In one year I was pulled over twice. Once when my headlight was blown out and I didn’t realize it. (On a side note, while he was ticketing me, a car drove by with no headlight at all…this was at ten at night. Oh well) Anyway, I was upset because I left my license in my other purse, and I screamed “FUCK!” loudly, which just made the cop think something was wrong. Anyway, I was told to fix my headlight and given a ticket to ensure that I would.
A couple months later it was about midnight, and I was driving home from the movies (Star Wars:Phantom Menace), anyway, we were talking about it, and I was swerving a lil. There was no one else on the road, and the right side was on a cliff, so I veered over as far left as I could. When I saw a car coming, I would go back on my side. Like I said, late night in a rural area. Apparently a cop thought all that swerving I was doing was due to some kind of alcohal and influence. I explained what was going on, and he laughed and gave me a warning.
Both times I was about 2 seconds from tears, and my legs and hands and voice were shaking because I am TERRIFIED of cops, and always have been. Even though I have never willingly broke a law in my life.
my advice…
CRY and CRY and CRY and CRY…
I was pulled over only once since getting my licence. My fiance’s first day back to school since his Carpal Tunnel sugury. I was late and I was trying to get him as close to the door as possible. I cut off a bike cop and almost ran over a girl. The bike cop pulled me over as my fiance hobbled out of the car with both of his hands bandaged 3 inches thick. I told him to go to class, as he got angry because we couldn’t afford a ticket. I screamed “go to fucking class!” I started crying as he walked off.
Now what cop would ticket this pathetic pair. He just told me if he ever saw me do it again, he would ticket me…uh-huh
ive only had one ticket, and i consider myself extremly lucky, i have almost a 6th sense when it comes to local police and the CHP.
once i was cruising down I5 at around 110, when for some reason i decided to slow down to a lawfull 65 mph, as i crested a slight hill, i saw a CHP car on the side ofthe road zapping motorists with his radar, (at the time i did not have a detector) so he nails someone for doing 75 while i was at 110 a moment before. i regularly take my mustang up past 90, and quite ofter over 100,
of course i think i get arrested if i ever get caught, but its just too fun, oh and the fastest i have ever driven it was 125 on a fairly deserted country road, i always drve fast when there are a minimum of other drivers around, that eliminates several problems
first: it reduces the chance that someone will call the cops and turn my ass in
second: its easier to pick out cop cars when there is nobody else around
third: i would feel really bad if i wrecked and killed someone or just hurtthem really bad
fourth: fnord
fifth: less trafic to dodge
the only ticket i have recieved was from a little podunk police departmet rookie for 4 mph over the speed limit, 44 in a 40, so i went out and got a radar detector for my car and i quit speeding excecpt for long trips. and then i keep it to a respecable 95 mph.
and no i will not tell anyone where i live, and i htink thats it cause i have taken up too much space braging
I think cops ask those questions because they want to know what kind of person they are dealing with.
In my experience its best to just be honest and respectful. Cops have a difficult & dangerous job & they get enough crap from other people, they don’t need it from me too.
I’ve been pulled over about 5 times and never recieved a ticket.
Once I was on the phone on my way home from work & I was driving way too fast, I got stopped & the cop asked me if I knew why he stopped me, I said “yes sir, I was speeding. I just got off work and was on the phone, and I just didn’t realize how fast I was going until you stopped me.” He gave me a lecture. Not ticket, no warning.
I also always say thank you (not sarcastically) and I always say “have a good night”.
Maybe it is just all my years in customer service, but I think a polite a respectful attitude can do wonders, and a little honesty helps too.
They ask you that question because they want to see if you can actually answer it or if you just unintelligibly groan. They have to know if you’re a zombie or not.
They ask the question because they want to see if they’ll get a coherent answer, or if you’ll just moan “BRRRAAAAIIIINNNSSSSS…”
eta: may the fleas of a thousand camels infest Terraplane’s armpits!
People are saying that admitting to screwing up is a good idea? That’s why they ask the question. A confession is much less work.
I’ve watched that video that tells you not to talk to cops.
So who gets to be the zombie - the cop or the driver? After 11 years, they should be nicely aged - kinda like one of those funky stinky cheeses.
Welcome to the SDMB, darknight0dc. We call long-dormant threads “zombies,” which is why everyone is making zombie jokes.
There’s nothing wrong with resurrecting a zombie, though, and our current policy is to leave them open, so that’s what I’m going to do.
Again, welcome – I hope you find other threads (perhaps more current ones) that you want to participate in as well.
twickster, MPSIMS moderator
Unless you’re in the UK, where it’s fine - and getting out of the car and greeting the officer with a friendly “hello” goes a long way.
I have to say, reading this zombie thread, I’m amazed at some of the stats people have. I’ve been driving 17 years, have been pulled over exactly once (16 years ago) and have one ticket, that I got in Germany (caught on a speed camera going 65kph in a 50kph). what are people doing to get pulled over 10-30 times?
So, one ticket and one non-ticket stop in roughly 350,000 miles of driving.