got a ticket

[MustangEater8251]

Originally posted by Skapimp:
... I still have the worst driving record on this board [img]graemlins/twak.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/twak.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/slap.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/slap.gif[/img] :(

It sucks... some of the stuff I did, well was worth the ticket, but most of it not worth the hassles. I have wasted easily $1500+ just in fines along for tickets.

[chas]

i am always polite when pulled over. they get the 'sir' and zero foul langauge. whining and begging with the officer isnt going to help either (and likely just annoy). could explain why i get warnings sometimes (and that >20 over was written up as +19 instead which i consider a rather nice favor since >20 over is reckless driving in virginia and requires a court appearance).

[Blue Flame V6]

What is a highway social security number?

Sorry forgot the comma there.

So your from colorado right? and you got a tint ticket anyway in Kansas? Even though you are from out of state?

If so, that sucks.

I lived in colorado for 1 1/2 years I just haven't updated my profile.

as far as times I have been pulled over I am over 70 times pulled over with 14 tickets. lol

5 or 6 got dropped in court because they were BS tickets.

What aspect of the ticket do you want to fight? Were you doing 80 in a 70? Do you believe your tint falls within the legal limits of the jurisdiction?

If you believe you were not doing 80 mph in a 70 mph zone and you are not guilty of the charges then, as Domestic Violence points out, a real lawyer would do you better than an "Internet" lawyer.

my whole point of this is I'm looking to keep it off my record is all. I don't have a problem paying the ticket cause I know I was doing about 77 mph because my speedometer is off slightly.and I was doing 79 on my speedometer. I'm just looking basically if trying to get it marked down to 9 mile an hour over would be something they would do. I have a decent driving record still and I am trying to keep it that way. The tickets I have got are usually non moving stuff that the cops are just bored and wanna see if I have drugs in the car. I don't mean that as an *** to cops for about a year they kept wanting to search my car for drugs when I first got it.

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

Originally posted by Domestic Violence:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by OrangeBird:
quick question for domestic...ive heard from former CHP, that if you speed or made an illegal U-turn, etc.. and got pulled over, that you are not supposed to admit what you did wrong even if you know what you did was wrong. He said, that by admiting he can use that in court and secondly he will be less likely to let you go and be an @ss about it since you disregard the law. is that true? and whats your take on this

police officers have one thing for them that works solely to your benefit: discretion. they have discretion on whether or not you get a ticket. i assure you that when you do get a ticket, it is nothing personal.

my primary job is traffic so i'm sort of a traffic nazi. if you see my lights behind you, you can almost be certain you are going to get a ticket. in that respect, i will make it as quick as possible and not hold you up any longer than i have to; that is unless you decide to argue and i decide to add some time to the stop. in writing loads of tickets, my job is also to determine where most of the accidents occur, what roads are more dangerous, who is the maniac living on your street, things like that. i routinely work with street maintenance departments to fix problem areas. i work on ways to make traffic flow better so you're not held up in traffic all day. i work to get speed limits raised or lowered. i work to insure that you and your loved ones get home safely and quickly, whether it be you or someone else doing something excessive that could cause an accident. i want to be the one people fear when they drive through my city. i want them to abide by the law so we don't have accidents; like the one monday where a person was killed.

patrol officers don't ordinarily go hunting for traffic tickets. they hunt for traffic stops. less than 2% of all crimes committed are caught by police officers while the offense is being committed. that being the case, traffic stops allow an officer to come into contact with more people thus allowing more people to be checked on, more property to be inspected, etc. that leads to more stolen property recovered, more wanted people taken off the streets, more contraband confiscated, more drugs off the street, etc. traffic laws are still enforced, but there are more agendas with a general patrol officer. they may stop a car because of the house they just left from. we have patrol guys who love popping expired stickers. they get loads of arrests out of that. one guy took a colt python from a dopehead felon last week over an inspection sticker. i can't even begin to tell you how much crap i've discovered off of simple traffic stops.

when you look at agencies, a larger agency has the burden of running from call to call. smaller agencies have more time to work traffic and conduct more investigations. it doesn't mean they're butt holes, it means they're doing their job. would you rather them sit on their butt at the donut store or try and find your stolen stereo?

now that you know the jist of it, it all depends on who stops you and what their motivation is. when i'm in a bad mood, i actually write less tickets than when i'm in a good mood. when you're in a bad mood, do you feel like going out and busting your azz at work? i don't get a raise for writing more tickets. the state says i can't get any kind of reward for writing tickets. if i didn't write tickets though, would you be still be cautious of your driving if you knew you wouldn't be penalized for it?

all that backstory for some simple questions. if you're an azz to me or not, you're probably going to get a ticket. i hate writing nice people tickets, but it's not against the law to be an a-hole and a traffic violation is still a traffic violation. if you're a serious a-hole, you're probably going to get more than you would have gotten had you just kept your mouth shut.

anything you say about the stop can be used against you. i produce video of my stops in court. defense attorneys will tell you all day long to keep quiet, but guess who blurts out admission to their mistakes before i even tell them why i stopped them? defense attorneys.

just be polite about it. if they come off like a butt and you are polite, they won't look good in court if you ask to see video. if you are an a-hole, they won't ever forget you and any chance you had of getting a warning probably just went out the window.

some cops come off like real pricks. i work with some great guys, but if they stopped me, i'd think they were buttholes. it's not that they're trying to be, but they sure seem like it. they are essentially using their voice to gain compliance. if you're stern with people, sometimes they are less likely to argue. they don't treat people bad, but their demeanor just makes it seem that way. i usually get a 'thank you' after my stops. i try to be nice. many people have complained on me for being rude or treating them badly. sadly for them, i produce video showing how much of a jerk they were and i was still calm and polite towards them. i understand it's just their immaturity to get back at me out of spite. usually when i write you, i forget about you unless you go to court. i wrote 19 tickets today. i couldn't tell you a single name of any of the people i stopped. i'd say roughly 40% of my traffic stops result in me getting cussed at, called names, threatened to be fired, not having anything better to do, stuff like that. i've heard it all and am pretty immune to losing any sleep over it. it's just good for a short laugh after the stop. when i run across someone who is polite, it's a relief. imagine if at your job, almost half of the people you dealt with pretty much told you they hate your guts and called you all sorts of names? after a while, you start to develop less pity for people when you do stop them. when i first started, i hated writing people tickets. now, i can write 90 year old blue hairs their very first ticket.

i don't know if this makes any sense to you, but maybe you at least understand the other side of it. even if they come off like a butt, be polite and i bet they change their tune with you. whether you want to admit to it or not is your business. next time you see that officer, he'll probably let you off or wave, depending on how you come into contact. just remember, if you're a butt, he won't forget. </font>[/QUOTE]ok

if you get pulled over, is it better to have all the paper work ready for the officer while hes runing the plates, and hand it to him when he asks?

or just wait for him to walk up to the window and then get it out?

i have heard both,

1. getting it before could look like you getting out a gun or something.

2. officer dont like waiting, the second time i was pulled over it telling me to hurry up i bump the car into drive and start moving forward (like 3 inches, my 89 maro tranny was messup and didn't have it hit the button to move the shifter)

????? thanks

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

an if you think civ suck try getting pulled over on a AFB

millitary ID,
Divers ID
insuracne
paper work saying car is aloud on base,
REG

[L32Projekt]

LOL viper, I have to ask for that stuff all the time. You'd be surprised how many people I catch driving without insurance, or their current registration, etc. I'd suggest having the stuff where you KNOW you'll find it, and keep your hands on the steering wheel until the officer makes contact with you. Only after he asks, get it out. I hate waiting for ppl to find all that stuff, but I'd rather see their hands when I approach a vehicle. Here's the perfect scenario:

I approach, the offender has their hands on the steering wheel the whole time until I ask for their stuff. They then reach over, get their reg/insurance (without searching, and handing me the up to date crap, not the expired ones), license, mil. ID (doesn't have to be in that order) and sit quietly until I come back from running their information. Everyone acts nicey-nicey, and you either get a citation or don't.

Of course, that's just in a perfect world! :D

[mjparme]

as far as times I have been pulled over I am over 70 times pulled over with 14 tickets. lol

Holy $hit. Do you know how to drive?

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

Originally posted by L32Projekt:
LOL viper, I have to ask for that stuff all the time. You'd be surprised how many people I catch driving without insurance, or their current registration, etc. I'd suggest having the stuff where you KNOW you'll find it, and keep your hands on the steering wheel until the officer makes contact with you. Only after he asks, get it out. I hate waiting for ppl to find all that stuff, but I'd rather see their hands when I approach a vehicle. Here's the perfect scenario:

I approach, the offender has their hands on the steering wheel the whole time until I ask for their stuff. They then reach over, get their reg/insurance (without searching, and handing me the up to date crap, not the expired ones), license, mil. ID (doesn't have to be in that order) and sit quietly until I come back from running their information. Everyone acts nicey-nicey, and you either get a citation or don't.

Of course, that's just in a perfect world! :D

what base you at?

[ReodDai]

I normally wait till the cop gets to my window and tell him where everything is and ask him if I can get them. Also shut her down and put my keys on the dash.

[Blue Flame V6]

Originally posted by mjparme:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />as far as times I have been pulled over I am over 70 times pulled over with 14 tickets. lol

Holy $hit. Do you know how to drive? </font>[/QUOTE]Ya most of them are for really dumb **** like squirt guns, fog lights, trying to beat some dudes *** you threw something in the window @ my g/f @ the time. As far as the tickets most of them are ones that get dissmissed like defective equipment or no proof of insurance nothing to big. That is the cops in my towns favorite one to write because no fine if you actually have it and they look proactive @ pulling people over and issuing citations.

[Domestic Violence]

Originally posted by viper04af:
i have heard both,

1. getting it before could look like you getting out a gun or something.

2. officer dont like waiting, the second time i was pulled over it telling me to hurry up i bump the car into drive and start moving forward (like 3 inches, my 89 maro tranny was messup and didn't have it hit the button to move the shifter)

????? thanks

when you play around in the car before a stop, cops can perform what's called a protective sweep to look for weapons. there have to be "furtive movements" that make the officer believe you are hiding something under the seat. in the protective sweep, an officer can only look around your immediate area. the cop can't go searching through your trunk on a sweep. 2 weeks ago, we took a colt python off a dopehead who made "furtive movements" while pulling over.

don't have that stuff ready, but keep it nearby. digging for it looks suspicious. i don't know what you're digging for. i've had a few people dig for guns and hide dope. nothing annoys me more than having to wait 30 minutes for you to find your insurance. i hate that. i want to get out of that situation just as fast as you do so don't make it last any longer than it has to. plus, i don't like standing on the side of the road with cars whipping by at 70 while you goof off in your car looking for a paper. i normally just write for no insurance and send you on your way. you can always get it dismissed if you had it. the ticket isn't for failing to show proof, but for failing to have it. if you don't carry proof, it's probable cause to believe you don't have it. so if you show you did have it, it's not a violation.

it also works if you hold your head in shame and stick out your bottom lip. :D