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LAS VEGAS — Few things raise your heart rate like seeing those familiar red, white and blue lights flashing behind you — especially when you know you were speeding.

One driver experienced this while driving home from work at about 10 p.m. and admitted to driving at over 120 mph on U.S. 95 in North Las Vegas. When he noticed a police officer, he slowed down to around 100 mph before being pulled over. His ensuing interaction with the police officer was captured on his vehicle's dashboard camera.

As the driver pulls his vehicle off the road and onto the shoulder of the freeway, he passes a sign showing the speed limit is 65 mph. The police officer's first question: "Why are you doing 102 miles an hour, young man?"

The driver tries to apologize, and the officer begins to explain the legal consequences of driving nearly 40 mph over the speed limit. The officer states a speeding ticket will cost the man $1,135, but notes the cost would be higher — well over $2,000 — if he were to charge the man with reckless driving, arrest him and have his car impounded.

"Your insurance will probably double or triple because reckless driving is a very serious offense," the police officer says.

The 23-year-old listens as the officer lectures him on the dangers of speeding, which he witnessed while working as a paramedic for 10 years and a police officer for 24 years. While law enforcement officers are typically trained to drive at high speeds, he says, more police officers get killed in vehicular accidents than are killed by gunfire.

For the last 10 years, about one state or city police officer has died every week on the road, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. The institute also proclaims that motor vehicle-related accidents are a leading cause of death for law enforcement officers in the United States.

"Think about what you're doing," warns the officer. "You want to see 24, right? Then slow down. There's no need to drive that fast."

After finishing his lecture, the police officer surprised the driver by telling him he would give him a warning instead of a ticket and sent him on his way.

It may have taken the driver the rest of the ride home to recover from the emotional whiplash of the exchange, but hopefully, the lesson to drive slower and drive safer will stay with him for much longer.