Pulled over 3 times, no tickets. Let my friend drive it once, speeding ticket.
1. Going up and down the local college strip, rev my engine a few times in front of the college bars, hot chicks, etc. cop comes out, follows me for a ways, a few miles away from everything, i go make a turn, lights on! Pulls me over for going 39, in a 35 zone. Let me go after he saw my license and a short warning talking to and "its the end of my shift".
2. Coming down an industrial road close to work, cop cuts quickly thru a parking lot, coming towards me opposite side, passes me, does a U-turn in the middle of the street, follows me down very close to my office, lights+sirens, i pull over.. he comes next to me, "You need a front license plate on your car".. thank you officer. He explained he was on his way to someplace else more important.
3. I was tailed by this jerk cop REALLY close on the highway center lane, and sometimes in my blind spot, no lights nothing, i finally get to my exit and he continues on the highway. 2 months later SAME thing. Then, comes along side me, "You better watch the way you are driving, going all over the road, etc". Well, i guess if staying in the left hand lane the whole way commute counts as that... I roll my window down, "what are you talking about"... "Your car is not registared, PULL OVER!..." he tries to explain to me that he has been observing me the past 2 months driving wrecklessly on the highway and he ran my plates before. Turns out, and i had the records, my Corvette was in the dealership about 1/2 that time with repairs and i had been recently taking an alternate route. So I know he's full of sh*t. Not to mention, i had no idea what he was talking about regarding my driving style. Unfortunately,for me, i had recently moved and neglected to renew my auto registration (AN HONEST MISTAKE). Eventually, he let me go, and told me to get it done the next day. Instead of pulling me over the first time and explaining it like polite law enforcement person should, he was a jerk about the whole thing. I would have gone to court for this one.
4. I let my friend drive a few hours to upstate NY on a long trip and only 5-10 mins from our destination (he knew the way). He got a 70 mph speeding ticket in a 55 mph notorious speed trap country windy road. Then he asks me, "how fast would you have been going" and tried to comment that it is the normal speed he would have been going in his olive green toyota tercel, but never got a ticket before. It must be because he was driving the Corvette. I tried to help out, and said this was my Corvette and just let him drive it a little while but that didnt help... The cop was pretty nice about it. I saw 71 mph, which would have been a higher ticket <15 over, instead, he took it down to 70.
Sorry, for the long and drawn out stories. I KNOW cops are looking for me. I think they just pull you over to see the conversation you can give them. I dont speed (often) and dont drive crazy. You know when you haven't done anything wrong, it shows, and they have nothing on you. Or maybe this is just in NJ.
Then again while on a cross country trip, got pulled over running 75 in what I later found out to be a 55 zone (I thought it was 70 and was just flowing with traffic). I was in uniform and after a brief conversation, the officer told me he would be right back with my warning and I would on my way!
I love driving sports cars!! I tend to think that for the most part, law enforcement will be lenient towards someone who is obviously not being stupid in how they are driving, but just out enjoying the drive, even if you are running a little faster than "you should be". Since trading in the Boxster and getting the C5, I've only come across 1 or 2 spots where I was exceeding the limit and a cop happened to be around. Haven't been pulled over though. Probably too soon to tell though. Haven't been pressing my luck yet!
( I was sitting still at a red light) was charged with 56 in a 45) Cop never showed up in court, So it was dismissed.:L Sure hope this dosent JINX ME!!!!!!!!!
