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Old 03-05-2004   #13
ACRucrazy
 

Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Twin Cities
Posts: 762
My scariest moment.............
I was on the way back from RF's, and the freeway was wide open, so my brother in his 95 SOHC Neon goes wizzin past me, I of course being dumb and see the wide open freeway, freshly paved didnt take to kindly...
I jam it into 4th and redline her, I fly past my bro and keep goin, 5th... doin 110,115,120,125,130,130+....... then were coming up on a weigh station and i see 3-4 WI Patrols sitting there.... all in about a seconed I see my self screwed big time, car impounded, jail, no liscence...... I slam on the brakes and go flying buy all of them at over 100mph with the brake lights lit. My buddy and i are like O M F G!!!!
Im in the right lane down to 65mph just cruzing with my eyes on my rearview mirrior. My bro finally catches up and i roll down my window and yell at him to get in the right lane that we just flew past State Patrol...hes like "huh" didnt even see him.. so he gets right infront of me... instead of going ahead a few cars and getting in the right lane...
A few miles down the road I see a Patrol come up behind us in the left lane... I told my buddy that we are soo screwed and my heart started beating like crazy. The Patrol procedes to pull both me and my bro over..
He comes up to me and asks if there was any reason for speading... I told him "I didnt realize I was speeding" He laughs and says dont give me that shit we got you on our radar going over 100mph... (to wich I knew was BS because my Passport 8500 didnt even chirp) I said I dont think I was goin over 100mph, last time I checked I was doing 65. He goes "you dont think you were speeding!? How fast do you think you were going" I reply 65mph.. He then leaves my car and talks to my bro for like 10 mins, he comes back and my says "You brother just admitted to doing 100 mph, he said you guys just came back from the race track and I see his car is all gutted" I say if he was doing 100mph thats his fault, I was not. He asked where I was headed. I say my friend has top be to work at Woodbury Pizza Hut in MN by 5, he looks at his watch and says and by doing over 100mph you think you can make it there in 30 mins?? I said no, thats why I was goin 65. He takes my info back to the patrol car, and we are sitting there for about 45 mins... in that time, the "DSM GROUP" pass us....(remeber that!!?? LOL) He comes back and notices my exhaust, askes me to start the car and rev it, he says that its too loud and illegal, then says my clear 3rd brake light is illegal, then he says I have expired tabs, I show him the paper work because I was waiting for my custom plates, and they had tabs on it. Says im still driving on expired tabs and its illegal. He then asks me for the last time "how fast were you going?" I say "honostly sir, I dont know, like i said the last time i check i was goin 65, but I dont know how fast I was going when we drove past you" he says thats is called inatentive driving, to not be aware of your speed, and thats a fine.... he leaves and goes to my bros car, i see him start and rev his car, after about 10 mins my bro gets a piece of paper and leaves. The patrol comes back to me, and he says, ok, now this is the last time... what was your speed. I say the same thing, honoslty officer, i dont know.. So he adds up all these fines (well over 700$) and says being im from antother state, he can require that I make paypment in full before he lets me leave, or they tow my vehicle, but that hes giving me a WARNING..................






My heart just stopped!!! And i just stayed cool, and said yes sir and agreed with everything he said.. including how aftermarket parts hurt performance, and how a different muffler lowers compression, and how my car wasnt designed to go fast, its a neon... and how driving fast on the road is a very bad idea, it was "Yes sir" to everything... I took my warning ticket with all the infractions, and he said "Now I let your brother go 10 mins before you, i dont want you 2 together, driving at those speeds on a freeway could turn tragic very easy, I could be here scraping you up off the ground instead of having this talk, now I dont want to catch you driving at those speeds in my state again, or you will go to jail"
Yes sir, thank you sir, have a good day sir.....
And that was the scariest moment in a vehicle....

Not once did i ack like an ass, not once did i roll my eyes or raise my voice, i didnt cuss, had my hands on the wheel, and made him feel in control. I knew they didnt get my on radar, my 8500 didnt go off. Not once did I admit to driving above the speed limit... All this helped me get lucky.. And from that day forth, I dont really speed, dont race on the streets, and am always watching for cops. Im paranoid now, that one incodent pretty much ruined me. LOL, but I think it was for the better.
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