how bad have you been ??

[udmsvt]

hmm...lets see, the speedo in MY ex only goes up to 85! and thats as fast as i have ever had it; but i was also pulling a trailer with my escort on it...i
'm sure it could go faster just never had teh balls to.

 

[Silverblade]

Didnt Rick have a blow out on 35s on gravel at liek 50?

 

[sunbum]

I think speeding should be kept to the interstates and/or race tracks. It pisses me off to no end to see ricers burning through neighborhoods with kids around... you just never know between that and people walking their pets. :frustrate:
Having said that, I've burned up a few highways taking my old (several years back) '65 Fairlane on the highway for a blow dry at ~127, no tickets fortunately.

Recently had the X at 101 headed towards York on my way to Va.

For being nailed:
* Was heading trough NY going upstate at ~108, but slowed to ~92 as I saw a bridge in a 55, maybe 65, dont recall off hand but was written up for 88... paid ticket and it never showed on the license.

* After a long day, hell'ish traffic locally, I jumped into the passing lane and got nailed for 57 in a 45 but no points, was written up for a failure to observe a sign, luckily. They had a speed trap and I was polite, and told him I was late for supper, wife's b-day and I was in that area getting her a gift certificate for her new kayak.

Been pretty lucky and the new CB has saved my butt on a lot of trips (Thanks 18wheelers!), and speed smartly a lot of times, keeping a car or two ahead for minimal radar blockage, never being a lone car shredding the highway, etc.

I don't take the X over 100 too much, mostly 70-90 when I get a lil sprint going somewhere...

Be careful out there... it's safer to turn the radio up a lil to burn some frustration instead of the RPM guage.
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[95XLTWithSubs]

Well... I went 2 years without getting pulled over and then got pulled over last Friday for going 58 in a 45. Thankfully I got a verbal warning. I was stupid for going more than 5 over at 12:30 am. I saw my radar detector go from 0 to 3 lights and I was just like "oh sh*t". I didn't see where he was until I came up to a stop light and he pulled up right behind me. Once I made the turn he put his lights on and that was that. I think my dad got me out of the ticket. He works for the city. I'm going to see how many tickets I can get out of.

 

[Silverblade]

i wouldnt suggest that lol

 

[hydroxy]

If you want to speed, go on 77 between SC and NC - I was going a constant 85-90 for 1.5hrs on there today and I wasn't going much faster then traffic if at all

 

[Fish Man]

well crap...i got my first ticket, an alleged 84 in a 65. will make me think twice about going 60 in a 45 at home

 

[MR BOND]

Passed a cop on the German highway at 245 KMH (153 MPH) in my wives BMW 330 CI on my way back from Finland but he didn’t stop me. Germany does have speed limits around the main city limits but not out in the country. So i guess i was lucky it was away from any city as i only barley slowed down when i reached a limited stretch. By the way the best drive ever. Took me 15 hours door to door and that was covering 1,350 Miles. The most amazing part is that some guy in a Jaguar passed me like i was not moving. He must have been doing well over 280kmh.

 

[KAiRO]

this took place 2 years ago, but I guess it counts. My friend was driving with another friend in the front and I was in the back of his dodge neon. we were doing about 40 in a 35, nothing unusual. I opened my door because I noticed my seatbelt was stuck and pulled it free.....(more on that later). There was traffic up ahead, so my friend stopped with it and about two minutes later we noticed the lights behind us. apparently the officer had been following us for "2 miles" and we three haden't noticed it. Due to the traffic, and lack of shoulder, the officer got on his bullhorn and told us little dip sh**s to get off the f***ing road. We had to back up about a 1/4 mile to a farm on the left hand side. We're sitting there talking to eacother when officer polite informs us dip sh**s once again via the bullhorn that there will be "NO TALKING" and that we are to "FACE FORWARD WITH OUR HANDS ON OUR LAPS." Finally he comes over, and there we are, 3 kids from a respectable private school wearing collered shirts and ties. My friend driving apologized for not noticing the officer behind us and asking what he did wrong, and promptly got a 480$ fine for god knows what. (now back to the seatbelt.) The officer turned to me and asked me what I was doing with my door open at such an excessive speed on the road for such a long time. I didn't want to lie to him even though he was jerk so I just told him "my seatbelt was stuck." I got a "Bullsh*t" responded to me, and the officer then made some sort of comment about how I was most likely getting rid of weed or something similar. Mr. Nice goes back to his cruiser to write up my friends ticket and call all 3 of our parents. When he comes back, he hands my friend driving a ticket, tell's me "Merry Christmas, I could have screwed you over big time, but I think having your friend mad at you for getting him a ticket is punishment enough." Now....time to rectify the situation. The cop pulled us over Passing us in the other lane......he never clocked us he "assumed" we were going 40. Which raises an interesting point; if he was opposite me how did he know my door was open? I don't have that one figured out, but I guess I have to give him credit for having good eyes. The last thing I did was call my house answering machine and delete the messege. (it's much better to explain it to your parents yourself, then to have a mean cop do it via answering machine.) I'm not sure what my driver friend did about it because he freaked out and gave the phone number for his next door neighbor. (also an answering machine.) Long story short, I moved to Nevada the next week I wrote a nice little paper to the judge in Seattle explaining everything and eventually all fines/charges/whatever were dropped.

I guess the moral of the story is......If there is one, Is this: Do not engage in normal or semi borderline activities! they will get you in just as much trouble as illegal ones

Only other time I was ever pulled over was in my blue oldsmobile cause the officer thought I was driving a stolen vehicle. He looked in, smiled, thanked me for stopping and drove away.

In my experience, I have met MANY more nice and understanding officers than jerks. And I am glad for the services they provide us and our communities. and hey....I can't even blame the first cop. Who was he to know that we weren't 3 punks just out screwin around.

--Nick

 

[mhn3773]

me and my friend just got pulled over because we were speeding in his civic 2 door...like 104mph

we also got a lecture for like 45mins because i was...uhh cough..uhh ridding on the side of the car hanging onto the open sunroof =)

it was a female cop and she thought it was absolutly stupid but kind of funny so we ened up not getting a ticket at all but a warning for speeding and she let us go it was about 1:20am i couldnt belive it when i was riding on the side of the car and we passed a cop car lol

 

[udmsvt]

in 36 hrs of having my cavalier i have thusfar seen 95 in it (BTW, i was racing a civic)...could easily pull 110 but didnt have my radar with me.

 

[Stic-o]

How about stipidest!

Ok I had my '96 Ranger all pre runnered out and I knew where this dip was. So we floored it and I hit the dip at about 45. ( Now take into fact that this was a very nasty dip.) I flew across the whole intersection and while in the air I see a cop pulling out of the police stations back gates half a block away. When we ladded the bedliner slaped the up and down and well I was caught The cop was new and the other cops came out to see. Sence they didn't have me clocked for speed they asked how fast and I told them I was speeding, cause I thought any speeding ticket was better then a reckless driving one O' well 76 bucks was worth the fun!

 

[Nicaraguense]

Wow

72 in a 35. My insurance company still doesn't know about it because my attorney arranged it so that I could take defensive driving for like the second or third time even though you are only supposed to be able to take it once to keep a ticket off your record.

 

[snowburns]

fastest for me was 103 in a 45...didn't get pulled for it. and more recently was about 80, pulling a guy on skis in a 25....it was on a big ass 4 lane road (dirt with a little snow on top) that goes to a new high school close to my house.....the school is still under construction, and also it was about 1:30 am....didn't get a ticket for either and both were in the x

 

[wxboilermaker]

First ticket was an 82 in a 55 on the highway. Speedo only said 75 tho. hmmmm. Second time was 75 in a 45 while passing a tractor on a country road. Cop pulled me over, gave me a ticket and proceded to tell me where he and his friends like to hide so that I wouldn't get caught next time.

Both tickets were in my '91 V6 Taurus which is pretty amazing considering it had to pull like hell to hit 45.

Since then I've ditched that car and now drive an '01 dakota. Lots more power, lots more trouble.

Last week I was at a light when a camero with a two really hot chicks pulled up next to me. They started reving their engine waiting for the light. So of course I started reving mine as well. As soon as the light turned I poped the clutch and layed some rubber down. Sure got their attention. Unfortunatly it got the attention of the cop two cars back. DOH. When he pulled me over I explained to him that it was my first day driving a stick and I sure as hell didn't want to kill it in front of those chicks. I knew I was bull ****ting him, but let me go anyway. Before he left he told me to add a little brake next time to get the tires really smoking. HAHAHA

 

[Rick]

Originally posted by Silverblade
Didnt Rick have a blow out on 35s on gravel at liek 50?

Took more then a month for me to see this, but yes I did. I was in a sand wash and hit a boulder that was partially buried in the sand. The truck handled fine. Just came to a straight stop.

 

[Canada Explorer]

speed

I had a 1995 Ford Escort GT with a cat back exhaust, K&N intake and a 4 speed tranny doin' 195 kph and still goin up racing a buddy in his MX-3 v6 5spd and man was that fast.

 

[TedfromVA]

Ishouldn't say but

When i was younger i blew the state police radar off the scale. The officer said it went 150 then x... I was in a mustang by the way. I do not recomed this as i lost my liscense for a year.

 

[bobdreadknot]

one more time

got caught last night doin 75 in a 40. racing a friends ricer. pulled over by a lady cop at 3 30 in the morning and she gave us a warning(told her i had to pee) and told me my X was "cute" then got this sturn look and told me to take off the blue lights. i agreed, but sense it was in another city i disregarded her statement

ill tell yall one other thing though. she was hot ass mom

 

[95XLTWithSubs]

Just got my Cobra radar detector for Christmas. =D