Originally Posted by FBinNY

Many years ago, I was waved down by an officer who said I was doing 45+ in a 25mph hospital zone. I responded that I had no idea because I had no speedometer, but I knew it was fast, since I was coasting down hill and and wanted to maintain whatever speed I could for the climb starting just beyond. But I was fine with it and would take the ticket and pay the fine. He radioed his supervisor who said to send me on my way, since odds were the judge would dismiss it anyway.

It ended up with me just about begging for the ticket for bagging rights, but no dice. He explained that if I were a local, and refused to slow down they'd end up having to cite me. But since I was just passing through, and not likely to be a problem, they were just as happy to give me a free pass.

I was a bit tempted to climb the hill and keep repeating it to see how far they'd let it go, but common sense prevailed. So like the OP, I'm still waiting for the radar proof of how fast I can bomb downhill.