Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Why The Innocent Flee From the Police - William Norman Grigg

A very limited life span.

If PC isn't there, it's not there. Can't make it up (and stay honest.)

Some cops get freaked out by guns. I'm not one of them. The most freaked-out cops with guns I've seen is in Illinois. Man!

Told one I was doing "about 110" almost 40 years ago.
He let me go, no ticket, but told me if I was going to fly, I needed to get a pilots license.

In fact the first thing he said to me was "do you have a pilots license".

Jim, that is a good one!
I guess I could tell one along those lines.

I was working traffic on US 27, about 25 miles north of the Tennessee line. Another Trooper calls to me on the radio, and says he just clocked a camaro at 100+ and was turning but didn't expect to catch him. I was only about 6 miles North of where he clocked the camaro, so I turned around and started North.

In just a few seconds, I saw the camaro in the rear view, so I flipped on the blue lights,got into the left lane and did the old "top Gun maneuver". (Got on the brakes and let him fly by.)

Driver signaled that he was pulling over and did. I called to my buddy and told him that I had him stopped.

I walked up to the car and immediately the driver launches in his tale. "Trooper, I wouldn't be going this fast, but my buddy shot himself through the thumb with a nail gun." I leaned over where I could she the guy sitting in the passenger seat, and sure enough, he was sitting over there holding his left hand in his right, all sick and pale looking, and sporting a framing nail sticking in and out of the knuckle on his thumb. It looked just like the old gag arrows that Steve Martin used to wear doing his routine.

Anyway, without wasting anymore time, and to keep them from seeing me laugh, I just waved them on. Buddy pulls up about the time they are pulling out, and has the "What the hell?" look. I told him the story and then we both had a good laugh.

So I could say there were times when I could see not writing a ticket for speeding in excess of 100mph.

On a late night traffic stop I was working as volunteer reserve officer (my full time job was as a paramedic at the time), the deputy I was riding with pulled over a speeding car on a 2 lane state highway in the middle of nowhere (about 90 in a 55 zone).

He got out and approached the speeder, as I stayed by the patrol car, waiting for dispatch to notify us of any issues with the tags and vehicle description - and keeping a good hand on the shotgun, as a precaution, of course.

A few seconds later he comes back, and tells me to "give the guy a hand" and pops the trunk latch on the patrol car.

I go up and sure enough, wife's in labor in the back seat.

Partner comes back with the first aid kit and says, "I don't think we're going to make it to the hospital."

He was right.

And it wasn't the first time either....

Had one of those a few years back..

My hunting buddy broke his pelvis in two places..hospital is 45 miles away...
Luckily his daughter was a dispatcher for the PD and her husband, a police officer.
Had a friend call it in, tell them what kind of vehicle I was driving, and to leave us alone...if they wanted to give me a ticket, they could meet me at the hospital....
Well, after a fashion, they did...
His SIL alerted the ER and when I rolled up they were ready with backboards, clipboards, doctors, nurses...the Royal treatment!
No tickets!!

Ingwe

I got a speeding ticket late one night � came down a long, straight, steep hill, under a railroad, into a small town. Cop was waiting on the town side of the underpass.

Don't remember having seen any "slow speed ahead" type of sign on that long, straight, steep hill.

He nailed me good, and I paid. I was really zooming, coasting without my foot on the gas pedal.

And I'm sure that there's always a cop there, raking-in twenty bucks a pop for that little town every night.

Back in 91, I was driving back to Miami after seeing the space shuttle take of. I was driving a Toyota spacecruiser that was full (about 7 of us) I hadnt been drinking but the others had,it was late and we were having a good old laugh in the car.We were on the Interstate so was doing about 65mph and slightly weaving in my lane but not crossing the white line,anyways the cops light up and I pull over (over here you get out of the car and meet each other by the trunk) So Ive gone to get out and next thing I`ve got guns pointed at me yelling this and that (of which i couldnt understand)so Ive got my hands stuck out of the window and all i`m shouting is I`m English I`m English we`ve just come back from the shuttle!!this went on for about 10seconds, then they stopped shouting and started talking but still with guns drawn and managed to explain as best i could that i was English etc.Luckily 2 of the girls had their passports with them which they managed to throw out of the window and this helped a little.To cut a long story short the cops were OK and we had a laugh about it and even got a photo!but...we all shcitt our pants and hedded the cops advice should I/we get stopped again.

I still talk about the incident as fondly as i do about watching the shuttle lift off.

Dave, it sounds like the King's English don't exactly mesh with our bastardized version when the adrenalin is pumpin'.

That is great, I am going to add that to my signature line.

Geez Mr. B, how many times do you have to post the same drama? Same song as many times before, just a different day.

That train only makes one stop.

I so wish I could be there to see you crying into your pillow...:)

There, fixed it.

Why do the ridiculous threads that don't merit a second look get so much life? Trainwreck mentality kind of thing?

Let's change course and pick on Bob.

Sounds like fun!

Why do the innocent flee? Hell, I'd run, too.

Have any of you guys tried that GPS program that alerts you to speed traps. looks interesting. I was thinking of trying out phantom alert. anyone with personal experience in here?

http://phantomALERT-review.blogspot.com/

Oh isaac,

Ya better stay on your toes down there. I have a feeling you'll need your A game just to keep up with Sarge and Lt. I'll pm you my number so you can have a shoulder to cry on.

GRIN

He will need it....

I would give him mine but unless his secretary is going along to dial.....