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Originally Posted by Red370
2 Tickets since June of last year, one dismissed because of a defensive driving course, most recent was this past Saturday, yes, a Red 370Z DOES attract a hell of a lot of attention, i've never been harassed by cops as much as I have in this car in my life.
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Actually some research has shown that red cars in general attract more attention from police.
I've gotten a few tickets/warning with my Z, but that's just a normal occurrence for me every so often. I never accrue enough points to lose my license or anything like that, usually I just pay em online and am done with it. I don't drive reckless, but I do drive over the limit, like 80 in a 65, cruising in the left lane. If traffic is slow, I just move with it - I don't swerve in and out or anything anymore. But since I'm speeding, every so often a cop decides to pull me over, even tho I pass the vast majority at 80 and they don't budge. It just depends on the cop *shrug*
I had $500 cash with me on Bullrun in case I had to pay tickets on the spot, but despite no radar detector/scanner and driving hella fast (120 over some highway stretches) I never got snagged over the course of 3 days. Of course, hahaha, we were always pretty far behind so we ended up passing a lot of other Bullrunners pulled over ahead of us :P
I did however get off once last year for 111 in a 55. I'm good at being calm and polite with cops now, so he cut me a break since I 1) didn't try to run and 2) didn't carry my speed (he saw me speed up to pass and honk goodbye to a few friends in front of me, then coast back to the limit). Being polite and helpful helped too no doubt. He ticketed me for "unclear plates" since I have my front plate on my dash. He could have cut up my license right in front of me since 111 is twice over the 55 national speed limit, which is grounds for immediate revocation of your license.
The best (worst?) part is I simply downshifted and floored it to pass my buddy one car ahead of me before letting completely off the gas - so in that time I went from ~60 to 111 and I honestly did not realize I had accelerated so quickly!! (I was already coasting back down to ~60 when I noticed the cop pull out behind me so I never bothered looking at how fast I was going) It wasn't long after getting the 370Z, so I didn't know better
