If you're going to pass a cop car, at least use your signal.

[drjonah]

Coming home from work tonight, I get stuck behind a police car doing 50 in a 55. Now I'm no idiot and I'm not about to pass so I just mutter and keep driving. Cue SUV behind me who can't wait and zooms around us with no signal. Yeah the cherries went on immediately and person got pulled over.

Second story now that I'm thinking about it. Almost same scenario the other night, officer driving slow. Only this time a car decides to roll a stop sign and gun it to turn left right in front of police car. Cherries for you!

[Deserted]

I have no problem passing a cop going below the speed limit. None whatsoever. Of course, in Desert Hell, the police drive just as bad as everyone else...

[RealUnimportant]

I know the exact tolerances for my cars' speedos, and take great pleasure in passing police cars while remaining on the acceptable side of the speed limit. It's amazing how many people are just shit scared of doing so.

[bhskittykatt]

There was recently-ish some training going on down south, and various jurisdictions were sending men in blue down. These cops were usually going 10mph over, on average. Everyone moved over because they didn't want to be in front of a car with a light bar; I got to ride behind them while the lane cleared out for my entire 30 mile drive two days in a row!

[Sparklyturtle]

I do like it when someone blatantly breaking the law gets their comeuppance. One day during the last school year there was a group of us waiting for a school bus to unload students, some of us behind the bus, others of us on the other side of the street. Then, here comes someone in a battered van, who drives right down the middle lane and passes us all. The local county deputy who was waiting with the rest of us hit the lights, and he passed close enough to my car that I could see him grinning. Turtleguy drives a school bus, and he's told me stories about some of the lawbreakers he's seen.

[drunkenwildmage]

Something I learned while driving either a Ford Crown Vic, or a Dodge Charger. You see a shitload of brake lights coming on. Even more fun was the color or the car closely matched the Ohio Highway Patrols cars at the time.



"Really people?! I'm not a cop.. and you even if I was, you don't need to go 5 below the limit"

[Rosco the Iroc]

I'll pass them if there going under the limit. BUT I ease past.
Sorry ghost rider the pattern is full -no fly-by's.

[Argabarga]

There's a pizza place in this town that buys old cop cars at auction for delivery cars.

Can't tell you how many times I have this one fly out of a side alley behind me at 2am and come screaming up towards me, and just as the bile begins to rise in my throat, he dives down another street and I see the letters on the side and realize they just trolled me.... AGAIN.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3711/1...0162fc32_o.jpg

[Racket_Man]

maybe 30 odd years ago I was driving from my city to the town I went to college in (a 2 hour drive). back then 80% of the journey was open highway (now about 50 - 60% with all of the suburban sprawl along said interstate).

I was cruising along doing just above the speed limit (55MPH at the time) and one car ahead of me was poking along. I safely pull out into the left lane and accelerate to pass said slow poke. behind me this car come flying up behind me, slowing down in a somewhat unsafe manner. I pass the slow poke and move into the right lane again after a couple of cars. the lead foot behind me rips past me possibly doing 75 - 80 mph. I see it is a young woman driving. I look in my mirror and see another car coming up FAST. Since I had already changed lanes and slowed to the posted speed limit I really did not worry about the other fly piece of metal. BUT as I look over when the 2d car speeds past me-------- Smokey Bear hat on the driver, spot light on the drivers side and multitudes of antennas on the roof --------- AHHHHHHH SHIT it is the State Highway patrol. He pay me NO mind and takes off after Miss Speed Racer and I get to watch him pull over said lead foot.

Now a days I LOVE cruise control for long trips. Set it and pay attention to the road for the unexpected.

[Minflick]

Back when our old Toyota Camry was new (1987 or 88) and we had 2 young daughters, and traveled a LOT between San Francisco and Los Angeles, I was driving our little silver buggy about 95 mph, at the rear of the pod of cars I was in. We were passing the section of I5 where the non-road is rolling and very rounded little bitty hills, tailor made for the CHP to hide in and reach out and touch someone. Aaaand the cop comes fishtailing out of his hidey hole and zooms in front of me, (at which I immediately let off the gas, because, c'mon, I'm not THAT stupid!) and the cop zig zags through the pod of cars, and nails the cute red sports car doing not one iota faster than I was. It lights up and pulls the red car over, leaving the rest of us to let out a sigh of relief and go on our merry ways. Scared the crap out of me!

[XCashier]

There's a pizza place in this town that buys old cop cars at auction for delivery cars.

Can't tell you how many times I have this one fly out of a side alley behind me at 2am and come screaming up towards me, and just as the bile begins to rise in my throat, he dives down another street and I see the letters on the side and realize they just trolled me.... AGAIN.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3711/1...0162fc32_o.jpg

There's a pizza place in Phoenix that used to do something similar, but the cops weren't amused and issued a cease-and-desist order, IIRC. Too many accidents caused by people freaking out over what looked like a police car behind them.

[Mikkel]

Something I learned while driving either a Ford Crown Vic, or a Dodge Charger.

Reminds me of this scene from a very old (1966) Danish agent movie. The hero is driving a modified 2CV and is pursued by two gangsters.
Even then people didn't like to overtake the police.