I'd have probably kept a lot of those comments to my inside voice. There's no way he could have given you a ticket for 5 under - the judge would have laughed that one off. BUT, he more than likely pulled you over "just because". He was looking for anything else - cracked windshield, seatbelts, alcohol smell, whatever. He knew he had nothing on you.
My buddy had the 4:00 am shift. He left home at 3:15 am every morning and got pulled over 3 times in the same week BY THE SAME COP. The cops reasoning is that people out at that time of night/morning are either up to no good or going to/from work. So he just pulls everyone over regardless.
I'm still waiting for my first pulse and glide ticket (erratic driving?). I'm only 12 years without a ticket, so I'll always be a couple/three years behind you! That was back when when the speed limit was 55 on the interstates (I-90 thruway in New York), and he caught me doing 64.
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