The Coral Springs Police Department has been running a social media series called “Traffic Thursdays,” and episode 41 might be the most entertaining one yet. A driver got pulled over going nearly double the speed limit and immediately had an excuse ready to go. The only problem? The officer had questions. Very logical, very reasonable questions that the driver could not quite answer.
The stop involved a Lexus clocked at 64 miles per hour in a posted 35 mph zone. That is not a “oops, I got a little heavy-footed” situation. That is a full-on, nearly double the speed limit situation, and it warranted a conversation. The driver, however, was ready with a defense: the car had malfunctioned and was going faster than he intended.
Now, vehicle malfunctions do happen. Throttle cables get stuck. Software glitches have been blamed for runaway acceleration. There is a universe where a car malfunction story holds water. But this particular story had some holes in it, and the officer on scene was not shy about pointing them out, one very calm, very reasonable question at a time…