Corvette Driver Says Cops Were Waiting to Arrest Him — His Escape Plan Was a Tow TruckParker Jones, the Florida-based TikToker behind @stangry5.0, wanted to drive his heavily modified black C6 Corvette Z06 up to Georgia, show it off at a car meet his brother had organized on their dad's private lot, and head home. The neighbors had other ideas.Jones had actually done the right thing early on, asking the first officer who showed up what the rules were. That cop told him the cars could do whatever they wanted as long as they stayed stationary, then left. About twenty minutes later, a second group of officers arrived with a different message entirely. Neighbors had been calling in noise complaints – the Corvette's cam-upgraded LS7 and aftermarket exhaust apparently produced sounds close enough to gunfire to get people dialing 911 – and this new wave of police was specifically hunting for the owner of the black C6. The charge: causing a disturbance and operating a vehicle that wasn't street legal.The Tow Truck FixJones acted fast to save his car. "The cops are waiting on me at the exit. There's only one way out of this. They can't pull me over if my car's on the back of a tow truck. So we're gonna put the car on a tow truck to get it out of here and not get arrested. 'Cause they've all but confirmed they're waiting to arrest me. The cops were sitting there telling me that they are waiting on the black Corvette. They're not gonna have any luck with that."AdvertisementAdvertisementHe called a flatbed and loaded on the car – rear wing, drag radials, and all – and got it secured to the truck. "You think they're still out there? I don't know, but they ain't gonna catch me unless they start pulling over the tow truck. They're not impounding this yet."He ended up at his sister's house, where he could offload the car and drive home without police sitting on the exit waiting for him. Per Jones, they were indeed still out there when the flatbed rolled past. "This is what we call a big brain move," he said from his moving perch. "They said they're waiting on the black Corvette to get arrested. Good luck. You're gonna be waiting for a while. You're gonna have to follow me. If we have cops following the tow truck, we're just gonna keep filling it up and keep on going. We've gotten the car towed to my sister's house so I can drive it home from here. The cops were indeed waiting for me right outside."The clip drew more than 52 million views on YouTube alone.
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