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years ago, I was out riding in my '68 Dart with a girl I was dating at the time. At a traffic light, we saw some of her friends in an early 90's Cavalier coupe. It was a midline model, like an "RS" or something like that, but just had a 4-cyl and a stick. We were both the lead cars at the light, so when it turned green we decided to be stupid and race. I ended up walking them like a dog, but when I got up to about 55 I just let off and coasted. They caught up, rode along beside for a couple seconds or so, and then turned off. Then suddenly, out of nowhere, there's a cop coming up behind me and he pulls me over! Cop and his partner walk up to me and he asks me "So tell me. Who won?". I just looked at him and replied sadly..."Well it looks like I lost". It turns out the cops in general were all up in arms about speeding and reckless driving in general because a few weeks before, some teens, a Ford Escort, alcohol, speeding, and a country road all mixed to result in an Escort broken in two and several dead kids. But then one of the cops said that he was appreciative of the fact that I only got it up to about 55 instead of getting really wild (although the speed limit was only like 45). When he saw the "V8" badge on the fender, he asked why I even bothered to race that Cavalier, because it was such a lopsided match. They also wanted me to pop the hood and trunk to make sure the car really was stock and that I wasn't running nitrous or something. I mean, c'mon...it's a 318-2bbl...it's not like I took off THAT fast! It would've been faster than just about any copcar in recent memory at that time, short of a Camaro/Mustang interceptor or the LT-1 Caprices (in 0-60/quarter mile, at least...most copcars would most likely have a higher top end), but it still wasn't THAT fast. Oh, and then the cops start talking about ways I could make it faster, like swapping on a 4-bbl, changing the back tires (I was broke at the time, and actually running snow tires on the back that my Mom handed down to me when she gave me her old Malibu and were three days older than Moses). Yeah guys, that's a great way to drive home the point of responsible motoring...give me suggestions on how to make it FASTER.  Maybe so in the future, they could write a fatter ticket? 
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So, this past weekend they start enforcing the new primary seat belt law in MO, meaning they can pull you over for that offense alone. One of my co-workers got pulled over for not wearing hers, and the officer gave her NO ticket, but told her that if she put it on right away, he would give her a coupon for a free shake at Sonic. Positive enforcement, but... where's the free shake for all of us who wear our seat belts every day? 
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Replying to: kirstie_h (Jun 06, 2007 11:23 am) Well, it would be sufficiently far away to the nearest Sonic to make it a bad deal for me anyway. I could be bribed with Carvel...
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Replying to: fezo (Jun 06, 2007 11:41 am) |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 06, 2007 12:04 pm) Don't suppose the DeSoto can go that far..... |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 06, 2007 12:04 pm)
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Replying to: fezo (Jun 06, 2007 12:25 pm) 
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 06, 2007 12:55 pm) |
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Replying to: fezo (Jun 06, 2007 7:54 am) Sounds just like the road I grew up on. My mother still lives in the same house. The road had a 35 mph speed limit as far back as I can recall, and then it was lowered to 25 maybe 10 or so years ago. It's absurd, especially considering there's been no new development on that road since about 1965! |
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My title is misleading since the cars getting crushed have stolen parts in them. "Police need a court order to destroy the cars. They must prove that the serial or identification numbers on a vehicle or its parts are removed, altered or destroyed." What say the peanut gallery? CA cops crushing street racers (Straightline - the quote is from the LA Times story linked there)
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