Speeding tickets

[Merih]

When I was younger, about 22, I was driving from Fayettville, NC to Biloxi, Mississippi with a group of buddies. I got pulled over just inside of the Mississippi state line doing 67 in a 55. The cop that pulled liked like Bubba from Heat of the Night. His shirt was about 2 sizes to small and unbuttoned about a third of the way. He had a giant dip in, and he was wearing a cowboy hat. He strutted up to my car with his thumbs tucked inside the front of his pants spit on the ground beside my car and said in the deapest southern accent imaginable "license and registration, sir." I gave it to him and he strutted back to his cruiser. About five minutes later he struts back up to my car hands me my registration and license back and proceeds to give me the following speech.



I was so [censored]ed off it was years before I ever drove through Mississippi again. Now I guess I think it's kind of funny.

Dude that's fucking hilarious.

 

[FCollinsBuckeye]

Got pulled over going 73 in a 55 about 3 weeks ago and instead of giving me a speeding ticket, the guy gave me a "waste of finite resources" ticket which cost me $74 and it doesn't go on my driving record.

What the fuck is that? Seems to me that you could turn around and bill the agency that ticketed you for wasting your finite resource: time.

:p

 

[reagdog]

What the fuck is that? Seems to me that you could turn around and bill the agency that ticketed you for wasting your finite resource: time.

:p

I think it's a bullshit ticket that cops/DPS can give you when they want you to feel like they are giving you a break instead of a speeding ticket. So instead of letting you totally off, they hit you with a smaller $ ticket. The city/county still gets some money out of you even though it's not as much as a speeding ticket.

What really annoyed me about this ticket was the road I was on was 65mph and I was going 73. Most cops won't ticket 8 over, but the speed limit dropped to 55 for about half a mile because of an upcoming stop light and then goes back up to 65. This DPS guy was hanging out in the 55 mph zone getting people who didn't slow down for the 1/2 mile. This highway is in the middle of nowhere by the way and I don't know how I missed the DPS officer.

I once told a cop who pulled me over for going 8 over on this same highway that anything under 10mph over is a chicken shit ticket and the judge would be pissed you wasted his time with this ticket because I would fight it and the DPS officer laughed and let me go without a warning.

 

[Deety]

During my concealed carry class, the trainer told us this would be the end of speeding tickets. For one thing, the police weren't too concerned about anybody who took the time to do the class and went through the FBI checks. For the other, once the officer was informed of the concealed carry (required by law), it meant extra steps and paperwork, so if it could reasonably be waved off, it most likely would be. Never got the chance to test the theory, but it sounded good.

That finite resources thing is appalling.

 

[Taosman]

During my concealed carry class, the trainer told us this would be the end of speeding tickets. For one thing, the police weren't too concerned about anybody who took the time to do the class and went through the FBI checks. For the other, once the officer was informed of the concealed carry (required by law), it meant extra steps and paperwork, so if it could reasonably be waved off, it most likely would be. Never got the chance to test the theory, but it sounded good.

That finite resources thing is appalling.

So, the restraining order wasn't enough to stop Buckyle from stalking
you? :tongue2:

 

[BUCKYLE]

So, the restraining order wasn't enough to stop Buckyle from stalking
you? :tongue2:

Is it even funny to you?

 

[Deety]

So, the restraining order wasn't enough to stop Buckyle from stalking
you? :tongue2:

Buckyle can stalk... I bet he brings beer. Not like people who promise green chili cheeseburgers and send nuthin'.

Ever get a speeding ticket on the ol' bicycle? I guess it would normally be tough to manage that, but you kind of have that whole downhill setup to work with. :p

 

[BUCKYLE]

Buckyle can stalk... I bet he brings beer. Not like people who promise green chili cheeseburgers and send nuthin'.

Ever get a speeding ticket on the ol' bicycle? I guess it would normally be tough to manage that, but you kind of have that whole downhill setup to work with. :p

I'll bring beer...but it's not for the stalkee. Sitting in the bushes for several hours isn't fun without beer.

I once went so fast down a hill on my bike that I wrecked...incredibly.

 

[ulukinatme]

What was your best excuse that got you out of a speeding ticket?

Never used an excuse to get out of a ticket on the spot, but I did get some charges reduced/dropped in court. I was young, close to losing my license. I had been screwing around with my after market CD Player and shorted out the digital dash in my Chrysler LeBaron, so I had no idea how fast I was going. I had been trying to stay with the other cars in the middle lane, but apparently I was going 77 in a 65


To make matters worse my license had just expired 2 weeks prior, thought I had till the end of the month. Lastly, when the officer was approaching the vehicle I went ahead and took off my seatbelt to get to my wallet, not even thinking that the officer may not have seen through the rear window that I had it on. Being a convertible, it only has a small rear window.


So, I had 3 charges against me. I went and got the dash replaced, license renewed, and was hoping that a family member could confirm my regular seat belt habbits. As it turned out, because of all this the presecutor had the charges reduced/removed as part of a plea bargain. The speeding was reduced to 6 mph over, which doesn't qualify for a point on the license. The seatbelt and license charges were completely dropped. I was more than happy to plead guilty to that, it allowed me to keep my license even if I probably didn't deserve it at the time.

What was the most obnoxious thing that a cop did while pulling you over?

Well, the most obnoxious thing that happened wasn't when I was driving, but when I was already pulled over. I was a Junior in high school, was in the middle seat of an old Dodge Caravan I bought off my friend. I'd like to say we were fooling around, but we weren't that far in the relationship unfortunately. Next thing I know I see a pair of headlights coming down the road, and we were parked way in the back of a new, wooded development with no houses built there yet. The officer asked me to step out, had me do some tests for alcohol. Then he asked if we were stealing construction equiptment... I wanted to tell him I had a bulldozer in my trunk, but I decided that would be a bad idea. He put me through some more bullshit questions for a bit, ensured that the lady was there on her own free will, then told me that I needed to leave, that there were "Better places to be doing this sort of thing." I tried to tell him we were just listening to music and talking, but he shot back with "Don't fuck with me, I was young once. If you want I can just call your parents and have you explain this whole thing to them." At that point I decided to admit that we were humping like rabbits, apologizing profusely so he would just let us go without further incident. This was a Springboro cop, for any that are interested

Men only, what is the fastest you have ever been going when pulled over?

90 in a 65. I was late for a wedding in Ashland, had to drive 3 hours from in between Dayton and Cinci. I had made it all the way to Ashland, had just enough time to make it to the church when a Highway Patrolman from Ashland pulled me over 2 miles from the exit. I probably should have known better, having grown up there, the Highway Patrol is right there off the exit and watches 71 religiously. I was able to pay the ticket without having to drive back for court, and luckily through the whole ordeal I was able to make it just minutes before the ceremony began.

 

[jimotis4heisman]

During my concealed carry class, the trainer told us this would be the end of speeding tickets. For one thing, the police weren't too concerned about anybody who took the time to do the class and went through the FBI checks. For the other, once the officer was informed of the concealed carry (required by law), it meant extra steps and paperwork, so if it could reasonably be waved off, it most likely would be. Never got the chance to test the theory, but it sounded good.

That finite resources thing is appalling.

dont touch youre firearm though... do not. period. unless you want to be a felon.

 

[jimotis4heisman]

I think it's a bullshit ticket that cops/DPS can give you when they want you to feel like they are giving you a break instead of a speeding ticket. So instead of letting you totally off, they hit you with a smaller $ ticket. The city/county still gets some money out of you even though it's not as much as a speeding ticket.

What really annoyed me about this ticket was the road I was on was 65mph and I was going 73. Most cops won't ticket 8 over, but the speed limit dropped to 55 for about half a mile because of an upcoming stop light and then goes back up to 65. This DPS guy was hanging out in the 55 mph zone getting people who didn't slow down for the 1/2 mile. This highway is in the middle of nowhere by the way and I don't know how I missed the DPS officer.

I once told a cop who pulled me over for going 8 over on this same highway that anything under 10mph over is a chicken shit ticket and the judge would be pissed you wasted his time with this ticket because I would fight it and the DPS officer laughed and let me go without a warning.

did al gore invent that?

 

[leroyjenkins]

Been a cop for 5 years and I have never written a speeding ticket.

 

[Deety]

Been a cop for 5 years and I have never written a speeding ticket.

Just 'cause you couldn't catch him... :p

 

[leroyjenkins]

Just 'cause you couldn't catch him... :p

True...that chick is HAWT.


Ive never been a big ticket guy like a lot of the dudes I work with. Theres a couple of hard working ppl in my area, and I know that times are tough. Now if I catch some shitheads ridin' dirrrty...... then it's on!

 

[Wingate1217]

Been a cop for 5 years and I have never written a speeding ticket.

You are probably in the minority. I once lived in Granville, MI which is a suburb of Grand Rapids. Anyway there was this cop there that his goal every year was to give out 1,000 speeding tickets.....

I thought that was impossible (and it probably was) but he pulled over my wife soon after we moved there. I was telling the guys over at the local 7-Eleven (in which I was the district rep) what had happened to my wife. They started to laugh after I mentioned the police officer's name and then informed me of his stated goal each year. When I told them that my wife didn't get a ticket but just a warning, the other guys (some were cops from the same town) proceeded to tell me that your wife must be "hot" because he always give tiks unless the driver is female and she is at least an "8 out of 10."

Long story short I met the officer in question a couple of days later and during the conversation told him he had already met my wife. The guy remembered the car (and my wife) and that she had two little kids in the back. I informed him during the pull-over my son (who was four-five at the time) started to yell that he wanted the cop's autograph. His uncle (my brother is a Columbus, OH police officer) gave my son a lot of police memorabilia. The guy laughed and I thought that was the end of it. About a week goes by and I see him again and he calls me over to his cruiser and proceeds to give me business cards from most of the guys on the force with their signatures on them......

So a guy who initially thought was a jerk didn't turn out to be too bad after all.....:)