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A cop once gave me my best excuse.........
I am originally from the UK and used to do a lot of Rallying back in the 80s and 90s. Forest Rally cars are all street legal as they needed to use the public highway to get between stages.
One night I was out giving my Mark 1 Escort Mexico rally car (google it, Mk 1 Escorts were the staple of European rallying for many years!!) a bit of a shakedown before an event.
I was doing 85mph in an area posted as a 30mph but it was a quiet country road in the middle of the night with no-one else for miles around. I got to a small hump back bridge that was a great test to make sure the dampers are all in good shape, hit the bridge and got about 2 feet of air under the tires. As I am in mid air I see a Traffic Car coming the other way (UK equivalent of a State Trooper)
Of course he turns on his lights and sirens, executes a U turn and chases me down.
I pull over and am very polite and respectful - let's be honest I was doing over 80mph in the air on a posted 30mph piece of road, so there is not much point arguing :-)
It quickly becomes clear that the Cop is a gearhead who loves rallying, so the conversation quickly gets away from my "indiscretion" to talking about the car.
After about 15 minutes, he gave me the best excuse for speeding I have ever heard: "Well sir I am going to let you go now. I am a Traffic Officer which means my responsibility extends to offenses on the public highway. As you were in the air when I saw you then it would be the responsibility of the Civil Aviation Authority to pursue charges against you. Have a good evening Sir."
And with that he jumped into his car laughing and drove off into the night.
I don't care what country you live in, that would not happen in 2017 :-) :-)
Mark
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