Another Edition of 'Car-ma in Action'

[Nashida]

Friday my main squeeze and I ventured out to a place called Round 1 down the south shore of the state (as a side note - tons of fun! See if there's one near you. Think Dave and Buster's but with half the stock as games imported from Japan, plus bowling, darts, pool and other activities)

We're driving back north that night up interstate 495 and my poor man is shocked to see people flying past him while he's in the middle lane doing close to 70-75. I have to remind him one again he is in the land of Massholes, we drive differently here.

A tan Scion flies past him doing close to 90, and he goes "See what I mean? Where's a cop for this?"

Then we see the statie slowly coming up behind us in the mirror.

We see him pick up speed as he goes around us.

We watch him start to gain some ground. We watch the lights go on and he starts to chase.

And a minute later we watch and laugh as he bags the tan Scion.

[Minflick]

Heh heh heh. Beautiful!

[eltf177]

I just LOVE it when you see Car-ma play out!

[dalesys]

...Then we see the statie slowly coming up behind us in the mirror...

At that point I'd be starting to worry about being busted for impeding traffic.

[Kittish]

At that point I'd be starting to worry about being busted for impeding traffic.

Nah, the OP said they were doing 70-75 which is either right at or over the speed limit for that area. If they'd been in the far left lane and had people passing on their right, I can see maybe getting a warning to stay to the right but in the middle lane they're good.

[Shotgun Chuck]

Am I the only one who wasn't rooting for Scion guy to get pulled over?

[protege]

We watch him start to gain some ground. We watch the lights go on and he starts to chase.

When I was still heading to my grandmother's farm on weekends, I'd usually see someone get nailed on both trips. Speed limit for most of the trip was 55-65mph--you could usually get away with 70-75 as long as you weren't blowing past people like they were standing still. Still though, there's nothing like seeing some asshole in a Porsche getting busted.

Most nights, once you passed the I-70 interchange on I-79, traffic tended to thin out. I'd usually find myself all alone by the time I hit the county line. Very little before the state line. Anyway, as I'm cruising at 70-72, I had a pair of bluish headlights appear miles behind me. No way that was a cop--if I was getting busted, the blues would have been on too. No, it was some asshole in an expensive car attempting to "max" it.

The guy gets right on my ass, moves over, flips me off, and hauls ass. He has to be doing triple digits at this point. Less than a second after he pulls away, the state trooper, who had been right behind him, puts his blues on, blows past me, and pulls the Porsche over. That made my night

[Lace Neil Singer]

The guy gets right on my ass, moves over, flips me off, and hauls ass. He has to be doing triple digits at this point. Less than a second after he pulls away, the state trooper, who had been right behind him, puts his blues on, blows past me, and pulls the Porsche over. That made my night

Lol, that happened to me once when I still had my bike. There was a dickhead in a Jaguar tailgating me down the road for ages; eventually, he decided to barge past me, almost knocking me over, on a part of the road where it was dangerous to overtake cuz the road was narrow. I had to take five to recover from his attempt to kill me, then I carried on my way. Down the road, however, a police car lay in wait and had pulled the Jaguar driver over. I drove past, and there he was, being given a ticket.

[MadMike]

I once saw "Car-ma" happen as a result of nature, rather than the cops. I was on my way to work, on a winter day when the road was a little slippery. It wasn't too horrible as long as you didn't do anything stupid, but apparently I wasn't going fast enough for the idiot in the pickup truck behind me. He was right on my tail the whole way, until I went around a rather nasty curve. About halfway into it, I saw the truck sliding sideways. He was able to recover from it, but he backed way off after that. In fact, I didn't see him behind me at all for much longer.

[dalesys]

... In fact, I didn't see him behind me at all for much longer.

He was shortchanging.

[Nashida]

I once saw "Car-ma" happen as a result of nature, rather than the cops. I was on my way to work, on a winter day when the road was a little slippery. It wasn't too horrible as long as you didn't do anything stupid, but apparently I wasn't going fast enough for the idiot in the pickup truck behind me. He was right on my tail the whole way, until I went around a rather nasty curve. About halfway into it, I saw the truck sliding sideways. He was able to recover from it, but he backed way off after that. In fact, I didn't see him behind me at all for much longer.

That happens up here quite often, especially very early in the winter when most people go "Oh yeah, I can't drive like that anymore....well, damn" as they start fishtailing on an untreated, unplowed road.

[CaptainThrifty]

At that point I'd be starting to worry about being busted for impeding traffic.

I wouldn't if you are doing the speed limit, and not below. You simply have to go to the judge, and ask if the impeding law allows you to violate speed limit laws. He should say no. Then ask him how you are supposed to obey one law while not violating the other. Gets the case dismissed almost every time.

[Geek King]

I wouldn't if you are doing the speed limit, and not below. You simply have to go to the judge, and ask if the impeding law allows you to violate speed limit laws. He should say no. Then ask him how you are supposed to obey one law while not violating the other. Gets the case dismissed almost every time.

Check local jurisdictions. In some places you can in fact be ticketed for impeding for not speeding if traffic is averaging 15-20 mph over the limit. Mainly large cities with busy highway systems.