Wake deputies using Z06 for speed patrol

Jason Mauldin · **Posted:** Thu Aug 13, 2009 4:23 pm

I wonder if it was the same Altima that I saw pulled over in Morrisville by a Burgundy Mustang GT this morning?

Marty Howard · **Posted:** Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:17 pm

It's an Altima SE-R, and he barely caught me at 185.

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:19 am

Marty Howard wrote:

It's an Altima SE-R, and he barely caught me at 185.

I'm pretty sure an Altima SE-R won't do 185.

Marty Howard · **Posted:** Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:38 am

are you kidding, the SE-R just recently lost the top speed record to the Veryon.

Jason Mauldin · **Posted:** Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:47 am

Vincent Keene wrote:

Marty Howard wrote:

It's an Altima SE-R, and he barely caught me at 185.

I'm pretty sure an Altima SE-R won't do 185.

I think it was a typo.

He meant to say that he got busted at I-85

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:37 am

Jason Mauldin wrote:

Vincent Keene wrote:

Marty Howard wrote:

It's an Altima SE-R, and he barely caught me at 185.

I'm pretty sure an Altima SE-R won't do 185.

I think it was a typo.

He meant to say that he got busted at I-85

I know...hence the

at the end.

Marty Howard · **Posted:** Fri Aug 14, 2009 11:42 am

Jason Mauldin wrote:

Vincent Keene wrote:

Marty Howard wrote:

It's an Altima SE-R, and he barely caught me at 185.

I'm pretty sure an Altima SE-R won't do 185.

I think it was a typo.

He meant to say that he got busted at I-85

no typo...I was going for 200, but missed a shift.

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:00 am

Update on this story for you Matthew.

Guess what car and badge adorned officer was participating at the Mazda Drivers event at VIR this past weekend? Yep, some more of your tax dollars hard at work teaching someone how to drive a car fast that has no business with it in the first place.

Bernie Baake · **Posted:** Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:51 am

It didn't cost the tax payers a dime, Dave Nugent offered the schooling to the sherrif's dept free of charge. Norbert has instructed this driver before and also informed the driver that the car was missfiring at the NCM event earlier this year. to date the car has ticketed more cars than any of the other depts vehicles. People apparently want to fly by a vette!!!

Michael Westerfield · **Posted:** Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:54 am

Bernie Baake wrote:

It didn't cost the tax payers a dime, Dave Nugent offered the schooling to the sherrif's dept free of charge. Norbert has instructed this driver before and also informed the driver that the car was missfiring at the NCM event earlier this year. to date the car has ticketed more cars than any of the other depts vehicles. People apparently want to fly by a vette!!!

We all know there is much more to a weekend of track expenses than the entry fee. Also, there is nothing a crown vic can't do that any officer should be doing on public roads.

Bernie, would you care to let them confiscate one of your vettes since apparently they increase the amount of revenue the gov can bring in?

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:59 am

Bernie Baake wrote:

It didn't cost the tax payers a dime, Dave Nugent offered the schooling to the sherrif's dept free of charge.

Really? Tires, brakes, gas, etc....Dave paid for all that? They need this car like we all need a hole in the head.

Bernie Baake · **Posted:** Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:24 am

Michael Westerfield wrote:

Bernie Baake wrote:

It didn't cost the tax payers a dime, Dave Nugent offered the schooling to the sherrif's dept free of charge. Norbert has instructed this driver before and also informed the driver that the car was missfiring at the NCM event earlier this year. to date the car has ticketed more cars than any of the other depts vehicles. People apparently want to fly by a vette!!!

We all know there is much more to a weekend of track expenses than the entry fee. Also, there is nothing a crown vic can't do that any officer should be doing on public roads.

Bernie, would you care to let them confiscate one of your vettes since apparently they increase the amount of revenue the gov can bring in?

Your missing the point, it's not the cars capability, it's the anonimity presented by a corvette. A car that no one believes would be a police car. And crown vic's are notorious for being the car of choice for police depts. Hell I slow down everytime I see one, even if I'm not speeding.and I'm sure by the number of tickets he writes that they more than pay for the track time wear and tear on the tires and brakes etc.
They didn't randomly confiscate the car either, it was part of a drug dealers collection of tools. If I was dealing drugs they could take my vettes also... but then I'd have the money to buy new ones anyway :lol:

Michael Westerfield · **Posted:** Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:29 am

Bernie Baake wrote:

Michael Westerfield wrote:

Bernie Baake wrote:

It didn't cost the tax payers a dime, Dave Nugent offered the schooling to the sherrif's dept free of charge. Norbert has instructed this driver before and also informed the driver that the car was missfiring at the NCM event earlier this year. to date the car has ticketed more cars than any of the other depts vehicles. People apparently want to fly by a vette!!!

We all know there is much more to a weekend of track expenses than the entry fee. Also, there is nothing a crown vic can't do that any officer should be doing on public roads.

Bernie, would you care to let them confiscate one of your vettes since apparently they increase the amount of revenue the gov can bring in?

Your missing the point, it's not the cars capability, it's the anonimity presented by a corvette. A car that no one believes would be a police car. And crown vic's are notorious for being the car of choice for police depts. Hell I slow down everytime I see one, even if I'm not speeding.and I'm sure by the number of tickets he writes that they more than pay for the track time wear and tear on the tires and brakes etc.
They didn't randomly confiscate the car either, it was part of a drug dealers collection of tools. If I was dealing drugs they could take my vettes also... but then I'd have the money to buy new ones anyway :lol:

So is the point to get people to slow down or generate revenue?

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:40 am

Bernie Baake wrote:

Your missing the point, it's not the cars capability, it's the anonimity presented by a corvette. A car that no one believes would be a police car.

If the objective is to be stealth there are much cheaper alternatives. I doubt anyone will believe a Sentra would be police car either, but the maintenance is a hell of a lot cheaper than a Vette.

The should sell it and use the money for something useful. You know it, and so do the rest of us.

Les Davis · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:04 pm **Posts:** 2059

Since when is traffic law enforcement the focus of the Sheriff's department anyways. It used to not be at all. Now I see them running speeding "sting" operations on the interstate all the time, coincidence or budget short falls? You decide. Amazingly with all this recent focus on highway speeding enforcement, I haven't noticed any noticeable reduction in the average speed of the cars on the highway, and I seriously doubt any reduction in highway fatalities has been effected either.

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