Since ATOT loves cops, here's my writeup. On Friday I was driving down to LA from SF Bay Area. I made it to LA and dropped my friend off and was driving to my next stop, a place to rest.
Somewhere along I-10 East after the 405, I saw a cop pull next to me. I muttered "oh shit." I looked at my speedo and I was doing 71-72 tops. I let go a little and slid under 70. He pulled behind me and flicked his lights on. My girlfriend who was playing "Draw Something" the whole ride down noticed finally.
I did my best to be on good behavior and the officer immediately told me he "paced" me going 82. Full of shit. My car is a VW Golf GTI Mk6, and knowing those cars, the engine hits 3200rpm at least to maintain a speed like that. I don't like wasting gas, and the only time I even did 82 was on the I-5 coming down. I highly doubt I hit that in the city and LA freeways suck dick. They're windy, and feel like war zones with the potholes, and if anything it was raining and I was relying on my GPS which really sucks at warning me about exits. I was in the right lane which the officer acknowledged, and I might have passed a few cars here and there, but to my knowledge, I was under 75 the whole time in the city. He also told me he paced me from [some exit] to [some exit]. I looked clueless so he asked me where I was from.
He asked me for my license, which I produced and when I looked up he was 3 inches away from me. He was probably sniffing for alcohol. It was 3am, so I don't blame him. I asked my gf to rip off the temp registration sticker for my new car for him and he asked for insurance too. My gf fumbled around the glove compartment, and the as I was helping her find it, the officer said "ok just slow down, you're in the rain." He probably saw I was from NorCal and I was totally lost and using my GPS to navigate my way to my friend's house. He didn't care that I finally found the insurance card and waved me off. The whole process was like 2 minutes or so tops. He didn't run my license, probably had a few seconds to read my registration only.
Kinda sucks cuz I just got my windows tinted (barely so even though the front exceeds CA legal limit, I doubt he could've known unless he did a light meter test). You're not supposed to roll down your windows, but I had to the day after. Ugh.
Anyway, it's good to know I got no ticket. I've been pulled over 3 times now, and never got a ticket, but this was the first time I somehow knew I was just gonna be let go since I didn't feel like I was speeding. I was completely taken back when he said 82 though.
Cliffs:
- Pulled over for doing "82" in a 65.
- No ticket. Whew.
- Probably was BSing about pacing me.
- Probably was let go because I was an out-of-towner
- Cop was definitely hunting for DUI.
Questions:
How legit is getting pulled over based on being "paced?" I'm talking for speeds like this. If you're doing 100 and got pulled over for being paced, yeah, there's not much you can say, but for marginal speeding?
Somewhere along I-10 East after the 405, I saw a cop pull next to me. I muttered "oh shit." I looked at my speedo and I was doing 71-72 tops. I let go a little and slid under 70. He pulled behind me and flicked his lights on. My girlfriend who was playing "Draw Something" the whole ride down noticed finally.
I did my best to be on good behavior and the officer immediately told me he "paced" me going 82. Full of shit. My car is a VW Golf GTI Mk6, and knowing those cars, the engine hits 3200rpm at least to maintain a speed like that. I don't like wasting gas, and the only time I even did 82 was on the I-5 coming down. I highly doubt I hit that in the city and LA freeways suck dick. They're windy, and feel like war zones with the potholes, and if anything it was raining and I was relying on my GPS which really sucks at warning me about exits. I was in the right lane which the officer acknowledged, and I might have passed a few cars here and there, but to my knowledge, I was under 75 the whole time in the city. He also told me he paced me from [some exit] to [some exit]. I looked clueless so he asked me where I was from.
He asked me for my license, which I produced and when I looked up he was 3 inches away from me. He was probably sniffing for alcohol. It was 3am, so I don't blame him. I asked my gf to rip off the temp registration sticker for my new car for him and he asked for insurance too. My gf fumbled around the glove compartment, and the as I was helping her find it, the officer said "ok just slow down, you're in the rain." He probably saw I was from NorCal and I was totally lost and using my GPS to navigate my way to my friend's house. He didn't care that I finally found the insurance card and waved me off. The whole process was like 2 minutes or so tops. He didn't run my license, probably had a few seconds to read my registration only.
Kinda sucks cuz I just got my windows tinted (barely so even though the front exceeds CA legal limit, I doubt he could've known unless he did a light meter test). You're not supposed to roll down your windows, but I had to the day after. Ugh.
Anyway, it's good to know I got no ticket. I've been pulled over 3 times now, and never got a ticket, but this was the first time I somehow knew I was just gonna be let go since I didn't feel like I was speeding. I was completely taken back when he said 82 though.
Cliffs:
- Pulled over for doing "82" in a 65.
- No ticket. Whew.
- Probably was BSing about pacing me.
- Probably was let go because I was an out-of-towner
- Cop was definitely hunting for DUI.
Questions:
How legit is getting pulled over based on being "paced?" I'm talking for speeds like this. If you're doing 100 and got pulled over for being paced, yeah, there's not much you can say, but for marginal speeding?
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