I had an amazing day at the race track yesterday.I was there to instruct a private student in a Porsche. Just before lunch a transporter arrives and unloads a Ginetta LMP3 car. WOW. It's pretty much the top of the food chain in race cars. The owner asks if I would like to take it for a few laps. It's on new tires.

Please Lord..don't strike me dead for at least a few more minutes. Ive driven a lot of cars..but nothing like this. Truly amazing.

On the way home, in my humble 20 year old SVT Focus, I see the blue lights behind me. I pull over and he follows me onto the shoulder. Damn. I get my license and registration out.
"You were doing 56 in a 35".
I apologize and explain I have been driving at over 150mph all day on track and 56 felt like I wasn't moving.Not an excuse..just a fact. He asks when my last ticket was. I say about 25 years ago. 5 minutes later he comes back to the car and says to take it easy through town, Mario. We both chuckle. Yes sir..thank you!

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Glad you did not get cited. Few weeks after moving here got pulled over for 45 in 35. Officer asked me it I knew how fast I was going, told him No Sir, just moved here and not familiar with speed limits. He told me its 35, 20 in School zone. Told him Ok and will watch my speed, let me go. IMHO if you have the blue with black stripe sticker on your vehicle it helps.

Several years ago, I wasn't paying attention and drove through a school zone at about 30 mph. Saw the LE facing the other direction look over his shoulder prior to making a U turn, so I pulled over and stopped.

First words were "Nobody stops before I hit my lights." I said I knew I blew the school zone and figured he would want to talk to me. Took my license and insurance. Came back without the ticket clipboard and remarked again about my pulling over and admitting my mistake. Handed back my paperwork and told me to have a nice day.

My wife said I used up my ticket karma for the rest of my life.

30 MPH in a school zone !!
Here in Nevada that would have been one very BIG fine.......
and maybe even wreak less driving tossed in, depending on what took place.
You were in deed, very lucky that the officer let you slide, on that one.

A school zone is my #1 place that I never speed through.

I used to own a Miata (2nd gen, 2000 year) and modified it quite a bit, full track suspension, supercharged. There's two really nice tracks within a couple hour's drive from home (VIR and Carolina Motorsports Park), and I did quite a few track days in the car. I always drove to and from the tracks, just put on my stickiest tires. When I'd leave for home, I made it a point to keep it in 3rd for at least the first ten-fifteen miles. I could run at or below the speed limit but it still sounded like I was doing 90+ in high gear, and as soon as it felt slow enough, I could finish the trip at a sane highway speed in 5th.

Lord, what I'd have done for a few laps in that Ginetta.

Driving an LMP car at speed would be one heck of an experience! As you said, pretty much the pinnacle of the sports car racing world. Which track were you at?

One thing I like about trailering the race car to the track... It's hard to go overly fast in the tow rig!

There are places and times where you're just not going to get out of a ticket, but a polite demeanor goes a LONG way towards receiving a warning as opposed to a performance award.

Around 1980 or so, I witnessed a traffic accident and was summoned to court to testify. While I waited for my case to be called, I was watching the other trials...

One middle-aged woman had been charged with speeding...something like 41 in a 25 on a local residential street.

The judge asked her when she'd last gotten a ticket. She replied it was about 1955...

He looked at her and said "Well, you're due then!"...and found her guilty!

'Which track were you at?'

Palmer Motorsports Park in Ma. (Whiskey Hill raceway)

Here is a fast lap in the counter-clockwise direction run by a good friend in a P1 racecar about a week ago. Palmer Motorsports Park test day 6/16/22 fastest lap 1:29.2 - YouTube

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Looks like a fun course, as long as you respect the lack of runoff...

Out here in the west we're spoiled by not having many walls next to the tracks!

My wife and I are retiring in a year or so, and one of our retirement goals is to haul the race car on a road trip and visit some of the tracks in the East that we've never been to. The current fuel prices are putting a bit of a damper on that plan at the moment... hopefully things will change.

In my old neighborhood, I had two neighbors. Neighbor A was a highway patrolman, and Neighbor B was Porsche 911 owner. One Saturday morning Neighbor B was driving enthusiastically down a stretch of rural freeway "blowing out the carbon" from his 911. He crested a rise, and encountered Neighbor A parked in his cruiser on radar patrol. As a chagrinned Neighbor B slowed and prepared to pull over, he checked his rearview mirror and saw saw the cruiser hadn't moved. The only movement was from the driver's window: Neighbor A's index finger wagging at him.

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Remember a story I heard some years ago. A guy was travelling through the desert on a long straight stretch of highway at night. No other lights, so he's alone, right? So, he's tooling along at about 95 -100, just making time. About that time he feels a bump to the back of his car. He looks in the rearview just as the State Patrolman turned on his headlights. The patrolman pulled up next to him, made a slow down signal and then roared past him into the night. He said it scared the hell out of him. And he took it down to 70.

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The best I can with what I got

i once got a speeding ticket in a yugo.
i was doing 33 in a 20 school zone.

as the officer handed me the ticket for $690-
he said this cost more than your car is worth.
then to rub even more salt in the wound the
car would not start and i had to have it towed
costing me another $175-

I use my cruise a lot to keep my speed in check as this car would go much faster if I didn't. It takes almost no throttle to have it keep upshifting to about 50.

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Twenty years ago I was in a hurry to get to work as my innards were barkin' at me. I approach an intersection and hung a left on the pink light. Tires chirped. A CPD cruiser was coming out of a convenience store lot on the opposite corner. He lit me up.

I pulled over and he parked about 5 yards behind me. He sat for a bit running my plates as I sat rocking back and forth.

Right before he approached my window I flatuled. As I rolled my window down he leaned towards me and then jerked back and said "dayum!"

I told him I was feeling ill and had just had an accident and was trying to get to the shop.

He said "go! You're not gettin' in my car!"

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No need to go to the race track, just try out one of Oklahoma's turnpikes.
OHP stopped a Dodge Challenger doing 167 mph last month. Fine was
only $450.00, it seems every mph over 40 above the limit, (75mph), was
free. The news did not explain how they caught the Dodge.

Last week a guy was clocked here on I-71 at 150 in a 55. He was delivering groceries for a supermarket.

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Obviously not a Statie.

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A few years ago I was coming home in my 1967 Chevelle SS396 (I have posted pics of it on this forum in a previous thread). I knew this was probably my last outing with it before I sold it. There is a straight stretch of two lane about half a mile from my neighborhood. I decided I wanted to experience that big-block torque one more time. The posted speed limit was 30. I hit 60 about the time I passed a church parking lot with a city cop running radar. I just shut it down and rolled into the lot next to him. He came over and we had a "discussion". It was friendly and he happened to be the father of a girl my daughter played softball with. He also told me his dad used to have a Chevelle similar to mine. He gave me a warning, told me "nice car", and let me go. In 25 yrs of owning that car I never got a speeding ticket. I sure miss that car.

Got nailed hard a few years ago , it was all just a big misunderstanding :-)
I decided to drive my camaro to work one day as a treat to myself , had my apprentice drive the flat bed behind me
We came up to a 4 lane intersection that leads to another intersection about a 1/4 mile away almost everybody turns right at this intersection so people often race for position to be “first” at the corner
I was already front guy in right lane at the red light
I could tell the guy in left lane was inching forward and getting ready to launch himself ahead of me .
NO WAY ! I thought to myself
The light turned green and we were off !
I got tire spin but I just stayed in it and left the guy in my dust lol
Smoked the tires and made some noise , a few seconds later I’m at the corner hard on the brakes and look in the mirror there was a sedan coming up pretty fast .
I pulled on to the highway and let that full roller aluminum headed 383 eat
Looking in my mirror I could see that sedan changing lanes and trying to catch up
I thought maybe I had po’d some guy or maybe spun a rock on someone , so I decided I probably didn’t want to talk to them and smiled as I pressed a little harder
A couple miles later I pulled onto a windy canyon road and flew through those corners as fast as my 67 camaro would go , which isn’t super fast they handle like a shopping cart lol
I slowed down as I entered the round about as I got to the top of the hill and saw an unmarked cruiser tearing up the road , now with his lights on !
That guy following me at speed had been a cop !
He comes up to my window and says “ how fast were you driving ?”
I looked down at my speedo and said,” well, I guess 40 mph which is about 60km officer”
He gave me a bleak look said “ been following you since the Esso on Halston drive “
“ oh … then I’m not sure how fast I was going “
About then my apprentice drives by with the flat bed shaking his head and smiling
Cop gave me a ticket for $386 I think it was , which was bad but it turned out I had to pay that same amount each year for 3-4 years ! Dangerous driving or something ,I don’t think he could have gotten me on radar
lucky it wasn’t racing they take your car for that

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My biggest peeve is the speeding driver who sees my red and blues come on as he approaches, slows down yet keeps on going for another kilometre or three with me behind and the siren on.

I’ve had a few stop as I was U turning but very seldom.

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No kidding. Folks moving here from SoCal find it tough. I recall a recent import arriving at work 25 minutes late saying "What's this **** with enforcing the school zones?" Welcome to Nevada!

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I'm guessing that "sell by" date was fast approaching...

Many years ago, I was riding my BMW R90s to work at dawn on a two-lane posted at 50 miles per hour. It was just a perfect morning...clear, dry weather, and no traffic...and I was doing about 65. A tan sedan was approaching, and as he drew close, I could see that it was an unmarked Maryland State Police car, with a radar unit mounted on the dash. He was looking right at me as I passed, so I pulled over, stopped, and waited for him.

When he asked me why I was speeding, I was totally honest with him: "It's a beautiful morning with no traffic, and I'm just enjoying the ride." He gave my license back to me and told me to be careful...

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Guns N' Rosés

The ice cream was melting.

21 over in 35mph zone is a guaranteed ticket in my book. No excuses.

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I erred by 30mph.

Motorist stopped on I-71 by CPD, driving over the limit at 120 miles per hour

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We held my son's birthday party at the pool on base today. I was headed there with my son in an area that has always been 35. They have been doing construction, but I honestly didn't see that they have "Speed Limit 25 watch for trucks" signs.

Waved to the cop as he sat there. He promptly pulled me over for 35 in a 25 and gave me a warning.

I have been pulled over a few times in my life. I was alway given a warning since it was always borderline, I was respectful ( dome light on if needed, hands on the steering wheel, not reaching for the glove box until approved, etc.) clean record and I speak cop .

The one ticket I did get was in Custer Park South Dakota during bike week by a state trooper. Pulled over for doing 45, park limited is 35. But like you it was a beautiful morning, no other traffic, smooth clear roads, just enjoying the ride. But it was bike week and in SD it is that is revenue week.

I haven't been pulled over in 14-15 years.

I had a little debrief with my son later in the day and talked about what I did wrong (speeding) and what I did right. Specifically, what to have ready, what makes officers nervous, and to ask if you need to get anything out of the glovebox.

edited to add:
I also discussed what would have been different had I been carrying. My county requires that you declare if you are armed (with a CCW), but I believe it just makes good sense.

Of course that will likely make a stop very different in LA county than in Kern county.

I was pulled over one time coming home from work. I t was a beautiful March day and I had got off work early because it was my birthday and my wife and I were going out. Ohio State Trooper stopped me doing 45 in a 35 zone. Officer walked up to my car took my license and went back to his cruiser. A few minutes later he came back to my car, handed me my license, said slow it down and told me "Happy Birthday Mr. Black".

Here is a twist just for fun discussion on Saturday. I was pulled over once driving unmarked patrol car.

In the late 1960's, my sister was dating a LEO from a small northern California town, in Humboldt County. He was driving in his own car, and got pulled over for speeding. My sister said he showed his badge and was told to have a nice day. No ticket. It's called recognizing the profession! My sister wanted to be able to do that.

73,
Rick

It's called corruption where I was raised.

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I’ve always found that being honest and respectful is the best way to interact with a LEO. I’ve rarely gotten pulled over and have not actually gotten a ticket in over 40 years. Not saying I didn’t deserve a few but if you don’t act like a dirt bag and show respect, many PO’s will look to let you slide.

Many years ago (46) wife and I were camping at Cape May NJ. I had a modified and fast 340 Duster at the time. We decided to take a trip to Wild Wood for several hours from the campground.

As I pulled out on the long coastal baron strip of road I nailed it! Every bit of 80+ if not more. THEN I spotted the trooper off on the right side sitting on a sand dune running radar.

Thinking fast or just plain scared to death I kept it floored as we flew by him! On came the lights and he was coming fast. I drifted over onto the shoulder, shut it down, and ran around to the front of the car and opened the hood.

He was now parked behind be and walking up to me. I had just reached in and disconnected the throttle return spring off the Holley 750 and it was just hanging there as he rounded the front of the car! Split second timing!

I grabbed my chest and started exclaiming oh my God oh my God the spring came off and I could not shut it down, it went full throttle on me!

Now keep in mind, I am very very scared and this only added too or helped my state of panic I was presenting. I was crapping my pants to say the least.

He saw the spring hanging and said “I wondered why you didn’t even try to slow down when you saw me. You passed me at 92 mph!” I exclaimed I didn’t know what to do and finally just turned the key off.

He then asked if I could fix it and I said I think so while I was hooking it back up and moving this and that around to make it look more involved while I was shaking like a leaf on a tree too.

He told me to make sure that was not going to happen again and let me go, no warning, nothing.

Only some hours later and several beers did I laugh. Of course the wife was laughing her arse off as soon as we pulled back out. And yes we went back to the campground. I’ve been a good boy ever since lol, or should I say much more careful.

Back in the late 60s, I was the subject of a roadblock after reportedly doing 133 in a 55 zone in my 1965 Shelby Mustang GT350. Long story, but a kindly older motorcycle cop cited me for modified exhaust instead of speeding. The exhaust system was not in any way modded, but I was not about to argue!

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A 16 year kid was killed on his crotch rocket yesterday about a mile from my house. It was estimated he was doing over 100 mph in a 40 zone. The four lane road in a mixed residential and light commercial area with a lot of daily traffic.

Sad for his family and even more so for the innocent car driver involved who has to live with too.

Happily I never got caught up in this, but for a while one county in Maryland decided to collect a little extra money by running the school zone flashing light signs in the middle of the night. People were getting pulled over and ticketed long after the school day was over. There was a conservative morning program on Baltimore radio that put the warning out to everybody. I guess enough people must have raised enough static with the county that it stopped doing this.

Night school?

There's a school zone sign at the elementary school near me. Every once in a while one of the two signs starts flashing at about 11:00PM. I always wonder if I got pulled over if I should ask the officer if they are running night shift kindergarten.

From the age of some of the newer officers, they might qualify.

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Once upon a time Volvo was considering breaking into the American law enforcement market. Our county got a couple of test cars to pass around and “test drive”. One dark night on a deserted section of interstate I got that car up to 140.
In the distance I saw tail lights and applied the brakes. Harder, then harder still until I was pressed against the seatbelt harness. I checked the speedometer and I was still dropping past 90.
I think that car had a five cylinder turbo; I’m no Motor head but I do know that was fast.

I think that was the Volvo 240. A couple of police departments in New Hampshire had them to test. At least that's where I remember seeing them in the mid 1980s.

They also had a taxi package, which had most of the same components except for the engine.

Police and Taxi packages offered by the major manufacturers were very similar because police and taxi duty for automobiles is not all that much different except for the speed part.

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We signed up my son for the USMC early at 17 and he went into the poolee program (sp?). Every weekend he reported to the recruiting station for PT at the local park. He did a lot of push ups, sprints and runs.

He was on his way to high school one Wednesday driving his truck when he spilled his coffee. He reacted by pulling the wheel a bit, hitting the accelerator and veering off the lane. Luckily no cars around him but a female officer saw this and chased him down and pulled hm over.

He sat very still with his hands at 10 and 2 and window rolled down. She asked,"Do you know why I pulled your over?"

"Yes, ma'am. I spilled my coffee and it caught me by surprise. I sped up and swerved a bit."

She asks,"Have you been drinking?"

He turned to her and looked her right in the eyes, 'NO MA'AM!"

She noticed his Olive Drab USMC sweatshirt.

She asks,"What's with the sweatshirt?"

"I ship out to Parris Island in two months after I graduate from High School next week, Ma'am. I am going into the US Marine Corps"

She looks him square in the eyes and asks,"Would your recruiter happen to be Staff Sgt Colley? And you do some PT on the weekend if I am not mistaken, correct?"

He replies,"Yes, ma'am. Yes we do PT."

Then she says,"I happen to know your recruiter. And I know you cannot ship out with any outstanding tickets. So I'm gonna give you a warning and let you go BUT Staff Sgt is gonna owe me a BIG favor. Also I happen to have his cell number and will let him know I think one of his recruits owe the citizens of this town some push ups."

My son groaned and actually said,"Couldn't I just have the ticket ma'am?"

He said she just laughed the most evil laugh he ever heard and walked away.

That Saturday night he came home looking like he ran all the way to South America and back. He was filthy, he moved very slowly, and stunk to high heaven of earth and sweat. He showered, ate dinner, and went to bed at 6 pm. Didn't see him get up until 11 am the next morning! A few short months later we picked him up after he earned title of United States Marine.

Holy hot rod, Batman! What a Batmobile that would be!

I used to manage a company that had a facility in Oakdale, California. When my boss came in to town, we would go up the mountain towards Sonora for dinner at the National Hotel that has the original bar from the 1800's.

One night, on the way back, three of us, my boss in the back seat, I get pulled over.

Officer asks me if I know how fast I was going, I say 72, he corrects me and says 74. He asks if I know the speed limit, I say I think it's 65, he says no, it's 55...I figure I'm toast.

He asks where we are coming from, and I tell him that we have a plant in the valley and come up the mountain for dinner each month when we are here.

He asks where we ate, we tell him and he gives us a few other suggestions for next time....He tells me that the limit is 55 from point a to x, and please be more careful...

AS he goes to leave, he turns to my boss in the back seat and says, "Sir, buckle your seat belt." My boss asks, " In the back seat?" to which he replied, "Yes, Sir, California law requires all passengers to be seat belted."

As I pull away, my boss says, "I can't believe you got away with 74 in a 55, and I got yelled at for no seat belt."

I told him, courtesy pays....

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It's good to avoid a smitation...

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A Massachusetts fun fact on speeding in construction zones. That applies ALL the time, not just when workers are present. So, if you speed through a work zone on a weekend when there is no work going on, you'll still get whacked with double fines.

A friend found that one out the hard way on the Mass. Turnpike.

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Years ago i used to work the early morning shift and started at 4am, there was no direct way to get to the place I worked and had to all back roads.
at least once a week i would get stopped by the State Police in this one area. always the same old thing "You crossed the double yellow line.(actually Looking For Drunks at that time in the morning) after a few times he recognized the cars i was driving and would just flash the blues and go back to what he was doing.

Rob

This has to be better than 40 years ago. Got pulled over by Missouri HP.
K now how fast you are going?
The only thing I know was that I was flying low.
He chuckled and still gave me a ticket but I earned a discount. He knocked some off.