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Old 04-27-09, 09:25 AM
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Default Oregon trooper reels in line of Ferraris, Lamborghini





So said Oregon State Senior Trooper David Petersen after he was able to catch up with six exotic sports cars on a stretch of Highway 18 near Grand Ronde on Thursday, according to a news release.

Perhaps a more amazing feat was that he stopped all the cars simultaneously.

"They just were all good little soldiers and pulled right over," Oregon State Police spokesman Lt. Gregg Hastings told CNN.

One of the drivers was later cited again on a different highway.

The drivers of the cars -- consisting of Ferraris, a Lamborghini and an Acura NSX -- told Petersen they were part of a group of 20 similar cars making an annual road trip, the news release said.

They were all cordial and cooperative, and were cited with speed racing, a class A traffic violation that can command a fine of $627, Hastings said.

After receiving reports Thursday morning that several sports cars were speeding and passing in no-pass zones west of Grand Ronde, Petersen set up east of the casino town, near McMinnville, and waited.

Five of the cars soon blew past him, running about 100 mph in a 55-mph zone, Hastings said. As Petersen pulled onto Highway 18 in pursuit, a sixth car passed him.

"I guess when you're going too fast, you're in a rock and a hard place," Hastings said.

Highway 18 runs from Dayton, Oregon, in the Willamette Valley to the Pacific coast. The stretch where the cars were cited is considered particularly dangerous and the Oregon Department of Transportation provides additional funding to enforce traffic laws there, Hastings said.

About two hours after the incident, another trooper pulled over the Lamborghini from the group in Multnomah Falls, about 90 miles east. The driver of the car, which bore the the license plate "BADBUL," was cited for driving 90 in a 65-mph zone, according to a news release.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/24/...gon/index.html
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Oregon can be a pain to drive in.
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Monthly ticket quota--FULFILLED!
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FACT: If I had one of these and friends who did as well, I would not have a license.
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^^^yep, we would get searched, beaten to ground and our cars would get impounded.

exotics are like celebrities-you get the special treatment
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Wow that sucks.

But then again, im sure a $627 ticket isnt going to hurt the pockets of a Ferrari owner too bad.
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If they are all on their way to the Gumball (starts in 3 days) they have quite a few more tickets coming to them.
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That, right there, is the difference in the type of people that drives those cars. They could EASILY get away from the cop in his (probably) Crown Vic. Then, you have those that KNOW they can't get away and try anyways...

I give them props for stopping, but not for possibly causing some serious driving conditions in the area...
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Originally Posted by tex2670
Monthly ticket quota--FULFILLED!
lol my thoughts exactly
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Thats so dirty, but then again, if i had a Ferrari, a ticket is worth opening up the throttle every once in a while haha
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Originally Posted by cherplex
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If those bozos had been driving sensibly in a 55-mile zone, it would have been Trooper 0, Exotics 0.
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Originally Posted by Stage3
That, right there, is the difference in the type of people that drives those cars. They could EASILY get away from the cop in his (probably) Crown Vic.
Are they faster than a police radio?
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Such colorful cars, maybe these clowns thought they were in a parade.
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why didn't they just outrun the fuzz?
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