ON OUR WAY TO BAYTOWN FRIDAY NIGHT TO RUN AND I DIDNT EVEN MAKE IT 5 MILES BEFORE A TX STATE TROOPER GOT ME- I WAS FOLLOWING THREE MUSTANGS AND AS WE GOT ON TO 45 S EVERYONE PUNCHES IT AND OF COURSE THE LIGHTNING PASSES EVERYONE SO AS I'M DOING OVER 100 IN FRONT OF EVERYONE NOW I RUN UP ON THE TROOPER SITTING UNDER THE BRIDGE. HE WAS SUCH A ******* AND WAS DETERMINED TO GET ME FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN SPEEDING BUT COULDNT FIND ANYTHING- HE ASKED ME HOW FAST I WAS GOING AND TOLD ME THAT HIS RADAR STOPPED AT 100 MPH (B/S). I SAID I DIDNT KNOW HE WAS THE ONE WITH RADAR. ANYWAYS JUST HAD TO VENT I WAS FINALLY GOING TO GET TO SEE WHAT SHE WILL RUN BUT FOR SOME REASON IT WAS NOT MEANT FOR ME FRIDAY NIGHT, WATCH THOSE STATE BOYS THEY ARE HATERS

 

Let's see now.... on 45 South the speed limit is 60MPH till you get to League City then it's 65MPH to Galveston.

You were clocked at 100MPH.... you are lucky he didn't throw you in jail. Why are you mad at the officer? You were the one doing 100MPH.

 

ITS NOT THAT IM REALLY MAD AT HIM- IT JUST **** ING SUCKS AND ITS THE FIRST TICKET IN THE LIGHTING - JUST VENTING- AND HE WROTE IT FOR 65 IN 100 MPH- JUST SOUTH OF SPRING- 45 AND 1960 ACTUALLY

 

Watch the DPS here in Texas. My dad and I commute ~150 miles a day (we work at the same place in Houston) and have been stopped twice in the last month - both times by DPS - both times we had the cruise set on 65mph. The first time we were stopped, we were all by ourselves and the cop gave us a ticket for 15 over! WTF! Just the other day, we topped a hill and there was a DPS car on the other side - we passed, he followed us for about a mile, and finally pulled us over. The guy said we were going 9 over and said that he'd "do us a favor" by giving us a warning. BS!

We should be able to get the 15 over dismissed and the 9 over is just a warning - but it's still a PITA and they're still out there. Guess we'll be doing 45 from now on.

It's funny - dad has been driving for 39 years and has 1 ticket from back in 1972. Since then, he's been stopped twice - both in one month and both since Texas announced the big budget shortfall. Looks to me like the DPS office that patrols HWY290 is trying to up their "contacts" to justify their existence to the higher-ups.

 

I say if you know the area, you are already doing 35 over, traffic is pretty clear, and the cop is stopped you need to just keep going. Heck, a stock your truck will do 140mph. That cop doesn't have a chance if you know the area.

disclaimer: I would never recommend you do this, it is just an option you have available.

 

NICE THOUGHT EASTER BUT I ACTUALLY TRIED THAT ONCE IN MY CAMARO AND HAD HOUSTON POLICE LOST UNTIL I CAME ACROSS A DAMN TRAIN THAT WAS STOPPED ON THE TRACKS- I THOUGHT I WAS IN THE CLEAR ACTUALLY BUT IT WASNT LONG AND THEY CAUGHT UP- THEN IT WENT FROM SIMPLE SPEEDING TO THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME WITH EVADING, RUNNING A STOP LIGHT,
NO TURN SIGNAL, NO BELT, ALL KINDS OF THINGS - THANK THE MAN ABOVE THAT I HAVE A FEW HPD 'FRIENDS' THAT GOT ME OFF THE HOOK SO NO EASTER- I WILL JSUT GO AHEAD AND STOP AND TAKE THE RAP- IVE HAD THE L TO 140 A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THAT A RUSH IN ITSELF- MUCH LESS DOING THAT RUNNING FROM THE LAW

 

 

Sorry, My keyboard pretty much stays in that mode for what I do here at work. I will try and keep it in mind next time so no one gets upset.

 

Also, it's spelled LightNing.

 

damn there are some picky *** people on here- it was a mistake- seems like sometimes some of you just pick **** apart to find something to say about it- kind of reminds me of that damn trooper- HATERS

 

 

I'm sure I won't be the only one, but...

OK, you admit you were playing road tag with 3 Mustangs and driving 100 mph... did you expect the officer to be anything besides bent out of shape? I hate that cops are often forced to give tickets to not get on their cheifs **** list, but in this case you were being reckless and endangering lives. I know it sucks getting tickets, but hey think about this situation for a minute and you will see his point. And I don't know what the laws are in your neck of the woods, but around here he would have had every right to haul your butt off to jail and you could have got aquanted with some suave debonaire wino or got traded to be bubba's girlfriend for a carton of smokes... as well as get your car and licence taken away. I heard in WI that anything 25mph over the limit is "reckless driving" and also they could have got you for street racing as well.

Not saying I am innocent but when I do punch it I am very careful and it normally is getting a jump on some ricer or schmoe at the lights... I don't blast up to 100mph+ that's just crazy!

 

GUESS IM JUST CRAZY!!!!

 

And................ Atleast those three stang's couldnt hang

 

I raced a new vette from an 80 mph roll this morning. He gave up just a few seconds later at around 120 I guess. I just kept it floored until 140 to show him who was the boss. (lucky for him I only have a 3.5" upper and 6lb lower installed and my remote bottle opener has gone haywire.)


j/k I would never speed, those crazy speeders...