Re: Poll re: "Total BS" thread
Probably my favorite warning was about 20 years ago when I was driving back with my wife (then fiance) from Ft Hood, TX to Greeley, CO. Speed limit was 65 and I was going 75-80. A Texas Ranger pulled me over. I explained that I was driving back home for school (16 hour drive). The car ('87 Camaro) was fully loaded with my wife's stuff. He must have taken pity on me and let me off with a warning.
Another fun one was when we were traveling back from Colorado Springs to Omaha, NE 16 years ago or so. This was right before Kansas raised the speed limit to 70. I was probably going 75 in 65 again. Kansas State Trooper pulled me over. My wife was pregnant at the time. There was a rest area about 2 miles up the road. I told the trooper that I was trying to get to the rest area as my wife had morning sickness. He took my license and told me to go to the rest area. We get there, my wife runs to the restroom to laugh it all off. Trooper only gave me a warning. BTW, those Kansas State Troopers love to hide on the overpasses where there are a bunch of trees and evergreens (on I-70).
I have only had two tickets in my life (thankfully not in Colorado). The first was for doing 81 in a 55 in western Kansas on a two-lane road (US 40 - never ever saw a trooper on this road before) and the second for supposedly doing 70 in 55 in western North Carolina.