Interestingly enough...a few weeks ago, I was on the Highway around 7pm... mild traffic (for that time of day), and was cruzing around 100mph-- when I came up on a cop, he was doing about 88mph. (The posted limit was 65). Well, naturally, I slowed down and started pacing him. He gradually picked up speed...90...95...100-- I figured hell, I'll keep my distance and pace him (citizens arrest, you know!). Well, I gradually crept on up on, now about 2-3 car length back, and he's doing 104mph. I noticed its an older sherrif (maybe 50yrs old), just cruzing along with a passanger in the backseat. Well, he slows to about 90-95ish, and I get over to the middle lane. Slowly, I creep up, and were pretty much next to him... I'm 'ignoring' him at this point (well, acting like it anyway). We approach traffic, and he has cars in the left lane so he slows to ~80-85ish (typical speeds for the highway), I keep on going 90-95ish...and actually picked up speed back to about 100. He kept up a little, but never persued, and didn't seem to mind either.

I figured well hell, if he was gunna bust me, he would have done so when I was pacing him at 100+. Besides, I figured my lawyer would get me outta in on entrapment, or something.

So, with my dice in hand, I rolled... buh-bye. Kinda exciting... stupid probably, but exciting non-the-less.

-- Aaron
p.s. I have no real 'topic' to this, just an interesting event.

 

You were probably pacing a rent-a-deputy. (No disrespect intended to any law enforcement types.) Here in Rowan County, NC the sheriff trains temp-deputies for prisoner transport. Although real cops they generally couldn't care less about speeders. They just want to deliver and get home again. It's easy money. My buddy used to do it.

 

Aaron-

You are one crazy dude.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by CRitchie
[B]You were probably pacing a rent-a-deputy.

 

what can he pull you over for....doing what he is doing? i'd wait for him to write himself a ticket before i accepted my own

 

104? Musta been a Crown Vic.

 

Actually, they can give you a ticket. I read an interesting article awhile back where a retired officer basically did the same thing at less speed, and received a ticket for it. He tried to fight it in court, and lost. The judge said that you have no idea what the officer is doing or where he is headed, and he doesn't have to have his lights on either.

So you would probably be SOL if he did pull you over.

ERIK

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by erik
[B]Actually, they can give you a ticket.

 

MY brother was an SP in the USAF. He said they had three response codes.

1. Get there as fast as you can without lights or siren.
2. Get there as fast as you can with lights but no siren.

(Can you guess #3)

3. Get there as fast as you can with lights and siren.

 

If he was transporting a suspect in the back of his car, he won't pull you over. Though he may use that radio thingy to call a friend.