"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95)
03/05/2016 at 01:40 • Filed to: None
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"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95)
03/05/2016 at 01:40 • Filed to: None | 3
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I fucked up, but got bailed out by someone else fucking up more.
I was heading home from school and on one of the freeways I take people speed all the time. Overall I had never had an issue so I was traveling at a high rate of speed and nothing happened. Then I hit the interchange I need to take to pick up my sister from where she goes to school. I make the change and get on to a freeway where speeding is much more heavily enforced. I only needed to be on it for 15 or 20 miles and stupidly thought I would be fine to continue at the same rate of speed. Go around a bend and there was a cop right there on the other side of the freeway looking right at us, we pass, he starts to move and he flips his lights on. So right behind me there was a girl that had been tailing me for the last 30 or 40 miles, in the left or right lane this girl was glued to my bumper. I saw the cop moving out and I get into the right lane and slow down to 70, and the girl behind me cruises right on by. The cop pulls up next to me, looks me in the eyes and points right at me, then drives off after the girl. At this point we were 1/4 mile from the interchange I needed, got off and didnt look back.
So yeah, I got real lucky.
Sam
> Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/05/2016 at 01:54 |
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I’m guessing it was his way of saying “watch yourself, buddy”.
gmctavish needs more space
> Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/05/2016 at 02:09 |
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Damn. The benefits of being observant. And the cop wanted to be sure you knew that he knew you were speeding I guess
Blondude
> Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/05/2016 at 02:10 |
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Reminds me of a story my grandpa told me long ago.
When he was still a teenager and a fairly inexperienced driver he was driving on the highway with a family member on their way to somewhere (I don’t remember the specifics, it’s not important) and he went to change from the left lane over to the right. He puts on his turn signal and checks his blind spot. Just as he’s about to move over this jet black Thunderbird comes screaming past him going fast enough that he couldn’t even see it coming when he checked the other lane (he says it was easily 100 mph). He pauses for a second to figure out what the hell just happened and then starts to move over into the lane again. What he didn’t realize was there was a police car chasing the T-Bird with its lights on but no siren. He ended up pulling right in front of the cop car forcing it to swerve onto the shoulder. He looked over just as they passed to see two cops giving him the meanest stink eye he’s ever seen.
Moral of the story: Always check your blind spots for police chases before changing lanes
Flavien Vidal
> Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
03/05/2016 at 04:15 |
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2 stories from the good ol’ times in France during the 70's. My father at the wheel of his Alpine A110 (1600SC that he still owns today). Driving WAAAY too fast on little roads. Cops are hiding but he notices them too late.
First time this happened, they stopped him. Licenses had no points on them back then, but he knew he was going to get a hefty one. Turned out they were in very good mood, loved the car and just wanted to talk to him. One of the cop had a camera and they took pictures together, with the cops behind the wheel one after another :)
Second time, he ran away, cops try to catch up but get distanced, he exists the road, get into a little village, parks the car and runs to a nearby bar. “Nice car” they tell him once he enters. “Next drink is on me! I have the cops behind me trying ot catch me for speeding, just pretend I’ve been here for a while”. A few seconds later, cops arrive, they see the car and stop. Look at the car for a little while, then get in the bar. “Whose car is it?”... My father, nose deep inside his beer: “Mine...”. “Ok, we know the drill, you’ve been here for two hours...etc etc etc... Next time, slow down when you get around here, we like this spot.”... “Ok...”. The cops spent a good extra minute, looking at the car in detail, drooling over it more than anything, then they left.
I wish I was born like 30 years earlier sometime :)
boxrocket
> Blondude
03/05/2016 at 09:13 |
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That last line sounds like it should be one of the first three items to learn to get a license in L.A.