Traveling on 1-95 South, which is one of the longest highways in the US and a very well traveled road from Maine to Florida and vice versa. Driving comfortable, with the flow of traffic, mind you with several cars in front of me, in the middle lane doing 77 cruise control. I noticed a car in the left lane approaching me driving fast, I spotted the white suburban style Police vehicle parked in the middle of the highway, I believe the car in the left lane did too and lane slowed down, I looked at my cruise I was fine. The traffic in front of me was not bothered either. After we passed the Police vehicle, the car in the left lane proceeded to speed up passing me, the small pickup about 2 car lengths in front of me and the cars in front of him. Then, the passing car in the left lane applied his brakes and immediately moved in front of one of the cars in front of the pickup. The other vehicles started to slow down because of the car moving in the middle lane suddenly. I moved my cruise pin to 72 mph to keep my distance. This all happened in a matter of a few minutes, since passing the traffic cop. Well, I looked in my rearview mirror and guess who was behind me with his lights….yep!! I put my brakes on lightly which automatically released my cruise, pulled over rolled down my window, my hands on the wheel, the officer comes up to the car and says, “I clocked you at 89!!!” I thought this was a joke!!! We all looked at each other with amazement.
One thing I failed to mention when I stopped…..I snapped the 72 mph at 41.0 mpg. The mpg stayed at the 77mph because it cannot drop until you are driving a certain amount of miles. Meaning if I was doing 89 my mpg on a flat highway the number would have been about 5 to 10 points higher depending on road surfaces. Being a flat road my mpg would have been in the high 40’s if not 50-51 mpg. My vehicle website mentions MPG City and Highway, and ask owners to share their recorded mph and mpg on all road surfaces. Also, other Vehicle website asks vehicle owners to share reviews regarding their speed and the MPG they record on all road surfaces as well.
Recommendation: Leave your location on your phone and If people are in your car have them snapshot or record when driving through DARIEN. This department is corrupt and something needs to be done.