Funny thing happened on the freeway

[RR|Suki]

So... funny thing happened today. I was taking my girl back to her horse show after some lunch this after noon, travelling down I-96. I missed my exit and as some of you know exits are hard to come by sometimes between the smaller towns. So I try my luck and decide to use the turn around. So I wait for a line of left lane traffic to go by and gun it to get in. As I am running hard up the left lane I start catching up the line that had just gone by... I didn't even think anything of it until something histerical happened... This camry darts into the right lane and the young woman in the passenger seat lifts out of her chair and spins around to look behind her to see if I was a cop. I got beside them gave them a little blow-by flutter and went on my way. :lol:

[BigGuyBigCar]

Last time I used a turn around on the Interstate was because my side had come to a complete standstill, and was backed up as far forward as I could see. As I pulled in I saw maybe half a mile behind me a dark car start to speed up.

Well, I thought I had bought a ticket for sure. But then another driver decided to pull the same U-turn, and came out of the left shoulder accelerating hard (I had drifted to the right to try to hide in traffic). He went by me doing at least 75. And then the state trooper lit up the lights and went by doing at least 80.

Up the road a bit, and there they were on the right shoulder, doing the two-car tango. I risked a very small wave to my unknown wingman and drove on, guilty, but ticket-free.

Standard disclaimer: This story may be true, or it may be only a figment of my imagination.

[Merc-O-matic]

So... funny thing happened today. I was taking my girl back to her horse show after some lunch this after noon, travelling down I-96. I missed my exit and as some of you know exits are hard to come by sometimes between the smaller towns. So I try my luck and decide to use the turn around. So I wait for a line of left lane traffic to go by and gun it to get in. As I am running hard up the left lane I start catching up the line that had just gone by... I didn't even think anything of it until something histerical happened... This camry darts into the right lane and the young woman in the passenger seat lifts out of her chair and spins around to look behind her to see if I was a cop. I got beside them gave them a little blow-by flutter and went on my way. :lol:

Happens everytime...!!!!

Gotta Love It!:pimp:

[Bluerauder]

So I try my luck and decide to use the turn around.
Turn-arounds/cut throughs on the Interstate around here are for "Official Vehicles" only. :rolleyes: Ya'll be real careful out there.

[RR|Suki]

Turn-arounds/cut throughs on the Interstate around here are for "Official Vehicles" only. :rolleyes: Ya'll be real careful out there.

same here, hence the try my luck part :rolleyes: I know twas an ass thing to do, but I figure I'm due one per year :D

[SMOKE]

I didn't do it with the 'Rauder, but turned around across a grassy median with my Jeep a few years back. My wife and I were playing hooky from work and we'd just bought the Wrangler.

With my new found 4 wheel drive powers, a simple traffic backup on I-84 shouldn't stop me, right?

Up/across the median, onto the highway going the other direction (very light traffic, no problem merging back in). That's when I see this tall dark figure (in daylight) taking HUGE strides away from an Escort station wagon that attempted the same maneuver a few hundred feet way and got stuck in the mud.

CT State trooper (who actually lived near me), hails me. I know I'm caught, but was gonna try to offer a tug to the stuck car in order to veil my selfish maneuver.

He wasn't having it, and I quote "...Problem is, THAT wasn't an exit ramp....I'll be right back with your ticket."

:rolleyes:

JWM

[whoskal]

My favorite is when a car full of kids flys by and all of them are rubbernecking at you...all of a sudden you see the brake light flare up and a car full of people putting thier seatbelts on in a panic.......Ive even seen people stashing things under the seats!!!....the town next to the one I live in has black cop cars, I get mistaken all the time when I drive through.

[Blackened300a]

The best was when I was in the middle lane of the Clearview expressway, 4 cars pass me on the left doing about 75 MPH compared to my 50 MPH thanks to a slow van in front of me, the last car that passes me is a Malibu with a younger guy driving, As he goes by I shoot out into the left lane and get up to his speed, He see's me, slows to 55 MPH, and pulls into the middle lane. For a goof I follow him into the lane and also slow down to 55 MPH, At that point he slows all the way down and pulls into the right lane and then onto the median.
I remained in the middle lane and smiled as I past him.
His face seems to be more of a look of relief then pissed :lol:

[Dan]

The best was when I was in the middle lane of the Clearview expressway, 4 cars pass me on the left doing about 75 MPH compared to my 50 MPH thanks to a slow van in front of me, the last car that passes me is a Malibu with a younger guy driving, As he goes by I shoot out into the left lane and get up to his speed, He see's me, slows to 55 MPH, and pulls into the middle lane. For a goof I follow him into the lane and also slow down to 55 MPH, At that point he slows all the way down and pulls into the right lane and then onto the median.
I remained in the middle lane and smiled as I past him.
His face seems to be more of a look of relief then pissed :lol:

What you guys are talking about is something that I call "the Crown Vic Effect." Do a search on it for more detail.

We have some here who don't think it exists but in the face of these types of stories I don't see how one could deny it.

Best,

Dan

[Commodore Crap]

i was merging onto 295 in md/dc last week and i got to the top of the on ramp and a escort went by doing 50 and there was was a new accord goin atleast 70. so, naturally, i couldnt help it, especailly in the dark, and as soon as i got near him, the break lights came on and he slowed down to 40. then, i went into the right and lane and let him have it.

[Mesencephalon]

Turn-arounds/cut throughs on the Interstate around here are for "Official Vehicles" only. :rolleyes: Ya'll be real careful out there.

Yeah, which I think is TOTAL :bs:
I am so SICK and tired of "officials" regulating my right to think for myself.

"Speed Limits" indeed. :lol:

[Mesencephalon]

What you guys are talking about is something that I call "the Crown Vic Effect." Do a search on it for more detail.

We have some here who don't think it exists but in the face of these types of stories I don't see how one could deny it.

Best,

Dan

Anyone that thinks this doesn't exist is not paying attention. Or lives somewhere that doesn't use CV's as cop cars. It happens to me literally 8 days out of 10 I'm out there, and on both highways and local roads. And my town does NOT use black cars for anything, only white (local fuzzy bacon) and dark blue (state fuzzy bacon) w/ yellow stripe. They do have a few Camaros and at least one State Fuzz Corvette, though :) :banana:

[Dan]

Anyone that thinks this doesn't exist is not paying attention. Or lives somewhere that doesn't use CV's as cop cars. It happens to me literally 8 days out of 10 I'm out there, and on both highways and local roads. And my town does NOT use black cars for anything, only white (local fuzzy bacon) and dark blue (state fuzzy bacon) w/ yellow stripe. They do have a few Camaros and at least one State Fuzz Corvette, though :) :banana:

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[cyclopsram]

The worst, of course, is when you break the brake lights...

[Breadfan]

I'll be honest with ya, sometimes when I visit a friend of mine who's about an hour away and i'm often going home on a 4-lane dark road really late at night. (7100 for those who know it...)

I'll often use the CV Effect to get me home safely. I go into "stealth" mode by turning off my fog lights.

I set the cruise at 54 (speed limit 50). Often times people driving erratically will stay away from my car, speeders will slow down. I konw htere's a fair amount of drunks on that road, especially on a Friday night, I know because I've see people nearly drive off the road before plus it's a prime spot for spot checks. I've seen before where someone comes past me, drives oddly, and then slows up big time and eventaully turns off at the next light. Good - kept that person away from me.

IMHO it keeps me safer on the ride home.

[Mesencephalon]

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I don't have any fancy lights or anything, and I have yet to do this on purpose to ANYone. I had it done to me by a friend with wig-wag headlights who scared the ever-lovin' CRAP out of me about 20 years ago.

Never forgot how close I was to staining my front seat dark brown

Back then it was my baby a dark blue 1971 Plymouth Fury sedan that looked like it'd rolled of the assembly line it was in such good shape ... man i loved that car ...


Mes ... :burnout:

[hitchhiker]

Yeah, which I think is TOTAL :bs:
I am so SICK and tired of "officials" regulating my right to think for myself.

"Speed Limits" indeed. :lol:

Then do the right thing and vote them all out this November.

Enough is enough.

:D

[SMOKE]

Definitely have the CVE here in CT (along with Dan). I tend to drive very sane and find myself all the time with cars that won't pass me for miles until they feel they have figured me out (for instance while I'm in the middle lane listening to Stern on Sirius...not really in a rush and just cruzing and they are hauling down the left or right lane) in broad daylight.

I like the "stealth" mode reference...found myself working with that once before. Got a chuckle out of that.

If I need the CVE to make my way, at least in CT, I make a strong entrance to the highway (right up to speed), make clean and deliberate lane changes to the fast lane, and pretty much find nobody will approach from behind and up front the lane clears out for about the next 1/8th of a mile**.

JWM

**Cell phone talkers take longer to recognize and move. Procedure is usually the talker is lagging and weaving in the LH lane, a mirror check, a second mirror check followed by braking, then finally a signal and move to the center lane. And I never tailgate, I actually find if I sit back and remain steady, the CVE will kick in without being a menace.

[offroadking208]

What you guys are talking about is something that I call "the Crown Vic Effect." Do a search on it for more detail.

We have some here who don't think it exists but in the face of these types of stories I don't see how one could deny it.

Best,

Dan

Lol, the crown vic effect does indeed exist. especially in my case (since my car is ACTUALLY a crown vic, lol) and its like magic. People stop rolling through stopsigns, seatbelt up, and don't speed. :)

[Spectragod]

Lol, the crown vic effect does indeed exist. especially in my case (since my car is ACTUALLY a crown vic, lol) and its like magic. People stop rolling through stopsigns, seatbelt up, and don't speed. :)

We must be bored, resurrecting 2 YO posts.:flamer:

[TheDriver959]

I'll throw in what I call the "Marauder Effect" in reference to my CV. I get all sorts of rubberneckers who think they see a Marauder, until they get up front and see that honeycomb grille with that big ol' "Ford" badge in the middle of it. Then there's the ones who are just like "That's a cool looking car...oh **** it's a cop car!" and they slam on the brakes.

I've even had speeding jerks come right up to my rear bumper. You can see that pissed off "Why do I need to get stuck behind this ******* in a..." look. Then they read the badge on my trunk lid to identify my car and the look disappears. Ignorant people cut me off and speed away all the time, and the ignorant speeders that ride my bumper without reading give me the finger often.

Most recently, a guy in a Pontiac G5 came speeding up the road as I was pulling out of the driveway. Rode my bumper, cursing, swearing and throwing up his hands in anger for two intersections before I swung out to make a left. He gave me the finger as he drove by, right out his window, then proceeded to drop his jaw and yank his arm back into his car as he realized what he was giving the finger to.

[Motorhead350]

haha I love these stories! I have a few myself......

[Spectragod]

He gave me the finger as he drove by, right out his window, then proceeded to drop his jaw and yank his arm back into his car as he realized what he was giving the finger to.

Uhhhhh what did he realize?? So, your driving a CV, an old retired cop car, and that means what?? I'd give you the finger too, if you were just pulling out in front of people trying to be a speed regulator, hell, I might even "PIT" you for good measure:D.