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Old 05-29-2010, 9:26pm   #1
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I was heading to Williamsburg (VA) today cruising about 70 in a 65MPH zone. I was about to exit and I was in the right lane. On the side of the road was a LEO and he was pulling out as I was passing. I could see him coming up in the passing lane with his lights on, must have been a dozen cars between us. As he got closer I was looking around to see who he was going to pull over. It turns out it was me and I was thinking WTF, I am not doing anything wrong and doing nothing to stand out from the rest of the cars cruising. He told me my tint looked to dark. I told him I have papers stating otherwise and he went to get his meter, crap. He said it was 44 percent and is within legal limits. Told me the tint on black looked really dark. Then he commented it looked good and wanted to know where I had it done as he wants to get his car done. First time being pulled over in the Vette, no ticket so I guess no foul.

If heading up 64, be careful going into Williamsburg. My Son said he is there all the time pulling over people.

You guys with dark tint, roll down your windows going through Williamsburg.
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He seemed friendly enough. I was going to BS with him, but someone pulled up behind him so I took off.
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Not surprised. I've been pulled over twice on I-64 (both in New Kent) for my tint. Even with the windows down they can pull you over based on 'suspicion'. If the rear window is tinted, chances are the side windows are as well; they are willing to gamble the side tint is as dark as the rear window.

In your case their gamble didn't pay off.
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When I had it tinted, I told them to keep it legal, and now I know they did. Over 12K miles and the first pull over to check the tint, not to bad I guess.
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Jeff , Glad to hear no foul, but the real reason he pulled you was to check out that Vette. If he would have gotten the chance to look under the hood, he may have given you an escort to your destination, but that would have required you to stay behind him, and that meant no passing.
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Thanks for the tip.

Glad ya didn't get a ticket.
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Wife Got pulled over In the Solstice not to long ago , on the 58 .... Officer just wanted to check the car out because he was thinking of buying one ...
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I got pulled over for no front plate. the guy says "man, this thing has go fast written all over it." no ticket.
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Jeff,

You had been exceding the speed limit for thousands of miles and you needed to be pulled over! Bottom line is that you are a menace.

Good seeing you last night.

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Jeff , Glad to hear no foul, but the real reason he pulled you was to check out that Vette. If he would have gotten the chance to look under the hood, he may have given you an escort to your destination, but that would have required you to stay behind him, and that meant no passing.
That would have been a bummer, LEO cars are to slow, I would have wanted to pass.

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Wife Got pulled over In the Solstice not to long ago , on the 58 .... Officer just wanted to check the car out because he was thinking of buying one ...
On 58 I do not go over the speed limit at all, they are looking for a reason to pull people over.


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I got pulled over for no front plate. the guy says "man, this thing has go fast written all over it." no ticket.
I had a comment like that when I was back home, while parked by the side of the road.


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Jeff,

You had been exceding the speed limit for thousands of miles and you needed to be pulled over! Bottom line is that you are a menace.

Good seeing you last night.

Mike
You might be right, I might have accidentally exceeded the posted speed limit once or twice. I forgot, this isn't CF, hell yeah I have been lucky, not often I am going the speed limit.

It was good to see you too and I liked the location of the cruise-in, I can see my Son more often, he is working at the Movie Tavern.


I am guessing my exhaust might have caught his attention and the tint was just the excuse to pull me over.
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