2500hd Vs F150 Vs Police Officer

[Kodiak450]

I found this incident quite amusing, so I thought I would share it. I'm driving down a 2 lane highway to go to Lowes, which is about a 14 mile ride. There are traffic lights along the highway, so chances are you will wind up getting a red light during your drive, I winded up catching 4 out of 6 of them during the 14 mile drive on the 2 lane highway. I'm driving my 2500HD and am at a light waiting for it to turn green, to the right of me is a guy with a female passenger in a F150 which was the 97-03 Gen truck (looking at the truck, I'd say it had to be a 97-98). Always when I light turns green, I naturally excellerate faster then the other vehicles behind me, or on the side of me, not because I am trying to race them, just the way I usually excellerate the truck (1/4 way on the gas pedal). So I take off at the light, the F150 to my right is fading behind as I see in my right sideview, I get up to highway speed and maintain 70-80 mph (depending on if my radar detector starts alerting me to a possible threat) then I'll slow down 10 mph on this particular highway cause speed limit is 55. So I'm cruisng about 70 and holding it there, then the driver in the F150 catches up finally and does the same speed on right lane, then excellerates faster, only to slow down so I catch up. He was trying to pick a race with me. Ok, so second light is coming up and it is red, so we both eventially come to a stop and await the green light. Light turns green, he is still in right lane, I excellerate same as usuall, with 1.4 way on the pedal, and again the F150 starts to fade away as I pull away. Get up to 70 again and maintain speed, then the guy in the F150 is able to catch up again, and repeats same tatic (match my speed, then excellerate past me). Like the guy is not feeling sort of embarrassment in front of his female passenger cause I took him twice at two different lights so far.

 

So we both happened to catch the following red light, we come to a complete stop and wait for the green light. Then the guy in the F150 puts his truck in N and starts reving it at the light (what for, IDK) All I hear is him giving it alot of gas with his all stock 97-98 F150 2wd truck (which that generation reminds me alot of a Ford Windstar minivan with a bed on it). Light turns green, I take off same way again, 1/4 way on the pedal and again, the F150 fades away as I move forward. This time I get up to about 80, as the highway gets wider and there was no other traffic in sight for as far as I can see ahead of me for 1 mile plus. Finally and once again, the driver in the F150 is able to catch up and same behavior repeated, maintain same speed as me, then accelerate faster. By now I am thinking either this guy is just plain stupid cause his truck is weak and cannot take my 2500HD or he is getting really frustrated. So he then accelerates at a higher speed, probably doing 90 at some point cause I maintained 80 mph until my radar detector starting alerting me, then i slowed down to 70. Then what do you know, another red light, where we both get caught at. He's in the right lane, I'm still in the left at the light, before this light turned green, I could see him in my periphinal vision looking over at me, moving around and clenching his steering wheel, with left hand at 11 o'clock and right hand at 1 o'clock. He then does the (give it gas, then brake right after, like you see on TV when two vehicles are about to race with rerun movies). I laugh. Light then turns green, and again, I accelerate same as usually, with about 1/4 way on the pedal and see him fading away as I move forward. Get up to about 68 this time and maintain speed, cause two lane highway turns into a one lane 1 mile ahead right after sharp bend in the highway and speed drops down to 45 mph. So after mainting my speed at around 68 or so, the guy in the F150 catches up again, does the same thing, maintain speed, then accellerate faster. As he was accellerating faster, my radar detector alerts me with the Ka/band, and then with the VGA/band (which is a radar detector..dectector signal) however I am invisible to it. This time I see a police officer after I come around the bend and he just pulled out to go after the guy driving the F150 cause he must of been exceeding 90 mph again. Sure enough he gets pulled over and has some explaining to do as to why he was doing over 90 mph in a 55. As I pass the traffic stop I could not help but look at the guy and laugh at his stupidity, as he actaully thought he had a chance with his 97-98 F150 that looks like a Windstar with a pick up bed, and his naive attitude, not to mention he was probably trying to impress his female passenger.

 

For the record I've driven that year truck before, and it is a real dog when it comes to accellerating. My previous F250 which was a 96 was able to beat that truck in accelleration, and that F250 couldn't hold a candle to my 2500HD when it came to accelleration, payload, performance, reliabilty, ect.

[96chevy7.4L]

Are radar detectors illeagal in PA and NJ now. I know they been banned in Virginia for years.

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Yeah, I know, people don't believe a 2500HD is fast. Those people are stupid, the 2500HD is the fastest truck I have ever had. Well, I take that back, I had an 2003 SS before my current 2005 1500 truck.

[Kodiak450]

Are radar detectors illeagal in PA and NJ now. I know they been banned in Virginia for years.

 

 

Nope! In NYC they are, and I am not sure about upstate NY, but I think if they are in NYC, then probably in entire state.

[r1byker]

Funny story; I'd say you suckered him into that ticket pretty good. Purely unintentional, of course.

[kurt1993]

lol this is funny... im always looking for little red light races.... usually 0-speed limit just to keep it legal...i guess. ive yet to have anyone actually try and accelerate and try to keep up or beat me out yet so idk....

[born-to-fish-]

I would have given him a little "toot" on the horn, a big smile and a wave!