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I talked to a state trooper one time about this subject of cops speeding. He told me that he drives fast, very fast, alot of times when hes on the interstate and has to go a long ways. After he told me his reasoning, it made alot of sense to me. I know I have experienced having to follow or be followed by cops on the highway and its a experience, sometimes dangerous. No one has guts to pass a cop. And it tends to have a "pace car" effect on cars behind them. Alot of slicing and dicing.
His thoughts were that if the speed limit is 70, and I drive 70, I got cars stacked up for miles. Mind you that is when he has to travel long distances. No one wants to or will drive the exact speed limit. Not many anyway. If he drives 80, everyone is pissed off that he can get away with it because hes a cop and everyone else still wants to run 70 to keep out of a ticket. If he runs 100 or better, everyone tends to stay out of his way thinking he is on an emergency and people are likely to go ahead and drive the way they normally do after he passes through.
Makes sense to me. I can see the catch 22 he is in.
Andy
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