Well, I got pulled over for the first time today in the C5Z..... 
It was a Florida state trooper. I saw him way back and knew I was in his sights. Just a little while prior to that, around the bend on route 319 on my way back from Tallahassee, some older couple in a jalopy-mobile were varying their speed from 45 to 50 mph in a 55 mph zone. I think they must have been arguing or something. So as soon as an opening presented itself with oncoming traffic and line markings, I nailed it to go around them. However, I dropped into third gear instead of just downshifting to fifth, so the revs were pretty high and certainly VERY LOUD.... Not to mention the turbos kicked in, so it probably DID sound like a banshee out of hell.
Anyway, the officer pulls me over with the flashing lights and siren going. I roll down the windows and he asks me to step out of the vehicle since it sits so low to the ground. He says " Do you know why I pulled you over?" And I said, "Well I assume it is because I passed a car a little bit ago and probably got on it a bit more than I needed to." He said he really didn't see me speeding and obviously didn't clock me but he most certainly HEARD me, so he couldn't give me a speeding ticket. But he could give me a ticket for failure to obey traffic control signs. :thinkin: I didn't say anything at all. I think maybe he was trying to get me to admit how fast I really was going, but I couldn't see any sense to volunteering anything. Certainly he had no evidence at all unless I offered something that it was even me he had heard. He just heard a screaming car, and came looking for one that could have possibly made all that racket...... -> ME <- But I didn't try to bullsh!t him and hand him any lines.
When I was fishing my license out of my wallet, he asked me if I had a gun in my buttbag on the seat, and I told him "Yes, I do." So obviously he saw my CCW card. He just asked that in the future if I am pulled over again to please notify the officer that I do have a gun on my person. He said some guys he knows have gotten killed in the line of duty, so they are all skittish about such things.
The guy seemed amicable enough and not a hardass, so we just talked a bit. He saw the CorvetteFlorida.com decal on my window and I mentioned that it was my site. He said he had seen the name somewhere.... He said "You have a nice ride. A VERY nice ride." So apparently he is a Corvette enthusiast somewhat, or at least appreciates cars of that nature. So after just talking for a bit, he hands me back my license, registration and insurance card, and offered to shake hands, saying "Have a nice day, Richard."
Maybe I need to name my C5Z "911". Just crank down on the go pedal and all the cops in a quarter mile radius will come a runnin.... :hehehe: Not that I am all that keen about the idea, mind you.... I would rather be a bit more stealthy than I obviously am these days..
It was a Florida state trooper. I saw him way back and knew I was in his sights. Just a little while prior to that, around the bend on route 319 on my way back from Tallahassee, some older couple in a jalopy-mobile were varying their speed from 45 to 50 mph in a 55 mph zone. I think they must have been arguing or something. So as soon as an opening presented itself with oncoming traffic and line markings, I nailed it to go around them. However, I dropped into third gear instead of just downshifting to fifth, so the revs were pretty high and certainly VERY LOUD.... Not to mention the turbos kicked in, so it probably DID sound like a banshee out of hell.
Anyway, the officer pulls me over with the flashing lights and siren going. I roll down the windows and he asks me to step out of the vehicle since it sits so low to the ground. He says " Do you know why I pulled you over?" And I said, "Well I assume it is because I passed a car a little bit ago and probably got on it a bit more than I needed to." He said he really didn't see me speeding and obviously didn't clock me but he most certainly HEARD me, so he couldn't give me a speeding ticket. But he could give me a ticket for failure to obey traffic control signs. :thinkin: I didn't say anything at all. I think maybe he was trying to get me to admit how fast I really was going, but I couldn't see any sense to volunteering anything. Certainly he had no evidence at all unless I offered something that it was even me he had heard. He just heard a screaming car, and came looking for one that could have possibly made all that racket...... -> ME <- But I didn't try to bullsh!t him and hand him any lines.
When I was fishing my license out of my wallet, he asked me if I had a gun in my buttbag on the seat, and I told him "Yes, I do." So obviously he saw my CCW card. He just asked that in the future if I am pulled over again to please notify the officer that I do have a gun on my person. He said some guys he knows have gotten killed in the line of duty, so they are all skittish about such things.
The guy seemed amicable enough and not a hardass, so we just talked a bit. He saw the CorvetteFlorida.com decal on my window and I mentioned that it was my site. He said he had seen the name somewhere.... He said "You have a nice ride. A VERY nice ride." So apparently he is a Corvette enthusiast somewhat, or at least appreciates cars of that nature. So after just talking for a bit, he hands me back my license, registration and insurance card, and offered to shake hands, saying "Have a nice day, Richard."
Maybe I need to name my C5Z "911". Just crank down on the go pedal and all the cops in a quarter mile radius will come a runnin.... :hehehe: Not that I am all that keen about the idea, mind you.... I would rather be a bit more stealthy than I obviously am these days..
