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Yep. I'd say you were lucky.
However, myself and other co-workers have let people go without tickets for doing +40 miles per hour over the limit on several occasions. All of them have been on the freeway though. IMO it seems you did everything right.... after you were pulled over. You knew that you were going too GD fast, and you had the right attitude.
A traffic stop is a crap shoot, for the cop and the driver, only the stakes are bigger. Couple weeks ago, I paced a vette going 105ish. I lit him up and as we were pulling over I ran the plate. We can get alot of info from running a plate, but it isn't quite like Dean says it is. From the info I got, I was ready let this fish go back in the water. But not all fish are predictible. I'm standing behind the B pillar getting ready to speak and he shoved his license and balled up insurance card out to me, "Just write me the f^*(ing ticket!" I fulfil the demands in the form of a 100 in a 65 ticket.
The next day, catch another one. It was a bike, going the same speeds like the vette. He was expecting a ticket, but his attitude was 10 times better when I was asking him questions. Had to run him (policy thing) and he was clear. The only time he broke his cool and when he got his DL and insurance back. He has happier.
Dean, this is a holy quest that you must go on. Tell your followers that when the dragon with the red and blue lights approaches from behind maintain your positive attitude, and keep some sence of humor in reserve. But if you're not into the holy stuff, tell your buds what happed and how they can learn from it.
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