response 1 of 33:

Jun 27 05:23 UTC 1994

Does he try to pull me over, or is this just a completely voluntary thing?
Of course I'll pull over if he tries to, since he will have my license
number and can make things much worse for me if I don't, but if he makes
no effort than I will feel no more obligation to go turn myself in than if
there had been no cop there (and anybody who's been in a car I was driving
on the highway knows how I feel about speed limits).  The situation carson
describes happened to me a little more than a month ago.  I was up north,
where I am not used to how well the police cars are able to hide, and
ended up going right through a speed trap going somewhere between 85 and
90.  I noticed the police car as I wa sdirectly in front of it, and
instinctively put on the brakes.  The cop gave me this really strange
look, as if he was saying "that's pathetic," but made no effort to pull me
over.  Rather than turning around and turning myself in, I was just really
thankful trhat he was probably going for the 100+ mph people (which there
are some of up there) and slowed down for a few minutes before resuming my
previous speed.

response 3 of 33:

Jun 27 19:48 UTC 1994

 I have done this. I would stop at the earliest opportunity, and hope
that pulling over without him making me, will somehow go easier when
he writes the ticket. 
 As far as defending myself against the ticket, I would not if I was
in my opinion clearly speeding. I firmly believe that pleading "not guilty"
when you know you are is equal to lying, and should be punished as perjury
plus the penalty for the crime involved.

response 5 of 33:

Jun 29 04:03 UTC 1994

Anytime I pass a cop I naturally slow down, even if I'm not speeding.  So,
I'd do that, but no, I'd never pull over and wait.  (Well, ok, I did once,
but my father--an ex-chief of police--was driving his corvette with the 
speedometer buried at 125mph, so we pulled over and waited.  No ticket though,
which is a whole other topic!)

response 7 of 33:

Jun 29 19:58 UTC 1994

If I pull over I get a ticket.  If I keep going the cop will go for the
worse offenders and absolutely nothing happens to me.

response 9 of 33:

Jul 3 15:15 UTC 1994

I'm confused... Just because I SEE a police officer and am speeding (which
I do 5 -15 mph as a matter of course) I am supposed to pull over?!?!?!?
No way in heck!  I am far too paranoid of police.  I get nervous when I
even see a cop car, even though I never speed fast enough for them to want
to stop me.  On the other hand, if he does come after you, youre not going
to get away unless you can get off the freeway right away and lose him.
Those cop engines are monstrous.  And yes, when I fear that I'm being
followed (I don't think I really am though) I've been known to get off
the freeway and take a little detour down some side streets or something.

response 11 of 33:

Jul 3 23:13 UTC 1994

(No, I wouldn't pull over at first. I would *DEFINITELY* slow down, though.)

(The item was inspired by a conversation I'd overheard during a bus ride.
One of the people was riding the bus because he had lost his license. He
was dragracing another car down a highway late at night, trying to prove
his engine was more powerful. He did "win", but he happened to blow by a
cop car while doing this. The cop turned on his lights, and the guy pulled
over. The cop said something to him along the lines of, "Why did you pull
over? You were going 240 mph. I was at a complete stop. I couldn't have
caught you if I had tried. I just turned on my lights to see if you would
pull over." As a result of the incident, the guy had his license revoked.)

response 13 of 33:

Jul 5 03:51 UTC 1994

uh omni... i believe you vowed you would *NEVER* incur the wrath of the
law again.  if you vowed what you said, you're doing a lousy job...  :)

response 15 of 33:

Jul 5 06:21 UTC 1994

yes, but what you said, if you read it again, was that you vowed to
incur the wrath of the law again.  i was commenting that, if that was
what you meant, you were doing a bad job.  that's a great record, hope
i can match it.  :)

response 17 of 33:

Jul 6 04:14 UTC 1994

I've been in three accidents in my entire driving career.  In each case,
I *was* obeying the law.  In one case, I stopped at a stop light.  The van
behind me rammed my little Geo out intop traffic.  His excuse?  "It looked
like you weren't going to stop".  So, me breaking the law entitles him to
break the law??  That's cute.

In another case, I was turning left off the Mich Ave exit of '94 about
dusk.  I never saw the car that side-swiped me.  He didn't have his lights
on.  He was over the sped limit.  I got a failure to yield.  *sigh*  (Well,
he was ticketed, too.)

Finally, I was driving down Main toward where it becomes the expressway.
You know, no curb -- high speed limit.  A fool stopped dead, without her
blinkers, to let out a passenger who wanted to go across the street.  I
saw her and stopped well back.  Good thing.  The fellow behind me didn't see
her and rammed my poor little car almost into her back.  Damage to his car,
damage to mine.  She drove off oblivious.  (Grrrr!)

response 19 of 33:

Jul 12 08:02 UTC 1994

I agree with #1.

response 21 of 33:

May 7 01:50 UTC 1995

But if he doesn't have his lights on he probably isn't trying to pull you
over.  If you floor it, as if you are desperately trying to get away, it
will make the cop very suspicious, and if you weren't already going to be
pulled over, you would then.

response 23 of 33:

May 20 19:17 UTC 1995

As I would not, in my current vehicle, greatly exceed *any* speed limit,
I don't think I'll have to worry about it, but I am paranoid of cops
for reasons best left secret for now.