I got pulled over with two others driving into work this morning.
On my route to work, there is a 1/4 mile tunnel that is a major thoroughfare which is dead empty when I drive in. Across the board, pretty much everyone cranks up to ~70mph going through it then dives back down to 50mph when you exit. After the tunnel you go through the night club district, which is desolate at 3:50am, so most hold 40-45mph until their respective turns.
Driving in this morning, I came out of the tunnel at my normal 70, then diving down to 50 before you become readily visible to anyone down the hill. About one block onto Broadway, a Chevy Tahoe whips a u-turn and catches up to the group, which is slowing down as we all realize it's a cop. About three lights later, when we actually catch a red, he pulls up perpendicular to traffic blocking all three lanes. No lights, no sirens, just blocks all three lanes of traffic.
The dude lost his isht. He jumped out of his car yelling at us about the speed limit (which are apparently 35 in the tunnel and 25 on Broadway). He was beet red with spit flying all over the place and spent about 5min yelling at us. No tickets thankfully but the dude was beyond pissed. We likely didn't get tickets as he was heading the other way, so there was no way to get an accurate speed as he was moving and there was no radar out.
What's even funnier is that there is a phone chain going across the street right now with everyone who drives through the tunnel giving a heads up to others. I sent am IM to a buddy at another bank and just got one from someone who got it 3-degrees later.
I know I got lucky to not get a ticket, because it would have been expensive. That being said, that he would take the time to pull us over when I saw someone taking a isht on the sidewalk while we were driving down Broadway is obscene. I guess they are really chasing the revenue and 'safety' issues... Public health is clearly not a high priority.
On my route to work, there is a 1/4 mile tunnel that is a major thoroughfare which is dead empty when I drive in. Across the board, pretty much everyone cranks up to ~70mph going through it then dives back down to 50mph when you exit. After the tunnel you go through the night club district, which is desolate at 3:50am, so most hold 40-45mph until their respective turns.
Driving in this morning, I came out of the tunnel at my normal 70, then diving down to 50 before you become readily visible to anyone down the hill. About one block onto Broadway, a Chevy Tahoe whips a u-turn and catches up to the group, which is slowing down as we all realize it's a cop. About three lights later, when we actually catch a red, he pulls up perpendicular to traffic blocking all three lanes. No lights, no sirens, just blocks all three lanes of traffic.
The dude lost his isht. He jumped out of his car yelling at us about the speed limit (which are apparently 35 in the tunnel and 25 on Broadway). He was beet red with spit flying all over the place and spent about 5min yelling at us. No tickets thankfully but the dude was beyond pissed. We likely didn't get tickets as he was heading the other way, so there was no way to get an accurate speed as he was moving and there was no radar out.
What's even funnier is that there is a phone chain going across the street right now with everyone who drives through the tunnel giving a heads up to others. I sent am IM to a buddy at another bank and just got one from someone who got it 3-degrees later.
I know I got lucky to not get a ticket, because it would have been expensive. That being said, that he would take the time to pull us over when I saw someone taking a isht on the sidewalk while we were driving down Broadway is obscene. I guess they are really chasing the revenue and 'safety' issues... Public health is clearly not a high priority.