This one’s for the people who actually carry a badge here.
(you can skip to the last couple paragraph, Thought details would help though)
So, a couple months ago, I’m driving home from work at 10:30ish at night, the road I’m on has a speed limit of 35, at a hill with a fairly good slop in it going down to a bridge, where there’s a another slope,a gentler one, going up into a 45.
Anyway, I’m one of those who usually drives between 3-5 over, and I like conserving gas…so I generally don’t break too much for hills if I feel the car is stable, I’m in a hilly area lots of ups an down, so speed gained is lost while going up the next one.
Anyone, this night, I pull the stunt doing forty-ish until I pass the known hiding places for cop, letting gravity do it’s work, gas it a little and use momentum to get up in to the 45 when I come to the middle of the bridge just before the next hill going up, and well, I see a darken car, Crown Vic lights sitting in a new spot ahead of me. I know I’m caught, only one on the road for about . Her head lights came on, I pulled over before she even got out of park and turn 180 to come up behind me, she didn’t even flick on the blue lights until she parked behind me.
I’ve watched a lot of Cops on Fox–I turn on hazards, off went the engines, (think i even took key out) pulled out the wallet and DL from my purse(which i always have slung around my torso) decided not to move for Registration and Insurance, because moving a lot gets cops a little paranoid(right?)
So, I roll down window and flicked on cabin light as she walked up, I realized she was a she and not a he, so out went the brief thought of light flirting(probably woulda wimped out, I’m a girl btw) went out that window I opened. I gave her DL when she was at the window.
As noted i just got off of work—was still in uniform–ask edme how fast i was going, I said something like "um…My speedometer’s a little screwy" while staring at the speedometor, deduct 3 mph from memorized glance and said "…47?"
"Do you know speed limit here?"
"Yes, 35, didn’t break on the hill to use the momentum to get up into the 45" Which is right in front of us, taunting me.
" I clocked you at 51" — D’oh! The one time my speedometer tells the truth.
I get or the Registration and Insurance, and of course I have all the cars past registrations, even from the prior owner so It took a good minute to thumb through them.
I was 4 mph from Reckless with only having my DL for a year, first offense….and I fully expected a ticket, female officer, (who always write you around here) officer….I’m screwed, right, not to mention I said the wrong speed and took forever going through all the registration looking for the new one.
Why didn’t she write me? Not that I’m complaining…but you know…I’m curious.
To the LE Student and the Retired Officer, thank you for your inputs, especially that of Leslie.
While the Officer did not lecture, she gave stern verbal warning saying if she catches me again, well, she warned me. Can’t blame her, it’s just weird cause, these cops around here are good people, but they write you for doing less when I did.
I’d give you Best Answer…but Yahoo isn’t giving me the option at this time.
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