If you go passed 295 towards moorestown I was not even a mile away from 295

 

WARNING>> there are cops around that area of rt 38 all the time!! i only live 2 minutes from there. i'm glad you got out of getting a ticket just be more careful around that area of rt 38!! i see people getting pulled over all the time, i always slow down when i get near briggs road and hartford road..mount laurel cops like to hide on both sides of rt 38.

eric

 

Yeah I know. I'm usually only going 53 down 38 just for that reason. They were sitting on the side of that gas station where I couldn't see them. On my way back to that area I passed one hiding in that luk oil gas station in the fenced in area....sneaky sneaky lol. I was going to wave lol.

 

like i said both sides of rt 38 they hide, after 10 p.m. at night i always see somebody pulled over. i've been lucky so far since buying the vette! i've not been pulled over!! KNOCK ON WOOD!

eric

 

jinx lol j/k

 

 

you don't have to kiss *** to get out of a ticket if the officer is nice be nice back...if he's a dick than be a dick back. there are good cops and bad cops!

eric

 

See I'm always nice to even the JO cops. Even though I'm young I've had my fair share of run ins with LEO's. Always be respectful, and just agree with what they say. I've been screamed at by cops and still gotten out of tickets. Sometimes they will be courteous, others they will tell you to stop driving like an *******. Also, if you do have a PBA card, never give it to them right away with your license and reg. They don't like that at all.

 

Thank God!!!!

 

it really depends on the cop..i've caught brakes before and i've gotten dogged by certain cops. whenever i get pulled over and a cop is cool with me i always consider myself lucky

eric

 

I hear ya Eric... I think most of the time I get lucky because my brother in-law is a Sgt. in the city I live in, and I also have family LEO's in PA. Now I just need to spread the seed to DE and MD

 

And I am always courteous to Mr. LEO, even if he's planning on giving me a ticket. That way if I go to court and talk to Mr. prosecutor about reducing the ticket to a lesser charge (one with no points), he talks it over to Mr. LEO who remembers that I was not a dick and very courteous. Has worked many times in the past. I will pay any fine and court costs (usually this is all they want, revenue) but keeps my driving record point free.

 

You where lucky use to live around there stationed at the airbase, and the cops are ***?.

 

Says the guy with the 180mph avatar Marc, we might have a little modding day at pete's. Interested in coming? I need to change the oil, check the tranny fluid, change the front brakes, and possibly do a shifter install.

 

When at Pete's?

And remember that the high speed run was on a CLOSED ROAD by the state police