HACBassoon
Go Kart Champion
Ok, let me start by saying that I know what I did was wrong. Speeding on a public road is never justifiable under any circumstance, and if you do it, you are fully guilty for whatever happens to you. I know this, so I'm not looking for a bunch of comments saying "you shouldn't speed" or other stuff like that. I made this thread to instead showcase how I was treated. I'm not planning to do anything proactive about it, because I'm sure it happens more than I would like to know, but I figured I would at least get it out.
So, I was driving home from the girlfriend's house and there are two ways for me to go home, 1. Through town, which is the normal way I go, or 2. Using backroads, which are usually never populated. Many times I've gone home using the backroads and never seen another car for the entire 15mins. Well, I go the back way this night, as I havn't really opened up my car in at least 3-4 months, since I've been living in Tallahassee. I did speed home, but I never passed another car while speeding. If I ever saw headlights in front of me or behind, I immediately slowed down, since I don't have a radar detector and probably wouldn't trust it if I did. I get to the end of the back roads and turn onto a residential road, so I slow down and go the speed limit for the rest of the trip. All of a sudden I see headlights behind me, but they seem about 500-600 yards away, maybe more. I was going the speed limit, so I just kept going. By the end of this road, the headlights were on my tail, and I could tell that they were crown vic's headlights. I start panicing, of course. He puts his lights on after a couple of seconds. I pull over, and get everything ready for the officer. One of the younger officers (there were three of them, in just one patrol car) comes up and asks for the usual stuff. Then another comes up and asks if I know how fast I was going. I say the usual "I'm not sure officer." Then the third officer, an older fellow goes on a tirade about they've been trying to catch me for months (even though I have not been living there for the past semester), asking me if I was trying to drift or something and stuff like that. They told me that they were about to put the helicopter after me because they couldn't catch me. Then the older officer asked me to get out of my car! I knew my rights and that I in no way had to comply, but I knew my car was completely clean, inside and out, so I said sure, I have nothing to hide. I get out, he begins to search my car, asking me if I had any college pot or cocaine. While this is happening, the younger cop puts me against my car, and begins to frisk me.
After that was done, they ask me why I was speeding. I just told them I really needed to get home, and I was running late. They tell me that if had been a trooper, he would have arrested me and I would have a date with a court judge. I'm not going to lie, by now I was fairly scared/nervous, but I also felt like they were just messing with me to get some laughs. They all taunted me, as if it was a competition between them. Finally, the older man says to me that he is off of his shift in 5 minutes, and that I'm lucky because of that. He told me to slow my ass down and merry Christmas, no ticket.
Now, as happy as I was to hear that, I also felt somewhat violated to be treated like that for speeding. Just looking for thoughts/opinions. I'm 18, so I'm sure thats prolly why they were after me so badly. Granted I was going way over the limit, but I've seen plenty of guys on bikes going much faster back there. Sorry for the long story, but I tried to get everything that happened.
So, I was driving home from the girlfriend's house and there are two ways for me to go home, 1. Through town, which is the normal way I go, or 2. Using backroads, which are usually never populated. Many times I've gone home using the backroads and never seen another car for the entire 15mins. Well, I go the back way this night, as I havn't really opened up my car in at least 3-4 months, since I've been living in Tallahassee. I did speed home, but I never passed another car while speeding. If I ever saw headlights in front of me or behind, I immediately slowed down, since I don't have a radar detector and probably wouldn't trust it if I did. I get to the end of the back roads and turn onto a residential road, so I slow down and go the speed limit for the rest of the trip. All of a sudden I see headlights behind me, but they seem about 500-600 yards away, maybe more. I was going the speed limit, so I just kept going. By the end of this road, the headlights were on my tail, and I could tell that they were crown vic's headlights. I start panicing, of course. He puts his lights on after a couple of seconds. I pull over, and get everything ready for the officer. One of the younger officers (there were three of them, in just one patrol car) comes up and asks for the usual stuff. Then another comes up and asks if I know how fast I was going. I say the usual "I'm not sure officer." Then the third officer, an older fellow goes on a tirade about they've been trying to catch me for months (even though I have not been living there for the past semester), asking me if I was trying to drift or something and stuff like that. They told me that they were about to put the helicopter after me because they couldn't catch me. Then the older officer asked me to get out of my car! I knew my rights and that I in no way had to comply, but I knew my car was completely clean, inside and out, so I said sure, I have nothing to hide. I get out, he begins to search my car, asking me if I had any college pot or cocaine. While this is happening, the younger cop puts me against my car, and begins to frisk me.
After that was done, they ask me why I was speeding. I just told them I really needed to get home, and I was running late. They tell me that if had been a trooper, he would have arrested me and I would have a date with a court judge. I'm not going to lie, by now I was fairly scared/nervous, but I also felt like they were just messing with me to get some laughs. They all taunted me, as if it was a competition between them. Finally, the older man says to me that he is off of his shift in 5 minutes, and that I'm lucky because of that. He told me to slow my ass down and merry Christmas, no ticket.Now, as happy as I was to hear that, I also felt somewhat violated to be treated like that for speeding. Just looking for thoughts/opinions. I'm 18, so I'm sure thats prolly why they were after me so badly. Granted I was going way over the limit, but I've seen plenty of guys on bikes going much faster back there. Sorry for the long story, but I tried to get everything that happened.
