Lurlene: You can go faster. There’s no cops around.
Cletus: I only go as fast as I can afford.
LOL
Last ticket I got was in Georgia. I passed a slow-moving vehicle on a 2-lane road and was enjoying the acceleration so much that I kept my right foot planted for about 20 seconds longer.
I could afford it, but not too often. And he was kind enough to drop it down to a waiverable offense.
His comment: “I bet you didn’t think an Escape could go that fast”.
Me (lying through my teeth): “No Sir, I didn’t!”
amen to that. in a rainstorm once I passed a cop in an unmarked, I was driving a rented Aztek and was doing the speedlimit on the highway, was out of state. Cop pulled me over quickly and he told me to never pass a cop, I said sorry didn’t know you were a cop and I was doing the limit. He said something about driving reckless because of the rain and was about to give me a ticket when he got a call on his radio and then some nut went speeding passed followed by two cops, he said. “Today is your lucky day” and ran back to his car to join the chase.