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Cops don't like losing to a Model S!
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I thought there was only a limit against a specific velocity (speed limit) not acceleration!
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Congrats?
As I've ordered the 85D, I was keeping it in Sport mode (NOT the INSANE) mode. I did floor it though. He was so pissed when he came up to my window. It took every ounce of control in my body to not laugh.
Yeah . . . I'm so very lucky.
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Why would buy these cars and not use them! Come on!?
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And when you drive your car slowly, I feel THAT reflects poorly on other Tesla owner/drivers (LIKE ME).
To each his own.
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Thanks! I appreciate that! The point of the OP was to share the fact that despite my every effort to be as courteous and polite and provide EVERY ounce of information, he still got it wrong. THAT is called Karma.
SW2Fiddler
We Are Cognitive Dissidents
Well yeah, the evidence is that upon consulting over the radio, no ticket was issued for unsafe start. DL Missing was all the deputy had. (Maybe a lil' ego bruise?)
breser
AutoPilot Nostradamus
You must have perfect reactions then. Even with a fair amount of practice on a road I usually go 55 on I can't floor it up to 55 in my 85D without going over half the time.
Johan
Ex got M3 in the divorce, waiting for EU Model Y!
Related story of mine:
When my car was quite new I took it to a car wash and washed it by hand. Took a detour on the way home, to get the moisture off the brakes. It was late and no traffic so I floored it then put the car in N and did some hard braking. This way coming towards a roundabout. As I enter I see a cop car coming in to the same roundabout from opposite. Looking in the rear mirror I see him circling 360 and taking my exit. I drive carefully and he follows me all the way home. No lights or sirens, just following. Just as I slow down in front of my house he flashes his blue lights and they come up. (No guns - police officers here have guns in a locked compartment in the car but they must request armament from dispatch/command and this is only sometimes approved).
"Do you know why I pulled you over?"
"Yes officer, I accelerated a bit quickly before but I don't think I went too fast (I was doing at least twice the speed limit).
"You were going way too fast but I was unable to measure your speed. Your fine would have been in excess of 5000 NOK ($800)"
I explained about drying my brakes after the wash and apologizing at the same time. He seemed uninterested.
"Are you married?" He asks
"Uhm... Yes I am". Where is he going with this???
"Promise me you'll buy your wife a nice gift worth what the fine would have been. Drive safely. Good night"
Whew.
I did by my wife a nice wallet the next week when I was traveling
When my car was quite new I took it to a car wash and washed it by hand. Took a detour on the way home, to get the moisture off the brakes. It was late and no traffic so I floored it then put the car in N and did some hard braking. This way coming towards a roundabout. As I enter I see a cop car coming in to the same roundabout from opposite. Looking in the rear mirror I see him circling 360 and taking my exit. I drive carefully and he follows me all the way home. No lights or sirens, just following. Just as I slow down in front of my house he flashes his blue lights and they come up. (No guns - police officers here have guns in a locked compartment in the car but they must request armament from dispatch/command and this is only sometimes approved).
"Do you know why I pulled you over?"
"Yes officer, I accelerated a bit quickly before but I don't think I went too fast (I was doing at least twice the speed limit).
"You were going way too fast but I was unable to measure your speed. Your fine would have been in excess of 5000 NOK ($800)"
I explained about drying my brakes after the wash and apologizing at the same time. He seemed uninterested.
"Are you married?" He asks
"Uhm... Yes I am". Where is he going with this???
"Promise me you'll buy your wife a nice gift worth what the fine would have been. Drive safely. Good night"
Whew.
I did by my wife a nice wallet the next week when I was traveling
I'm sorry but I'm with caddieo here, what did you expect would happen when you floored it infront of a cop? If you're looking for support in driving like a hooligan I don't think you'll find it from the large majority of TMC drivers.
That's how I felt too. Very subjective. No "burn-out" which is what the law actually says. He was just pissy because he lost - well, got his @$$ handed to him, actually.
It's a good thing I'm "only" getting the 85D.
Wow, the police in Drammen, Norway, are very reasonable and courteous. Yet another reason why I like Norway.
In CA, you would have been cited for "exhibition of speed" CVC 23109. I assume each state has their own equivalent. What probably factored into you not getting a ticket is that the MS made no tire noise or engine noise and probably confused the cop or at least didn't piss him off like if you'd been in a Hellcat doing the same thing in which case you'd been hauled off to jail.
But seriously, you did this next to a cop? Did you think it wouldn't piss him off? If it was next to me and I could have pulled you over, I would have made up all kinds of crap and thrown the book at you.
It's too bad there's no such thing as a ticket for arrogant stupidity which is what you should have actually been cited for.
But seriously, you did this next to a cop? Did you think it wouldn't piss him off? If it was next to me and I could have pulled you over, I would have made up all kinds of crap and thrown the book at you.
It's too bad there's no such thing as a ticket for arrogant stupidity which is what you should have actually been cited for.
That's how I felt too. Very subjective. No "burn-out" which is what the law actually says. He was just pissy because he lost - well, got his @$$ handed to him, actually.
It's a good thing I'm "only" getting the 85D.
Yea, because accelerating to 45 in 2.8 seconds would have pissed him off less than 2.0 seconds
Police officers don't get pissy because another car can out-accelerate them. Police officers get pissy when people break the law. It seems it was your ass that was handed back to you in the end.
I think you win the award for doing what we've all thought about doing, but either knew better or were too nervous to do.
So congrats.
It's also additional proof that tickets should be proportional to income. That way the people with more clout can feel the pain of all the laws we have equally. The display of speed/unsafe-acceleration is meant to curb street racing. It's meant to crack down on people "showing off". It's also meant to prevent accidents at lights because people routinely run red lights after they've switched. So you have to give a bit of a buffer and slowly accelerate and then punch it.
I got pulled over years, and years ago for a display of speed and I was driving completely normal. Sure I wouldn't have done that had I seen the SUV cop behind me, but I didn't. I had an Audi S4 that had biturbo's and I was addicted to hearing them spool up. It was also on a 55mph highway (well okay 45mph, but then +5/+10 buffer before cops will bother with you).
I didn't feel it was unsafe, but I was 20 something at the time so pretty much nothing felt unsafe.
I don't feel as if it's a good law because enforcement various wildly. The OP didn't get a ticket for it, and I didn't get a ticket for it. I do know in other forums people do get tickets for it.
This law also fails to recognize improvements in technology. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if an 85D or P85D pulled away from a stop under TACC control at roughly the same rate of acceleration as I was doing with a 2000 Audi S4 when I got pulled over.
So congrats.
It's also additional proof that tickets should be proportional to income. That way the people with more clout can feel the pain of all the laws we have equally. The display of speed/unsafe-acceleration is meant to curb street racing. It's meant to crack down on people "showing off". It's also meant to prevent accidents at lights because people routinely run red lights after they've switched. So you have to give a bit of a buffer and slowly accelerate and then punch it.
I got pulled over years, and years ago for a display of speed and I was driving completely normal. Sure I wouldn't have done that had I seen the SUV cop behind me, but I didn't. I had an Audi S4 that had biturbo's and I was addicted to hearing them spool up. It was also on a 55mph highway (well okay 45mph, but then +5/+10 buffer before cops will bother with you).
I didn't feel it was unsafe, but I was 20 something at the time so pretty much nothing felt unsafe.
I don't feel as if it's a good law because enforcement various wildly. The OP didn't get a ticket for it, and I didn't get a ticket for it. I do know in other forums people do get tickets for it.
This law also fails to recognize improvements in technology. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if an 85D or P85D pulled away from a stop under TACC control at roughly the same rate of acceleration as I was doing with a 2000 Audi S4 when I got pulled over.
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That's funny too! A ticket for "arrogant stupidity". I love it. I haven't gotten a ticket in years. Just the fact that he pulled me over was hilarious. Too much fun.
Here's the selfie I took while pulled over!
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Outside the US, the police are respectable, reasonable, level-headed, and approachable. I'll NOT say what I'm thinking about how they are here . . . cs
breser
AutoPilot Nostradamus
CVC 23109 also let's them immediately seize the vehicle and keep it for up to 30 days.
Though in this case they'd release the car to Tesla immediately because of the following
I think you win the award for doing what we've all thought about doing, but either knew better or were too nervous to do.
So congrats.
It's also additional proof that tickets should be proportional to income. That way the people with more clout can feel the pain of all the laws we have equally. The display of speed/unsafe-acceleration is meant to curb street racing. It's meant to crack down on people "showing off". It's also meant to prevent accidents at lights because people routinely run red lights after they've switched. So you have to give a bit of a buffer and slowly accelerate and then punch it.
I got pulled over years, and years ago for a display of speed and I was driving completely normal. Sure I wouldn't have done that had I seen the SUV cop behind me, but I didn't. I had an Audi S4 that had biturbo's and I was addicted to hearing them spool up. It was also on a 55mph highway (well okay 45mph, but then +5/+10 buffer before cops will bother with you).
I didn't feel it was unsafe, but I was 20 something at the time so pretty much nothing felt unsafe.
I don't feel as if it's a good law because enforcement various wildly. The OP didn't get a ticket for it, and I didn't get a ticket for it. I do know in other forums people do get tickets for it.
This law also fails to recognize improvements in technology. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if an 85D or P85D pulled away from a stop under TACC control at roughly the same rate of acceleration as I was doing with a 2000 Audi S4 when I got pulled over.
Did anyone actually read the post? I didn't get the ticket. The deputy was so ignorant that he wrote it for the wrong guy!
Although I could probably walk away from this without doing a thing, I will be rectifying it on Tuesday and paying my $10 administrative fee.
