Met a pretty cool State Trooper. - 2003-04 Mach 1 Registry Owners Club

bris09 · 12-22-2004, 07:27 AM

Sunday, my sister and I took our annual trip to Deleware for Christmas shopping and one last day at the beach. I was doing about 80 mph on Route 1 along with 5 other cars. I didn't see the trooper in time, he was in a parking lot with some other cars. Needless to say, when I saw him pull out, I slowed down and prepared for the inevitable. He pulled me over and told me I was clocked at 77 MPH in a 55 zone. When he came back to the car with the ticket he had written it for 64 in a 55. I thought that was pretty cool because he could have got me for 22 MPH over the speed limit. Also impressed that the ticket was only $51.00 and you have 35 days to pay it. After I signed the ticket, we started talking and he complimented the Mach. He asked if the hood and Shaker were original or if I put them on. The ticket sucked but the Trooper didn't have to be cool and lower the ticket. I was guilty!

FstMvr · 12-22-2004, 07:57 AM

That was pretty dang cool. You admitted guilt. Trooper didn't drop the hammer on you and complimented the Mach. Everything and everyone are okay. Not too bad short of the ticket--but at least it was cheap!

Last ticket I got was a warning (9 mph over)--I had two screaming kids in the back seat, an hour from home. I think he understood why I was speeding. He told me to keep it closer to 5 mph over--gotta love those Texas Troopers!

MA-MACH1 · 12-22-2004, 01:40 PM

5 mps over sounds right - I got a nice ticket from Officer Baldi (no hair either) in Wyoming a few years back - 96 in a 75 zone (sorry officer I gotta get out of your state really quick), $200 and 7 days (I think) to pay. No regrets - I'd been hitting well over 110 mph a couple of miles before traffic spoiled things - that makes 4 tickets in total - one with a three week suspension for 100 + in the UK on a motorcycle (that could have been listed as wreckless with an automatic year ban as I'd been weaving through 70mph heavy traffic). One local ticket 4 years ago - lessons learned (maybe).

04VAMach1 · 12-22-2004, 09:42 PM

Your honesty probably played a great deal in the way the Trooper treated you. They are people too and appreciate being treated with respect.

I don't know that 5 miles over will help you in Wyoming or not. My wife got a ticket in '96 for 81 in a 75...$110. Now if we drive cross country, we go around Wyoming

gilmoujr · 12-22-2004, 09:49 PM

Sounds like my last ticket... 93 in a 65 (I have since learned my lesson and TRY not to speed too much). I was coming home from the Grocery store (30 miles away) and he noticed that I had Ice Cream in the car. he said, you got some frozen foods in there so I will try and write this up as fast as I can. Pretty cool IMO.

BlackMach · 12-22-2004, 11:59 PM

That trooper would have been really cool if he just gave you a warning instead.

Most the police I've ever met just don't have a sense of humor:

bris09 · 12-23-2004, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by BlackMach

That trooper would have been really cool if he just gave you a warning instead.

That would have been asking a tad much. At 22 MPH he could have really stuck it to me. I'm just glad he did what he did. Around here I would have been looking at 4 points and around a $170 fine. So I'll keep my the glass is half full approach to this one. Although a warning would have been nice.

VonMort · 12-23-2004, 10:02 PM

Real nice Trooper. I got pulled over in an 88 Bronco II doing 65 in a 60. VA SUX when it comes to out of staters. Now mind you I had a radar detector in the window and when he informed me they were Illegle in the state I removed it. No signs posted at the time in Bristol due to construction I found out later. So he writes me up for the ticket. Only real reason it upset me was cause I was cruising with 3 other cars. Mine was the only one with no front plate. Ticket was only $50, but the fact that it was on my record sucked. I try not to drive through VA unless i have to.

12-22-2004, 07:27 AM	#1
bris09 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Middletown, PA Posts: 3,991	Met a pretty cool State Trooper. Sunday, my sister and I took our annual trip to Deleware for Christmas shopping and one last day at the beach. I was doing about 80 mph on Route 1 along with 5 other cars. I didn't see the trooper in time, he was in a parking lot with some other cars. Needless to say, when I saw him pull out, I slowed down and prepared for the inevitable. He pulled me over and told me I was clocked at 77 MPH in a 55 zone. When he came back to the car with the ticket he had written it for 64 in a 55. I thought that was pretty cool because he could have got me for 22 MPH over the speed limit. Also impressed that the ticket was only $51.00 and you have 35 days to pay it. After I signed the ticket, we started talking and he complimented the Mach. He asked if the hood and Shaker were original or if I put them on. The ticket sucked but the Trooper didn't have to be cool and lower the ticket. I was guilty!

12-22-2004, 07:57 AM	#2
FstMvr Light 'em up Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: I'm back in San Antonio! Posts: 464	That was pretty dang cool. You admitted guilt. Trooper didn't drop the hammer on you and complimented the Mach. Everything and everyone are okay. Not too bad short of the ticket--but at least it was cheap! Last ticket I got was a warning (9 mph over)--I had two screaming kids in the back seat, an hour from home. I think he understood why I was speeding. He told me to keep it closer to 5 mph over--gotta love those Texas Troopers! __________________ //Tom// Still looking... Notible Former Rides: 03 (5spd, IUP) T/R Mach (Sold July 06) 78/79 Camaros 78 T/A 6.6 87 Formula 5.7 WS6 95 Mustang Coupe 2003 GT

12-22-2004, 01:40 PM	#3
MA-MACH1 Thread Killer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Morrisville, NC Posts: 1,050	5 mps over sounds right - I got a nice ticket from Officer Baldi (no hair either) in Wyoming a few years back - 96 in a 75 zone (sorry officer I gotta get out of your state really quick), $200 and 7 days (I think) to pay. No regrets - I'd been hitting well over 110 mph a couple of miles before traffic spoiled things - that makes 4 tickets in total - one with a three week suspension for 100 + in the UK on a motorcycle (that could have been listed as wreckless with an automatic year ban as I'd been weaving through 70mph heavy traffic). One local ticket 4 years ago - lessons learned (maybe). __________________ 03 Mach 1 Torch Red 5 sp IUP 98 GT (long gone) Post killing skills - A+

12-22-2004, 09:49 PM	#5
gilmoujr Mach out with my Cach out Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Dexter City, OH Posts: 714	Sounds like my last ticket... 93 in a 65 (I have since learned my lesson and TRY not to speed too much). I was coming home from the Grocery store (30 miles away) and he noticed that I had Ice Cream in the car. he said, you got some frozen foods in there so I will try and write this up as fast as I can. Pretty cool IMO. __________________ 2004 Mustang Mach 1 (DSG) Born 02/04 - Adopted 04/15/04 NMRA #MM-7456 N/A Best Time: 60 ft: 1.693; 1/4: 12.499 @ 110.47 Stock Suspension, JLT, Diablosport MO Tune, 4.10's, Moser Axles (31), Catted-X, BFG 275/40r17 N2O Best Time: 60 ft: 1.661; 1/4: 11.748 @ 117.00 Above plus Zex 125 shot & MT DR 275/40r17 www.Powerhouse411.com \| www.ModularMisfits.com

12-22-2004, 11:59 PM	#6
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12-22-2004, 09:42 PM	#4
04VAMach1 Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Midlothian, VA Posts: 2,617	Your honesty probably played a great deal in the way the Trooper treated you. They are people too and appreciate being treated with respect. I don't know that 5 miles over will help you in Wyoming or not. My wife got a ticket in '96 for 81 in a 75...$110. Now if we drive cross country, we go around Wyoming

12-23-2004, 10:02 PM	#8
VonMort Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Ft Walton Beach, FL Posts: 359	Real nice Trooper. I got pulled over in an 88 Bronco II doing 65 in a 60. VA SUX when it comes to out of staters. Now mind you I had a radar detector in the window and when he informed me they were Illegle in the state I removed it. No signs posted at the time in Bristol due to construction I found out later. So he writes me up for the ticket. Only real reason it upset me was cause I was cruising with 3 other cars. Mine was the only one with no front plate. Ticket was only $50, but the fact that it was on my record sucked. I try not to drive through VA unless i have to.

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