legb4rsk

Well 30 odd years is not a bad run!
I was finaly stopped by the police yesterday for driving loo fast on a dual carriagway.This is the first time I have ever been stopped since I started driving over 30 years ago....is that a record? I haven't even been stopped by the roadside testing or breathalysed.


Anyway, I had just dropped my daughter & son (Dads Taxi Service)off at around lunch time & thought it was such a nice day ,at last, that I would take the scooby for quick blast down the local dual carriage way which has a few nice roundabouts.I spotted a sky blue(horrible colour) Saab following me back around the roundabout which was odd.So as I made my way back I approch the 30mph & like a good boy behave myself ,as I always do in built-up areas.Curiosity got the better of me as after a couple of miles the Saab was still behind so I pulled over to see what they wanted or if it was really following me.
Turns out to be a lone police traffic officer who read me the riot act & was on report for a year.Fairplay as she hadn't clocked me for long enough for speeding & as I am just as big a hypocrite as most people and see bad driving as a menace .

So,that's my virginity gone.I cant be that bad a driver as I have always been a life long car enthusiast ,tried to drive according to the conditions & never speed in built-up areas or drink & drive & keep the car in tip-top condition.
Can anyone else beat 30 years without pull of any kind?

Just annoyed I didn't have the nerve to use the line a friend told me when caught speeding:

Officer: Sir,can you tell me why you where driving so fast?

Driver: I was maintiining a safe distance between me and the car behind.

amazingjames

my mum is 57 and has never been pulled over in her life........ although she has never driven a car in the 57 years she has been on the planet wich may have something to do with it... but to be fair you have had a good run so cant moan at it...

what would scooby do

Don't say what I said then..

Cop - "What's the speed limit on this road sir?"

Me - "Well if I get a good exit from the roundabout I reckon about 140 MPH before the next one"

scooby-tc

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quality

minty

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at one point when i was 18 with a (Very Very Shiny) Sierra 2.9 4x4 i was getting pulled most days by the filth around here.

Now there are less traffic cars and my scooby has been off the road for some time i havent been stopped for a while.

Minty.

speedking

Technically you were not stopped, you gave yourself up

[Davey]

I got my first points EVER a few months ago for doing 58 in a 50 on a Dual carrigeway that used to be NSL... Was a bit PEEVED to say the least

[Davey]

That reminds me of another goodun..

Officer: "You were doing over 120 miles per hour sir".
Driver: "Surely not, I've only been out 10 minutes?"

pimmo2000

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I was gonna say that !!

You where stopped and basically she warned you never to speed !!

I dont see the problem Virgin

minty

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maybe he lost his virginity the usual way, which got him off his speeding ticket

legb4rsk

She was rather cute in her uniform. Very petite,peering over the steering wheel.I was going to ask her if she was allowed out on her own in her dads car.

woody2846

Just to let you know guys there are 2 'Galcier Blue Saab 9-5 Aeros' theese cars are quick with over 250bhp. There are 2 Black Skoda vRS, A british racing green Jag X Type, 2 grey volvo s80 saloons and 1 blue Scooby wrx doing the rounds unmarked in the surrey area. Oh and for good measure I also saw an unmarked Ferrari 360 UNMARKED!!!!!!!

legb4rsk

Woody,yep that's a good warning.I can confirm that the 'Galcier Blue Saab 9-5 Aero' was on the A22 J6 M25.Cheers.

911

I lost my virginity when 19 in a Triumph Spitfire....then decades later in an A4 (running -in) and now a third time 3 weeks ago in an old 911.

My 'activity' seems to be gettingmore frequent as I age.

Is it my eyesight?
Is it my luck?
Is it because the cars driven are faster?

I think today it is the middle one.

Graham.

STi wanna Subaru

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Was the 360 unmarked per chance?

WRX_Dazza

yeah..... twice!!! lol

vindaloo

So.... Was it a verbal ticking off or did she S59 you?

See 38+page rant on Pistonheads if you got S59'd.

J.

woody2846

diddnt realise I had written it twice.....thanks for pointing that out!

mattvortex

I can tell you about my luckiest escape! Pulled out onto a main road and come up behind a new shape BMW 5 series with what i thought was 4 business men inside. In front of him were a few cars doing about 60. He goes for the overtake and i follow very closely as i wanted to get by as well- doing about 90 by then.We then join a dual carraigeway with a very curved entry onto it- i then overtook the BMW at speed around the curve and looked across to see 4 coppers eyeing me! I then figured that they must be out on pursuit training!
I then kept to about 80 and pulled over to let them pass- by which time the police sign had appeared in the rear window!
Never got stopped or heard anything-thanh god they did not have vascar aboard!
Anyway, learnt my lesson and wont do it again

Prasius

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"Vehicles used in manner causing alarm, distress or annoyance" - So any police car or Camera van then? Some copper with blues on behind me is going to cause me alarm, distress and annoyance all in about 30 seconds

F**k me. I see people using vehicles in a manner causing annoyance to me every weekend when I drive home. That doesn't mean I think their cars should be crushed.

But saying that - I'm 28, always have driven the sort of car you'd think would draw police attention, and *touch wood* never been pulled yet.