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51.asdf1234 posted on July 07, 2011 at 11:35 PM #hit 0 | hit 0
1. Don't look ethnic(mean you can't be black, hispanic looking or asian looking etc)
2. Don't look like a hoodlum
3. Agree with the police officer, apologize, be nice...do not disagree with him, admit your mistake. Do not make excuses.
4. Be prepared to get a ticket.
I've been pulled over 6 times and have one ticket in my life. (as you age, I have a sneaky feeling it's harder to get away with it, it also seems to help if you are in the military or if you look like a nerd)
5. Do not have any Coexist, pro-vegetarian, or ACLU bumper stickers on your vehicle.
6. Don't have your recording device in plain view.
When I moved to Colorado I went through a stretch where I was pulled over by the police on perhaps 5 or 6 occasions, almost always for speeding and typically at odd hours, and was let off without a ticket every time. I was absolutely flummoxed to explain why - I guess these mountain cops are just nice guys!
Then one of my colleagues explained it to me - I kept my photo ID badge hanging from the rear view mirror announcing my professional affiliation with the local university veterinary hospital, the one that did all the care on the police dogs. Nobody clued me in on its magical powers before, but it turned out to be a well-known phenomenon amongst the faculty.
Then one of my colleagues explained it to me - I kept my photo ID badge hanging from the rear view mirror announcing my professional affiliation with the local university veterinary hospital, the one that did all the care on the police dogs. Nobody clued me in on its magical powers before, but it turned out to be a well-known phenomenon amongst the faculty.
I got pulled over about a year ago for having a broken plate light. I didn't even know what a plate light was at the time and when I brought it in to get it replaced, I was informed that it was working fine. In addition to getting a ticket for that, I also received a ticket for having an air freshener hanging from my rear view mirror, and for having my registration or something in the wrong spot. I find it funny that you got out of tickets for having something hanging from your rear view mirror.
Also, the cop that pulled me over is a giant piece of ####.
I got pulled over about a year ago for having a broken plate light. I didn't even know what a plate light was at the time and when I brought it in to get it replaced, I was informed that it was working fine. In addition to getting a ticket for that, I also received a ticket for having an air freshener hanging from my rear view mirror, and for having my registration or something in the wrong spot. I find it funny that you got out of tickets for having something hanging from your rear view mirror.
Also, the cop that pulled me over is a giant piece of ####.
What the heck did you do to him? how is the air freshner against the law?
Seriously, we're you boinking his grilfriend or something?
BTW, since McCoy brought up expensive cars/trahy cars. My own experience (in Europe) is that you are much less likely to be pulled over in a nice looking car. When I was driving my dad's car friday/saturday nights in my late teens early twenties, I was always at least 15mph over the limit, in an area that was knowen to be heavily patrolled around that time. Never got pulled over once.
For comparison, got pulled over 7 times during that time period, when my friends who had their own cars (mostly two guys who each had a Golf) were driving. They we're mostly within the speeding limit, only one of them ended up getting a ticket.
Also was never pulled over as a passenger with friends when they we're driving their nice parents car. I suspect it might be different for high end sports cars though.
56.eric posted on July 08, 2011 at 02:52 AM #hit 0 | hit 0
Don't drive an expensive looking car. Don't drive a trashy looking car. Be white. Have the officer be white. Be a local. Don't be near the border of the state with out of state plates. Drive through a predominately "ethnic" neighborhood. Be polite. Don't be drunk.
Follow those instructions and you'll get out of a ton of tickets
I follow all of these and I still almost always get a ticket. Maybe I just need to crack more jokes or something, rather than being polite, meek and quiet.
I got pulled over about a year ago for having a broken plate light. I didn't even know what a plate light was at the time and when I brought it in to get it replaced, I was informed that it was working fine. In addition to getting a ticket for that, I also received a ticket for having an air freshener hanging from my rear view mirror, and for having my registration or something in the wrong spot. I find it funny that you got out of tickets for having something hanging from your rear view mirror.
Also, the cop that pulled me over is a giant piece of ####.
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< 1 25. Do not have any Coexist, pro-vegetarian, or ACLU bumper stickers on your vehicle.
6. Don't have your recording device in plain view.
Then one of my colleagues explained it to me - I kept my photo ID badge hanging from the rear view mirror announcing my professional affiliation with the local university veterinary hospital, the one that did all the care on the police dogs. Nobody clued me in on its magical powers before, but it turned out to be a well-known phenomenon amongst the faculty.
I got pulled over about a year ago for having a broken plate light. I didn't even know what a plate light was at the time and when I brought it in to get it replaced, I was informed that it was working fine. In addition to getting a ticket for that, I also received a ticket for having an air freshener hanging from my rear view mirror, and for having my registration or something in the wrong spot. I find it funny that you got out of tickets for having something hanging from your rear view mirror.
Also, the cop that pulled me over is a giant piece of ####.
What the heck did you do to him? how is the air freshner against the law?
Seriously, we're you boinking his grilfriend or something?
BTW, since McCoy brought up expensive cars/trahy cars. My own experience (in Europe) is that you are much less likely to be pulled over in a nice looking car. When I was driving my dad's car friday/saturday nights in my late teens early twenties, I was always at least 15mph over the limit, in an area that was knowen to be heavily patrolled around that time. Never got pulled over once.
For comparison, got pulled over 7 times during that time period, when my friends who had their own cars (mostly two guys who each had a Golf) were driving. They we're mostly within the speeding limit, only one of them ended up getting a ticket.
Also was never pulled over as a passenger with friends when they we're driving their nice parents car. I suspect it might be different for high end sports cars though.
I follow all of these and I still almost always get a ticket. Maybe I just need to crack more jokes or something, rather than being polite, meek and quiet.
WTF? Where were you? Did you contest the ticket?
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