Have you ever been pulled over by a cop - if so what were you doing?

My Parking Meter had run out but not by much although I got a fine and paid it that day
I made sure that never happened again and I have never forgotten it even though it was 30 years ago
I've been pulled over for Random Breath Testing but I don't drink much alcohol so never been a problem
I guess the Coppers (aka Policemen and Women) will be out in force during 'The Silly Season'
 

60 Years of driving, of course I have been pulled over. Driving that long without having some kind of discussion with the law would be "unnatural" and would probably result in me having to turn in my "man card."

But I did spread it around. I have been pulled over in: Texas, California, Washington State, Washington DC, Oregon, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, and Spain. The only places where I got an actual ticket was Washington DC.

The fellow who pulled me over in Washington DC was downright unfriendly. I was in uniform and he may have had a bad experience with a Naval Officer.
 
speeding... low speed speeding.

saw the blue van with the lights on top. thought it was one of "our guys" (prison transport van). was doing about 40 in a 25... which was a completely insane number. the MP was a very nice guy. i just explained that i know i was going faster than the silly sign said and that i never would have been going that fast if i hadn't made the mistake in IDing him. he gave me a ticket for just under whatever the speed was that would have required appearing in court. whew!

a chickensh!! ticket in my development. one road goes entire length across. goes past a park/playground. speed at beginning of road is 35, then it slows to 25 (near playground area), and then back to 35 for the last hundred yards or so. when i get close to the 25, i take foot off gas completely and coast till i get to the 35 sign. even a warning would have been chickensh!!... couldn't have been much over 30 mph.

last was right in front of school. i clearly remember passing the cop car sitting on shoulder. when car pulled up behind and lights came on, i had some choice words for myself. you'd have thought the cop had just captured DB Cooper. of course i knew there are different limits in school zones. next morning, i noticed... no signage on side of road i was driving on? i drove all the way to next intersection. i'm frugal... cheap so a $50 ticket pissed me off!
 

I think I was 21. The night before I got pulled over by a cop Nixon got on TV and asked everyone to slow down to 50mph to save gas. Next morning I drove 50mph on the freeway to work and got pulled over by a cop for going too slow. I said, "Didn't you watch TV last night when Nixon asked us all to go 50 to save gas?" He said "No" and gave me a warning.
 
last time stopped... a year or so ago. about a mile or so from school in morning. still pretty dark out. i could see several cars on shoulder up ahead with flashing lights on top. i look behind me to try to move into left lane... the law. i see vehicles catching up to me so i can't pull over. i just slow down. a young cop almost walks out into traffic from between 2 of the cars on side of road. natural reaction... blow car horn. maybe a hundred yards or so later and i'm being pulled over!?! he tried to tell me i did something wrong but the "old lady" came out. i explained why i didn't move over and why i blew my horn. told him he was almost squashed like a bug walking out between PARKED cars dressed all in black! he asked me where i was going... up the road to teacher aide job with special needs kids... all true. i got warning.
 
Yeah, I was hauled over both times for speed traps. At one, I got a trainee policeman. After getting my license number, etc, he went back to the cruiser, where his sergeant (?) was sitting. The trainee began to fill out a form. I was watching him in the rear view mirror. I guess he filled in the wrong thing, and the sergeant began yelling at him. He got flustered, which made the sergeant yell at him more. The trainee ripped up a form and started over. But he messed up, again. This went on for 45 minutes. The sergeant was yelling at the poor guy, so hard the cruiser was jumping up and down. Finally, I got my ticket. I felt so bad for the guy.
 
Once while I was taking the grandkid home. I was just turning the corner of their block when the lights and sirens went off behind me. It as about 99 degrees and humid as all get out. I told the kids to go in the house, got out of the non air conditioned car and started to walk back to the police car to see what the matter be. *LOUD SPEAKER*. “Mam, turn aound and get back in your car NOW!!!” Yikes!!! It’s like 1:30 pm on a residential street. So I hurry back to my car as fast as my old fat body would allow. Sat, sweltering, in there for another 10 minutes or so while they check out my license plate I guess. Policeman finally comes to window for my license and insurance card and explains that I have a tail light out. “Sorry that I had to yell at you, but we never know who could be approaching our car.” I was almost kind of thrilled that they thought an old white haired lady would be a threat to their safety, but guess they are right...you never know 😉
 

Have you ever been pulled over by a cop - if so what were you doing?​


wy, yes, yes I have

Doing?
Pressing down on the throttle

Stole this from the other thread (saves typing);

Tickets?
You kiddin'?
From 16 to 18, I collected my share and someone else's

One, I was rather proud of
Made to appear in court
Sat thru about a dozen appeals
Lame excuses
The judge developed a bad mood
Then, my turn
'Guilty as sin yer honor'
He cut me some slack

Last speeding ticket I got was back in '99
from some sorta camera
Got it in the mail
Picture of me
The letter contained a question
'Is this you?'

I thought about saying no

but.....

me in jeep.jpg

Went to city hall clerks office
She cut me some slack
Had to only pay half
 
One night, after meeting a friend at a restaurant for dinner, I was pulled over on the way home. My tail-light was burned out. The officer, though he could have given me the option to replace it and go into a precinct the next day to show them I'd done so, decided to instead give me a hefty ticket with the option to show up in court. I was leaving soon to go to Australia, so I begrudgingly paid it.

Close to Christmas, police pull over cars to check whether the driver has been drinking. Asked if I'd been drinking, I show them my coffee cup, and get sent on my way.
 
Not coming to a full stop at a stop sign, not signaling a turn and driving on the wrong side of the road - this was in one stop. My mom said I did stop and as for driving on the wrong side, I pulled into my aunt's driveway which necessitated crossing the road. Sheesh! I had to pay a fine, but my license wasn't marked.

Another time I saw a police car parked by the side of the road and the officer had another motorist pulled over. I passed and a minute later saw flashing light in my rear view mirror. I puled over to let him pass, but he pulled in behind me. Come to find out I had passed too close to a stopped police car which was against a new law that had been recently enacted.
https://traffictickets.com/new-york/traffic-tickets/move-over-law-1144-aa/
Fortunately, he let me off when I told him I was on my way to a Bible study (which was the truth).
 
A few times. Last time about 8 years ago. As Elmer Fudd would say "I saw the wightes and siwen" ha.

The usual routine went down. He told me I was "weaving" and my eyes were "bloodshot". I told him my hay fever was horrible that morning, I was sneezing my head off trying to drive and wipe my nose at the same time. He also said I was going "under" the speed limit. To the average driver, that would seem odd, but I knew what he was getting at. He ran me, then said I could go.
 
One time I was speeding, late for work, got off as I am a nurse going to work.
Next time fooling around, weaving in an out of traffic with my then boy friend. Got off with a warning.
Last time, cop wanted a date. Nope.
 
I have had one speeding ticket in all my years driving. The road was just too great, with hills and curves galore, and the car was one of the best handling at the time. It was a dance that just couldn't be denied. I did it and got nabbed at a spot I least expected. Usually, I kept up on the the major speed traps around the country at that time (e.g., Gauley Bridge, WV; New Rome, OH; etc.) but this one caught me flat-footed. Not normally a speeder, certain road conditions beg for some "spirited" but not excessive, driving and riding. Speed traps are another matter. Gauley Bridge, for example, would nab you for being just a few mph over the limit, so I'd creep through places like that.
 
Once, driving late at night through a residential district. Apparently an older woman with disabled plates and an walker in her car should not be out late at night. He pulled me over and said he could not read my license plate, oh, gee, really? (Been to school lately? They teach reading.)

Before I stopped and he pulled up right behind me; he blinded me with his bright light when he was following me making it impossible to drive. Then he said, I see you have a walker? Is that yours? (No you idiot, I just stole it off someone’s front porch.). Where are you going? To hell, I guess, otherwise known as work. Oh, right, he says.

Cause the only way to that building was through this housing district, and he knows that.

Well, I didn’t mean to stop you. Have a good night. 🙄
 
I got pulled over once when I was driving a friend home from a party - I was designated driver that evening. She'd had a fair amount to drink and was pretty well gone. Now at the time I had a car that was right hand drive so I was nearest the pavement (sidewalk). The cop walked round to what he thought was the driver's side and my friend wound down the window. He informed us that they were doing alcohol tests and would she please blow in the machine. She slurred a rather drunken of course and the cop must have thought it was his lucky day until I pointed out that I was the driver. Both the cop and I had a good laugh. My friend? She didn't even remember how she got home.
 
"Entering an intersection on a yellow light" - totally bogus charge, totally. It was a famous "trap" by the Detroit Police as you crossed from Oakland County into Detroit. Nearly impossible to fight the ticket, so few did.

"Speeding" . Yep, I was.... no defense.

"Improper lane use". Technically I was guilty, but it was a badly-designed intersection, really badly, and almost everyone did what I did. One morning, the cops were waiting around the corner and were pulling almost every car over into a parking lot. It took 40 minutes to get to me and I was very late to work.
 
I got pulled over by a blonde female cop once. She asked for my driver's license. I got the vanity mirror out of my purse and gave it to her. She looked at it gave it back to me and said. "I'm sorry, if I'd known you were a cop too I wouldn't have pulled you over." :ROFLMAO: :LOL:😁
 
Got stopped by a cop in a rural area of Texas while looking for a house in a small town with no street signs.
While running up and down the streets, I guess I looked suspicious.

When the cop stopped me, I was already very upset with the situation .... so when he started to tell me that I was going too fast, I can't believe that I blew up at him, but I sure did.... "THERE ARE NO SPEED SIGNS OR STREET SIGNS ANYWHERE!!"

He quietly gave me directions to the house I was looking for. I calmed down, thanked him, and left. :ROFLMAO:
 
Did any of you that got a ticket try to talk your way out of it in court, or did you just send in the fine? You wouldn’t believe the excuses I heard over the years as to why people were speeding.

I have a roast in the oven and had to run to the store and now I need to get home.
I’m late for an appointment, a meeting, etc.
My son is sick at school and he is crying for me to come and get him.
My tank is on ‘E’ and I need to hurry up and get gas.
Please don’t give me a ticket. I already have 2 on my record and a third one will send me to driving school.
My wife is having a baby and I want to be at the hospital when she delivers .
From a man pulling a trailer with a horse inside. “My horse is sick and I have to get him to the Vet.” (He was going 66 mph in a 45 zone.”
My favorite: “Do you know who I am?”

And a lot more.
 
First time was last Easter in lockdown , where I had to take my hubby to get some shopping as I couldn’t get any online slots , and disability bits,
Decided to just park by the beach , open windows , for fresh air for hubby, who had been stuck indoors for weeks ........
Even tho on lockdown the prom was packed , with people .......
I soon told the police what I thought of him ...... grrrr
I actually got an apology ........
 
911 said:
Did any of you that got a ticket try to talk your way out of it in court, or did you just send in the fine? You wouldn’t believe the excuses I heard over the years as to why people were speeding.

I have a roast in the oven and had to run to the store and now I need to get home.
I’m late for an appointment, a meeting, etc.
My son is sick at school and he is crying for me to come and get him.
My tank is on ‘E’ and I need to hurry up and get gas.
Please don’t give me a ticket. I already have 2 on my record and a third one will send me to driving school.
My wife is having a baby and I want to be at the hospital when she delivers .
From a man pulling a trailer with a horse inside. “My horse is sick and I have to get him to the Vet.” (He was going 66 mph in a 45 zone.”
My favorite: “Do you know who I am?”

And a lot more.
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Perhaps of the most unexpectedly entertaining evening of my life was spent in traffic court.

Some of people's stories while pleading their cases were hilarious! The judge was pretty cool and let off a fair number of people. Carpool lanes were a fairly new thing then, and this judge obviously disagreed with them. He dismissed every single carpool lane ticket - all people had to say was that they didn't understand the rules.

At that time (mid-1970s) to go to traffic school you had to appear in front of the judge, plead guilty and request traffic court. If you pleaded not guilty but were found guilty, you couldn't then opt for traffic court. I was there for speeding, which I'd done, so I was merely waiting my moment in front of him to plead guilty and request traffic school.

As I said, it was a very entertaining evening. :cool:
 
I didn't do nuthin'. Must have been some other buddy. No. No. No. It wasn't me . . .
 

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