chevygal Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 This morning I had an errand to do before work so I took the highway instead of the back roads. I was in the left lane (four lane), behind a Corvette and we were having a grand old time, not racing or anything, just enjoying our cars. Then he gets off the highway and I'm still going and I pass this black car, which I knew was a cop as soon as I came up on it but too late. She gets behind me and I'm waiting for the lights but nothing. She tailed me for about two miles without turning on the lights, sirens or even telling me to pull over with the bullhorn. So I kept driving along ignoring her and then she pulled to the right and got off the highway. So I'm wondering, is she going to send me a ticket in the mail or was she just trying to give me a hard time but was off duty or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champion201 Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 IMHO, chances are you have nothing to worry about. She probably thought maybe you were speeding a little, ran your plate, came back with no issues and figured she would let you go or maybe she got a call about something more important and you got lucky. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooter3 Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 I am sure you will not get a ticket in the mail. She was most likely checking your tags and stuff. No worries. They do that here too. Just to scare you. I would not think too much about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rojo_143 Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 I don't know how thing work in Mass. but I have never go a ticket in the mail for a traffic violation. The only way that i know of that they can give you a ticket by mail is if a plane radar caught you speeding and there were not cops present at the time. The cop was probably just running the info on your truck just to make sure it wasn't stolen and to see if you would give them another reason to pull you over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hankg42 Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 IMHO, chances are you have nothing to worry about. She probably thought maybe you were speeding a little, ran your plate, came back with no issues and figured she would let you go or maybe she got a call about something more important and you got lucky. Mike I agree. They were just running your plate, and you came back clean. Maybe Shuan (Stitches040) can confirm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireman31 Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 I wouldn't worry about it.......if she wanted to ticket you, she would have stopped you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevygal Posted August 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Thanks, guys. I thought that too, if she were going to pull me over, she'd have done it. She was just trying to keep me from going over 70. Just wanted some reassurance. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berry Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 As everyone else has stated, you don't have anything to worry about. Being a police scanner owner, I monitor the Mass. State Police frequencys alot. Many a times you can hear an off duty officer following someone who is "driving eratically". Meaning cutting people off, using all lanes, high rate of speed, using the breakdown lane to pass other drivers, ect., ect., ect., From what you described, you were not "driving eratically". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmahan Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 idk man but its best to say your g2g. if she was gonna give you a ticket she would have pulled you over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJT13 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Mass state troopers don't play that game. If they want to pull you over, they will pull you over. Did she run your plate? Most definitely. I wouldn't worry about a thing though. I'm guessing she ran and paced you and you came up clean. You might have been moving fast but not alot faster than the rest of the traffic. Next time, don't sit in the left lane too long though. Troopers can pull you over for travelling in the left lane for over a mile. It's the passing lane. If you're in it for a mile or more, you're travelling. Even if you are passing other cars. Don't move over the second they get behind you, but play it smart. Which highway were you on and what time of day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rausche Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Next time, don't sit in the left lane too long though. Troopers can pull you over for travelling in the left lane for over a mile. It's the passing lane. If you're in it for a mile or more, you're travelling. That's no joke... I have 2 points on my license right now for 'failure to keep right'... Damn teenagers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F1SSS Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 I was lucky on 495 once, officer didnt roll me when I should have been. Just looked in my rearview while in the left lane and there he was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJT13 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 I was lucky on 495 once, officer didnt roll me when I should have been. Just looked in my rearview while in the left lane and there he was. the staties can be relentless on 495. especially the Marlborough stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevygal Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 I was on 95 South in Topsfield. Same area I got pulled over three years ago by that angry state trooper who screamed at me the whole time and acted like I stole the truck. I got to stay off that highway, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berry Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Next time, don't sit in the left lane too long though. Troopers can pull you over for travelling in the left lane for over a mile. It's the passing lane. If you're in it for a mile or more, you're travelling. Even if you are passing other cars. Don't move over the second they get behind you, but play it smart. That's no joke... I have 2 points on my license right now for 'failure to keep right'... Thanks for the info guys! I've got a question tho, does this happen on three lane high ways or just two lane? My wife travels on the section of Rt. 24 that is olny two lanes, then gets onto Rt. 140 which is also only two lanes, and usually she is always in the left hand lane, regadless if she is passing anyone. She hasn't been puled over for it tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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