I'd fight this.. Was the trooper alone in the car? What the trooper is saying
is that while he was driving at whatever speed he was able to check the speed of
one particular vehicle among many that were approaching him from behind. How
could he do that and not run off the road.? The only way it could happen would
be if he had a speed camera which took your photo and recorded your speed, or he
had properly calibrated speedo and was travelling at the same speed as you.
Anyhow, it stinks. Police have been pulling these kinds of stunts for years and
wonder why they lack credibility with drivers. This appraoch has nothing to do
with making roads safer, it is about raising money.
Vic Hughes
Rick Ehlert wrote:
> Boy, do I have a sob story for you guys!! Thanksgiving morning my family
> and I were traveling from Milwaukee to outside of Grand Rapids, MI. to visit
> my parents. The trip was going fine, even with the family dog taking his
> first major car ride, when, just into Indiana (East on 80-90,94) I was
> going with the flow of traffic (read: fast!!!) I came upon a slower car in
> the 2nd from left lane (the lane I was also in.) It was a tinted out black
> Z-28 with an extra antenna. I instantly thought, "why would this tinted out
> kid's car be going so slow, when the rest of the left two lanes was
> screaming along at 80 mph? So, I slowed up behind him and stayed there. He
> promptly touched his brakes, I shut off the cruise control. He touched his
> brakes again, I touched mine. My wife asked what I was doing. I replied
> that ahead of us was a Indiana State trooper, and he could nail someone in
> the continuos stream of fast left lane traffic, but he wasn't going to get
> me. He finally pulled out into the left lane, sped up with traffic (80 mph)
> and left me sitting there with the cruise now reset on 70 mph. A couple of
> miles later, I saw him pulled over on the left shoulder all alone...just
> sitting there. I didn't think anything more of him, as I was still set at
> 70 mph. About 5 minutes later, he came weaving up through traffic, pulled
> in behind me, and hit his lights. (And promptly issued me a citation for 85
> in a 55mph!!!!) We were pulled over into the 65mph zone, but earlier when I
> first encountered him, we were in the 55 mph zone. I was stunned as I was
> certainly not the fastest car on the road, I was simply going with the flow
> (as to not get RUN OVER) as I have almost been with my Sunbeam and MGB
> driving through that area. And to top it all off, because the ticket was
> written for 29 OVER!!!, I have to appear in court the week of Christmas!
> Being such a cronic offender, this my third ticket in the last 11 years, I
> need some advice? Looks like I'm going back to Indiana!!
>
> Just payin' another tax to drive the road,
> Rick Ehlert
> Milwaukee, Wi.
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