Never Speed In Virginia: "I am here because I drove too fast in a Camaro ZL1."

[oldfriend]

Originally Posted by ninsecgt

I'm truly floored by this incident. This is the type of bull that gives police officers a bad name. I've written many tickets in my 21 years as a police officer but never to the point of .......well the consequences for speeding in Virginia seem to border on cruel and unusual punishment. I have nothing to prove at this point in my career so drivers that I pull over for speeding are given my speech that leaves everyone smiling. If you're alone I ask for a valid excuse for me to give you a break. 99% of the time saying I'm sorry does the job. If there are children present I put the consequences to your speeding in their ball court. " okay kids would you like for me to let mommy or daddy go without making them pay a speeding ticket or do you want me to write mommy or daddy a speeding ticket for driving too fast? 99.9% of the time everyone leaves happy with smiles galore. By now you're probably wondering about that small percentage where the kid says "I think you should give mommy or daddy a ticket because driving too fast is bad". Let's just say on two occasions there was a 10 second pause in the universe where even I was caught off guard. Quick thinking had me ask dad to exit the vehicle to the rear. It was hard for the both of us to keep a straight face. All I said was "go easy on the kid, and bolted out of there with dad explaining to junior that mr policeman had an emergency and had to leave so he didn't have time to write a ticket for speeding and gave dad a warning instead. Lol........Have fun and live life abundantly.

Well done

[onewaydave]

I need to stay out of Virginia!

[1olddude]

Now this is why I bought a V6! LOL

[benji276289]

Originally Posted by 1olddude

Now this is why I bought a V6! LOL

Last time I checked the V6s can go at least 120 mph.

[TheHorse13]

The toll roads in northern Virginia are just as big of a scam/racket.

[Z/28Dan]

This blog post is scary as hell. I've lived in Virginia for 13 years and it is very well protected by police on the roads.

Now if someone could send me a link for that undetectable radar detector...

[lbls1]

Most people I know that have lived here in the northeast know not to speed thru these three states: Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. Once you get past those states then you'll be good.

[RavenZL1]

Originally Posted by ZL1Dan

This blog post is scary as hell. I've lived in Virginia for 13 years and it is very well protected by police on the roads.

Now if someone could send me a link for that undetectable radar detector...

The BEL STi Magnum

http://radartest.com/BEL-STi-Magnum-review.asp

Escort Redline is the other one and ranked very high like the BEL.

[tnspd]

I got a buddy that lives in Richmond and he said the Governor told all the police to right as many tickets as they can. They need the revenue tickets generate.

[LStick]

Va. WAS on my short list of places to retire to.

[BigBoyBlue]

Originally Posted by ninsecgt

I'm truly floored by this incident. This is the type of bull that gives police officers a bad name. I've written many tickets in my 21 years as a police officer but never to the point of .......well the consequences for speeding in Virginia seem to border on cruel and unusual punishment. I have nothing to prove at this point in my career so drivers that I pull over for speeding are given my speech that leaves everyone smiling. If you're alone I ask for a valid excuse for me to give you a break. 99% of the time saying I'm sorry does the job. If there are children present I put the consequences to your speeding in their ball court. " okay kids would you like for me to let mommy or daddy go without making them pay a speeding ticket or do you want me to write mommy or daddy a speeding ticket for driving too fast? 99.9% of the time everyone leaves happy with smiles galore. By now you're probably wondering about that small percentage where the kid says "I think you should give mommy or daddy a ticket because driving too fast is bad". Let's just say on two occasions there was a 10 second pause in the universe where even I was caught off guard. Quick thinking had me ask dad to exit the vehicle to the rear. It was hard for the both of us to keep a straight face. All I said was "go easy on the kid, and bolted out of there with dad explaining to junior that mr policeman had an emergency and had to leave so he didn't have time to write a ticket for speeding and gave dad a warning instead. Lol........Have fun and live life abundantly.

Many cops, like yourself, are car guys. I've had good luck with them, as long as you are respectful and don't lie. I'll usually use self-debasing humor to admit my wrong.

In VA, I think it's more the law instead of the police. They may be fearful of letting you go, only to see you kill someone further down the road. That said, I think the law is draconian in nature and should be modified.

[BigBoyBlue]

Originally Posted by ZL1Dan

This blog post is scary as hell. I've lived in Virginia for 13 years and it is very well protected by police on the roads.

Now if someone could send me a link for that undetectable radar detector...

I've had this one for almost 10 years with not one problem. they also have a "Redline" detector that I think is also "Stealth" now. Truckers use the STi and their livelihoods depend on it. That was enough for me to buy it. BTW, the detector is well built with some sort of a metallic coating. I've banged it around over the years and still not problems.

http://www.radardetector.org/reviews...tector-review/

[Clark Grizwald]

Originally Posted by benji276289

Last time I checked the V6s can go at least 120 mph.

LT/RS is governed at 154mph you too can go to jail!

[luckynuts]

Wow