usually this sort of thing doesent happen in sc because most of patrolmens guts protrude into the steering wheel cavity.kinda limits theyre evasive skills.

 

I know MI has about the best training in the country but I haven't heard of any sustained 130 m.p.h speeds on their course . I would be interested in hearing any documentation of traing for driving over 100 m.p.h. and the percentage of LOE's in the country that receive it .

 

In my opinion in both cases the officers got what they deserved. The end objective for both cases was not life threatening, directing traffic or an accident that was being handled by other officers? Come on, if I'm late for work it don't make it alright for me to speed and they tell me that I need to plan ahead, leave earlier or call your boss and tell them your running late.

I've seen them roll up behind people on the I-state and flash the lights the person moves over and their gone like a shot with the lights back off. Seen them come up to a stop light, sit there for a minute, bust on the blues and go through the light and then lights back off. Stuff like that makes me wonder? Are they really going on call or is the shift almost over and they gotta punch that clock? I'm not in the car, don't have a police radio so they get the benefit of the doubt that what they are doing is legit.

I talked with a state trooper once back in NY and was dicussing the fact that a State Trooper's car was parked in a fire lane while he went in and ate lunch. I was told that it was because it was an emergency vehicle and he could do that. I said, "so he's above the law" and I was told no, "it's an emergency vehicle", that's as much as I could get out of the guy. I understand the emergency vehicle thing and understand that at times they have to move on. Other times it would be nice to have them use their signal when not in a hurry and just cruising looking for perps.

 

Our local news was riding with the Springfield locals when they pulled over a car running 90 mph in a 60 on I-44 through Springfield. It was a personal vehicle and another leo was driving. The on duty leo let the other leo off when he showed him his badge. The news ran the story for days. Seems a lot of LEO's consider themselves above the law around here.

 

I just had a talk about this with my buddy. He was doing a ride-along with the Poway Sheriff's. They got a new Charger so around 3am he said that they were going up and down the back streets doing 130mph with no light or sirens just to see how fast it goes. I was telling how that was wrong. What if some one came out of a side street. Big time Lawsuit!

 

Ah, No biggy. Most folks get all upset cause they can't drive that fast. LOL!!!! He was wrong though. Hope he learned his lesson.

 

The police package Hemi's must have a higher speed limiter or none at all, because my wife's 300C is limited to 126 mph. It didn't take long to get there either, especially for such a heavy car.

Disclaimer: I was out in the middle of nowhere West Texas on a long straight, rolling on new tires, without another car insight. I know it doesn't make it ok and it was still dangerous, but man it was fun.

If I got a ticket going 130mph, I would just be thankful it was only a ticket. With my luck I would have been cuffed and stuffed.

 

I believe the police package is limited at 149mph. I drive a Ford so I couldn't tell you for sure but I do believe that's correct.

 

I was under the impression that if there was a person in the car, and you were pulled over going over 100, it could be considered attempted manslaughter or something, is that true??? I only ever heard that rule when I was in AK. I work with the PD here in Iowa (not a LEO, but work closely with them daily), and have never heard of that, but would be interested to know what other states do.

I have always been curious as to why I have never heard of a dedicated high speed pursit unit (like europes). I know officers are trained for pursuits, but seems like something that could be usefull to some departments here in the US.

 

http://www.allpar.com/squads/police-cars/charger.html

 

All of the larger departments have their own driving course and a few have a straight section to obtain extremely high speeds but its usually so the officers can experience this type of speed. And most officers are not able to spend the time on the course to really become proficient. Most courses are set up as lower speed high stress courses. But there are no real safe moves you can make over 100mph if someone makes a wrong move in front of you. There is going to be a crash. If you dont make it to the scene you havent done anyone any good. In my earlier years working traffic was my favorite and yes I love speed. Its a rush. And I would then and still do everything possible to assist a fellow officer. No body ever said that a department would allow driving that fast but that doesnt mean the officer wont do it. Show me a cop that hasnt broken a rule from time to time. I don't think one exists. OK, no donut, how about a cup of fruit.

 

Something preferably with fiber in it

 

PSst,Mr.Admin.,about them Furds,try a Caprice with a different chip and kinda get around the limiter heh heh.Real hard to have any sport now that our CHP's have radar,Cessnas,choppers and Motorolas.

 

Those were quick cars and I loved the digital speedo. Found them to be real light in the rear and not near as forgiving in the handling department as the Ford CV.

The front seat covers in those things all ended up stretched from pucker factor!

 

You mean the 460 CV, right? Cause it took Ford a few tries to get today's CV to handle worth a darn. In 96-98, that was NOT the car you wanted to be doing triple digits in. Somebody started running from you in that, you start hoping there was a caprice on the road to show up yet. Even the Tahoe performed better.