I'm done speeding...forever...

[96Firebirdformula]

I know...shocking, right? But you better believe it...you guys have no idea how close I was to being in some deep shit this afternoon.

I was facing a $580 ticket, a night in jail, my car impounded, my license suspeneded or even revoked, and the possibility of loosing my government clearance (which would mean I loose my job) this afternoon...and I'm pretty sure I got off completely.

I was coming home from school to pick up some paperwork before I went to work. I was going down I-95 and coming up on my exit. As I go to change lanes, I notice this Lancer Evo in the right hand lane pacing me. I put my blinker on and slowed down so I could go behind him and take my exit. He decided to sit next to me and not let me over. I was thinking, "What an ass." So, I speed up to go down to the next exit about 2 miles down the road. I go up to about 120 to loose the Evo. When I get about a half mile ahead of him, I slow down to about 80. He comes flying up behind me, to the point that if I hadn't pulled off to the shoulder (I was in the fast lane with an 18-Wheeler on my right) he would have rear ended me. So, I'm doing about 80 on the gravel ridden shoulder, I speed up to loose him again. This time he keeps up to me. I take it up to about 150 and then coast down to about 40 to take my exit. As I'm getting onto the road after the exit this cop comes flying up behind me and flips his light on. I'm thinking "oh, shit...I'm done."

He gets out yelling all this shit to me about how dumb that was and how I could have killed someone. I just sat there and took it, cause I knew I was busted and there was no way out of it. I asked him why he didn't pull the Evo over for speeding and running me off the road. He said he didn't see him run me off the road and that he decided to go after me cause I was going faster then he was.

Turns out he was just a Park Police Officer, so he didn't have a Radar Gun, no computer to run my plates and license, and not even a ticket book.

So, long story short, he gave me a long talking to about how stupid I was to even think about going that fast and pretty much let me off cause he didn't have a ticket book to even write me a ticket.

I say "pretty much" cause he took down my cell phone number and said he would be by my house later to write me a ticket. Thing is, I'm never home cause of my busy schedule with school and work, and I'm not even sure if he can do that.

So yeah...I'm done speeding for the rest of my life...fuck it, it's not fucking worth it.

Should have got 2 inchs front bumper. then guy would have let you get over

[Nhra Firebird]

they can't do jack shit... but what they can do is use the radio... you can't fucking beat a radio...

they beat you with their radio maybe i should become a park police

[02cetransam]

glad you got off. Great story. I would have given him a fake phone number.

[MagicMan]

what a dork. the wanna be cop that is.no evo's worth 150 mph.

Oh there are some bad ass EVOs out there, man.

[10-8-TA]

Well, if you were in FL, you would have been arrested for reckless. He would not have needed a radar if he took you for reckless. 80 on the shoulder would do it.

Also, we have a new law here. If you exceed the limit by more than 30 I belive, it is now criminal.

Oh, and down here, you can be mailed a ticket. Just ask the red light runners and toll booth runners.

But, it sounds to me like the cop was just glad you stopped. His patrol car probably couldn't get to more than about 125.

[jimmybling31]

lmao about the gun, yea man, I got pulled over the other day for going 71 in a 60 and got off with out getting a ticket. i was hella lucky, speeding is def not worth it, even though everyone else was going 70...young 18 year old kid with a fast red sports car...yea Im gonna get pulled over...

that's why i got a radar detector to tell me anyone is around. i still don't hardly ever speed though.

[TempleU_WS6]

Me and my girlfriend were coming back from North Jersey this weekend taking 202 in her RX-8 and it was starting snowing. This cop passes us in the opposite direction and crossed over the grass median and pulled us over. He said he got us going 76 in a 55. When my girl gave him her license she gave him her uncle and dads friends business cards (NY and NJ cops). He looks at them and says how the roads are getting bad and to slow down then said have a nice day. Good thing i wasnt driving it would have been more like 85-90

[hutch1999]

Me and my girlfriend were coming back from North Jersey this weekend taking 202 in her RX-8 and it was starting snowing. This cop passes us in the opposite direction and crossed over the grass median and pulled us over. He said he got us going 76 in a 55. When my girl gave him her license she gave him her uncle and dads friends business cards (NY and NJ cops). He looks at them and says how the roads are getting bad and to slow down then said have a nice day. Good thing i wasnt driving it would have been more like 85-90

My ex had a brother who was on the drug task force team here in town and an uncle also on the force. She got away with a lot of shit.

[blackout5.3]

next time... slam your fuckign breaks on and let the fuck bag hit you... kill him when the cars come to a rest by punching him in the throat... (a few lbs of pressure is all it takes... and i mean less than 5 lbs...) and lay his head over his steering wheel... "he must have hit that with his neck..."

best advice ever!

[MagicMan]

that's why i got a radar detector to tell me anyone is around. i still don't hardly ever speed though.

radar detector does not get everything & is not a free pass to speed.

[GTP231]

I've seen the park police down that way a lot, and i always wondered if they could give out speeding tickets.lol I never knew they were out on 95.

I've seen one or two on 95 before. Its very seldom though. Yeah I wouldn't worry about about him too much but that shit was dumb. Gotta remember the MTA cops literally have nothing better to do....

[ls1camino]

I think you will be speeding again before you know it. Glad you got out of it.

I probably will...I inherited my mother's lead foot...I honestly can't help it sometimes, it's gets bad at times...I wish I could claim it as a medical condition

next time... slam your fuckign brakes on and let the fuck bag hit you... kill him when the cars come to a rest by punching him in the throat... (a few lbs of pressure is all it takes... and i mean less than 5 lbs...) and lay his head over his steering wheel... "he must have hit that with his neck..."

lol...thanks Spaz, I knew I could rely on you for a moral booster

But seriously, I really like my car and I'd rather not have to get it repaired, then I'd be sad, cause then nothing would work properly again.

glad you got off. Great story. I would have given him a fake phone number.

I was thinking about it, but he called it while he was standing there to make sure it was my real number.

But, it sounds to me like the cop was just glad you stopped. His patrol car probably couldn't get to more than about 125.

Yeah, he said he was doing 110 and I was still pulling away from him...I almost laughed when he said this, but I resisted the urge, thankfully.

[GTP231]

Yeah, he said he was doing 110 and I was still pulling away from him...I almost laughed when he said this, but I resisted the urge, thankfully.

A PA state trooper said something similar to me once. I had no interest in laughing then. Then again I still lived there and I'm a state safety and emissions inspector.

[99zeetwentylate]

do what a friend of mine did after a car rode his bumper for a while............he stuck his gun out the window and motioned for them to go on around .............lol the car backed way off

LMAO!

[tnthub]

With as much on the line as you have, it is probably best to get a lawyer now and be prepared for when the ticket shows up.

Just because you may have gotten off, you also may not have gotten off. As far as jurisdiction, around here although local law enforcement, park rangers, marine patrols, local cops, and even the turnpike authority can technically write tickets, they generally only write them in their own territories. However they are capable of writing a ticket anywhere, but they don't usually as there is an unwritten territory rule between each of the departments.

I suspect if you park officer believes you were enough of a danger then any territory infringement is no longer an issue.

Just because you may not see or hear from him again for awhile does not mean you are in the clear. A summons can show up six months later in most states.

Get a lawyer, cover your butt, and slow down.

[lemons12]

they can't do jack shit... but what they can do is use the radio... you can't fucking beat a radio...

radio wont help if your already off the interstate down 3-4 backroads and at a friends house play 360 for an hour or so before they even ever get off the interstate..

[Spaz]

radio wont help if your already off the interstate down 3-4 backroads and at a friends house play 360 for an hour or so before they even ever get off the interstate..

heh... 9 times out of 10 you're fucked...

[LT1 > LS1]

they can't do jack shit... but what they can do is use the radio... you can't fucking beat a radio...

sure you can i did it in need for speed most wanted, i outran a helicopter too.......j/k yeah, i try to limit myself to speeding, cause i know there are multiple tracks close by where i can let er rip. or parking lots. hooray for unplowed parking lots and rwd!

[2MuchFun]

+1 on not being able to beat the radio, although I did it once..........lucky as heck too!

[67CamaroRSSS]

Ok, let me tell you this straight up: NO, you're not done speeding. It's in your blood and you own a high HP car and it'll never go away.

Ask anybody here who's old enough to be your dad: It never goes away! It can only be controlled to a certain degree.

I said the very same thing when I got my 1st speeding ticket at 17. It hasn't gone away yet for me (the need for speed) and it never will. I still have a hard time repressing the need to nail the loud pedal and I'm OLD!