For me, I pulled out onto a 25 mph street at night. Having fun, I gased it a bit getting a little sideways. There was a cop right behind me. He pulled me over, and the next thing I know there were 5 cop cars blocking me in. They were asking me if I had weapns or anything in the car (this was like 3 days after 9-11). He gave me a 50 ticket with 1 point. I went to court and told the judge I had an explanation, to which he said, "Oh, I gotta hear this!". I told him that I had just washed my car and used this new tire shine. The combo of that and feeling like the car was speeding up behind me were responsible for the whole thing. He asked the cop what he thought, and the cop said, "His car was freshly cleaned", to which all the cops and even the judge busted out laughing. I should have just kept my mouth shut. I did get the point knocked off though. But I am sure I made their day. I will definately use that clutch excuse in the future.