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A man who had been pulled over and ticketed by police ran backward up and onto a Buffalo Grove squad car Friday morning, apparently in his haste to drive off.

Henry Raskin, 70, of Niles had been pulled over by a Buffalo Grove officer on the 400 block of Dundee Road around 11:30 a.m. Friday for driving 58 mph in a 35 mph zone, Sgt. Scott Kristiansen said.

The officer wrote the ticket and returned to the car, and Raskin got ready to drive away. Except he went flying backward.

"(He) apparently was going to pull away at a high rate of speed, but the only problem was that he was in reverse," Kristiansen said.

He said Raskin was not happy about getting a ticket. He said police are reviewing the squad car videotape to see what Raskin might also be charged with.


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I'm astounded by the apparent complete lack of damage to the Camry.



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haha i know exactly where that is

that has to be one of the biggest moves ever



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Camry has torx?



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One more, courtesy of the Buffalo Grove PD.

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Old guy in a Camry backing into stuff? Par for the course.



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I'd love to be able to replay this guy's thoughts for those couple seconds leading up to impact. My guess is they'd go something like this:

"****ing pig. I can't believe he gave me a ticket. Everybody goes 60mph on this stretch... ****ing mother****ing **** ****er ****..."

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"****ing **** ****er I'm so ****ing pissed **** **** **** ****.."

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Old guy in a Camry backing into stuff? Par for the course.

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if I were the old man I would've gotten out the driver side door and stomp on the cop's hood on my way down



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Over the push bar and everything!




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Many of the Camry drivers I see have similar driving "skills".



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Many of the Camry drivers I see have similar driving "skills".

backing over a police car (including the push bar as previously stated) without any visible signs of damage? i'd definitely call those skillz



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hahahahahaha...that's exactly the same camry my mother in law has

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The only thing that really surprised me was that this was a Camry and not an Avalon.



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That is hilarious. But how did the squad car get damaged when the Camry apparently hasn't?



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Hmm.... FWD+reverse gear+low gearing in reverse=reverse wheelie and ownage?



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Maybe the owner was trying to fix that bent exhaust pipe underneath?



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Give me a ticket, will he? Thinks he can slow me down, does he?
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How is that even possible? Shouldn't the bumpers line up, or did the bar on front of the cop car allow the Camry to mount it (and therefore wouldn't it be extremely dangerous if a cop car ran into the back of a parked vehicle)?



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I guess the bar acted like a ramp or 'speed bump'



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How is that even possible? Shouldn't the bumpers line up, or did the bar on front of the cop car allow the Camry to mount it (and therefore wouldn't it be extremely dangerous if a cop car ran into the back of a parked vehicle)?

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Hmm.... FWD+reverse gear+low gearing in reverse=reverse wheelie and ownage?

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How is that even possible? Shouldn't the bumpers line up, or did the bar on front of the cop car allow the Camry to mount it (and therefore wouldn't it be extremely dangerous if a cop car ran into the back of a parked vehicle)?

I'd say he must have stomped the accelerator so hard that there was some significant reverse squatting, lifting the rear bumper.

I'm wondering now about the cop's reaction, sitting in the car watching the Camry do a bonzai charge and mount his windshield.



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Hmm.... FWD+reverse gear+low gearing in reverse=reverse wheelie and ownage?

I guess... but still it just doesn't seem possible!



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I'm astounded by the apparent complete lack of damage to the Camry.

i was thinking the same thing... almost as if somehow the Camry had been set down onto the hood of the cop car.



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hahahahahaha...that's exactly the same camry my mother in law has

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My MIL has a beige one! Totally hilarious.



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To think we share the roads with people like this every day...



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My MIL has a beige one! Totally hilarious.

that's my father in law's car. he says it's gold

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