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Cop pulled me over tonight...
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I was pulled over several times, four times in total. Three times were completely valid, because I was speeding... never got a ticket.
Fourth time was VERY interesting. My friend and I were riding around at 2:00 AM in the morning, and we decided to head back to his house. He told me to pull into a subdivision and I did, asked him why, he said, "I dunno, just messing with ya." "Whatever, let's go" I said and pulled out. Policeman saw me as I pulled out, turned around and followed me.
He pulled me over after turning at a 4-way, and said I "turned into the flare," which meant I turned too sharp... sure, OK. He asks me to step out of the vehicle, frisks me, and asks me how much weed I've smoked. I told him none, since I hadn't smoked any in my life. He asked how much I've had to drink. I hadn't drank an ounce of alcohol in my life at that time, and so I said none. He says, "Why are your eyes so red, then?" I replied, "I've got a cold, it's 2 in the morning and I need to go to bed."
He frisks my friend (passenger). He asks a series of questions to him as well. He comes back to me and says, "Your friend's story doesn't match your story. What are you really doing out here?" I said, "My friend is lying for who knows what reason, we're going to his house. I dunno why he's making up stuff."
Policeman goes back to his car and tells us to sit back in ours. I ask my friend, "Dude, why did you lie to him?" He replies, "It's the police man, you ALWAYS lie to the police." "Not when you haven't done anything wrong!" I exclaimed. "That cop was way too rough with me, he kicked my feet! I'm reporting him for harassment," says my friend. He goes on and on.
Cop comes back to my window, he bends down and looks in and says... "I bet you wouldn't want me to search your car would you?" "That's fine," I said. "Really? You'd be OK with me searching your car?" "Yeah, go ahead, that's fine with me."
I sign the release form and he searches my car. He finds nothing interesting. "Alright guys, I want to apologize if you're not up to anything illegal, but we've had some break-ins to cars in the area that you came out of. You didn't have a reason to be in there, and it looked suspicious. again I'm sorry if you were just cruising around."
"I want your badge number, I'm reporting you for harassment!!" my friend yells. Again and again my friend says it, interrupting the police officer. Finally, frustrated, the policeman just points at his clearly visible and easily readable badge within plain view of my friend. My friend shuts up. Policeman gets in his car, and I take off.
"Why did you tell him where we were going?" my friend asks. "Because we're not doing anything wrong... look... whatever, let's just go."
Dropped my friend off and went home to sleep.
Fourth time was VERY interesting. My friend and I were riding around at 2:00 AM in the morning, and we decided to head back to his house. He told me to pull into a subdivision and I did, asked him why, he said, "I dunno, just messing with ya." "Whatever, let's go" I said and pulled out. Policeman saw me as I pulled out, turned around and followed me.
He pulled me over after turning at a 4-way, and said I "turned into the flare," which meant I turned too sharp... sure, OK. He asks me to step out of the vehicle, frisks me, and asks me how much weed I've smoked. I told him none, since I hadn't smoked any in my life. He asked how much I've had to drink. I hadn't drank an ounce of alcohol in my life at that time, and so I said none. He says, "Why are your eyes so red, then?" I replied, "I've got a cold, it's 2 in the morning and I need to go to bed."
He frisks my friend (passenger). He asks a series of questions to him as well. He comes back to me and says, "Your friend's story doesn't match your story. What are you really doing out here?" I said, "My friend is lying for who knows what reason, we're going to his house. I dunno why he's making up stuff."
Policeman goes back to his car and tells us to sit back in ours. I ask my friend, "Dude, why did you lie to him?" He replies, "It's the police man, you ALWAYS lie to the police." "Not when you haven't done anything wrong!" I exclaimed. "That cop was way too rough with me, he kicked my feet! I'm reporting him for harassment," says my friend. He goes on and on.
Cop comes back to my window, he bends down and looks in and says... "I bet you wouldn't want me to search your car would you?" "That's fine," I said. "Really? You'd be OK with me searching your car?" "Yeah, go ahead, that's fine with me."
I sign the release form and he searches my car. He finds nothing interesting. "Alright guys, I want to apologize if you're not up to anything illegal, but we've had some break-ins to cars in the area that you came out of. You didn't have a reason to be in there, and it looked suspicious. again I'm sorry if you were just cruising around."
"I want your badge number, I'm reporting you for harassment!!" my friend yells. Again and again my friend says it, interrupting the police officer. Finally, frustrated, the policeman just points at his clearly visible and easily readable badge within plain view of my friend. My friend shuts up. Policeman gets in his car, and I take off.
"Why did you tell him where we were going?" my friend asks. "Because we're not doing anything wrong... look... whatever, let's just go."
Dropped my friend off and went home to sleep.
I hope at the next street corner. After that behavior he deserved to walk home.
weee! Police stories.
I lived in a small town east of Columbus Ohio for most of my life. My mum's older brother was a cop for... well my entire life. Needless to say, I've never gotten out of a ticket. Two weeks ago, my girlfriend and I headed to my parents' house, I drove. I admit, I was speeding (43 in a 35), the cop gave me a ticket, AND a lecture on how "your uncle would be disappointed if he found out, young lady!".
Fun times with my parents, and the girlfriend and I head back home to Columbus, my girlfriend is driving. She runs a red light right in front of a cop. She poofs her hair up, and unbuttons the top buttons on her shirt and pouts. AND DOESN'T GET A FRIGGEN TICKET!!
I swear, how is this **** fair??
damn girlfriend and her big boobs
I lived in a small town east of Columbus Ohio for most of my life. My mum's older brother was a cop for... well my entire life. Needless to say, I've never gotten out of a ticket. Two weeks ago, my girlfriend and I headed to my parents' house, I drove. I admit, I was speeding (43 in a 35), the cop gave me a ticket, AND a lecture on how "your uncle would be disappointed if he found out, young lady!".
Fun times with my parents, and the girlfriend and I head back home to Columbus, my girlfriend is driving. She runs a red light right in front of a cop. She poofs her hair up, and unbuttons the top buttons on her shirt and pouts. AND DOESN'T GET A FRIGGEN TICKET!!
I swear, how is this **** fair??
damn girlfriend and her big boobs
I got pulled for speeding on the M6 Toll going from Manchester to London, i was doing 100+
My friend was calling me so i slowed down and pulled into the middle lane and a unmarked green volvo flashed his blues and two's 3 points and a £60 fine
lucky the policeman didn't see me rummaging for my phone!!
a few weeks ago i was on the way to the trafford centre going around the M60 ring road and doing 90+ with my friend in the car and didn't see the fully marked up BMW X5 behind me, anyway he pulled me,
he was asking questions and told me to not speak until he had finished.... he said 'I didn't see you wearing your seatbelt <was about to interject with a speach about how the car bings and bongs and i was wearing my seatbelt but stopped myself> and said 'I can either progress with the speeding fine which will put up your insurance premiums with 3 more points, a fine etc. etc. OR we can deal with the seatbelt issue which is no penalty points and is just a £30 fine)......... i wasn't going to argue and took the seatbelt fine! PHEW!
Now i wasn't sure about this but i remember reading that the Law of the land is the officer must have ANOTHER officer present to make a speeding conviction and they must have the recording hardware, he was alone and had no radar / recording hardware in the vehicle
My friend was calling me so i slowed down and pulled into the middle lane and a unmarked green volvo flashed his blues and two's
3 points and a £60 fine lucky the policeman didn't see me rummaging for my phone!!
a few weeks ago i was on the way to the trafford centre going around the M60 ring road and doing 90+ with my friend in the car and didn't see the fully marked up BMW X5 behind me, anyway he pulled me,
he was asking questions and told me to not speak until he had finished.... he said 'I didn't see you wearing your seatbelt <was about to interject with a speach about how the car bings and bongs and i was wearing my seatbelt but stopped myself> and said 'I can either progress with the speeding fine which will put up your insurance premiums with 3 more points, a fine etc. etc. OR we can deal with the seatbelt issue which is no penalty points and is just a £30 fine)......... i wasn't going to argue and took the seatbelt fine!
PHEW!Now i wasn't sure about this but i remember reading that the Law of the land is the officer must have ANOTHER officer present to make a speeding conviction and they must have the recording hardware, he was alone and had no radar / recording hardware in the vehicle
When they tell me to get out of the car and spread my legs
well what else can I do?
Now i wasn't sure about this but i remember reading that the Law of the land is the officer must have ANOTHER officer present to make a speeding conviction and they must have the recording hardware, he was alone and had no radar / recording hardware in the vehicle
Normally it's enough just to ask them 'are you patrolling alone, officer'.
Seriously man:
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Sounds to me like he thought he spotted a bit of a douchebag and so he pulled you over to assess the situation. He then decided to downgrade that assessment to minor douchebaggery levels and let you go with a warning. That is lucky.
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Sounds to me like he thought he spotted a bit of a douchebag and so he pulled you over to assess the situation. He then decided to downgrade that assessment to minor douchebaggery levels and let you go with a warning. That is lucky.
Gawd, OP should have gone out and bought powerball lottery tickets on the spot. I'm surprised you didn't get some nightstick and pepper spray, then arrested for JBIAA (Just Being In Ann Arbor)...
Funny that this thread resurrected. I just got a ticket a few hours ago. I was in a different world and not thinking at all. Went 60 in a 45 and went through a red light (which is almost always green), which I have zero memory of going through. I had also just woken up, but I guess I wasn't fully conscious yet . Cop was nice though, just a $100 ticket.
. Cop was nice though, just a $100 ticket.
Gawd, OP should have gone out and bought powerball lottery tickets on the spot. I'm surprised you didn't get some nightstick and pepper spray, then arrested for JBIAA (Just Being In Ann Arbor)...
Why, have you had some bad experiences in Ann Arbor in the past? I know there is some strange statistic about Ann Arbor having the most cops per civilian ratio, but they also have the highest percentage of avid readers in the country... so it doesn't really add up.
2 Stories!
A few weeks ago i was in a '07 Mustang GT and we were going 140+ on an empty freeway at about 1 in the morning, well we came around a bend and
we ended up passing up a cop car in the lane next to us....
well he turned on his "lights of hell" and pulled up next to us, and pointed
to the upcoming exit, well the exit has 2 lanes and when he got in the right
one and we got in the left one, as soon as the exit starts to head off the
freeway, we jumped back on the freeway and took off
another time....
we were driving through some neighborhoods looking for a friends house
and my friend had forgotten to put her headlights on, well the cop was going
the opposite direction and he flashed us and did a u-turn and turned on his
"lights of hell" and we quickly turned into a neighborhood, and turned
through a bunch of streets and got away!
A few weeks ago i was in a '07 Mustang GT and we were going 140+ on an empty freeway at about 1 in the morning, well we came around a bend and
we ended up passing up a cop car in the lane next to us....
well he turned on his "lights of hell" and pulled up next to us, and pointed
to the upcoming exit, well the exit has 2 lanes and when he got in the right
one and we got in the left one, as soon as the exit starts to head off the
freeway, we jumped back on the freeway and took off
another time....
we were driving through some neighborhoods looking for a friends house
and my friend had forgotten to put her headlights on, well the cop was going
the opposite direction and he flashed us and did a u-turn and turned on his
"lights of hell" and we quickly turned into a neighborhood, and turned
through a bunch of streets and got away!
My favorite speeding story of all time is from my dad and it's not about the ticket, but about court. He went to court hoping to get traffic school and not have the ticket go on his record. Well, when the judge calls his name he goes up to the front and there's the customary question, "how do you plead?" I guess you have to know my dad to understand his sense of humor, but sometimes he just comes out with the most random stuff.
So he looks at the judge and says, "Your honor, I'd like to plead insanity. I must be crazy to try and drive that fast right in front of an officer!" The judge laughed, looked at my dad, banged his gavel and said dismissed. "I'm going to let you off this time Mr. X because you made me laugh today and I needed that. But, don't let me see you in my courtroom ever again."
Priceless. Only something my dad could do and get away with.
So he looks at the judge and says, "Your honor, I'd like to plead insanity. I must be crazy to try and drive that fast right in front of an officer!" The judge laughed, looked at my dad, banged his gavel and said dismissed. "I'm going to let you off this time Mr. X because you made me laugh today and I needed that. But, don't let me see you in my courtroom ever again."
Priceless. Only something my dad could do and get away with.
How do you people get lucky and yet the two times I've been pulled over, I've gotten tickets each time?
How do you people get lucky and yet the two times I've been pulled over, I've gotten tickets each time?
It is luck of the draw and how much pressure the cop is under to bring in ticket money.
For example of all the warnings I have gotten (which is quite a few) it always been my hometown cops, State troopers just patrolling, and another small town cop just patrolling.
Every warning was never from a cop sitting there looking for speeders but instead just doing a normal route.
Now of the tickets I have gotten most of them have been in larger cities and when cops were sitting in a location looking for speeders. Yes I have gotten them when they were on a driving around.
As I posted over a year ago when a cop gets out of a car they have already decided your fate.
of the warning I gotten, I been told to slow down to my personal favorite "Get out of my sights dumbass" and I kind of deserved that one. I sorta did a 180 right in front of a cop.