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I am combining 2 separate drivers into one post just to save space and time. Feel free to comment on one or the other or both.


First the Jerk. I was driving down the main road in the middle of nowhere. Speed limit is 55 the entire stretch until the next town. I was hovering between 52 and 53 MPH. Anyways this lady behind me decides to get about 2 feet off my bumper for about 2 miles. The entire span between towns is about 5 miles. She finally passes me and as she is trying to squish me onto the shoulder I look over and see her hold up all five fingers twice and see her say 55. She gets ahead of me and I don't think anything of it. About 2 miles later I arrive in town and see her stopped at the stoplight. I coast up to the light and just in time my arrow turns for me to continue and as I pass her stuck at that light I look over and wave. I don't know if she saw me or not, but I bet she wouldn't have been happy if she had.


Now, the idiot. I was on my way home from work and I am doing my usual 30 MPH at 1200 RPMs. Speed limit changes to 50 and I get on the gas to accelerate. As I pass 40 MPH about 1/4 of a mile later the truck behind me gets tired of me and zooms around me crossing a double yellow. I think to myself, what an idiot. I get people doing that all the time there so I think nothing of it. Well I check my mirrors and see another car getting ready to do the same thing. I watch him in my side mirror to see how much room he is going to give me and just as he is getting ready to pass me I see red and blue lights suddenly. He quickly passes me and pulls over the truck. I couldn't help but to laugh my a$$ off. I called my fiancé and we both got a good laugh.

just as he is getting ready to pass me I see red and blue lights suddenly. He quickly passes me and pulls over the truck. I couldn't help but to laugh my a$$ off. I called my fiancé and we both got a good laugh.

The pure joy - the truck driver is still probably blaming you for the ticket. I can hear him saying "if only that fellow had accelerated like he should have I would not have gotten the ticket." He may have even told the cop the same thing.

She finally passes me and as she is trying to squish me onto the shoulder I look over and see her hold up all five fingers twice and see her say 55.

And then probably did 65 as she zoomed off.

The lady flashing 55 seemed like she was going around 55-60 after passing me. As for the truck I kept wondering to myself what he told the cop. I was even tempted to wait for the truck to catch up to me and ask him. But, I figured that may not be good since he probably was blaming me and would most likely be mad at me.

I am combining 2 separate drivers into one post just to save space and time. Feel free to comment on one or the other or both.

...... I was hovering between 52 and 53 MPH. Anyways this lady behind me decides to get about 2 feet off my bumper for about 2 miles. The entire span between towns is about 5 miles. She finally passes me and as she is trying to squish me onto the shoulder I look over and see her hold up all five fingers twice and see her say 55. ......
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People who do that give me a chuckle--there's one driver in my area who has given me the "double five" three different times when I've been driving different vehicles at about 53. It's much more entertaining than people who only use 1 finger. Maybe we should start flashing the double five at people who pass us;).

Just after she passed me I thought, man I should have waved at her. Luckily enough I caught up to her at the light.

Thats justice. Now if only there could be more of these guys around when you need them. Although the fuel consumed while idling for a ticket kinda sux.

I have always turned my car off when I get pulled over. No point in idling and the cop knows you won't try to run when the engine is off.

damionk,

Wish he could have seen you wave as he was pulled over. :p

Don't you love happy endings?:)

OP reminded me of a case years ago driving through Jasper National Park. There are 3 70 kph speed zones because animals are known to gather in these areas. I was coming out of the 1st one (also the shortest) west bound and looked down the road about 1 km away to see a car pull a U turn and head back west. I'm thinking this is kinda suspicious so I don't get too carried away, unlike the guy behind me. He goes smokin by me like I'm standin still and before the next slow zone about 2 km away he is polishing the bumper of the U turn car. Now while these slow zones are straight enough there is a double solid line from one end to the other. This doesn't stop moron though, he pulls out to pass, gets it up to about warp 5, passes about 5 cars in one go and pulls back in just as the cop (1st passed car) realizes yes this guy was that stupid, and turns the lights on. I'm sure all the passed cars had a good laugh at his expense, I know I did.

kryten

The story about the truck driver is priceless...that's one of my fantasies to always see happen. :D

I have always turned my car off when I get pulled over. No point in idling and the cop knows you won't try to run when the engine is off.

I'm assuming he was talking about the police idling waiting to give a ticket. I don't think the police would let you leave the car running unless you had a good reason and asked first (say to keep heat going if you have a sick child in the car).

I am not sure there is a law or rule either way. At least not one that I know of. I used to keep my car running until I had an older car that was kind of loud and I turned it off so it wouldn't be an inconvenience for the officer.

I've usually waved to the Ft. Mitchell cops whenever I see them. I'm pretty sure they know who I am by now. Sometimes they wave back.

I even wave when they've got someone pulled over for speeding (I have a habit of doing 30 in a 35 through there even in my pre-hypermiling days). And I've had a few cases where the one pulled over was someone who was tailgating me five minutes ago and went off in a huff.

Nothing like justice when you see the pretty lights and a uniformed guy giving the jerk/tailgater a lecture about speed limits. :)

I can imagine the truck drivers conversation with the cop.

Cop: Do you know why I pulled you over? [They always seem to ask that.]

Idiot (playing dumb):No, sir. I have no idea.

Cop: Well you passed over a double yellow.

Idiot: Well that jerk in front of me was going like 30.

Cop: I was right behind you. He was going 40.

Idiot: Oh, you where? Well he was just going so slow, and I just couldn't stand driving so slow in my big truck.

Cop: Well regardless of how you want to drive you have to obey the law. I'm giving you a ticket.

Idiot (after cop walks away):F**k'n idiot driving 20 MPH [notice the change]. Now I'm going to have to pay this d**m ticket. My insurance is gonna go through the roof because of all my speeding tickets.

People need to know the value and stress free environment of patience. I see that happen to me so many times. Your last post is hilarious. It probably went just like that, the truck blaming you for his ticket.