Got pulled over today... for doing nothing!
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Serendipity wrote: »
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Gents, if you feel you've been harrased by a cop, then file a complaint. Find out where your local Police Administration station is and do it. Trust me, cops dont like this because if enough complaints get filed on them, well, lets just say they get investigated. Make sure and get that badge number, somehow, they get irritated when you ask for it, it lets them know you are serious on your end.
Dont argue with them, it's not going to get you anywhere (except for them trying to scare you and or give you more tickets), file that complaint.
Nope, won't file a complaint. I knew that cop didn't have a leg to stand on and so did he. I WILL file a complaint if he pulls me over again as I see him all the time hiding behind large bushes in the shopping strip, parked on the side streets or trying to blend in, in the Dairy Queen lot on the road posted at 25 mph. This road is very wide and it is difficult to stay at 25 mph because the street is so wide and is fed by a 50 mph hour road and he knows it. One thing in my favor is he can't use not wearing a seat belt as an excuse to pull me over because this car is one of those made in the early '90s where the shoulder belt automatically engages when you close the door!
As long as you remain calm and respectful and know you are right, there's no way they can cite you for having a "discussion" with a cop. They are there to "serve and protect" and this is not a police state and nowhere in this country is there a police state.
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bigaudiofanatic wrote: »I got pulled over last night. Was going south on the NJ turn pike. Police was just getting done pulling someone over. Pulled out, I was doing 75-80 staying with traffic I changed lanes twice. Not even 3 minutes later he flies up behind me and pulls me over. Tells me I was speeding changing lanes rapidly on top of all that saying that my tag cover was illegal. Gives me a ticket for the cover 80 bucks WTF. I have had them for 5 years never had a problem and not one cop has mentioned them until last night.
He was cutting you a break! You could have been cited for speeding and unsafe lane changes and that would have cost you a ton more money and some points on your record. -
Little did the cop who pulled you over know, HI, that he was dealing with someone who has completed Post Graduate work in Arguing at the Institute for Hard-Headed Intelligent Opinionated People at the University of CP.
You did good.
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Good thing having horrible taste in auto color isn't against the law, or you'd be in jail right now.If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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When I drive the mustang I obviously drive carefully. That said, I have actually blasted by cops doing well over the speed limit in my nissan cube without them batting an eyelash. To a point of real intrigue. Something about that car makes cops not take it seriously I guess.
Joe, if you really wanted to bust balls you should have re
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Serendipity wrote: »
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mrbigbluelight wrote: »Little did the cop who pulled you over know, HI, that he was dealing with someone who has completed Post Graduate work in Arguing at the Institute for Hard-Headed Intelligent Opinionated People at the University of CP.
You did good.
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Seriously,
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bobman1235 wrote: »Good thing having horrible taste in auto color isn't against the law, or you'd be in jail right now.
As long as I don't have to share a cell with this guy...
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hearingimpared wrote: »I got one for you. Yesterday, I was running some errands. I live in an area where the County Police patrol the area and most of it is posted 25 mph and they are real sticklers about it.
I was coming out of the 25 mph zone and going up an incline to a small bridge where the speed limit is 35 mph. Now it's posted 35 mph going the other direction but not in the direction I was going where the limit changes. In any event, I'm driving just under 35 and go over the crest of the bridge and right there on the shoulder is a County Officer Cruiser. I wasn't the least bit concerned.
I get a good 30 yards past him and I notice the lights go on and he speeds right up to my **** and beeps the siren. I pulled over. I'm usually very, very courteous to Police officer so the conversations went like this;
Cop: Do you know why I pulled you over?
Me: No sir unless you did because I have a spare donut on my rear tire.
Cop: May I see your license, registration and insurance card please.
Me: Yes sir, but what did I do.
Cop: you were going 39 mph in an unposted 35 mph zone.
Me: No sir, I checked my speedometer and I was going just under 35 mph. Since having to put the donut on the car I've been taking it nice and slow.
Cop: I got you on radar at 39 mph. He goes back to his car to check my cards.
Cop returns;
Me: Officer with all due respect I hope you don't intend to give me a ticket for speeding.
Cop: And why would that be Sir?
Me: Well as I understand it, having a couple of State Troopers as friends, if a vehicle is going under 5 miles over the speed limit no traffic judge would uphold the ticket because we are not required to have our speedometers calibrated.
Cop: Don't lecture me on the law, I don't like your attitude.
Me: I'm sorry sir if you think I was being disrespectful of your position but I was going just under 35 if you got me at 39 then all I can say is that this 1993 vehicle's speedometer is out of calibration.
Cop: So Mr. Wiseguy you ARE talking yourself into a ticket.
Me: Okay sir but let me explain something to you. If you give me that ticket I'm going to fight it. Being that I'm on disability, it will be no problem for me to go to court as I won't have to loose time and money at work. When the judge asks me if I had my speedometer calibrated (which isn't required) and I say no, he's going to dismiss the speeding charge. Now you will have to take time from your normal schedule to appear in court to support the charge of speeding which will be a waste of your time and mine. I'm sorry if it seems that I'm being cocky but these are facts.
Cop: (getting really pissed now) I can cite you for driving an unsafe vehicle too.
Me: How do you come to that conclusion sir!
Cop: It's better than a speeding ticket so which is it?
Me: Please explain how my vehicle is unsafe.
Cop: I've seen you driving on that donut for over two weeks now.
Me: I didn't realize it was against the law or was a time limit as to how long one can drive on a donut. Also sir I wouldn't be driving on this donut if I had the money to purchase a new tire as I only get paid once a month and the . . . COP INTERRUPTS ME!
Cop: Thats' enough! and goes back to his car with my cards.
He comes back;
Cop: (looking very flustered) Okay I'm not going to cite you for speeding and I'm not going to write up a warning but I am giving you this verbal warning; from now on you must drive your car and make sure you set your speed at five miles less per hour than what is being displayed on your speedometer. The next time I find you going over the speed limit 5 or less miles over the speed limit I WILL cite you for speeding and if that donut is still on the car add a driving an unsafe vehicle citation.
Me: (as he's handing my cards back) Can I go now?
Cop: (really pissed off now) step out of the vehicle sir.
Me: why sir?
Cop: probable cause.
Me: probable cause !?! and that would be?
Cop: I think you may have drugs or alcohol in the vehicle. Your mouth is very dry.
Me: (as I'm getting out of the car) I'm diabetic sir and sometimes my medicine makes my mouth very dry.
Cop: turn around, place your hands on top of the vehicle and spread your legs. (He frisks me) and heard rattling in my pocket) If I place my hand in your pocket am I going to get stuck with a needle?
Me: no sir I inject my insulin once every evening from an insulin pen.
Cop: I'm talking about an illegal syringe.
Me: no sir! (Now I'm getting pissed off although I know he didn't like the things I said to him)
Cop: (reaches in my pocket and finds a bottle of Tylenol) What have we here?
Me: a bottle of Tylenol sir. If you check the pills each should be labeled in red "Tylenol!" Come on officer you are waisting both our time!
Cop: go to the back of the vehicle and open the trunk. (he does a though search of the trunk getting quite dirty having to handle and move the tire with the flat. May I search your vehicle?
Me: (Now I really pissed) You told me you had probable cause and now you are asking for my permission to search my vehicle. Since you obviously don't have probable cause and are just breaking my balls no sir you may not!
Meanwhile another cruiser pulls up turns out to be a supervisor;
Super: What's going on here?
Cop: we have a real wise guy here.
Super: what did he do?
Cop: Let's go back to my cruiser.
They go back;
Super: sir here are your cards back, please drive safely and please don't lecture a police officer again about traffic laws.
Me: Yes sir, but the officer threatened me with Blah blah blah.
Super: Yes he disclosed that to me.
Me: Well what do I do about that?
Super: please return to your vehicle and be on your way.
They both followed me into town then split off and let me be.
What a ball breaker. I have to admit though; although I was in no hurry and did respectfully give him ****, so I did prod him on to break my balls but I know my rights when it comes to traffic law due to my years of friendship with State Troopers.
I kind of had fun!:D
I am glad I left civilian law enforcement, guys like him give good cops a bad name. First, he could not ask you to open your trunk. He would need a warrant. (needs to go back and take PC 101 again)Actually you have a good complaint here, and possible lawsuit.
And second, any cop who writes a ticket for 5 over is a @ss! I don't understand the need for officers these days to have these pissing matches to begin with. To get respect you have to earn it, even a police officer. I always tried to treat everyone fairly and understand the public is not the enemy, it's not us vs. them. But sadly there are too many jerk offs who get off on their "power".Polk RTi A7's FrontPolk CSi A4 CenterPolk Tsi 100's SurroundOnkyo TX-RZ50:)Oppo BDP 83 (Collecting dust)MIT Terminator 3 Speaker CableMIT Terminator 2 IC's (Oppo 2 chan)Signal Cable HT TWOEpson PowerLite Home Cinema 1080Hisense 55 U8GBelkin PF 60 Power Center -
mdaudioguy wrote: »As long as I don't have to share a cell with this guy...
Who is that, he looks like a pedophile."He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche -
Btw, Joe, how does anyone know what the limit is if it's not posted? It would seem to me that if the sign that raises it from 25 to 35 were missing, you'd still be technically obliged to obey a limit of 25, no matter what the limit is in the other direction. Just wondering... that was a new one for me. I can only imagine what you'd done if he dropped that one on you. :eek:
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mdaudioguy wrote: »Btw, Joe, how does anyone know what the limit is if it's not posted? It would seem to me that if the sign that raises it from 25 to 35 were missing, you'd still be technically obliged to obey a limit of 25, no matter what the limit is in the other direction. Just wondering... that was a new one for me. I can only imagine what you'd done if he dropped that one on you. :eek:
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mdaudioguy wrote: »As long as I don't have to share a cell with this guy...
HAHA, stalker much?If you will it, dude, it is no dream. -
hearingimpared wrote: »I got one for you. Yesterday, I was running some errands. I live in an area where the County Police patrol the area and most of it is posted 25 mph and they are real sticklers about it.
I was coming out of the 25 mph zone and going up an incline to a small bridge where the speed limit is 35 mph. Now it's posted 35 mph going the other direction but not in the direction I was going where the limit changes. In any event, I'm driving just under 35 and go over the crest of the bridge and right there on the shoulder is a County Officer Cruiser. I wasn't the least bit concerned.
I get a good 30 yards past him and I notice the lights go on and he speeds right up to my **** and beeps the siren. I pulled over. I'm usually very, very courteous to Police officer so the conversations went like this;
Cop: Do you know why I pulled you over?
Me: No sir unless you did because I have a spare donut on my rear tire.
Cop: May I see your license, registration and insurance card please.
Me: Yes sir, but what did I do.
Cop: you were going 39 mph in an unposted 35 mph zone.
Me: No sir, I checked my speedometer and I was going just under 35 mph. Since having to put the donut on the car I've been taking it nice and slow.
Cop: I got you on radar at 39 mph. He goes back to his car to check my cards.
Cop returns;
Me: Officer with all due respect I hope you don't intend to give me a ticket for speeding.
Cop: And why would that be Sir?
Me: Well as I understand it, having a couple of State Troopers as friends, if a vehicle is going under 5 miles over the speed limit no traffic judge would uphold the ticket because we are not required to have our speedometers calibrated.
Cop: Don't lecture me on the law, I don't like your attitude.
Me: I'm sorry sir if you think I was being disrespectful of your position but I was going just under 35 if you got me at 39 then all I can say is that this 1993 vehicle's speedometer is out of calibration.
Cop: So Mr. Wiseguy you ARE talking yourself into a ticket.
Me: Okay sir but let me explain something to you. If you give me that ticket I'm going to fight it. Being that I'm on disability, it will be no problem for me to go to court as I won't have to loose time and money at work. When the judge asks me if I had my speedometer calibrated (which isn't required) and I say no, he's going to dismiss the speeding charge. Now you will have to take time from your normal schedule to appear in court to support the charge of speeding which will be a waste of your time and mine. I'm sorry if it seems that I'm being cocky but these are facts.
Cop: (getting really pissed now) I can cite you for driving an unsafe vehicle too.
Me: How do you come to that conclusion sir!
Cop: It's better than a speeding ticket so which is it?
Me: Please explain how my vehicle is unsafe.
Cop: I've seen you driving on that donut for over two weeks now.
Me: I didn't realize it was against the law or was a time limit as to how long one can drive on a donut. Also sir I wouldn't be driving on this donut if I had the money to purchase a new tire as I only get paid once a month and the . . . COP INTERRUPTS ME!
Cop: Thats' enough! and goes back to his car with my cards.
He comes back;
Cop: (looking very flustered) Okay I'm not going to cite you for speeding and I'm not going to write up a warning but I am giving you this verbal warning; from now on you must drive your car and make sure you set your speed at five miles less per hour than what is being displayed on your speedometer. The next time I find you going over the speed limit 5 or less miles over the speed limit I WILL cite you for speeding and if that donut is still on the car add a driving an unsafe vehicle citation.
Me: (as he's handing my cards back) Can I go now?
Cop: (really pissed off now) step out of the vehicle sir.
Me: why sir?
Cop: probable cause.
Me: probable cause !?! and that would be?
Cop: I think you may have drugs or alcohol in the vehicle. Your mouth is very dry.
Me: (as I'm getting out of the car) I'm diabetic sir and sometimes my medicine makes my mouth very dry.
Cop: turn around, place your hands on top of the vehicle and spread your legs. (He frisks me) and heard rattling in my pocket) If I place my hand in your pocket am I going to get stuck with a needle?
Me: no sir I inject my insulin once every evening from an insulin pen.
Cop: I'm talking about an illegal syringe.
Me: no sir! (Now I'm getting pissed off although I know he didn't like the things I said to him)
Cop: (reaches in my pocket and finds a bottle of Tylenol) What have we here?
Me: a bottle of Tylenol sir. If you check the pills each should be labeled in red "Tylenol!" Come on officer you are waisting both our time!
Cop: go to the back of the vehicle and open the trunk. (he does a though search of the trunk getting quite dirty having to handle and move the tire with the flat. May I search your vehicle?
Me: (Now I really pissed) You told me you had probable cause and now you are asking for my permission to search my vehicle. Since you obviously don't have probable cause and are just breaking my balls no sir you may not!
Meanwhile another cruiser pulls up turns out to be a supervisor;
Super: What's going on here?
Cop: we have a real wise guy here.
Super: what did he do?
Cop: Let's go back to my cruiser.
They go back;
Super: sir here are your cards back, please drive safely and please don't lecture a police officer again about traffic laws.
Me: Yes sir, but the officer threatened me with Blah blah blah.
Super: Yes he disclosed that to me.
Me: Well what do I do about that?
Super: please return to your vehicle and be on your way.
They both followed me into town then split off and let me be.
What a ball breaker. I have to admit though; although I was in no hurry and did respectfully give him ****, so I did prod him on to break my balls but I know my rights when it comes to traffic law due to my years of friendship with State Troopers.
I kind of had fun!:D
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bobman1235 wrote: »HAHA, stalker much?
Sorry, I couldn't resist! I actually read your rants a week or two ago and found them quite amusing. I hadn't looked at your pics until tonight. Actually, I was hoping to find a pic of your car, but the jail cell pic worked better, so I went with it! 
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mdaudioguy wrote: »Btw, Joe, how does anyone know what the limit is if it's not posted? It would seem to me that if the sign that raises it from 25 to 35 were missing, you'd still be technically obliged to obey a limit of 25, no matter what the limit is in the other direction. Just wondering... that was a new one for me. I can only imagine what you'd done if he dropped that one on you. :eek:Most states, if not posted the speed limit is 35mph.
Bingo! and I knew it, so did the cop!
Seriously though in reference to you post above Ric, the County Police here are real pr!cks. On that run of Marrows road, which is posted 25, when you turn onto it from RT 4 which is posted 50 mph there is no posted speed limit sign all the way down past the strip shopping centers and there is a sign posted 25 in front of the school. Knowing what sticklers they are I go 25 because although it's unposted and should be 35 I think it's a trap. There are always cars pulled over with a County cop behind them on this road and I don't trust the fact that even though it not posted at that stretch I think they have something that they would use to get around the 35 mph not posted law.
I know that I have a target plastered on my car and I warned my wife about it but I hope they don't have access to this thread :eek: because I think it would enlarge the BULLSEYE on the target.:eek::eek::D -
superjunior wrote: »trouble making dago...:D
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mdaudioguy wrote: »Sorry, I couldn't resist! I actually read your rants a week or two ago and found them quite amusing. I hadn't looked at your pics until tonight. Actually, I was hoping to find a pic of your car, but the jail cell pic worked better, so I went with it!
I don't have a pic of my car anywhere that I'm aware of, but since I made fun of yours, here's what mine looks like :
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bobman1235 wrote: »I don't have a pic of my car anywhere that I'm aware of, but since I made fun of yours, here's what mine looks like :
Well, Bob, I guess you might say we have slightly different taste in cars! Bet I wouldn't have been ticketed in a Subaru - unless I resembled Joe... I think they've got it out for that Tylenol-toting speed demon! -
mdaudioguy wrote: »Well, Bob, I guess you might say we have slightly different taste in cars! Bet I wouldn't have been ticketed in a Subaru - unless I resembled Joe... I think they've got it out for that Tylenol-toting speed demon!
ROTFLMAO!! Hey if I was there as your advocate, you would never have received that written warning:p . . . although on top of the canary yellow you'd have a big bullseye on your car after my RESPECTFUL diatribe! LOL!!!
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