# So I got pulled over by the cops for the first time....

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 10, 2002, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-pulled-over-by-the-cops-for-the-first-time/141683 "2002-12-10T02:13:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-pulled-over-by-the-cops-for-the-first-time/141683/1 "2002-12-10T02:13:27Z")

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It was only for a light being out. The cop was really nice, but I was still scared shitless for quite some time.  
He just told me to get it fixed and to have a good night.

But seeing the lights in my mirror… AACK!! I hope that doesn’t happen again for a long long time…

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**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-pulled-over-by-the-cops-for-the-first-time/141683/2 "2002-12-10T03:56:54Z")

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Don’t worry, it happens to the best of us. Well, not me.

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**Author:** ![d12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71c47a/32.png) [@d12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d12)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-pulled-over-by-the-cops-for-the-first-time/141683/3 "2002-12-10T04:02:04Z")

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Dont fret, I got pulled over not too long ago RIGHT INFRONT OF SCHOOL! I was too nervous. He said I failed to yield at the stop sign (which I did not). All I got was a slap on the wrists and a 72 hour warning to produce my licsence at the station (I misplaced it in the center console and couldn’t find it). Other than that, I’ve never been TOO worried about being pulled over. But I do have the strange habit of being super alert everytime I see a cruiser.

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**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-pulled-over-by-the-cops-for-the-first-time/141683/4 "2002-12-10T04:46:57Z")

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In time, you will develop a sense of the prescence of a cop car.

We all do (except a couple of nurdnels)

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-pulled-over-by-the-cops-for-the-first-time/141683/5 "2002-12-10T15:28:36Z")

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I think our local cops like to tailgate. I don’t know what they are looking for.

clayton\_e, was that a local cop or a sheriff?

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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-got-pulled-over-by-the-cops-for-the-first-time/141683/6 "2002-12-11T04:08:33Z")

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Local, **Handy**. He was in the other lane and he turned around to get me.