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Originally Posted by downeaster
I was travelling north on I91 north of Springfield, Mass the last of about a five car "convoy". Leading the convoy was a State Trooper going at the speed limit. After a few miles he exited at an interchange. No one took the bait and we continued at the speed limit. As I passed the on ramp I checked in my mirror and there he was, as I expected, on our tail. He soon saw we were not falling for his tricks and he exited for good at the next interchange.
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Yeah. That's a favorite of CHP in California, especially on I-5 through the San Joaquin valley. Some of the exits are such that the cruiser can exit, cross the street and down the on ramp in the same direction without really slowing down. Lots of "Gotcha's" with that tactic. A corpsman who worked for me got a job with CHP and they assigned him to the I-15 corridor from San Bernardino to Nevada Border. The Las Vegas Grand Prix in other words. Lots of business there, especially Friday PM and Sunday evening.