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i was driving at approx 75mph when the police vehicle came behind me and began to tailgate me. i increased my speed to about 80, but it was on a downhill and i didnt notice my speed jumping up. the stupid cop pulls me over, and says u should pull over when someone is tailgating you.

so dont pass judgment on me...i wasnt driving like a bat out of hell.

but for ventted and those who were supportive, thanks and i was on the 5S near costa mesa,ca.

thanks

TTschwing

Let me get this straight....You were going 75 and accelerated with a cop right behind you????

Larrytt

Sorry, but cops are not allowed to break the law either. If he admitted this to you, then I would report him.

If you were doing only 80, where did he get the 93 from? Did you question anything at all?

gtt

Too many folks hog the left lane feeling they have the right to control the lane when it's for passing. Don't get me wrong as I do speed occasionally and have had plenty of infractions but by your two posts it seems that you speed and you hog the fast lane. School might be a good thing.

Larrytt

Wouldn't those two acts be mutually exclusive? Either you are speeding in the left lane, or you are driving so slow as to be hogging the left lane. If you are both speeding and hogging the left lane, then what the hell is the car behind you trying to attempt?

To me the approaching car would then be reckless, as in the case of the cop that came up behind him the way tr2nd described this situation.

GuilTTy

Only kidding, of course. If he wasn't lit up, you had no obligation to pull over - only to reduce speed to the posted limit.

Larrytt

Would this be your legal argument in open court? lol

ZGTT

Is that a billable hour?

gtt

they sit in the left lane dialing going slow, then speed up while talking, only to slow again for the next call.

dloftis

If I'm going 140, and you're going 100 in the left lane, well...