I had an uncle that was pulled back in the day on a highway for doing 35. Apparently he had done this for years, but the flow of traffic had increased its speed and he hadn't. 35 in a 55 is definitely an accident waiting to happen.
I've gotten a warning before from a state trooper for doing the speed limit, and this is well before any hypermiling -
I was flying home, traffic came to an abrupt stop for no apparent reason, and as we were getting back up to speed I saw the trooper in his jeep coming up from behind. Figured I should do the speed limit at that point to avoid getting pulled over. So did the people in the lanes next to me. The cop is tailgating dangerously close, flashing his headlights, swerving all over the place and I had no way to get out of his way with people right next to me. I slow down ever so slightly so I don't get rear-ended and eventually get behind the guy next to me so the cop can pass. Cop floors it and flies past. I figure traffic should start moving normally again so I get back in the previous lane and start speeding up. The cop sees me move back and slams on his brakes and pulls into the shoulder, waits for me to pass, and comes up behind me and pulls me over. He asks "do you know why I pulled you over?" I say "I would love to know why." "Didn't you see me behind you?" "Not at first, but then I saw you tailgating and flashing and swerving behind me." "Well, that lane is for passing, so I'll only give you a warning."
I would have LOVED for him to give me a ticket I could fight in court; there'd be one less @$$hole "protecting" our highways.
RE: 95 in VA - isn't 95 mostly 4 lanes each direction down there? 50 shouldn't have been a big deal, especially if he was in the right lane.
I like most cops, I find most of them friendly and helpful, but there are d!ckheads in every profession.
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