CaliforniaZombie

Okay this isn't 991 related, but hey, at least it's not Corvette related Thought it might be entertaining to share your most memorable speeding ticket experience.

I've actually only had one speeding ticket - ya, really. And no, I don't drive that slow. Just fortunate I guess. Anyway, while driving in Oregon a few years ago, I had my Escort 9500ix active and was probably doing around 95 mph in a 65 zone. I am highly aware of police vehicles, and can usually spot them easily whether marked or unmarked. In any case, I remember passing this Camaro (or some late model GM vehicle that looks like a Camaro) - black car, blacked out windows, perfectly normal license plate (which very often police vehicles here in the states have distinct plates - for those of you outside the USA), no antennas, nothing. No radar signatures picked up by the otherwise trusty 9500ix. Looked exactly like a car some well off teenager would be driving.

Fast forward to a few miles later - I look in my mirror, and this car is now about two feet behind my bumper and I'm thinking, what the heck? So I speed up even more. Then the lights buried deep in the grill light up and I'm thinking, oh great. Fun times ahead. The officer gets out - and thank the powers that be, was very nice and in a good mood. Before he could say a word, I apologized for speeding. I think he appreciated that. I dunno - since I only got cited for 82 in a 65 zone. I was going faster than that - that I do know.

Moral of the story - don't speed in Oregon. As opposed to California, where every cop seems to leave their radar on, they don't in Oregon. And sometimes they seem to drive totally (and I mean totally) unmarked cars. I saw some other poor soul get pulled over by a panel van

extanker

a few times i got caught i would have gone to jail for the triple digit numbers [no speeding tickets] i IDed my way clear. insert big grin here

chuck911

Driving some California canyon road on the way to the Monterey Historics a camper pulling a boat already had 5 cars delayed when we came on. Didn't immediately pass them because people had generally been pretty good about using the slower car pullouts. But this guy went past 3 of them. Okay. So up comes a sweeping left hander which because of the valley gives me an unobstructed view ahead of about 3x what I need. Second gear, third (no PDK, darn!) and just that fast they are all behind me and I'm checking my mirror while signalling to pull back in my lane when... blue lights!?!

Unmarked car. And now because of the way the road goes I can see if I don't pull over right now then the whole train is gonna be following me clear around that bend- which I do not want.

So without hesitating I squeeze on the brakes. Now this all happened at a time when I was very active in track days and autocross. So even though the car was loaded for a 2 week vacation, when I say "squeeze on the brakes" it means braking about 75-80% of max. Soon as I'm down to about 15 I signal and pull onto the gravel shoulder- and look left just in time to watch LEO go flying past me, trying to stop!

This guy, not only was he unable to react to the car in front of him as fast as the car in front reacted to the car behind but even once he did his braking was so bad he was a good 100 ft past me by the time he finally got it slowed enough to pull off. Which he had to do, what with the camper/trailer and all following close behind. I mean, it was the kind of flat-out hilarious thing you expect only happens in a Burt Reynolds movie. The poor guy had to do the walk of shame all the way back to my car. If ever there was a time for Go-Pro, but it hadn't been invented yet. But I remember, oh yeah I remember!

CaliforniaZombie

Okay, now that was a good one I'm sure he cited you out of sheer embarrassment that he had no driving skills. In my case, Mr LEO was right out of bloody Nascar the way he was drafting me. Could see the bugs on his windshield in my rear view.

CaliforniaZombie

Okay, please remind me to go and pick you up the next time I want to let my 991 run the way it was designed to Either that, or let me know where I can get one of those magical ID's

clutchplate

Passed a highway patrol in my first Porsche (914) going about 120 mph. They pulled me over and were going to take me to jail, but they got an emergency call and let me go.

CaliforniaZombie

Good fortune for sure

Saw in your Avitar that your from Gilroy CA? I used to live there - but only for a year. Still have a friend that lives there. Small world

Explorer7

I know a french man, that when he gets pulled over, he speaks only french.
He said that he, so far, got out of every ticket, pretending not to speak english

I wonder if that would work for me speaking german.. so far, I have not been pulled over for speeding and I rather avoid testing his method. *knocks on wood*

Cuda911

OK, I'll play.

I was about 19, and just had some alignment work done on my Cuda, since I was getting a shimmy at about 80 mph. It was Christmas day, and I was driving I-90 from Buffalo to Syracuse. That has two lanes in each direction, separated by a wide grassy median.

Arrow straight section, not another car in site. I took it up to about 120 mph to see if there was any "shimmy." All was good. Then, noticed a car on the other side of the median coming my direction, so I lifted off of the gas.

Of course, it was a cop. I watch in the rear view mirror as he flies across the median and comes after me. I purposely took a long time to slow down, because I knew he had me anyway, so figured I'd make him work a bit. After I stop, he yanks me out of my car. Then, he starts giving me all sorts of crap: "you should have your head examined, driving that fast" blah, blah, blah.

Then, he notices that I have a clear plastic cover over my license plate. "Those are illegal" he yells, and makes me take it off and break it into pieces.

Then, he throws me into the back of his car while running a background check. Of course, he finds nothing. Then he starts gloating about how my insurance rates will skyrocket, etc.

I went to court, told the judge I was just trying to get home from college to see my family for Christmas, and he tosses the ticket out.

LexVan

One time I got pulled over. Looking into the rear view mirror, I see the red & blue flashing lights. Then I see the cop's driver's door open and close, but I don't see a person approaching.

Few seconds later, I hear a "knock-knock" on my driver's window. I roll down the window, and look down. To my surprise, I see this short state trooper. He yells at me in a squeaky voice, "I am NOT happy!!". I said back to him, "If you're not Happy, then you must be Sneezy!".

That's when the fight broke out.

CaliforniaZombie

Wow now that was some good fortune Must have caught that judge after he had a few spiked holiday eggnogs

CaliforniaZombie

And I'd still like to know what kind of ID you have

John 996 TT Cab

On one of my earlier, British Sports cars I had a brake light switch. See a cop behind, flick the switch and slow down without any brake lights! Got stopped once and he checked the brake lights and with them now working he couldn't figure out how I "slowed" quickly with out having brake lights go on. No ticket that day.

chuck911

That's the best part of the story- I didn't get a ticket!

As the guy was walking back to my car- and remember he was at least 100 ft past me by the time he stopped- I told my wife, "I'm not going to make him walk the whole way, but I do want him to realize just how stupid he's going to sound if he starts lecturing me on speed and safety." So I let him get half way then pulled slowly up to him.

He leans down and asks why I'm in such a hurry. "I'm not. But when I noticed all 5 of you went past three turnouts with nobody pulling over then I figured I was going to have to pass when I could, and that's what I did."

He looks at my wife, looks around a bit, finally looks back at me and say, "well you've obviously got a very high performance car." (Full disclosure: 1979 911 SC!) And proceeded to reel off his standard speeder lecture, obviously repeated so many times by now he not only knows it by heart but has even gotten to the point where he can't even think of anything else to say, which he is only just now realizing would come in handy, since he just now discovered none of his stories apply to drivers who can actually, you know, drive!

I honestly almost felt sorry for him.

CaliforniaZombie

Okay, I hate you a little bit now I did get a ticket - a rather expensive one at that. Well at least I didn't get cited for reckless driving, so I should be thankful for that I suppose. My LEO is probably back on the nascar circuit now. That dude could drive.

Do you still have your '79 SC?