So I was sitting at a light just after pulling out of taco bell (chicken grilled stuff sans fiesta salsa). A F150 pulled up behind me and revved it's engine, driving was a kid around my age (20) with a few friends, all wearing cowboy hats, artic cat sticker on the back window I later see.
I make the turn, he follows and cuts in front of the other car and comes up along side me, at this point were doing about 15 mph. we exchange revs and take off, i start pulling ahead, were coming up along a intersection so i brake, mainly becuase its a bumpy ride... probably went from 60 to 45 ish, shortly after the intersection a cop comes up behind both of us and yells at me to pull behind the other guy. note: i have tinted front windows and a tinted windsheild, both myself and my passenger wern't wearing seatbelts, and this was going on in a 30mph zone.
cop: license?
me: yup (hands him my license, cop walks up to the other truck and comes back about 2 min later)
cop: (looks at me and smiles)
me: so, is this the first time you've pulled over two pickups doing this?
cop: (smiles again) yup. any idea how fast you guys were going?
me: well... at what point?
cop: (smiling... still... fvcker) well overall
me: i'd guess around 45-50
cop: whats the sign say (pointing to the 30mph sign right next to me)
me: thats a big ticket
cop: yup, i'll give you one chance and one only (walks back to his car... 5 min later he returns)
cop: well i'm giving you break, 39 in a 30 sounds pretty fair to me
me: (signing ticket) I really appreciate this
cop: well i know what it's like to be young and doing stupid stuff, but with the shania twain concert in town we need to keep everyone in check
me: shania twain?! (wtf?!?!)
cop: yeah... thats why it didn't supprise me to see two pickups drag racing down 42nd.
me: (laughing) well... yeah, where exactly were you? i mean you kind of came out of no where...
cop: well I was behind you trying to keep up. before that though i was sitting in the Ramada parking lot doing some paperwork, drinking my coffee and eating doughnuts when you guys came ripping by.
me: ahh
cop: yup, hope you guys have a better weekend, your free to go
didn't say a word about my tints, not a word about no seatbelts, a street racing ticket is $300 and 6 points, he gave me 39 in a 30 with a $40 fine and no points. not exactly sure what was going on but when we drove by again two of the guys from the other truck were in the back seat of the cop car and the the 3rd was getting a sobriety test, or so it looked.
btw, i won by about 1.5 truck legnths
I make the turn, he follows and cuts in front of the other car and comes up along side me, at this point were doing about 15 mph. we exchange revs and take off, i start pulling ahead, were coming up along a intersection so i brake, mainly becuase its a bumpy ride... probably went from 60 to 45 ish, shortly after the intersection a cop comes up behind both of us and yells at me to pull behind the other guy. note: i have tinted front windows and a tinted windsheild, both myself and my passenger wern't wearing seatbelts, and this was going on in a 30mph zone.
cop: license?
me: yup (hands him my license, cop walks up to the other truck and comes back about 2 min later)
cop: (looks at me and smiles)
me: so, is this the first time you've pulled over two pickups doing this?
cop: (smiles again) yup. any idea how fast you guys were going?
me: well... at what point?
cop: (smiling... still... fvcker) well overall
me: i'd guess around 45-50
cop: whats the sign say (pointing to the 30mph sign right next to me)
me: thats a big ticket
cop: yup, i'll give you one chance and one only (walks back to his car... 5 min later he returns)
cop: well i'm giving you break, 39 in a 30 sounds pretty fair to me
me: (signing ticket) I really appreciate this
cop: well i know what it's like to be young and doing stupid stuff, but with the shania twain concert in town we need to keep everyone in check
me: shania twain?! (wtf?!?!)
cop: yeah... thats why it didn't supprise me to see two pickups drag racing down 42nd.
me: (laughing) well... yeah, where exactly were you? i mean you kind of came out of no where...
cop: well I was behind you trying to keep up. before that though i was sitting in the Ramada parking lot doing some paperwork, drinking my coffee and eating doughnuts when you guys came ripping by.
me: ahh
cop: yup, hope you guys have a better weekend, your free to go
didn't say a word about my tints, not a word about no seatbelts, a street racing ticket is $300 and 6 points, he gave me 39 in a 30 with a $40 fine and no points. not exactly sure what was going on but when we drove by again two of the guys from the other truck were in the back seat of the cop car and the the 3rd was getting a sobriety test, or so it looked.
btw, i won by about 1.5 truck legnths