Worst ticket you got out of

[Jamo]

A few years ago...

Coming back from the Coast on 41 in the Audi 4.2 A6...went through Kettleman City, noting a deputy car in the Burger King parking lot which appeared vacant. Opened it up on the elevated two-lane through Boswell's ranches...well over a 100 and no cars around...but then I see flashing lights way back there. Nowhere really to go, so I reign it in. I pull into a Boswell ranch station across the canal and he comes in behind me. Takes my license and registration and goes back to his cruiser for about 10 minutes. comes back and dumps my license and registration into my lap, and yells at me for driving so damn fast even if the road is empty. He then assplains that he left his ticket book back at the station and that nobody is available to bring it to him, nor can he call the CHP in to write a ticket, because of a big accident on I-5 and everyone's up there. Walks back to his car and fishtails dust as he heads back to Kettleman City.

I drove the rest of the way to Fresno veeeeery slowly.

[Maricopa]

18 yrs old driving my '66 Mustang coupe. The old I-10 entrance ramps in Phx were very short and very steep, I nail it hard and pop up to freeway level going 75 or so....only to come up alongside and then pass a motorcycle cop (sigh). He passes me, pulls over and waves at me to pull in behind him. He's walking back, not looking happy, and just before he gets to me turns and runs back to the bike. After a few seconds on the mic he comes back and says, "If I didn't just get a call I'd be giving you the biggest damn ticket you ever saw!" Then he runs back to the bike and tears off.

I drove a different way to work for weeks.