That feeling when...

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 04/25/2017 at 12:51 • Filed to: None

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...you’re driving down the highway, lost in your own thoughts, and you look in the rear view and see a blacked out Crown Vic plain wrapper closing on your six and you realize you’re doing 8 over the limit.

Fortunately, he had other business to attend to. And I set the cruise control.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > ttyymmnn 04/25/2017 at 12:58

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Only 8 over? In NJ you’d be more worried about the cars approaching you at 15 mph over that than a cruiser.

ttyymmnn > PotbellyJoe and 42 others 04/25/2017 at 13:00

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You never know. At the time, I was all alone in front of a gaggle of cars. It’s also nearing the end of the month.

and 100 more > ttyymmnn 04/25/2017 at 13:06

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Fellow Central-Texan here... is it just me, or are they all over the place this past week? I’ve seen at least three black-and-white Explorers on various parts of 71 every day, it seems.

ttyymmnn > and 100 more 04/25/2017 at 13:08

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Maybe increased patrols for Moto GP. I was coming up MoPac from a gig in south Austin.

and 100 more > ttyymmnn 04/25/2017 at 13:11

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Maybe, could be.

V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches > ttyymmnn 04/25/2017 at 13:41

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I haven’t seen a Crown Vic cruiser in well over a year, public or undercover.

ttyymmnn > V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches 04/25/2017 at 13:49

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They still have plenty of them here in Austin, but they are phasing them out in favor of the Taurus and Bronco.

TFen > ttyymmnn 04/25/2017 at 14:07

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I drove a Vette from Houston to Austin last year and noticed a huge police presence on drive, I thought it was strange because the route was mostly, what I thought were, country roads.

I was very lucky as I blazed by the first one going atleast 35 over. He was parked on the side of the road in a Crown Vic.

Needless to say, I smartened up after that (mostly).

ttyymmnn > TFen 04/25/2017 at 14:16

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Were you on 290? I have made that drive more than a few times, and not seen many cops at all. Just the occasional local yokel and maybe a DPS trooper.

TFen > ttyymmnn 04/25/2017 at 15:36

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I honestly don’t remember, as I was just visiting. I remember we stopped in Esslinger for BBQ, though. So what ever route puts Esslinger on the way from Houston to Austin.

ttyymmnn > TFen 04/25/2017 at 16:09

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That’s on Hwy 71. So you left Houston on I-10, then hit 71 to get to austin.