[Jimljr145]

As a person with a bit of experice on the apparent wrong side of this conversation, (A Police Officer) let me start by saying I too drive a 01 Mustang GT with a 5 spped, and do enjoy the occasional dump the clutch thing, taking off at the lights, getting to the posted spped limit as fast as I can, but I am always aware of the posted speed limits, and the amount of auto traffic, pedestrian traffic and such. Unfortunately, a large proportion of people with the hot cars and young drivers are up to no good. Especially when it is late at night. When you get pulled over, just be as polite as you can to the officer. If you offer them an attitude, I guarantee, you will find yourself with a ticket for some type of violation. Also, if you do have a good reason for going faster than the limit, by all means, tell it to the officer. If you are polite and convincing, you may just find your way out of a ticket, or atleast out of more than you could have got. If it is funny, you may just get a laugh and be sent on the way. I have done this on a few occasions. I know from experience, that when I get flack from someone I pulled over, I look through my book to write as many tickets as I can get. If you are polite, I will write you for the lesser violation and tell you what else I could have wrote you for, and what I cut you a break for. This may or may not be good for us in law enforcement, but it does help me to get some respect from the street racers I have to put up with in my township. By the way, I don't ever pull over a car just because it looks fast. I don't pull over a car just because the driver looks 17. I do pull over the person that is driving a fast car fast, especially when they are doing it at rush hour, in a highly populated or congested area and causing a hazard to the other drivers. Just something to think about while you are out from a cops view.