You're suppose to follow the Pilot car, not race it!

[BookstoreEscapee]

Ah, see that explains it...NJ doesn't have a long enough stretch of road to need a pilot car

[Sofar]

We have a little town just north of us that the police will ticket you for going one mile over the speed limit. In the mornings there are three spots where he sits waiting for speeders.

Kind of difficult to proove that someone is traveling faster than the speed limit by one mile per hour. Those radar guns have a margin of error.

Police haven't much else to do in that town?

[blas]

Sofar, travel a WI highway at the end of the month once.........at least every few miles, or whever there is a median, there is a cop with his radar gun pointed.

Bonus points if you travel down the strip in my city (there's two main highways, I call one the "main drag" and one "the strip"). I live off of the strip. Lots of times they like to hide in parking lots with only their parking lights on. Nice try bucko......maybe if you'd try hiding somewhere else for once, you'd actually catch someone, rather than spending whole shifts in the same spot.

[protege]

Police haven't much else to do in that town?

Where I live, they don't. Because my 'burb is so small, and most people know each other, we have very little crime. As a result, the cops don't have much to do--other than eat donuts, that is I got nailed back in 2002 for as little as 5mph over the limit. Throw in the fact that I looked like a kid in a sporty car (the Tercel looked *roughly* like a BMW 3-series), the cop didn't hesitate in pulling me over. Never mind that there was a beat-up pickup in front of me that was literally pulling away from me. Yet, *I* got the ticket.

[bigjimaz]

A few minutes later when I caught up with him he was bathed in the pretty red and blue glow of police car lights. When I passed him and the cop, I smiled and waved at him like he was my bestest friend

When I was in my late teens (read this as me still being young and stupid) I was racing with another similarly aged (but most likely a bit more stupid) driver. As we were racing down a straight stretch of road with traffic lights every ¼ mile or so, we were both slowing for a red light I noticed a cop pull out from a side street. Apparently my counterpart didn't notice him and when the light turned, he punched it and flew off, cop closely behind. As I passed him about ½ mile up the road, with the bravado of youth, I yelled "I win!" as I passed him and the cop on the side of the road. I got home, forgetting about my just finished 'race' when I got a knock at the door. I opened it to see one of the largest cops I have ever seen. I didn't get a ticket but the sheer size and demeanor of the cop was enough to scare me into never racing again....that week. (did I tell you I was young and stupid?)

[raptormh]

Crazy drivers

Once I was driving home at about 1 AM when I saw headlights approaching rapidly in the mirror. A few seconds later... BOOM! a car goes shooting by me at what had to have been 110 miles an hour.

A few seconds later, I entered a tunnel and found it full of smoke. I saw the car that had passed me had spun out and slammed into the wall, rear first. I honk and laugh.

A few minutes later, I swear, I see headlights approaching rapidly, and BOOM! the same car goes shooting by with two broken taillights and all the paint removed from the back of the car.

[IT Grunt]

A few minutes later, I swear, I see headlights approaching rapidly, and BOOM! the same car goes shooting by with two broken taillights and all the paint removed from the back of the car.

Must have been a Darwin Award finalist. I bet we'll see him in the winners circle some day.

[blas]

We can only hope that the next tunnel that car encountered, it smashed into it FRONT first, lol.

[repsac]

You know, invaribly someone always tries to follow the pilot vehicle off the road when it tries to pull aside? I've seen that one happen more than once. Every time it's hilarious.

Here, we're having some road construction going on and the road goes from being these huge two lanes (It'll be four when they're done) to two and a turning lane. Other day, a couple rear ended a cop car when they failed to notice that the lane they had been in, turned into a turning one. Cop did not look amused.

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Some months back, I'm not sure how long, I was in town for the day. I think I had a day off, or it could have just been me doing some shopping. I think, and I could be wrong here, it may have been for a birthday. Either way, I chose 204 to come into the city. It's the fastest route to get to both malls, and is a pretty good road.

Not long after I passed under 95, I noticed the traffic had started to bunch up. It stayed like this for around six or seven miles, petering out when we got past the mall. During that time, all manner of ambulances and department of corrections marked vehicles were tearing past in the emergency lane. Lights flashing and sirens blazing.

At one point, I remember seeing this ambulance go whizzing past me on the left (emergency lane) followed almost immedieatly by a DOC van whose lights were also flashing. Not a good sign...not one indeed. A few moments later, a second ambulance went tearing past, this one followed by a state trooper.

A few minutes later, I saw a car pulled off in the emergency lane, with the first ambulance sitting back a ways. The DOC van was now part of the ambulance. The second Ambulance and cop were back further, and looked to be responding to the first.

Here's what I'm guessing happened.

The car, (florida plates if you wondered) had gotten impatient. Seeing these white trucks roar past, the driver must have decided to do the same. Problem is, he pulled out in front of the ambulance, which slammed on its brakes. The DOC van ate the back of the ambulance, pushing it into the car.

Never found out the outcome of that crash, didn't see it in the papers or what caused the original backup.

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Stolen Cones

Ok, not stolen, just moved.

I was bored one day, heading to work to pick up a pay check and found myself staring at this bright yellow cone. The thing was right beside my car door, almost at eye level. Reaching out, I quickly grabbed the thing up and pulled it inside the car. Covering it with a jacket. As I drove off, I noticed some of the crew looking around for the thing, since it just seemed to dissappear.

Later, when I came back by, they were in the process of putting the cones up but still had traffic stopped. So when the flagman signaled for us to move past, I slowed some and dropped the cone off, right where I had found it.

I doubt they saw me, but to this day I often wonder what their thoughts were when the cone first vanished, and then later returned.