Running From the Police
 

Have any of you guys run from the police? And made it?

A friend of mine ran from the cops in his 97 SS. My bud was speeding and saw a cop sitting by the road...instead of jambing the brakes, he downshifted and took off. The cop pulled out and gave chase. The SS was up to 120 and cruising. He came up to a big intersection and there was another cop car in the intersection trying to block his path. The SS rolled right through the intersection and turned up a side street. He hid in someone's driveway with his lights off for like an hour!! haha this took place at 2:00 a.m. so there weren't any cars on the road.

He may have gotten away but he was crapping bricks for the next week or so...Everytime the phone rang, he thought it was going to be the cops saying they got his plate # :)

Damn! That is crazy! lol I would be shitting myself for sure. And I think I would have my car painted the next day too. lol ;)

My dad ran once in his younger days, he got away but ran into the cop in traffic later that day. But the cop couldn't prove it was him so he got off. =)

§am.

DANG!!!!!!

I think I saw your friend on that show, most scariest police chases!! :D

Those cops are probably furious and looking for him, but I guess they can't prove anything.

My mom's cousin, back when he was alive, would out run the cops all the time. He had an old Roadrunner, I think. He'd out run them and then they'd call the next day telling him to come down and pay his speeding ticket.

Daniel.

Those are crazy, i got pulled over yesterday for speeding i knew i could ouutrun the State trooper's explorer but Icould never out run the radio so i took my ticket and i'm going to court.

I was driving down the highway going to work one day behind 2 cars that were going 75 in a 55. I stayed with them for a few miles then decided if a cop was going to turn he was going to go after the Red Mustang (me). So I slowed down to 65 or 70 and let them put some distance on me then sped back up to 75 to keep in sight of them. Not more than 5 minutes later that's exactly what happened. A State cop coming from the other direction let the 2 cars go by at 75, then when he saw me he looked right at me and jammed on his brakes and swerved into the median. He had a perfect opportunity to turn around and be on them in no time, but elected to turn into a crowd of cars to single me out. I was in the process of passing a semi and watched the mirror as he tried to find an opening to pull out. I got about 3/4 mile to a mile on him before he started after me. I got in front of the semi and positioned myself so I could see him gaining in my driver side mirror and timed it so he would be beside the semi just as a side road came up. I even slowed the semi down to help time it just right. When he was beside the semi I shot down the side road and that was the last I saw of him. By the time he realized I was gone he had passed the semi and was in no position to turn around. To make this story even more interesting I passed another State cop driving the opposite way as me on that same road, and was probably doing close to 90 from the adrenalin rush. He slammed on his brakes but I was entering some S-curves and never saw if he tried to turn around on me or not. I made it to the next highway, turned left, and drove the speed limit the rest of the way to work freaking out the whole way :D

I look back now and laugh because it serves them right for picking on me and letting two "respectable" looking cars go by commiting the same crime.

Can't say I have.

Signed, The Police;)

2FastLX,

That is funny. I've been singled out many times. I guess that's the price we pay driving Stangs.

mustangII460,

U 5-0?? :D

I got a few cop friends with stangs. When I was driving south on I85, I saw marked and unmarked cops driving camaro cruisers. Up north on RTE 17, I saw cops driving Mustangs, also on RTE 50 in MD.

running from the cops is not fun unless u get away

Yeah he is a 5-0.

Where abouts on 17?

oops! Didnt answer the question. I never outran the police from high speed perspective. i have lost them in a neighbor hood before, but i wasnt recklessly driving. I dont think it is worth running away from them. That game of odds i dont play. i rather get points on my license and a fine any day then going to a slammer with a record. Just my opinion though.

You have to use a little finesse when you do run. You gotta make it look like you don't see them and you're just toying with your car. I've given a bit of a chase on a couple occasions where I couldn't get away because they were on me before I could do anything about it. I just told the cops I didn't even know they were there.

I had one pull out behind me about a half mile back and I could tell he was after me. As soon as I got over a little hill where he couldn't see me I kicked her down and was running 100+ mph. As soon as he was getting ready to come back into view I slowed way down. He caught up to me and pulled me over. Then he asked me why I was running. I said "If I was running you wouldn't be standing next to my car right now". He started a half mile back and it took him about 2 miles to catch me so I knew he had to realize I was moving pretty fast, but he let me go anyway.

back in the 70's- yes, now no way, i like a black car because they dont pay you much attention, but i wont run from them anymore, too dangerous.;) :D :D :D :)

Once, in my Escort of all things. I was crusing up the freeway, had the thing darn near pegged.(past the 85:eek: ) Went by a CHP sitting on the left shoulder, I was in the far right lane. Saw his lights come on, and I ditched down the next off ramp. Made three quick rights into a commercial complex with a parking garage. Went up a story and parked. Scariest thing I ever did, don't plan on doing it again.

I do 'ramp' on cops often though. FYI, ramping is a techniqued used out here by cops to get back behind a group of cars they want to nail. They see the cars coming hot in their mirrors, but slow down when they see the CHP. The cop will get off and right back on, thereby getting behind the cars.

Luckily I have enough cop friends to know about the technique, so I always watch the onramps for their return. I've also done it to get behind a CHP that I've blown by on the shoulder. HE HE, works both ways.:D

I gotta tell you NYC1 Md state police have all kinds of cars to light you up with. I used to do dealer exchanges for Valley and the cars i've seen pull people over man if you can name it they've got one. So keep an eye out.

Why are you going to court? Were you speeding?

It could be worse 'ya know. Ricers have it a lot worse than you Mustang guys, trust me.

Some states have a requirement that you appear, even if you are going to take the ticket and point, others you only have to go to fight or request traffic school.

I won't go into detail because i'll just piss everybody here off, but let me say this ... any a**hole running down a busy hwy at 100 MPH trying to get out of paying a lousy ticket is a ******* idiot. If one of these idiots ever slaughter my little girl or my son or my wife, they better move to the dark side of the moon, because thats the only place i won't find them.
I have to look at the carnage at the end ... the body covers and the dried blood and some guy standing there going yeah thats where the little boy was sitting, it hit him so hard it knocked him through the side window and he landed all the way across the street.
Just pay the dam ticket !!!