once upon a time in high school, I used to sneak out of my window @ night and steal my parents car or truck with out a licence. I would drive out of town to the acreage that my old girlfriend used to live at. She would sneak out of her house and we'd drive back to town, and sneak back into my room to "study hard" for all hours of the night.
one night, we where not watching the time, for some reason, and just happened to look at the clock. It was 4:45am, and her father got up to get ready for work @ 5:30. So in a panic we fled my house, she got dressed in my dad's truck while I didnt bother to put any clothes other than my boxers on. We sped out of town and I think I was doing about 160km on the highway. Sure enough, we sped by a police car with no lights on hiding in the dark on the other side of the road. Didnt even see him until I noticed red and blue flashing lights quickly disappear in my rear view mirror. I hit the gas and got up to 180+ km per hour, adrenaline pumping heart pounding, girlfriend screaming at me to STOP!!!!
I kept going for about a kilometer before I decided to give up, if only for the sake of my girlfriend, even though the cop was not even visible yet, and we could have easily made it to the turn off and disappear into the back roads without getting caught.
We waited on the side of the road, the current time ... 5:15 am.
the cop eventually caught up to me. Seeing that my girlfriend was partially dressed, and I was in my underwear, and had been caught going 60km over the limit w/o a license, not sure what he felt. Regardless I plead my case to him, telling him exactly what was going on and how her father would be up for work in the next ten minutes. To my amazement, the second cop car that pulled in took my girl to her house. Upon getting close to her residence, he turn off all his lights, and pulled in very slowly and quietly, and let her out about 20 feet away from her yard. Her dad, as far as I know, never was the wiser.
As for me, back in the first cop car on the side of the road, enjoying my time before the gallows... I talked to the officer, who I would meet again later in life on a number of occasions. He said he sympathised for me and actually took my cuffs off and let me smoke a cigarette IN HIS CAR! He said he never has, nor would he ever again let anyone smoke in his car again. He would become the only police officer I ever had respect for, regardless that he wasnt that nice the next few times.
But I didnt get off as easy as they let my girlfriend go, without making a scene, or talking to her parents, they made up for it when bringing me home. We're talking lights flashing, even a briefly blaring siren, as if to tell all the neighbors to wake up and come see what was going on at the Hanthorn's house. As for my parents truck, it was towed to the house, and I wound up with a hefty fine and charged for the tow.
Still cant remember what I told my folks. Of all the incidents I have had with the law growing up, this was by far the most memorable... even pleasant compared to the rest.
True story.