Ask yourself, "when is the last day that I went through that I did everything by the book and as I should have?" Cops are people too, and are able to make mistakes like the rest of us. That being said, if he was just hightailing it cause he could, then a slap upside the head is warrented.
I speed as well, and when I am pulled over, I accept my ticket with the proper amount of humility because I was in the wrong.