I recently got pulled over by a Dallas, TX County Highway Patrol going 145mph in a 60mph zone at 1am. By recently I mean 2 hours ago. Given it was 1am on a Tuesday morning there were no cars on the road and no immediate danger to myself or others (This is a Jaguar, not a BMW of course :P ). The Patrolman then ASKED me if he could take my car for a ride instead of issuing me a citation. Here, 20mph over the speed limit means you HAVE to go to court and HAVE to get the car towed to impound. This is a minimum $600.00 fine + impound fees. So of course I said "Sure officer". He came back after 20 minutes and pulled up in front of his Ford cruiser (lights flashing the whole time I waited) and thanked me for the good time. I didn't even get a warning from him. The highway patrolman just said "Be careful out there." and handed me the key.

God bless the S-Type 4.2.

Cheers,
Bal.

 

Get out! I would report him, I swear I would. I would gladly pay the $600 fine to nail the pig. LOL! Just kidding. Nothing like getting out of an expensive one.

 

This just came to me though, what if it wasn't a real cop and he would've stolen your car.

 

[sm=insomnia.gif] no way... no way...

 

That wouldbe a bummer, stranded in the early hours with a fake cruiser

 

Lol, good point about the imposter cop. His gun did look very real though. If it ever happened again I should ask to follow him in the cruiser.

 

Lol.....lights a blazing too. Rural areas of Texas are fun that way. South Florida would have meant jail time.

 

Just be glad your wife/girlfriend wasn't with you! Who knows what else the cop may have been driving![sm=yikesomg.gif]

 

I think he was for real. We have a Texas DPS trooper than lives 2 houses down and he had a Cop Camero for a couple of years. We live near plenty of dirt roads and he took me for a "ride" one Saturday morning. I had a Camero at the time and thought I knew speed. He went from a dead stop to 90mph in seconds and I can imagine what riding the Shuttle is like now.

While we we going 130 straight ahead, he told me, he became a cop, because of all the contact he had with them getting speeding tickets in high school. Damn smooth ride, I'll tell you!

 

Yeah, this will be the 5th time I've been pulled over in Dallas county and gotten out of a ticket. First time in the S-Type though. Also, first time the cop asked to take my car for a ride.

My last Jag was a 1986 XJS v12 with gold trim and a custom steering wheel made by Jaguar for Lionel Richie of the Commodores. Everytime I was pulled over in that the officers always seemed to forget why they pulled me over in the first place and ask lots of questions about the car. Sadly that slick cat met her demise racing a Porsche, engine blew and I lost steering control flipping it into a ditch. With Jaguar it's not just a car, it's the memories that go along with it...repair bills too

 

I love that! I have never...ever....talked my way out of a ticket. Never! Hopefully driving a Jag will make a difference.

 

That is awesome! Last ticket I got was from a Plano, TXcop. A new road that has a nice straight with a gentel curve at the end. I was flying down the road and fortunely slowed down becuase I saw a car stopping ahead. I got tagged at 50 in a 35. Would have been 70!

Nothing compared to the spped you were going! Glad to hear you got off!

 

Don't count on it, Brevard county, Florida, Rockledge PD pulled me over for 53-mph in a 45 zone. This moron gave me a $91.50 ticket. He literally told me that the car caught his eye, it was nice and shinny and he could see it coming from pretty far out so he decided to tag me. I have never been pulled over so much in my life since I've had this car, 3 times in the last month, 2 warnings and 1 ticket.

If you want to avoid a ticket go to law school. Works for me, they usually start babbling all over themselves when I start asking for business cards with badge numbers, speedometer calibration reports, and radar printouts. #1 is to never ever say your sorry, never admit guilt or your f*cked, #2 always remember to advise the officer that you were going a speed which was safe for the conditions present on the road (you were not putting anyone at risk), and #3 always make the officer prove that he caught you on radar by asking for a printout. Remember guys police officers have an average of 2 years college education and most of them do not know how much power they actually yield until they land in court in-front of a judge.

 

I have a girlfriend that is a Chicago police detective. I mention that and it's ok be carefull.