When crappy drivers get busted...oh so satisfying

[myswtghst]

I had one of those great moments this morning, where someone actually gets what they deserve. :devil: Just felt the need to share, as I love when people get caught being jerks.

So, this woman is on her cell phone, driving black Mercedes and comes flying up behind me on a 35mph road (in the burbs, in a residential area, mind you) probably going 55 mph. She then proceeds to tailgate me (I'm not speeding up just so you can get around me, 5mph over the limit on that road is my limit, as it is within 2 miles of both the police station and a high school) for a good while until she can get around me by cutting off the guy in the right lane. She then zooms through a yellow light, back up to 55mph.

When I catch up to her at the next light, there's a cop car behind her. As soon as the light turns green and we pull through the intersection, he turns on the flashing lights and pulls her over. I had a big ol grin on my face the rest of the way to work.

In addition, a few weeks back, late at night, on my way home from my parents, I watched some idiot blow through a red light right in front of a cop car, and laughed my @$$ off when he got pulled over. I take pleasure in other people's misfortune, what can I say? I think it stems from the fact that I've been pulled over more than 10 times and only been ticketed twice, and the other times were generally for minute infractions or "suspicion of drunk driving" because I was out late at night. :p

[MadMike]

One time I was waiting at a light behind a SUV. The light turned green, and the SUV pulled forward, only to get t-boned by some idiot who was trying to beat the light, even though it had already turned red. You know... because the light will never turn green again. :rolleyes:

I pulled out my cell to call the cops, and then put it away when I noticed they were already there. There was one waiting in the line of traffic crossing our path, and he had seen the whole thing. Better yet, the idiot who caused it was standing there yelling at the cop, as if he wasn't in the wrong.

Some poeople.

[Greenday]

Hah, I love jerk drivers get busted. Normally, when I drive on major highways and freeways and etc. that have a speed limit of 65, I like to do about 75. Maybe 80 depending on which road it is and what time it is. I was heading to school, doing 80 on 195 in New Jersey. If you know which road I'm talking about, you know that's an extremely stupid thing to do. It can pretty much be called "Cop Land". I was in the right lane and some cop pulls onto the road behind me. Well, I knew what was coming. And right before the inevitable happened, some guy goes FLYING past me. He had to be doing at LEAST 95. Cops lights go on, I pull over and the cop goes flying past me and pulls over the other guy. Nearly shat myself. But it makes me happy to see the people who are seriously being reckless get caught. Those people doing such ridiculous speeds and swerving, what have you, never seem to get pulled over. I now never do 80 on 195.

[Knightmare]

I take pleasure in other people's misfortune, what can I say?

I wouldn't call that misfortune. I'd call it "just desserts." Idiots that drive like that deserve whatever ticket they have coming to them.

There are so many bad drivers around here, I feel like I'm putting my life in danger just driving to work.

[MMATM]

*Sheepish grin* Little OT but it's about driving and cops, so perhaps not...

On one occasion during the summer of 2005, I was a bit late getting back to camp (as a counselor I needed to be back by 7:15 for raising the flagpole after my 24-hour time off) and had left home at the dastardly hour of 6:30. It usually takes about an hour to get to camp, but on this particular day nobody was on the road. There were, however, very high winds.
I fought with the wind for part of the way, giving thanks that there was nobody on the road that morning (at 6:30 no surprise really) because I'd be driving in the left lane and suddenly find myself blown all the way across the middle lane into the right without having turned (hurricane-force gusts). Now, my vehicle, a Ford Explorer Sport Trac, has the charming feature of a terminal coasting velocity of about 85mph. This went out the window as I turned onto 495 in Massachusetts and headed for the Cape, easily blowing past 100 and into the 120 range with the wind at my back. (495 is kind of a wind tunnel with the trees it has on both sides, so high winds running along it get vicious.) Of course, up ahead about 1/2 to 2/3 of a mile I see The Fuzz. Cursing softly to myself, I remove my foot from the gas and hold it over the brake (no way I'm making it obvious that I'm speeding by hitting the brakes as soon as I see the Staties). As I get within about 100 yards of the cruiser, he flicks his *headlights* at me, allowing me to get away with going past him at around 95-100, purely because of the early hour and the fact that there was nobody else on the road. And perhaps that I hadn't lost my lane and so was likely not drunk. I'm glad he flashed his headlights and not his bubble lights at me or I may have shat myself.

Tips to not get pulled over, or at least not get a ticket if you do (by a Masshole):
- Don't go a buck twenty past a State Trooper.
- If you see a speed trap up ahead, DO NOT BRAKE. The physics of this are not long nor complicated but this post is long enough already. You will not slow down enough to make a difference unless A) you see the cop car WAY ahead of time B) you aren't speeding enough to ticket anyway or C) your brakes are titanic and your car is tiny.
- DO NOT paint racing stripes on your car. Especially not if it is a sporty car. They don't just make your car look like it can go faster, it makes it a prime target for cops who want to show you that you'd better keep it just *looking* like it goes fast.
- Stop at yellow lights. It is the law and you can be ticketed for accelerating through a yellow light. Yellow means "stop if it is safe to do so" not "slow down and prepare to stop".
- Don't make U-turns where it is illegal. If you get into an accident (hit by oncoming traffic) you will be held responsible.
- DON'T EVER GET PISSY WITH A COP. You may feel that he pulled you over for unfair reasons, but be polite and he may "let you off with a warning" on his imaginary charge. If you get pissy, you will most definitely have to fight the ticket in court. Cops are not like managers, they do not cave to rude morons.
- For the love of all things that don't suck, please, I'm begging you, don't ever swear at a cop. The reasons should be obvious. If not, read the above tip.
- And the #1 way not to get pulled over: DON'T BREAK THE LAW!

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Me and a friend were headed up to Pennsic one summer, and ended up crawling through that perpetual mess of roadwork on 77 in North Carolina. The traffic is moving, but only barely. We've expected this, so we're just chugging contentedly along.

Here comes this asshole in the breakdown lane, blowing by everyone in his sporty little silver ride, because he's much to special to just suck it up like everyone else. My friend turns to me and says (the inevitable cliche) "Where's a cop when you need one?"

We get a half mile down the road and there she is. This blonde amazon of a cop, calmly writing this guy a ticket and shaking her head as he rails and waves his arms. She aint' having it. Tears off his ticket and hands it to him.

My friend rolls down the window and yells out "Sorry about your dick, dude!"

I'm glad we were crawling, or I'd have driven off the road.

So of course we pull off the first exit with a restroom, because after sitting in traffic that long, we had to go. And the gas station was packed, because everyone else was in the same boat.

And the great bit was that all the customers in the gas station were suddenly friends. We had something in common: we'd all said "Where's a cop when you need one?" and then got to see this douchbag get his balls busted. And everyone was saying to each other, "Did you SEE it? Did you SEE that asshole get nailed? HA!:lol: "

[ArenaBoy]

Police in my area are quite tough when they are on the roads. Best moment happened when I was coming home from another town. I'm driving on a back road doing the limit, when all of a sudden two teenage girls fly right past me, going maybe 10 or 20 over the speed limit. When they passed by me, they flipped me off and just honked their horn. About a minute later, I saw that same car pulled over by the cops. It was great because the driver had the greatest "Oh Shit!" look on her face that I've ever seen.

[protege]

I've seen quite a few people get nailed by police over the years. And yes, I too take *great* pleasure in seeing an idiot get what's coming.

The most memorable, was a guy in a Porsche 911 at night. I'm heading to my grandmother's house somewhere around 10pm. I-79 is completely empty--no traffic, no rain, etc. Cruise control is set somewhere around 65-70mph. On one of the last straightaways before the county line, I see a pair of bluish-white headlights gaining on me. Fast. I didn't do anything, but stay in the right lane and wait. I wasn't too worried, since I knew what *might* be coming up. There's a speed trap ahead, and I wasn't about to get a ticket, so I kept my speed where it was. That wasn't good enough for the rich idiot. He's right behind me now, and wants to go faster. The 911 jumps into the passing lane, and he starts to run away from me. Little did he know that a state trooper was literally *right* behind him. No sooner did the Porsche pass me, when the blues came on and the cop pulled him over. Apparently, he'd been driving like an idiot for miles, and the cop couldn't find a safe place (read: less traffic) to nail him.

[MadMike]

When they passed by me, they flipped me off and just honked their horn.

Forgot all about this one, until I say that comment:

I was leaving the city after a day at work, when some idiot decided to use a rapidly-ending lane to pass me on the right, and subsequently cut me off. I hit the horn, and he reached up thru his sunroof and flipped me off. Real mature. :rolleyes:

Shortly after this, I saw a cop making his way thru the traffic, apparently working on getting closer to the jackass who cut me off. I got off that particular road before he caught up to him, but I'm guessing he had seen what happened, and was getting ready to pull him over. Looking back now, I wish I had stayed on, just to see if he did get pulled over. I would have made sure to smile and wave as I drove past. :devil:

[CaroPhoenix]

What drives me insane are when cops have pulled over a car or two on one of the main roads to my daughter's school, and EVERYONE slows down (from like 55 to 5 mph in no time flat - I'm exaggerating, but that's how it feels). Then when we pass, everyone rushes back up to 55 - 60 mph (even though the speed limit is 45 mph). And I hate it when I'm in the right hand lane, going the speed limit, and I get passed - the right hand lane is for the slow people (like me), please use the left hand lane if you're going to go faster.

[iradney]

Whenever the police pull over one of the deathtrap minibus taxis that pass for public transport around here, I always cheer. Loudly! Those things have nearly crashed into my car more than once!

[Tanasi]

I generally obey the traffic laws and drive at whatever speed is comfortable at that time.
About 6 years ago on Memorial Day I was taking my Mom to put some flowers and a flag on my Dad's grave. I figured since it wasn't far from Mom's home I would drive Dad's antique truck (1947 Dodge Pickup) to charge the battery and generally loosen it up. The truck being nearly 60 years old has a thing or twelve wrong with it and the needle falling off the speedometer is one of them another was the brake-light wasn't working (I didn't aware of this before leaving). So as we were puttering along (well below the speed limit) a city leo pulled me over, he said the brake light was out. So I got out and found the nut that held the wire on was loose so I tighten it up with my multi-tool (now the light works) he writes me a ticket for the brake light, not using seats belts for both myself and my mother.
I didn't have a problem with the brake light ticket but I did have a problem with the seat belts. Seat belts didn't become availble until early 60's, not mandatory equipment until 66, and seat belt law until 90's so having typed all that the truck didn't have seat belts, it didn't even have a means of installing them and antiques were specifically exempted. I had to take a day off of work to get this dismissed. The judge chewed on the leo and told him ignorance of the law wasn't an excuse. To this day that leo has it out for me.

[ditchdj]

Whenever the police pull over one of the deathtrap minibus taxis that pass for public transport around here, I always cheer. Loudly! Those things have nearly crashed into my car more than once!

I've seen so many news reports about how out of control crime is in South Africa that I didnt think it was even possible to get a traffic ticket down there. There's a documentary here that airs on one of the cable channels about some commando unit the police dept. has over there and everytime they get robbers and rapists off the streets they just get released the next day due to "lack of evidence". :confused:

[BookstoreEscapee]

I don't know if anything happened to this guy but I love this story:

This was a couple years ago, I forget if was a holiday or what but it was in the summer. I was on my way home from work and decided to just take the highway instead of going the back way, and it turned out that they had the left lane closed a few miles down the road and were pulling everyone into a parking lot for a drunk driving checkpoint. I was in the left lane, and no one was letting me get over and I was running out of room before the barricades (a cop car stopped in the left lane and a sawhorse across the right lane).

So this big white SUV, with 3 or 4 (probably teenage, maybe college) guys pulls alongside me on my right, and I'm obviously looking for an opening. The SUV hangs back a second like he's going to let me get over, so I start to inch over, and suddenly he speeds up to keep me from moving. I make a slight :wtf: gesture with my arm (no fingers involved...just clearly annoyed) and the driver and the guy in the backseat start giving me the finger out their windows and I hear a "f*** you" or two.

So the next car lets me in behind the SUV, and we come up to the parking lot entrance, and the SUV pulls in, and I'm waiting, still in the lane, behind him. I see 2 cops in the process of moving the sawhorse blocking the lane, and they wave me through. Mr. SUV was the LAST person pulled into the checkpoint! HAHHAHAHA!!!

VINDICATION!!!!!

Made my day.

Sorry so long...

[evilhomer]

I wouldn't call that misfortune. I'd call it "just desserts." Idiots that drive like that deserve whatever ticket they have coming to them.
Agreed, don't do the crime if you can't do the time. It's not like you're taking satisfaction from something bad happening to an innocent party.


A few of my favs that I've witnessed:

Buddy doing 70 kph on the 100 highway figures that the left lane is the best place to be doing 30 under the limit. So he decides to swerve into that lane, without signalling, and obviously without checking his mirrors, otherwise he might have noticed the cop doing 120 that he jumped in front of. After standing on his brakes to avoid the collision, the cop got right on his ass but didn't light him up. He followed him for two or three more minutes to let him sweat and make some more mistakes, then he pulled him over :lol:


There was some multi-month long construction going on causing a constant back up in one zone. The exit lane would always be flying because everyone wanted to stay on the highway, but it was illegal to go back into the active lanes about 500 yards to this exit. But of course you get the assclowns who want to drive in it right to the end, then cut back in. Extremely dangerous because you're at a dead stop in a lane with traffic doing 100. I was sitting legally in the jam and saw a few assclowns pull the move. As I get up to the area, I see an entire row of cars, at least 10; two cops were pulling them over and a half dozen were writing tickets.


One last one. I'm at a red light, the lane beside me is a right turn only lane, but there's a small run off after the intersection that allows drivers to illegally go through the intersection and merge, usually cutting someone off to do so. Anyways, I'm at the light, buddy besides me asks if I'll let him in. Fuck you, I'm not letting you do something illegal, I shake my head no. Well he'll have none of this, he's going to smoke me across the intersection. Unfortunately, he's in a Honda, he stomps the gas and his fartbucket muffler sputters in agony. Barely accelerating, I managed to stay ahead of him. He cuts in behind me and is furious - honking his horn, giving me both fingers, shaking his fist. I'm amused seeing this in my rearview, then I get the good surprise. A cop is beyond the intersection with his lights going. I slow down, a little worried that he's coming after me for the stop light grand prix, but he waves me off and points at the clown behind me. I give him a big smile and a thumbs up and drive on as buddy behind me slouches down into his seat.

[Greenday]

evilhomer, the only time I do the last one is when no cops are around. My car was riced out by previous owners, making it a target. But it does bring in lots of stupid people. I'm at a long red light and someone else driving a riced out POS pulls up next to me. He revs his engine and I'm guessing wanted me to race. I check my radar detector and it's going crazy. I look behind us and there is a cop. Light turns green and the guy next to me floors it...and gets pulled over. Congrats on winning that race!

[iradney]

I've seen so many news reports about how out of control crime is in South Africa that I didnt think it was even possible to get a traffic ticket down there. There's a documentary here that airs on one of the cable channels about some commando unit the police dept. has over there and everytime they get robbers and rapists off the streets they just get released the next day due to "lack of evidence". :confused:

Hey no, it's not THAT bad. The Scorpions are pretty good, but unfortunately the police is understaffed and underpaid :( If there were more officers, then it wouldn't be as bad. They do catch the bad guys - our prisons are full!
And lately the taxi's have at least been buying new busses, so they're not clattering deathtraps anymore - now they just need to replace their moronic drivers!

[ditchdj]

Hey no, it's not THAT bad. The Scorpions are pretty good, but unfortunately the police is understaffed and underpaid :( If there were more officers, then it wouldn't be as bad. They do catch the bad guys - our prisons are full!
And lately the taxi's have at least been buying new busses, so they're not clattering deathtraps anymore - now they just need to replace their moronic drivers!

Honestly, if you saw the American news reports about your country, you'd think the prisons there were almost empty. :lol: I hear that the middle class there is so scared they're having huge concrete walls built around their properties to keep the burglars out. If it was that bad I'd probably think about hiring a trapper to go out in the wild and get a lion and put that sucker in my backyard for security if I could get away with it.

[iradney]

Honestly, if you saw the American news reports about your country, you'd think the prisons there were almost empty. :lol: I hear that the middle class there is so scared they're having huge concrete walls built around their properties to keep the burglars out. If it was that bad I'd probably think about hiring a trapper to go out in the wild and get a lion and put that sucker in my backyard for security if I could get away with it.

LOL, I suppose that is true. But then again, if you saw the SA news reports about the US, you'd think that all Americans are law-suit happy blobs. (Now, ya'll know I don't think that at all, just making a point!).
Yeah, we've got big concrete walls and electric fencing and burglar bars - but I can still go out and walk my dog and drive alone. It's not like we're Rwanda!

[squall]

A couple of my favorite assclown drivers busted stories.

I was on a normally busy city street complete with traffic lights. This street was a little slow that day, and I was going the normal 35-40 miles an hour. All of the sudden, I can hear it long before I see it...a crotch rocket motorcycle magically appears in my rear view mirror in the next lane and fires past me at what must have been 60-65 miles per hour. There was an intersection ahead to the left . Once the motorcycle passed that intersection, I saw a cop flashing bubble lights take off after him like a predator in wait. I did not get to see what happened after that, the motorcycle went pretty far down the road, but we all know what happened.

This time, I was on one of the busiest stretches of highway in the Fort Worth/Dallas area. Rush hour traffic. There was bumper to bumper traffic. This stretch of highway was slightly past a merge road and had a really large shoulder that many people like to take advantage of...illegally. So I'm stuck in the traffic with my wife in the car. Out of the rear view mirror, I see a lone SUV driving leisurely through the shoulder. The driver looked to be a late 50 year old female, a grandmother type. I remember telling my wife that I hope one day she gets pulled over for that. I didn't have to wait long. About a few minutes later further down the road we see a police car and that same SUV stopped on the shoulder. As we drive slowly by, I see the lady in the driver seat waving her arms in astonishment and talking angrily at the cop. I made sure to point and laugh as I drove by, much to the embarassment of my wife.

[draftermatt]

I've got two.

I was in a friend's parent's car when I was 14-15. We were on the Baltimore Beltway when a guy in a Ford Escort blows by.

At the next exit we see the same guy pulling back on the road from a grassy area after he backed into a tree. It appeared that he was going so fast that he spun the car out into the tree. (Good bit of damage too).

I was at my parents when we heard a car spinning it's tires hard. Followed by the trade mark siren of the police.

Classic.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Here's mine;

I'm minding my own business doing 40mph on my motorbike, when this guy in a Jag barges past me, practically shoving me into the kerb and causing me to slam on my brakes. :rolleyes: Of course, I shout the c word at him, cuz I hate having to do that anyway, but on a corner and wet road? It sucks even more.

Anyways, I feel better after calling him a c:censored: and after a minute to recover, I go along my way. As I get to the end of the road, I see the same Jag by the side of the road, with a cop car parked behind. Yep, the idiot drove right into a speed trap. I'm just feeling so smug as I coast past.

[BookstoreEscapee]

When I lived with my ex, we were in an area where the cops will pull you over at the drop of a hat. (There's several small towns, each with their own police, and you never quite know if the cop car you're passing actually has jurisdiction where you are at that moment.) I used to pass a speed trap on my way home from work. There's a golf course right there and there's a street leading into it that's blocked off permanently, so the cops sit in the end of the street and wait. You can't see them until you're right there. There's a couple bars right around there too and you'd see people pulled over all the time. There's also a military base there so there's military police around too. I'm surprised anyone's dumb enough to speed.

One year when I did inventory I was driving back through there at around 3 or 4 in the morning. I stopped for a red light and there was a police car stopped in the other direction. So the light changes and I go, and in my mirror I see the cop swing around and start following me. The next light was my street and he looked like he was going to turn after me, and then as I signalled to turn into the apartment complex he swung back around and went back the other way. I figured it was either my ex's friend who recognized me and he was making sure I got home or they just saw me turning into an apartment complex and figured I was home anyway. Either way, I breathed a big sigh of relief. (Not that I was doing anything wrong but I just wanted to collapse into bed.)

[CherryB]

I love traffic karma :)

I was toodling down the highway (single lane speed limit is 50MPH) with a Sheriff's Deputy behind me. No worries, I was on cruise control dead on 50. Up ahead sits a car at a stop sign. It sees me coming and pulls out in front of me. I wasn't so close that I had to jam on my brakes but I definitely had to apply them.

Mr Deputy lights up his lil bubblegum machine, pulls around me and swings in behind "Mr Iaminafreakinghurry". ahh justice is sweet.

[Der Cute]

I remember one night driving...

Was going speed limit, light traffic down a 2 lane road. With double yellow lines, to boot.
Dinglebutt was behind me and seemed to want to go faster. Fine.

He didnt see the cop in front of me.

Dinglebutt decided instead of passing me over double yellow....he'd do a shoulder pass.

Well, he hauled ass over the shoulder and passed me, and the cop car in front of me.

Within seconds he was pulled over and getting a ticket, while I was laughing my butt off.

neener neener neener.

cutenoob

[Rapscallion]

Quite a number of our wagon drivers work with the police in an unofficial manner. They have speed restrictions, and people love to zip past them at high speed. Police love to sit in front of them (a reasonable distance in front) where they can't be seen so easily from behind.

Our drivers love the smell of other peoples' rubber burning in the mornings...

Rapscallion

[danegrous_21]

yall are going to hate me for this but im that crappy driver. i had many times where im in a semi rush and i drive at least 80 in a 65 using every lane to my advantge. but that also why i have tickets too.

first im in texas, dont mess with texas law enforcement.(ie chuck norris, texas ranger)

1. victoria,tx, - im comiong from corpus and drivng to houston, and this city is a known"DO NOT SPEED WHATSOEVER" kind of place. well i thought it was ok, well i was speeding(87 in a 70) and found out that even if a trooper is on the other side of highway they will cross the grassy median to get to you. ehhh

2. well this isnt so big but i got a ticket for doing 50 in a 35 but i was pissed off at the time and wanted to get home.


now the crazy-speeding with no ticket story

i live in corpus christi, tx but i go up to houston often and ne one from houston know that driving there is like the daytona 500. i really have never seen anyone drive the speed limit there and im been in the states for 13 yrs and been going to houston very often since then and can count the times i seen houston cops on one hand.

i once drove from columbus,tx to bush airport in houston in about a hr(normally a 1.75 hr trip) at least 95 most of the way. didnt get pulled over but i was also with this cobalt.

[ShortTemperHatesStupidity]

LOL, I suppose that is true. But then again, if you saw the SA news reports about the US, you'd think that all Americans are law-suit happy blobs.

I hate to break it to you, but MOST americans are in it to get rich quick with as little work as possible so yeah, there are some lawsuit happy individuals. Unfortunately that's the reason we have a lot of the problems we do today...

[myswtghst]

I have to say, after reading all this, that as the thread creator, I must admit that I do speed, but I've paid for it. (My first ticket cost me over $250, I was doing 104 in a 70 on the way home from a concert). But the key, in my eyes, is that I'm not an @$$hole about it. I do not tailgate unless you are going more than 5 under the limit on a one lane, no passing road/in the left lane on a Chicago-area highway for no apparent reason, and then, only for a few seconds, long enough to catch your attention and let you know I'm annoyed. Suffice to say, I'm both an offensive and defensive driver, and I try to be considerate unless you're an unwarranted jerk. If you are, I will mess with you. :p

One of my favorite things is when I can smoke someone being a jerk, and using a turn lane to pass people. Near my parents house, there is a major intersection where the road has 3 lanes going each way at the light, but the far right lane merges very quickly after the intersection (you can see the sign from across the intersection, so the jerks in the right lane know very well what they are doing, I might add). Often, people will cross over there from the left lane, no blinkers, to try to cut around traffic at a red light. If I'm on the line next to them, they're always shocked that my little Jetta can smoke them off the line. :-D It's a turbo, and it's German. It's a fast little bugger. If I'm feeling particularly obnoxious, once I get through the light, I'll ride a little over the line into that far right lane, so they can't get around me, even if they can go faster than my little car.

Unless you're taking someone on the verge of death or giving birth to the hospital, you don't need to speed that much or drive in a way that puts others in danger. You being 5 minutes late to work or wherever you're headed is preferable to cars being totalled or people in the hospital.

[ladodger34]

I've told this story on here before, so I'll keep it short (it's such a good story.. I just can't help it)...

Bro, his best friend, and I were going through Utah on a roadtrip a couple of years back. My bro was driving and being a good boy, and his cruise was set about 5 MPH higher than the speed limit. We may have been going faster, but we going with the flow of traffic.

A jackass in a burgundy accord blew past us. He was flying. We didn't think anything of it until we saw him pulled over a few miles up the road. No big deal, the guy was caught speeding.

A little bit later on, a burgundy accord blew past us again. It was the same car. We remembered because he had California plates on (and we did too). If we didn't say it, I think we all thought "Didn't that dumbass just get pulled over?" Once again, we didn't think about it until a few miles up the road. That's right. He was pulled over AGAIN!

I can forgive someone for getting caught speeding one time. It happens. We've all gone a bit faster than we should have at some point while we were driving. But to speed again right after you were just written a ticket? It wasn't like the guy got popped for going a few MPH over the limit. He was going in excess of 90 both times he was pulled over.

[BookstoreEscapee]

A little bit later on, a burgundy accord blew past us again. It was the same car. We remembered because he had California plates on (and we did too). If we didn't say it, I think we all thought "Didn't that dumbass just get pulled over?" Once again, we didn't think about it until a few miles up the road. That's right. He was pulled over AGAIN!

The best would be if he was pulled over by the same cop.

I've only been pulled over for speeding once and he only gave me a warning. I was doing 51 in a 35. I got pulled over once when I hadn't done anything but apparently they were looking for a different car. The cop took my license etc. and then I think he looked at my inspection sticker and then yelled back to his partner in the car "it's the wrong car" or something like that (it was years ago). And a couple weeks ago I had a cop pull real close to me as I was slowing for a red light and used his bullhorn to tell me my lights weren't on. Scared me cuz I didn't realize it was a cop and thought it was some idiot trying to get ahead of me in the turn lane. When I checked my light switch it was sitting halfway between the parking lights and the headlights position. I was under a light in a parking lot when I turned them on so I didn't realize it.

The only ticket I've ever gotten was for an accident which was mainly due to inexperience. I almost missed my turn and so I was too far to the right side of the street and hit a parked car before I could move back to the middle of the lane. But I had only been driving for six months at the time. Luckily it was a side street. Unluckily, the car belonged to the homeowner's son who left it there while he was on vacation. oops. I was only 1 street over from my house, on my way to babysit. My other accident happened at the end of my street (that one's in the YIELD!! thread). Hmmm, maybe I need to move.....

And my brother got a ticket that he successfully fought cuz they said he was doing something like 70 in a 25. The part of the street they said he did this on curves around fairly sharply. I don't think it's physically possible to go that fast around there and stay on the road.

[ladodger34]

And my brother got a ticket that he successfully fought cuz they said he was doing something like 70 in a 25. The part of the street they said he did this on curves around fairly sharply. I don't think it's physically possible to go that fast around there and stay on the road.

I had a situation like that one time. Back in my much younger days, my parents had a car that I used primarily to drive around town. After a while, I couldn't drive it very far because the head gasket was blown (or cracked.. I can't remember). I usually just drove it back and forth to work (and to see friends and such).

One night, I was pulled over. I honestly thought that I made an illegal lane change or a light was out. When the cop asked me the speed limit on the street, I was shocked that I was popped for speeding. He said that I was going 51 in a 40 zone. In all fairness, there is a good chance that I was going that fast.

But this car had the head gasket problem. It didn't accelerate very well. The cop was on a side street that was about 1/4 mile (if even that) from a stop light. I was stopped at the light before I "blew" past him. If that car got up to 50 in that short of a distance, I would be shocked. I should have tried it out one day just to see, but I didn't think about right away.

Of course, this was the same car that some dude in my neighborhood yelled at me to slow down. See, because of the engine problem, it was also a little loud. I was going all of about 15 when he yelled at me to slow down. Apparently, it sounded like I was going fast.

[Rapscallion]

I don't know the full story behind this one, but as my plane was coming to land in Toronto, I saw flashing lights below. It was one of those cop car sandwiches with a meaty and delviious filling of miscreant - no damage to cars that I could see, but it looked satisfying enough to laugh at.

Rapscallion

[blas]

I'm really not sure exactly what my ex did to me to get pulled over in the first place, but when he got pulled over right across the street from the gas station i used to work at, I couldn't help but leave my trainee to attend the register, and excuse myself for some fresh air as I propped open the door and loudly laughed and pointed at him and his obnoxious girlfriend that he dumped me for. Watching several male officers trying to subdue a 300+ pound girl, especially a trailer park type like herself, was very difficult, but my officers always pull through for me.

I'm sure he'd been speeding or trying to drag race with someone. He always made a point of trying to race with rice burners. Then again, he'd also been drinking so he got arrested for it, HAHA.

Revenge was sweet that day :)

[squall]

Back in high school, I got pulled over once and honestly could not figure out why they did it at first. What was unique about the whole experience though was that I had a friend in the passenger seat. He was one of those types who was always in trouble with the law. The first thing he told me when the bubblegum lights came on was "RUN!" I was having none of it however, I know I didn't break the law and I knew for a fact he wasn't carrying anything illegal, it was obvious what he did when cops tried to pull him over. I didn't hang out with him often by the way for those reasons alone.

Turns out my car was still registered to the previous owner of the vehicle and there was a warrant for his arrest. The officer said that sometimes it take more than a year for a title change to be finalized(this was back in the late 90s).

[Tanasi]

About 5 years ago I had just finished hot-rodding a 66 Chevy PU and had taken it out for a ride around town. While I was setting at a light a kid in a riced out Honda POS pulls up and starts reving his engine like he wants to run. Well I rev up mine showing him what a engine is supposed to sound like and was showing every intention that I was also going to run. Light turned green, he burned his way across the intersection and I just sat there. He failed to notice the LEO to my right, who promptly pulled him over and popped him for racing and he got his car impounded. I found out that weekend the kid was the boy my daughter wanting to date. I told her, no way I've seen him drive besides he's not afoot.

I'll admit to do my share of stupid things over the years, heck I still pull a good one every now and then but for the most part I obey all traffic laws:angel: , except for that pesky speed limit sometime you just gotta roll.:devil:

[myswtghst]

Ooh, I had another thought/funny story.

My brother likes to tease me about how many times I've been pulled over (it is somewhere around 10 times in the 7 years I've had my license, so he does have reason to tease, I suppose) Granted, he's only been pulled over once, and you'll have to read on to find out why...

A few summers ago, my brother was home for the summer, taking classes at a local community college. He also had just gotten his first "new" car, a pretty blue Mazda 6 that rides like a dream, with a major stereo system. He's a rather good, if paranoid, driver, given some of my exploits. He had just gotten out of summer school one night, and was about to pull out of the parking lot when he saw the lights on behind him. He pulled over, and the cop walked up to his window and asked "Son, do you know why I pulled you over?" and the only response my brother had was "um..no." The cop just starts laughing and says that he wanted to ask my brother a few questions about his car, as he was in a market for a new car and really liked the new Mazdas. I think my brother almost had a heart attack!

[Primer]

What drives me insane are when cops have pulled over a car or two on one of the main roads to my daughter's school, and EVERYONE slows down (from like 55 to 5 mph in no time flat - I'm exaggerating, but that's how it feels). Then when we pass, everyone rushes back up to 55 - 60 mph (even though the speed limit is 45 mph).

In Texas, there is a law that states that if an officer has somebody pulled over, everyone else must either a) vacate the closest lane or b) slow down to 20 mph below the speed limit. If there is only one lane, then b is the only option.



i live in corpus christi, tx but i go up to houston often and ne one from houston know that driving there is like the daytona 500. i really have never seen anyone drive the speed limit there

This is why I despise driving in Houston!

The truck that ran over me was from Houston!

Austin area is getting that bad, but it's still a bit better than Houston or Dallas-Ft. Worth (IMHO) for driving....or maybe it's just that I'm not on the road when all the idiots are.