Pulled over yesterday

[99-Boxster-MK]

Well, ehhehe I just got my car a few weeks ago, and had a friend in the car so I was showing him the acceleration. We were getting onto a highway mid day, and it was empty so I punched it, and got up to 4th redline which was about 195kph, and then pulled off, and just slowly decelerated back to highway speeds, as there was nobody around me, except for some flashing lights, which I have no idea where they came from.

So I pull over, cop comes up to the window, and says.. Going a little fast back there, AY?? (Canada) Yes, sorry officer I just got the car and was showing my friend how she accelerates. Cop starts lauging, and says. She goes pretty good if I don't say so myself. Smiles, and tells me to drive safely and leaves.

I figured I must of passed him while decelerating, so I wasn't that worried as if he clocked me it was probably only 30-40 over which aint that bad considering I was 95 over (speed limit is 100)

This is the first time I have ever not got a ticket when pulled over. When I was younger I use to get pulled over all the time for the stupetest things, with the most common one being that they are checking whether its a stolen car (as I was driving a 1981 pontiac parisien) and why on earth would I steal that :) ehehehhe

Well I am just happy I didn't get a ticket.

Mike

[Brucelee]

The GODS were with you.

:cheers:

[RandallNeighbour]

Yeah! One win for the Boxster owners!

Sure hope this happens to me every time I get pulled over on my summer vacation to northern california. I plan to do the whole trip at 90mph or what you Canadians would say... 144 kph.

I'd set the cruise at an even higher speed, but the wife is going to be with me.

[xavier405]

Thats a great story, it just made my day.

I have sped past cops on a few occasions (seeing them only at the last minute) and I wondered why they didn't come get me.

On two other occasions, though, I sped past other traffic and I got caught and ticketed. Someone once told me that here in LA you just have to avoid weaving back and forth between cars... I don' t know about that. But I can imagine some leniency as long as you are not endangering a bunch of other slower drivers.

Nice one!

[IceBox]

Cops like cool cars. It's been my experience that the nicer the car, the more lenient/forgiving the police will be. And, though I have loads of respect for the import tuner set, the police don't often include these cars in the 'nice' set. Why is for another post, but I can say I recieved a lowered ticket in my hopped-up Miata, but 3 no-front-license-plate tickets, and was let go twice with no tickets in my NSX. We sometimes forget cops are people too. :dance:

[Pilot2519j]

In NY cops in general they are dicks! They have their quotas to fill and they will find a way to ticket you. Remember the slogan " Here to serve you" should be here to rob as much money as we can from you. Let them go catch criminals not squeeze the middle class of more money.

[Brucelee]

I hang with quite a few CHP cycle cops at my local haunt.

On average, very solid guys. Glad they are on my side!

[Pilot2519j]

I hang with quite a few CHP cycle cops at my local haunt.

On average, very solid guys. Glad they are on my side!

I guess is one of those things East Coast vs. West Coast divergent opinions. I experienced them socially with my kids playing soccer and i found two were stand up guys the rest about 8 were looking for easiest way to go on comp for medical leave. Usually the bad back. As my kids got older I got rid of my social contacts with them and that was the best thing I did. I will leave it at that since this is not the place to discuss these fine gentlemen upholding the law. I have two cousins in the FBI which I am still wondering what happened to them genetically to make them choose that career? What do you think Bruce a lobotomy is in order? :D

[wild1poet2]

I'd imagine cops will ticket Porsches often. On my Harley we might get pulled over for ID checks but no tickets result. No matter the illegal bars, exhausts, helmet or speed. Its a guy thing mostly and most cops are cool, except for a few wankers out there. Its unmanly to cite you for some lame ass violation. But a Porsche is probably a socio economic class thing, I would guess. i will have to watch out.

I'd much rather share the road with any of you at 100mph than some housefrau in a Volvo talking on a cellphone doing 55.

[rbennett]

Thats great LOL :D

Had a simular experience going acrosss the mojave desert from Las Vegas.

Nobody in sight, 30 miles of straight high desert freeway, so I let'er rip, hit 135mph and saw a black dot coming up behind me, about the same time I saw a black dot in the opposite direction.

Eased off the gas as a 911 passed me going about warp 2 (the dilithium crystal was maxed) by my estimation. The other black dot was a CHP, which immediatly turned around and came up behind me, I said to myself and my wife, he is after the 911 not to worry, but NOOO he pulled me over, he asked where I was coming from.

I said Las Wages and if I get a ticket, this is a horrible weekend!

He immediatly closed the ticket book and chukled, I am not ticketing you, just slow it down. And I said I thought you were going after the 911 that passed me, he said, no his partner is 4 miles up the hwy and will stop him and ticket him.

When I got to the 4 mile mark, sure enought he was stopped and the officer was in a heated battle, I gave the fellow brother a thumbs up :)

Regards

[limoncello]

My last DE instructor works with a local town police squad, knew a WHOLE lot about cars and high speed handling, taught me how to properly negotiate one of the harder series of corners on the course. Drives his own car at the track regularly. Very decent guy, a quality individual -

[RandallNeighbour]

The city of Houston just unleashed a reign of terror on drivers here. The city coffers were millions short over last year's income from ticket writing, so the Mayor and the Police Chief got together and decided that all the HPD officers needed to write a lot more tickets.

Oddly enough, we haven't done anything to open up our court system so any ticket written can be dismissed if you call a local lawyer and he tells the judge you have legal counsel and want a jury trial... instantly dismissed. Lawyer charges driver the cost of the ticket he was written.

[deliriousga]

Yeah! One win for the Boxster owners!

Sure hope this happens to me every time I get pulled over on my summer vacation to northern california. I plan to do the whole trip at 90mph or what you Canadians would say... 144 kph.

I'd set the cruise at an even higher speed, but the wife is going to be with me.Let her drive....then she can go as fast as she wants, wink at the officer and drive away. ;)

When I have been pulled over, it's an instant ticket (except for once on father's day). I haven't been pulled over in either Porsche, but I'm sure it will be the same if it happens. She, however, has been 85 in a 55 with no tail lights and barefoot (illegal in the state we were going throug) and no ticket. Just a "replace the tail light fuse at the next exit and have a nice evening". :rolleyes: Pulled over many times and only ticketed once. :eek: It's aggrivating, but nice for the insurance at the same time. At least her size 11 foot has as much lead in it as mine so I don't mind her driving a lot on long trips. :D

[bmussatti]

Let her drive....then she can go as fast as she wants, wink at the officer and drive away. ;)

At least her size 11 foot has as much lead in it as mine so I don't mind her driving a lot on long trips. :D


John, be careful, this may be too much personal information for those Boxster owners with a foot fetish!

[threpwood]

Arnold Schwarzenegger has never had any bike license and I don't think he has ever got any ticket from 1962 until the last accident. Quite a shock.

I guess socio class and looks are important :D

[Dr. Kill]

There was a good article in Excellence in the very late 90s from a cop talking about this very subject. He said that he tends to ticket Porsche drivers less because they tend to be cooler. He said that it was the guys driving the Mustangs and Camaros who gave him the most trouble and hence became his biggest targets. I assume that time has transformed this group from the American muscle car set to any compact import with a huge wing taped to the deck lid.

[Uncle Bob]

I once received a ticket from the "Bear in the Air". No radar detector to find it. A slow moving fixed wing aircraft and 1/8th mile painted markers on the fog line.
Well, I decided I'd better appear as it was a hefty fine ($250+ as I recall)

Got to the courtroom judge says the affidavit from airborne officer is missing. "I have to ask...Would you like me to drop the charges?"

Only time I ever got as scott free from the jaws of death!

[wild1poet2]

Only time I ever got as scott free from the jaws of death!
I once raced an unmarked car(so to speak) and got off with a warning. I had left work late one night and was tired. An unmarked car with a young guy pulled up an inch off my rear at a light and stayed there when it turned green, until the next red, and then again to the next red. Very aggravating. On the next green I launched hard and he stayed with me at the speedo climbed, finally backing off in some twisties. At the next red, he caught up and braked hard to an inch off my rear. Damn, I jumped the red and took off. Throttled down just in time to see a marked cruiser up ahead waiting in a parking lot. He pulled out behind me and lit me up. Said he had me for 3 moving violations, blah blah blah. His unmarked had radioed ahead to him.

He let me off with just a warning to stay safe. I'll let you figure out why. And it wasn't because they were impressed with my skills at losing the unmarked car.

[Dr. Kill]

I once raced an unmarked car(so to speak) and got off with a warning. I had left work late one night and was tired. An unmarked car with a young guy pulled up an inch off my rear at a light and stayed there when it turned green, until the next red, and then again to the next red. Very aggravating. On the next green I launched hard and he stayed with me at the speedo climbed, finally backing off in some twisties. At the next red, he caught up and braked hard to an inch off my rear. Damn, I jumped the red and took off. Throttled down just in time to see a marked cruiser up ahead waiting in a parking lot. He pulled out behind me and lit me up. Said he had me for 3 moving violations, blah blah blah. His unmarked had radioed ahead to him.

He let me off with just a warning to stay safe. I'll let you figure out why. And it wasn't because they were impressed with my skills at losing the unmarked car.

I don't mind when the Cops get all stupid like that as long as they don't give you a ticket for it. Coming home from work a few days ago, I watched a Cop tailgate a woman on I80 in the left lane for close to 5 miles. She started speeding up (I am assuming because he was riding her tail), and when she did, he lit up and pulled her over.

I am hoping that he wanted to pull her over for something else, but from where I was sitting, it looked like he bullied her into a ticket and did so in an unsafe manner.

[wild1poet2]

I am hoping that he wanted to pull her over for something else, but from where I was sitting, it looked like he bullied her into a ticket and did so in an unsafe manner.

My grandfather and greatfather were cops. There was always cops and cop talk around their house growing up. The stop you described won't stick, probably for the same reason my stop turned into a meet and greet. and yes there are cops who will stop a lady for ulterior motives. In the end they get their due. Remember, just because they enforce the law doesn't mean they know the law. and they do an injustice to the good cops. any officers on this forum know what I'm talking about. Its guys like us that got their back.

[Uncle Bob]

You are exactly right, wild1poet2.

I grew up in Southern California. I remember shutting down for 'canyon races' in Tuna and Laurel Canyon. We had to have cop diversions at times. Those were some wild times. I always had a motorcycle, didn't even get a car till I was 18. There was no sense. I got my first ticket at age 13. After second one I was told that "When you are eligible, you won't get one. Keep this up and you won't get one at age 18!" I kept it up and never did get one till I was moved out of state. I always had dirt bikes and many of the tickets were for unliscenced vehicle as well as speeding.
I'm glad I waited till I was almost 53 till I got the Boxster. I may not have lived long to enjoy it at an earlier age!

[Brucelee]

"I have two cousins in the FBI which I am still wondering what happened to them genetically to make them choose that career? What do you think Bruce a lobotomy is in order? "

Well, I feel MUCH better since I had mine!

Seriously, years back, I had the pleasure of interviewing with the FBI and taking the test. I was offered a slot in the training program but did not go that route.

I was impressed with those guys!



:cheers:

[bmussatti]

"I have two cousins in the FBI which I am still wondering what happened to them genetically to make them choose that career? What do you think Bruce a lobotomy is in order? "

Well, I feel MUCH better since I had mine!

Seriously, years back, I had the pleasure of interviewing with the FBI and taking the test. I was offered a slot in the training program but did not go that route.

I was impressed with those guys!



:cheers:


Are/were any of you CPA's? I hear the FBI takes a lot of them. White color crime and all that good stuff!

[Brucelee]

"Are/were any of you CPA's? I hear the FBI takes a lot of them. White color crime and all that good stuff!"

Back when I was chatting with them, they wanted accountants and lawyers. I had an undergrad accounting degree and MBA in finance so I was in the que.

I understand they have added forensic computer scientists to their most wanted list.

:cheers:

[wild1poet2]

"Are/were any of you CPA's? I hear the FBI takes a lot of them. White color crime and all that good stuff!"

:cheers:

This is funny. I interviewed and got an offer w/ fbi out of undergrad too, but went big 8 instead. The idea of going to Quantico for small arms training sounded like fun. But for obvious reasons they posted you in an area far away from friends and family.

Gee, we'd all be retired on Federal pensions by now. :rolleyes:

[Brucelee]

"Gee, we'd all be retired on Federal pensions by now"

Yes, or dead.

My concern was that they said I could be assigned anywhere, including Des Moines!

So, given that, it seemed like a good deal to pass!

:cheers:

[Brucelee]

Life has changed. See below!



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[wild1poet2]

Life has changed. See below!



starting salaries have gone up too!! :rolleyes:

[bmussatti]

"Gee, we'd all be retired on Federal pensions by now"

Yes, or dead.

My concern was that they said I could be assigned anywhere, including Des Moines!

So, given that, it seemed like a good deal to pass!

:cheers:


Hey Brucelee, there is a Porsche dealer in Des Moines!!!

[Brucelee]

I have been to Des Moines. Even a Porsche is not sufficient to get me to move there!

:cheers:

"Hey Brucelee, there is a Porsche dealer in Des Moines!!!"

[mquillen]

Cops aren't supposed to be judge and jury, but if I were a cop and the only infraction was speeding, I'd note the type and ability of the vehicle, the amount of tread on the tires, and the sobriety, age and overall alertness of the driver, if all were in order, I'd tell them to be on their way and to slow down. Too often the wrong drivers and cars get the tickets. There are cars and drivers that are going to fast for their abitilities even at the posted speed limit.

[Rail26]

I just got pulled over going to work (Friday). I am doing 75 in a 60 (I-10), not too bad right? Well my radar detector goes off as a bus passes on the other side of the highway. The school busses have X band something so my detector constantly goes off as one goes by. Anyway, I ignore the warning and bam! a cruiser comes up behind me at warp speed with sirens wailing. I have been pulled over before in other cars and have never had the siren on. Anyway, he got out of his car so fast I really thought I was in trouble. He comes over and says he clocked me going 75...I apologized and didn't argue. He sees my flight suit and asks if I am a pilot...I say yes and I'm late for a training flight to San Diego. He says he is a pilot also and says be careful and lets me go...didn't even say slow down! I wanted to buy the guy a beer, but I promptly put my turn signal on...safely merged with traffic and thanked my lucky stars.

[bmussatti]

You should have told him the story about how you got back from Arizona!

Rail26, how did things work out with the Deminished Value Claim??

[Rail26]

I have been playing phone tag with the adjuster. To his credit, I have been in and out of the country for the last month. I did get quotes from 3 separate dealers and the diminshed value averaged 1500.00. I will let you know how it turns out...oh and by the way, ixnay on the Arizonay.

[mach schnell]

I haven't used this excuse yet, but have many collegues who swear it works when you get pulled over:

The white lab coat in the passenger seat and your hospital ID badge and a little, "sorry officer, I've got a patient in the hospital that needs my immediate attention!" Of course, a diffult officer (and, if you're not actually on your way to the hospital) and your plans might be interrrupted with a trip to the hospital and hope to god you find a quick minded RN who will jump in on the plan with you!

[bmussatti]

I haven't used this excuse yet, but have many collegues who swear it works when you get pulled over:

The white lab coat in the passenger seat and your hospital ID badge and a little, "sorry officer, I've got a patient in the hospital that needs my immediate attention!" Of course, a diffult officer (and, if you're not actually on your way to the hospital) and your plans might be interrrupted with a trip to the hospital and hope to god you find a quick minded RN who will jump in on the plan with you!


What about that whole Hippocratic Oath thing? This kind of approach seems to really "fly-in-the-face" of it IMHO.

[mach schnell]

right- hippo oath - do no harm - to ones check book and driving record and insurance rates :D .

Remember, I have not had occassion to need an excuse to get out of a ticket!

Bmussatti - feel free to buy a white lab coat, make a hospital badge and reseve the kit for "get out of a tix" pass