Weird morning...

"505Turbeaux" (505turbeaux) 10/17/2014 at 09:03 • Filed to: None

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So I am getting on the highway, pay the toll, and there is a marked state police Explorer sitting in the toll booth area. I pass and he pulls out behind me. As I am on the on ramp I get dive bombed by a goddamn seagull (I hate those things, rats of the sky) who bounced off the windshield and flew off. I get on the highway and am doing 5 under the limit, I see him open up his computer and run my plate. He sits behind me for 15 miles. I pass someone, he passes someone and gets right behind me in the right lane. Follows me off the highway, and right past the entrance to my work a mile off the highway. Just nerve racking because I felt like I had missed doing something or wandered a bit I was going to get pulled over for something. WTF. Bad cop.

CalzoneGolem > 505Turbeaux 10/17/2014 at 09:10

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I hate when this happens. I usually stop at the next business just to get out from in front of them. I'm an adult, I'm not usually doing anything wrong, my car is 100% legal and this still wigs me out.

505Turbeaux > CalzoneGolem 10/17/2014 at 09:11

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oh yeah if I was on 1 or something I totally would have. A little hard to duck out on the highway though!

CalzoneGolem > 505Turbeaux 10/17/2014 at 09:12

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Hit your hazards and pull over and look at your tires haha

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 10/17/2014 at 09:12

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I very nearly passed a cop last night around 10:20 - cop in left lane, me in right, me doing er, somewhat over. Slowed to "fly casual" 2 over, completed the pass, and waited to see if my ass was grass.

It was not. Don't know if he was in jurisdiction, even. Made my hair stand up a bit, though.

505Turbeaux > CalzoneGolem 10/17/2014 at 09:14

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ha yeah I considered it. It was extra strange because we passed 3 disabled cars on the side, one being a tractor trailer. You would have thought he would try to either help or put his lights on behind them for safety until they got towed. But nope, he was on my ass

EL_ULY > 505Turbeaux 10/17/2014 at 09:14

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maybe you fit a local description. I was pulled over for that once. Got written up at work that day for being late to work also. He took like 10 min to come up to my car, checked my license, told me there was crime earlier in the morning and my truck matched, told me I was free to go.

thebigbossyboss > CalzoneGolem 10/17/2014 at 09:14

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My car is definitely not 100% legal. I hate this even more haha.

CalzoneGolem > 505Turbeaux 10/17/2014 at 09:16

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I wonder if someone fitting your or your car's description did something naughty.

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/17/2014 at 09:16

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ooh passing on the right. Must have been off duty or out of jurisdiction for sure. One of my employee's first days he was thinking he was a badass and passed me on the way back to town on the right. I see an unmarked on my left take off right after him. Got him for it. Taught him a lesson I think...

OPPOsaurus WRX > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/17/2014 at 09:16

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I saw a kid get in the left lane to pass a state trooper. the cop gave him enough room so he could get behind the kid and instantly put on his lights. I dont know why you would every try to pass a cop if it meant going over the speed limit. IT probably didn;t help the kids that he was in some fart can import.

CalzoneGolem > thebigbossyboss 10/17/2014 at 09:16

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This is partially your own fault then.

505Turbeaux > EL_ULY 10/17/2014 at 09:17

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yeah, but a gold mercedes wagon? Haha

505Turbeaux > CalzoneGolem 10/17/2014 at 09:18

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button down wearing dude with glasses driving a gold Mercedes station wagon? In Maine? Hmmmm

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 10/17/2014 at 09:19

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If he was in jurisdiction, I must have entered his "ah fuck it" zone. The limit on that hill is 55 and well regarded as bullshit, but people still get nailed - mostly coming down that side instead of going up. If he'd delayed at all in coming after me (say, 2-3 miles) I might have been close to a state line, which may also have been in play. I figured doing an "I meant to do that" was less conspicuous than a "CRIKEY, IT'S THE ROZZERS" reaction.

CalzoneGolem > 505Turbeaux 10/17/2014 at 09:20

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There's at least one maybe two ( I think they sold the wagon ) in Wayne alone!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > OPPOsaurus WRX 10/17/2014 at 09:21

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At night, you see. I didn't recognize that it was a cop until I came on him around a corner, right off his right rear quarter. Thus leaving two options: "AAAAAH" slamming on the brakes, or "I dunno, fly casual".

thebigbossyboss > CalzoneGolem 10/17/2014 at 09:21

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No denial.

I'm like chamillionaire.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtwJvg…

EL_ULY > 505Turbeaux 10/17/2014 at 09:23

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100% :]

SmoresTM Has No Chill (O==[][]==O) > 505Turbeaux 10/17/2014 at 09:24

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I always get sketched out when I pass on the right and theres a cop around. It's actually perfectly legal (depending on the number of lanes) but can still be nerve-wracking

OPPOsaurus WRX > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/17/2014 at 09:30

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yea i guess thats not as bad. the cop had just pulled into traffic from probably just writing someone a speeding ticket. He merged infront of this kid at the speed limit. the kid pulls to the next lane and speeds up to pass the cop.

CalzoneGolem > thebigbossyboss 10/17/2014 at 09:37

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But they will eventually catch you riding dirty.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > 505Turbeaux 10/17/2014 at 09:42

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I would have called 911 to complain that I'm being followed by an unknown person.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > 505Turbeaux 10/17/2014 at 09:43

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That's operating under the assumption that cops exist to help people.

thebigbossyboss > CalzoneGolem 10/17/2014 at 09:43

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Yup. I've definitely been caught a few times before.

Rustamino > EL_ULY 10/17/2014 at 09:48

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I got pulled over in my '64 Impala once for the same thing.

Turns out I had passed by an undercover drug sting in the parking lot of the grocery store a few miles back. They thought I was one of the guys, and had spotted the scene for what it was and just driven on instead of showing up to be busted. They did the full bad guy routine on me; waited for a backup car, bright spotlights, the PA system blaring instructions, the whole thing you see when someone bad is busted. I was told to put my hands out the window before they even came forward, and then they did it with their guns drawn, pointing down, but ready. Here is me, 23 year old white nerdy kid who just happens to love old Impalas and it seemed to be backfiring big time. They actually made me lean on the car, patted me and searched me, and the car. I didn't really care, all they found were old u-joints and discarded Coke cans, instead of the real joints and coke they were looking for. They still confiscated my license and kept it for a week, then they made me come find the police station downtown to get it back. It was a huge pain in the ass, but a neat story to tell in the end. :)

JBurd67 > 505Turbeaux 10/17/2014 at 09:51

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Every now and then, when this happens to me, I challenge the cop to pull me over. Especially when I know I did nothing wrong. Other times, I'll slightly pull over to the side of the road, and if he decides to follow me, I'll be on the phone with someone and use that as an excuse to pull over.

Of course, I talk while driving anyway, but that's an easy way to tell him to shove it.

505Turbeaux > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 10/17/2014 at 09:54

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ha if it was an undercover you bet I would have

EL_ULY > Rustamino 10/17/2014 at 09:55

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dayum they went full out! But at they end, it is a good story and worth it when riding in a sweet 64!

505Turbeaux > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 10/17/2014 at 09:56

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I know in the state I am from they have to stop unless the car has been "orange tagged" for towing. And that is a state where the cops really are generally assholes.

505Turbeaux > JBurd67 10/17/2014 at 09:56

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hahaha not a bad plan at all.

JEM > 505Turbeaux 10/17/2014 at 16:03

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I had a cop in Georgia (I am from/have Mass plates) do this to me for 20 miles. I set the cruise control at exactly the speed limit and giggled the whole time.