Ever been pulled over driving your Cobra?

[Murphy]

First time was by a curious cop who wanted to see the car up close and tried to cite some BS about the car is too reflective and can blind people. Second time was legit 53 in a 45. This happened on the same road where Hulk Hogan's kid crashed in Clearwater Fl.

[thorconstr]

While out for a drive on a Sunday morning in Tucson, a policeman pulled up beside me and asked if I was in a hurry! I said no and pulled over. He jumped out of the car with a kit car magazine in his hand and asked to look at the car. I told him that he had raised my blood pressure up a few point with "are you in a hurry" and he apologized. He said that he, and 4 other officers were wanting to build Cobras, would I mind if he called them. Within a couple of minutes it looked like a drug bust. Cops looking in, around, and under the car. I've since gone to lunch with and seen these guys a few times. Hopefully I will never get stopped for real.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by thorconstr

Hopefully I will never get stopped for real.

Not by those cops you won't. That's called "having one in the hole."

[wtm442]

Only stopped once after accelerating to about 55 MPH from a dead stop rather quickly in a 35 MPH zone and then let it decelerate in second.

On went the lights ... the Officer said "Try to keep the speed down OK" to which I replied "Yes, Sir". He then said "Nice Cobra" and walked back to his patrol car and drove off. Boy was I lucky.

[vettestr]

Knock on my wooden head I have not been ticketed in many years.. I have been stopped and told it was too load but no ticket. I was behind a couple of kids who were hanging out the sun roof and yelling to each other car to car. Traffic was down to about 25MPH with them leading us in a posted 45. This was with 2 lanes on our side so no way to get around them until the road gained another lane. I turned into the new lane and jumped on it hard but only a short blast. The blue lights behind me within seconds of my performance reminded me it may not have been a good idea.

The cop was very stern but cool. He asked me to guess how many codes I just broke if he wanted to get creative. He then asked what my speed was and said I only got 1 chance to answer correctly. Told him I really did not know but knew it was over the posted 45 and maybe 60. He told me that was not close to the 75 he was thinking but no way I could have done 25 to 75 in that distance so would let me go because he could not prove 75, nobody would believe it and he smiled.