Phoenix Az: SRT Quad cab....nailed

[Chuck B]

Im in north Phx this week running around in my Insight. Pulling onto EB 101 from 75th ave. A nice looking grey SRT quad cab comes flying around me on the onramp cutting across the Gore zone (not smart). Truck sounds good but if the driver had taken 2 sec to look in his rear mirror more carefully he'd have noticed Hwy Patrol cruising with traffic a few cars back.

I'd estimate the truck topped out around 90-95mph before coming up on traffic. Hwy patrol pulled around me and slowly accelerating to pursue. I sped up to watch. Few minutes later I could see him light up and both began to pull over. Hopefully, all the driver got was a speeding ticket. Crossing a Gore point is very expensive... If you are going to speed find a rabbit and don't cross Gore points! :hmmmm2:

 

[06SRT10]

Thanks for your concern & you were close, it was 90. You must have seen something that he nor I saw, The Gore Zone, because it wasn't discussed. He told me that I had a fast truck, I said thanks & he said it wasn't meant as a good thing. Ran my license, registration & insurance. He said he was out of the station at 35th Ave & Pinnacle Peak & had seen my 10 around the neighborhood. I told him that I lived at 40th & Pinnacle Peak. He asked where I was coming from, I told him Fry's. He asked me where I was going, I told him home. He warned me about speeding & told me he had another call so he let me go with a verbal warning. Hope the other call wasn't you. Now you know the rest of the story.

 

[ontariobee]

verbal warning getting caught doing 90mph? wow you guys have some understanding cops down there............

 

[ZCx]

Gore zone???

 

[VENOMOUS1 RACING]

Heck we have 85 mph speed limits in some areas so 90 ain't nothin :burnout:

 

[Ironhead]

verbal warning getting caught doing 90mph? wow you guys have some understanding cops down there............

I got caught doing 125 by a Sugarland cop and he let me go .Screamed at me so loud though his breath was blowing my hair back lol . Said he would have thrown me under the jail if I had not pulled over and waited for him to catch up .

 

[Chuck B]

06SRT10 - Good to hear!

Gore Zone - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_(road) Most states consider any solid white line be treated as an impassable barrier. Gore Zone was named after an officer who was killed from a driver crossing the zone. Most dept's consider this area a non-negotiable violation.

Speeding - Az highway patrol thankfully treats speeding only not a ticketable offense. Most combine that with conditions/situation before issuing a ticket. With 06SRT10 he simply accelerated and was obviously slowing down as he approached other drivers. If he continued at speed passing others the speed differential would have triggered a reason for issuing a ticket.

 

[Chuck B]

Heck we have 85 mph speed limits in some areas so 90 ain't nothin :burnout:

True, however, when the sun goes down limits are reduced to 55mph on those same stretches of road and I can tell you from personal experience 2mph over will constitute a written ticket.

 

[ZCx]

06SRT10 - Good to hear!

Gore Zone - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_(road) Most states consider any solid white line be treated as an impassable barrier. Gore Zone was named after an officer who was killed from a driver crossing the zone. Most dept's consider this area a non-negotiable violation.

Speeding - Az highway patrol thankfully treats speeding only not a ticketable offense. Most combine that with conditions/situation before issuing a ticket. With 06SRT10 he simply accelerated and was obviously slowing down as he approached other drivers. If he continued at speed passing others the speed differential would have triggered a reason for issuing a ticket.

thanks:rock::rock: learned something:rock::rock:

 

[Skypilot68]

I thought it was something to do about Al Gore..the dude who invented the internet and who caused global warning to make money. Fastest I have done is 130mph..going up Peasley Canyon one night after work...shit makes goin' 55 like a slow walk...:burnout:

 

[06SRT10]

He told me that anything over 80 he could impound my truck & take me straight to jail. I told him I was accelerating to get onto the freeway to blend with the traffic. He said there is a difference between blending with the freeway traffic & out running it. I was probably lucky, should have bought a lotto ticket. Scott, I know what your talking about in Texas. I used to bury the speedometer between Borger & Amarillo & my relatives back there still do. It's easier to get out of a speeding ticket out here than it is to get out of a Gore ticket.