"But Officer…" joke

Real-life speeding excuses that didn’t quite cut it…
“I needed to get to the petrol station before the fuel runs out”
“I was hurrying to the petrol station before they ran out of free glasses”
“I’m a research physicist trying to prove Einstein’s theory of relativity”
“Thank heavens officer, I thought the flashing blue light chasing me was a UFO”
“My shoes have just been resoled and I’m not used to the extra weight on the pedal”
“I was in a complete daze because I’ve got a new air freshener in my car”
“I’m a member of the Royal Family”
“I was trying to get away from the car following me”
“These ‘go faster’ stripes really do work then”
“I was trying to make up the hour we lost when the clocks went forward”