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Re: Cops Tailgating!


>In article <9504100107434796@solar.org> Jon Simon, jon.simon@solar.org 
>writes:
>>It really sucked too, for the last 5 miles i had been ghosting some guy
>>in a honda... (ghosting meaning following at a distance so if there's a
>>cop, he'll flush em out and get the ticket, not you)  Maybe thats why i
>>didn't notice the cop.  The guy i was ghosting had JUST gotten off, so i
>>guess i was still in the europhic speeding with no worries state.
>
>I find that following immediately behind the leader is the most effective.
>(By immediately behind I don't mean tailgate, but rather following at the
>closest safe distance.)  This way two things happen:
>
>1)  You know immediately when the leader has exited or slowed. 
>2)  You have a car to screen you both visually and from radar.
>
>I've never seen a police car pull anyone but the leader over, ever,
>in over 200,000 miles of driving.  (This is assuming a speed trap
>scenario - police cars approaching from behind are obviously a different
>story.  Those cases are easily spotted in advance, however.)
>
>I have occassionally seen 3 or 4 patrol cars all together radaring every
>car that goes by.  I suppose in that situation you can get zapped, but
>I've only seen such mass attacks on Holidays, so you can anticipate them
>and just drive a little more slowly.
>
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My only speeding ticket was while "ghosting" someone.  Both of us were 
pulled over.  The highway patrol pulled over the leader first, and waved 
me to pull over when I was driving past (I'm sure they had gotten my 
license plate number as I was passed to catch the leader).

But there is good news.....I'm from Montana......Only a $5 "waste of 
resources"  (or something like that) ticket that doesn't go on my record!!!

-- 
Tim Hanson		University of Montana		Go Grizzlies!
tbh@selway.umt.edu	School of Pharmacy
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