Pulled Over / DWCP

We've driven ~2500 miles and have seen only a very few law officers.

Today outside of Oklahoma City was a different story.  Police were thick on the highway.

We passed one police cruiser, sitting way off to the side on the shoulder.  No worries, we were going exactly the speed of other traffic, staying in our lane, minding our own business.

Few seconds later... flashing lights in the rear-view... pulled off to the side of the road...

"You were going a bit fast.  License, registration, insurance please."

Sat with the officer in his cruiser while he ran my license, asked where we were going, etc.  He said we were in a 70 zone, that they tolerated 75, and that we were going 78.  I'm sure he was right, but also didn't feel that was the real reason for the stop.  I felt pretty strongly that it was a case of "Driving With California Plates" (DWCP) and he was checking us out on general principle.  We had a pleasant conversation, he gave me a warning, and I kept my foot off the gas a bit for the rest of the day -- so that was probably a good outcome.

Turns out this officer works for the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics.  Coincidentally at breakfast a local guy mentioned that I-40 is kind of a drug transport corridor.  Spot checks on out of state cars... the officer was just doing his job.  I'm sure he was happy to find out that we were only retired folks moving from CA to "God's Waiting Room FL" and it turned out to be simply a routine stop and a (justified) warning.

We did pass him later, pulling over another CA-plated car. ; )