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Originally posted by Savior:

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OK, last summer my friend Tim and I went up to this guy's apartment in Springfield (about an hour away) to chill. We drank some "herbal" tea that the guy made. He said it would relax us, but didn't mention what it was. I asked him if it was legal, and he said yes. Then we got bored after about an hour or two and set out for home.

We got pulled over about halfway home because an ambulance had been following us for awhile and radioed ahead. Apparently we both began wildly hallucinating about 20 minutes after we left, and I kept trying to drive "in the fast lane", but we weren't on the interstate; we were on a regular highway. So I was just driving in the wrong lane, and every time a car would come at us I would snap out of it and get back into the right lane. They said I wasn't swerving, just driving in the wrong lane.

So they pulled us over and took me to jail after searching my car (and finding nothing), and sent Tim on his way on foot with both his cell phone and my cell phone, but two dead batteries. So he had to walk twelve miles back to Monett at two in the morning, hallucinating his ass off, LOL. He talked to a lot of his friends by the side of the road, but every time he'd glance away and look back they would vanish. :O

They took me and drew blood to send away for analysis, and held me in jail for like four hours. Wrote me a ticket for a DUI and improper lane change.

The bloodwork got lost in the mail, so my lawyer got it dropped no problem.

And that "herbal" tea turned out to be ground-up Jimsonweed (datura) seeds. It's a quasi-toxic hallucinogen that apparently grows in the ditches around here.

That was a crazy night. I talked to a lotta dead people in the jail cell. It was kinda freaky, since I didn't know what the hell was going on.

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LMFAO - that was funny chit!

Originally posted by MYCONTOURSVT05:

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Just over a week ago my brother and I were racing down the 57/55 fwy going over 130MPH for a full 15 mins! Both of us have CSVT. Going so fast it felt like the car was going to spin out of control. Very scary, indeed. Acrdklr was heading home the same direction (only slower) we were going and metioned to me days later that a highway patrol was zooming by him that very same night heading to pull us over I think but I guess never reached us when we exited the freeway minutes later. WHEW! that wouldve been a BIG ticket. Lucky us I guess.

-dan

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Originally posted by 95MID:

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80 in a 65. not too bad.
but it was the first time i got a ticket after being pulled over 8 times before! ive even had my car searched twice!

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Oh comeon, only 8 times? I was pulled over 12 times and 3 written warnings before I got my first ticket. Yep, lucky number 13. Wouldn't you know it, the first ticket I got was actually BS. I went to court (first time), and was not well prepared, and lost.

My car, 81 Chevy Malibu (3.8L 229 V6 - Smallest of 4 Engine options) was phyiscally incapable of reaching the estimated speed at the point I was tagged. I loved working on that car, so much room.

Since then I've only received 2 tickets but have been pulled over 20 times (not all for speeding). With a 10% Ticket/Pullover ratio, I've since decided to invest in a Passport 8500. However alot can be said for putting an officer at ease, and being polite during a traffic stop.

My favorite one involved a State Trooper who had me dead to rights! 85 in a 55. I was on my way to the Red Sox game, peaked a hill on Rte 2, and there he was. However, I had a good feeling I'd get out of this one. It was my birthday. He asked me to see if any of my friends would get me a $300+ Birthday Gift, and let me go.