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landrovered said:
ROFL That has worked for me in the past, but it helped that I was also in a nursing uniform at the time!
You speed, you get caught, you pay. I had my first speeding ticket in probably 15 years earlier this year. It hurt real bad. I'm more cautious about watching my speed through speed traps.
IMO if you dont have an emergency type situation (and that doesnt include running late for work and so on), just man up and admit you were speeding.
I was speeding, no doubt. According to him, 54 in a 35. I was polite to the officer and tried to explain my situation but he cut me off and told me something along the lines of: "My only job is traffic enforcement and nothing you say will get you out of this ticket."
I was on my way home to get changed to go to a funeral for my grandmother(mother's brother's mother-in-law). No kidding.
I was on my way home to get changed to go to a funeral for my grandmother(mother's brother's mother-in-law). No kidding.
If you argue, you're pretty much guaranteed a ticket.
If the officer walks up to the car, and you say, "WTF do you want?" I guarantee a ticket
Motorcycle cop pulls you over, guaranteed a ticket
Planets aligned just right, you're guaranteed a ticket
Around the 4th of July holiday, most agencies have grant money from the Feds and the State to do traffic enforcement. When officers are out and about on Grant money, they are supposed to write tickets. The State sometimes puts out a number of tickets per hour of overtime worked. Say, 3 tickets per hour. If an officer works a 10 hour overtime shift, he may bust out 30 tickets as fast as he can, and cruise the rest of the shift.
I'm a DUI enforcement officer. I work nights. I may pull over 10 to 12 cars some nights before I find a DUI. I don't write tickets to those 10 or 12 people, unless they argue or ask "WTF do you want?" (I really have had people ask me that)
Moral of story......be respectful
If the officer walks up to the car, and you say, "WTF do you want?" I guarantee a ticket
Motorcycle cop pulls you over, guaranteed a ticket
Planets aligned just right, you're guaranteed a ticket
Around the 4th of July holiday, most agencies have grant money from the Feds and the State to do traffic enforcement. When officers are out and about on Grant money, they are supposed to write tickets. The State sometimes puts out a number of tickets per hour of overtime worked. Say, 3 tickets per hour. If an officer works a 10 hour overtime shift, he may bust out 30 tickets as fast as he can, and cruise the rest of the shift.
I'm a DUI enforcement officer. I work nights. I may pull over 10 to 12 cars some nights before I find a DUI. I don't write tickets to those 10 or 12 people, unless they argue or ask "WTF do you want?" (I really have had people ask me that)
Moral of story......be respectful
I didn't argue, I was respectful (yes sir/ no sir, thanked him after giving me the ticket...), It was a motorcycle cop, and it happened about 10:45 this morning.jrose609 said:
ptschram
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jrose609 said:
I have probably been stopped, detained, arrested, ticketed, etc. more than anyone else on this board.
The last time, I pulled out of a bar parking lot, accidentally made a wrong turn on a one way street and instantl;y pulled into the first curb cut (maybe 100'). You'd have thought I'd robbd a bank. When the policeman walked up, I had my paperwork ready (Papers please!), and began apologizing. The first thing out of his mouth was "Shut the fuck up". He came back with a portable breathalyzer. As I was blowing, he pulled it out of mouth and started swearing at me that I knew what I was doing and I wasn't going to get away with it. I again tried to talk, he told me to sht the fuck up and blow again. When I blew a 0.00, he got even more enraged, wrote me a ticket and threatened everyone in the truck with arrest for PI.
For some reason, he didn't comment on my having a CCW permit, nor did he ask if I was armed.
I got the ticket.
That was the first one since 1984 when I was arrested three times in 62 days. After that experience, I drive the speed limit, made easier by driving Rovers.
I tend to think that being polite will get you further, but if the cop has a problem, it is his problem, not yours.
Yes, I wanted to bitch about the nasty language used by the cop, but I was in the wrong. Whether it was a simple error and not evidence of intentional criminal wrongdoing or not, I didn't feel it worth it to complain, nor try to argue the ticket. My having received that ticket will not make it less likely that I will make a stupid error.
I'd have to say I never got a ticket I didn't deserve, and have been let off the hook or had the speed I was being ticketed for greatly reduced a couple of times thanks to the largess of the officers. I've only had one cop screw with me in 39 years of driving and he ended up not writing me a ticket.
The last time I got off some on a ticket I was doing about 80 in a 55 zone on the freeway, just as I passed an on ramp a CHP was getting on. He pulled next to me (never hit the siren or the lights), and stayed there for about a mile or so until I finally looked over at him and he motioned me to pull over. He got the driver's license and registration, came back with a ticket. I looked an it only had 65 on it, so hell yeah I signed with glee and handed him back the book. He gave me my copy and then asked "what is the matter with you anyway?" I asked him what he was talking about. He smiles, then tells me "you're supposed to be watching out for me when you're doing shit like that." I cracked up, thanked him and away I went.
The last time I got off some on a ticket I was doing about 80 in a 55 zone on the freeway, just as I passed an on ramp a CHP was getting on. He pulled next to me (never hit the siren or the lights), and stayed there for about a mile or so until I finally looked over at him and he motioned me to pull over. He got the driver's license and registration, came back with a ticket. I looked an it only had 65 on it, so hell yeah I signed with glee and handed him back the book. He gave me my copy and then asked "what is the matter with you anyway?" I asked him what he was talking about. He smiles, then tells me "you're supposed to be watching out for me when you're doing shit like that." I cracked up, thanked him and away I went.
ptschram said:
Well, I cannot make excuses for that. There isn't one. Completely unprofessional. There are shitty people in ALL professions. Although I have yet to personally meet someone who works on Rovers like that.
ptschram said:
About a year ago, we had a fire up here in Boise. Nasty one. 30 homes inside Boise destroyed. Brought on by a 70mph wind and 107 degree temps. I ran into more than 50 houses trying to get people to leave their homes. I actually watched one lady burn to death. I couldn't get her door open, and the house caught fire. I kept going house to house, and people were going behind me and going back into their houses. I went back into one house and grabbed a guy. Told him if he didn't get the F*ck out of his house, I would take him to jail. He said he was trying to save some shirts. I told him to Shut the F*ck up and leave or I would take him to jail. That woke him up, and he left. His house was completely destroyed about 2 minutes later. I was running on pure adrenaline. I don't feel bad about yelling at him. He would have been dead if I didn't.
Sometimes you have to be rude and crude, but there is a place for it. PT, in your case, I would say the guy was way out of line. The difference between what I did and the guy that pulled you over was a difference between bumping a curb, and life-and-death.
Mason, as I suspected. Motorcycle cop. At my agency, all they do is write tickets. They hear every excuse in the book, and they get jaded and pessimistic, and they don't listen to excuses even if they are good ones. That's why it's good for cops to have outlets to the REAL world. Like Land Rovers and friends who are dentists or something. Keeps them grounded in the real world.
ptschram
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jrose609 said:
That my friend is why they shouldn't be cops any more. At the point you decide that everyone you come in contact with is a criminal is when time's up.
The fact is that the vast majority of folks cops come into contact with, have at the worst committed a civil infraction and do not deserve abuse.
Try deffered adjudication and consider yourself lucky. Or do DD and get a discount. Or, pay the difference and realize you got to be the target for the day. Tickets suck, but it's part of driving. If you don't like the ticket and wanna speed, take up running.
last ticke ti got was a motorcycle cop. i've done the same thing pt said, but luckily got it out. i was new to the town (lived there three days) and realized right when i made the wrong turn. i tried to turn around, but the cop had been right behind me. it was at night. luckily he let me off with a warning after running my id.
another cop gave me a ticket a week later when i turned right on red. the ticket said i ran a red light and will cost $6112 over the enxt five years in insurance increases.
i've gotten out of three of four other ones. they've all been late night (1-3am), but i guess i caught them in a good mood, as i actually did flat out run a red light when i sat there for ten minutes waiting on it to turn green. i try to just follow the law now, especially in this town...
another cop gave me a ticket a week later when i turned right on red. the ticket said i ran a red light and will cost $6112 over the enxt five years in insurance increases.
i've gotten out of three of four other ones. they've all been late night (1-3am), but i guess i caught them in a good mood, as i actually did flat out run a red light when i sat there for ten minutes waiting on it to turn green. i try to just follow the law now, especially in this town...
ptschram said:
Either quit and be a fireman, or go be a School Resource Officer. Go be a DARE officer. Something else. I agree.
You know, most patrol officers, rarely pull people over. They are busy going call to call, and they are tied to the radio doing 9-1-1 calls. The motorcycle and dedicated traffic guys, they are dealing with the people that have committed a civil infraction.
Even when we deal with people who have committed felonies or misdemeanors, there is still no excuse for unprofessionalism. The public holds police to a higher standard, and officers should hold THEMSELVES to a higher standard. If you can't do that, by all means, go do something else.
Just like in your business, PT. If a customer calls you up, and you say, WTF do you want, you're not going to be in business for long. If you can't deal with customers professionally, then it's time to go be a professional fisherman
