[97-ferio]

if you had gotten the plate number of that cop who was following you too close, you coulda reported him to the local P.D. i'm a cop in the military, which isn't nearly the same line of work as civilian police, but as far as law enforcement goes...when they cited you for going over the speed limit, most radar guns can lock onto a certain vehicle...the car in front of you may have been speeding also, but it was more than likely just bad misfortune that they picked you to clock instead of the other guy. maybe you were going faster than the guy in front of you to keep up with that vehicle...you did say you weren't paying attention to your speedo. radars can pick vehicle speeds up from certain distances depending on the model of the gun, as well as pick up signals from around a corner, or even a few blocks away. cops nowadays will pick on people with import cars that are fixed up. you can thank fast and the furious for that. i got pulled over a while back for going 75 in a 70, and got fined $100, when on the same stretch of road people go sometimes in excess of 90-100 mph most days. sometimes, in our cases, it's just bad luck i guess=) however, don't hate on all cops, we all have a job to do, it's just the other dickheads out there that give all cops a bad name. peace.=)