I've had more than my share of speeding tickets over the years, but this is one that I got out of. On July 4 of 2010, I was driving from W. Oregon to Utah down the middle of Oregon on two-lanes to attend my mother-in-law's 90th birthday party in Ogden UT and was really moving in my E46 M3. Speed limit 55 mph and I was doing 85 if memory serves in a rural area.
I got caught by a county sheriff going the opposite direction and as soon as I passed him, I saw his brake lights come on to turn around and get me. For the past 30-plus years, if stopped I always slip my military ID behind my drivers' license when presenting it to the officer. The ID card works wonders.
The sheriff's deputy takes my cards back to the patrol car and returns a minute or two later and hands them back to me. "Given that you are retired miliary and it is the Fourth of July and all, I'm letting you go. But keep your speed down. 70-75 mph is OK. Have a safe journey."
That was the first and only time that a LEO essentially gave me permission to speed!
