(Almost) got nailed by CHP =(

[marvdmartian]

The WORST chippies are the motorcycle cops, tho. As far as sneakiness goes, they can getcha!

~17 years ago, I was coming down the Altamont pass, heading west, and just sorta letting the car coast (thus picking up my speed to ~75, back when it was 55mph speed limit). No biggy, everyone does it, all the time.

Talking to a friend who was sitting in the passenger seat, I suddenly got a glimpse in my peripheral vision of something in my blind spot, and turned to look at it. Imagine my surprise to see a CHP motorcycle sitting there, pacing me! :shocked:

Nothing else I could do, I eased on the brake, and slowed down to 55, fully expecting I was going to have to give him an autograph in his citation book. He slowed right down with me, stuck on me for another 15-20 seconds, then took off after (I assume) someone else that didn't slow down. WHEW!! Can't believe I got away with that one, but I guess the cop figured that since I did slow down, and someone else didn't, then deserved the ticket more than me.

So yeah, sometimes they're nice about it.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Ramma2
Your phone makes everything look like its minature. Sorta neat.

Yeah, I thought they looked like models myself. Why are there no lines on the road?

Not often you see a police car that's not American made.

Edit: And the tires are plastic and the gas tank door looks funny. Hmmm....

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Ramma2
Your phone makes everything look like its minature. Sorta neat.

Yeah, I thought they looked like models myself. Why are there no lines on the road?

Not often you see a police car that's not American made.

Edit: And the tires are plastic and the gas tank door looks funny. Hmmm....

I'm officially calling SHENS on this thread.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

SHENS, that car is a model car

no chance in hell they would buy foreign either

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: J0hnny
S2000 CHP car... awesome. They've got some really forward thinkers in Cali. :thumbsup:

My company here in NY wouldn't even dream of using an import for their fleet of vehicles.

You're gullible.

 

[labgeek]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Yup, there's also this Pontiac GTO highway patrol car in Virginia - Text

Virginia has LOTS of unmarked cars doing traffic stops. I was amazed when I moved here. In Louisiana, several years ago the State Police came out and said "Do not stop for an unmarked car trying to pull you over... We do not use them for traffic stops... Call 911 if you have a cell phone or drive to the nearest police station or well lit area with many people." This was after someone was using a dash light to pull women over and rape them. Unmarked cars are used for detectives and supervisors primarily down there.

 

[91TTZ]

Can't you tell by how rough the ground looks that it's a very small (toy) car?

 

[Doggiedog]

Originally posted by: MCrusty

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Ramma2
Your phone makes everything look like its minature. Sorta neat.

Yeah, I thought they looked like models myself. Why are there no lines on the road?

Not often you see a police car that's not American made.

Edit: And the tires are plastic and the gas tank door looks funny. Hmmm....

I'm officially calling SHENS on this thread.

When in college about 15 years ago, my friend and I were pulled over by a CT cop driving a pink Mazda MX-6 Turbo. The car had a huge Turbo sticker along the side. CT also had Grand Nationals, Ford Rangers, 300Zs, and Civics IIRC. At the time, the cops were allowed to confiscate the property of drug dealers and use them for work.

 

[ATLien247]

I think they look like models too, but only because the rocks in the road are huge... like what you would see if you zoomed in on a regular road.

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: labgeek

Originally posted by: junkerman123
only in Cali....

nice though

Actually no... The St. Tammany Parish Sherriff's Office in Louisiana (north of New Orleans - across Lake Ponchartrain) had a Corvette with T-Tops - but the motor pool put a light bar across the tops so they couldn't open anyway. They used it primarily for DARE and other community outreach programs. FYI, it was seized for drugs so no they didn't go buy it. I-12 from Slidell to Baton Rouge is a shortcut that goes around New Orleans for the Texas to Florida drug route. We'd always see cars on the side of the road being ripped apart by either the LSP or STPSO.

Yup, there's also this Pontiac GTO highway patrol car in Virginia - Text

awesome. very stealthy. wouldnt even know its a cop car unless he had his lights on

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: labgeek

Originally posted by: junkerman123
only in Cali....

nice though

Actually no... The St. Tammany Parish Sherriff's Office in Louisiana (north of New Orleans - across Lake Ponchartrain) had a Corvette with T-Tops - but the motor pool put a light bar across the tops so they couldn't open anyway. They used it primarily for DARE and other community outreach programs. FYI, it was seized for drugs so no they didn't go buy it. I-12 from Slidell to Baton Rouge is a shortcut that goes around New Orleans for the Texas to Florida drug route. We'd always see cars on the side of the road being ripped apart by either the LSP or STPSO.

Yup, there's also this Pontiac GTO highway patrol car in Virginia - Text

awesome. very stealthy. wouldnt even know its a cop car unless he had his lights on

Exactly...heck, if the windows were tinted dark enough, I'm sure some people might even try to race him

 

[backinsac]

Shens. Text

 

[labgeek]

Originally posted by: Aharami
awesome. very stealthy. wouldnt even know its a cop car unless he had his lights on

All of the ones I've seen have an extra antenna or 2 on the back. But they're kind of hard to see if you're cruising down the road at any signifigant speed.

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: backinsac
Shens. Text

PWNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[radioouman]

The rocks in the road are HUGE! hahaha

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

they should add a spoiler for +15 hp

 

[Damn Dirty Ape]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Well, actually my uncle almost got nailed by one. My uncle and I were driving from his place in Redding, CA down the 5 to a car show in Sacramento where he planned on entering his 1970 LS6 Chevelle convertible in a car show.

California has thousands of miles of scenic highway, the stretch of I-5 between Redding and Sacramento is not one of them. It's long, straight and boring so we were hauling ass. In the small town of Corning, just south of Red Bluff, I spotted a police car on an on-ramp. I told my uncle to slow down but a Dodge Ram 3500 pulling a trailer and Chevelle don't exactly brake quickly. We were screwed. My uncle and I were a little puzzled because we saw the red light flashing but at the same time we saw the unmistakable glare of HID headlights. Well, turns out it was an S2000!

I asked the officer about the car. He said they just started using them this week. The cars in service are pretty much stock. The service version differs from the street version with an upgraded alternator, a reinforced front sub frame and bumper for executing the P.I.T. (Precision Immobilization Technique) maneuver radio equipment, shotgun, lights and of course the paint scheme and blacked out wheels. The officer said he isn't a big fan of sports cars, but it beats the hell out of a Crown Victoria.

He let us off with a warning and told us to slow it down. Before we took off, I asked if I could snap some shots with my camera phone and he said it would be alright.

Pics:
My uncle's truck pulled over
CHP car with door open
Trunk shot

sorry to have to poop on your picnic here, but if you have 5-7 tons rolling down the highway 'hauling ass', and you admit it can't stop very well, then you really deserved to have a knot tied in your tail(s).

pfffbbtt.

 

[ironcrotch]

man.. i dont know whether to be happpy or sad now..

 

[Doggiedog]

Originally posted by: backinsac
Shens. Text

LOL

Nice find.

I'm still telling the truth though

 

[CRXican]

looks like hot wheels

 

[captains]

looks like match box cars

 

[hevnsnt]

I officially claim hevnsnt as the winner of this thread.

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog

Originally posted by: backinsac
Shens. Text

LOL

Nice find.

I'm still telling the truth though

WTF? you didn't start this thread

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Please make your pictures more blurry. They are too crisp to look at.

 

[jpeyton]

I wonder how many poor bastards they had to ticket to buy that thing?