Found this amusing....

[HighwayProwlerz]

Has anyone ever had to have a ticket written off for or whatever and have the cop pratically drool all over your car?

That happened to me today when I went up to the police station to have a ticket written off for plate covers. He was totally checking out my ride, asking me questions about it like how long I have had it? Have you done anything under the hood? Have you taken it to the track? Then he was checking out my interior.... I found it amusing.

Then he kept insisting my front windshield was tinted (even though it's not). I had to tell him 10 times it wasn't. I told him that I had just given it a wash and wax job (which I did last night). He only about 80% believed me and said that he wouldn't cite me for it (which that's good because there would be no way to get that one signed off!!). And I am surprised he didn't cite me for my blacked out taillights. Guess he just was digging my car too much. :)

[matts]

if you're windshield isn't really tinted and he wrote you a ticket, then how could you NOT get it thrown out? not too long ago i was in my dad's truck and a cop wanted me to scratch the windshield with a knife to see if it was tinted.

i've went on a ride along with a cop and he pulled a couple people over to strictly ask them about thier vehicle lol. so yeah, i've seen it happen. i was with a friend in his mustang and a cop started asking him all kinds of questions about it. we tried to get him to race us.......but he said he couldn't :lol:

[jayhawk]

Welll.......kinda.

I got pulled over about a year and half ago, and the cop was curious why I had no backseat. So I was explaining this to him, and he got really curious, so I popped my hood, showed him the lowering springs, the stripped trunk, what I planned to do, told him about GAOC (he owns a Grand Am)....

He reduced my charge! How cool was that??

[HighwayProwlerz]

Well I am glad he didn't cite me for the windshield.

[matts]

but that's my question. if you're windshield isn't tinted how could he write you a ticket for it? i mean, he COULD, but i'd be damned if i paid it :lol: and if he's very smart there's ways to tell if a windshield is tinted

[HighwayProwlerz]

That's what I'm saying. He was SOO convinced it was though. I invited him to feel the dot matrix on the window to see that it wasn't tinted.

[Jordon'sGrandAm]

thats just crazy.

[Night Wolf]

Over the summer (DeVille time :D) a cop followed me into my driveway..... I was kneeling on the gorund checking out a little door ding on the passenger door when the cop pulled in, I was like WTF, so I went over....the cop kinda knew me (I guess) from something else, becuase he knew I lived here with my mother....this is what happened:

Hey
Hi
So you live here with your mother?
yeah
Is that her car?
no, that's my car
Your mother is not home?
she is, her car is in the shop *I think getting the carb rebuilt*
So that's your car **eyeing car**
yeah
Wow! that is one really nice car
Thanks
**looking at car more) **
damn, that really is a nice clean car
Thanks, I recently got it form Florida
Nice

then he said how he stopped by to ask me if I saw a blue 80's DeVille becuase there was a hit and run with the DeVille and he thought I may have seen it, I said I didn't so he was like, oh, well thanks anyway, have a nice day, I said you too, and he left........ that was the only time anything ever happened with a cop....but I would always get that "that's YOUR car" type of thing when asked whos car it was.....I havn't got any comments on the Olds though.... well, a few people who think it's my first car are like, wow, that's nice you have a big car as your first car, so I am like, well, it is just my winter car, it is kinda small..... my DeVille is bigger.... then they are kinda in shock and like .....oh...... Although the Olds is bigger then a regular new sedan, it is still small to me :D

[TA^Guy]

My wife took the GA down to the police station to get our VIN number acid etched into the glass. The guy doing it was asking her alot of questions about the car and the car club.

About 8 years ago I worked at a full servicwe car wash. A police officer from a neighboring town would come in all the time and get the cruiser washed. One day he was bragging about his new patrol car and how it was LT1 powered. Opened the hood and everything for me. He said 'it's fast, but I bet not as fast as that' and pointed over to the lot at my '92 Z28. I laughed and told him it was my car and he went over and took a good look at it and said it was very nice. A few weeks later I was leaving as they were drying his car. My tires spun a little as they went though a puddle when I pulled into traffic. A few blocks down the road he rolled up next to me at a traffic light. Looking over with a grin I saw him edge forward a bit. I knew he was a nice guy and not in his own town so what the hell. Light turned green and I hammered it up to about 35 and backed off. And roll up along side me smiling and waving his finger as if I shouldn't do that. I just laughed and waved back.

[HighwayProwlerz]

LOL!! Great stories!

[Bouchie11982]

:rofl2: damn...you would NEVER see that in my town LOL..cops are jerks here...they will ticket u if u have a nice car..

[Entombed GT]

:lol:

I don't have a cop drooling over my ride related story. but this is kind of close.

I was driving I-4 from Tampa to Orlando one Friday evening after work when I was in the process of moving in with my g/f. This is back when I had my Blazer. On this particular trip, I had all of my guitar equipment in the back. So, the truck basically looked like a music store.

Anyway, Liz called to see when I was planning on getting there and in the course of our brief conversation I passed into a construction zone. The speed limit dropped from 65 to 55 and I was doing, probably about 67 or 68. I didn't even notice the speed sign and the next thing I know, there's a state trooper flashing his blues at me.

I tell Liz I'll call her back and that I'm getting pulled over. I pull over to the side of the road and wait for the cop to walk up to my truck. At that point I figured out what I'd done so I wasn't going to try and B.S. him. He asks for the pertinent info and then the usual question, do you know why I pulled you over.

I tell him what was going on, how I didn't notice the change in speed limit and that I was going maybe a couple miles over what I actually thought the speed limit to be, so I wasn't trying to speed...I just fugged up and didn't see the sign (Mind you, they'll post construction zone signs down here all the time and not drop the speed limit).

He takes my license back to his cruiser and I wait about 5 minutes. He finally walks back to my truck, holding his ticket book and writing my tag info and vehicle description down. He comes to my window and while still writing, not even looking up at me, he asks, "That's a nice rig you've got in the back there. What kind of guitar do you have?"

So I tell him I've got an Epiphone Les Paul Studio knock off.

"That's cool," he says, "I've got a Flying V and a B.C. Rich Warlock myself. What kind of music do you play?"

I tell him I'm into death metal and metal in general. He stops writing and looks up at me.

"Really? What bands," he asks.

I start rattling off a list of bands and I guess one of the ones I named was Cannibal Corpse and he waits until I finish and starts going on and on about how much likes them in particular.

I'm absolutely blown away at this point. So I tell him, "Well, you know I'm actually living with their guitarist, Pat O'Brien and his girlfriend over in Tampa right now. I'm just in the process of moving to Orlando to be with my girlfriend."

The cop is pretty stoked to hear that and asks what they're like. I tell him they're all cool guys and speak on that for a few more moments. We then go back and forth a little bit more about a few other bands on the side of freaking I-4 at 5:30 PM with traffic screaming past us.

Finally he cuts things short by saying, "Well it's good to hear that there's people out there still listening to this s**t. Do me a favor and pay a little bit more attention to the signs, OK?"

"You got it, no problem," I tell him.

"OK, have a good evening, sir," he says, walks back to his car, gets in, and takes off. Doesn't even give me the ticket he wrote out!

Now that was the coolest cop I've ever been pulled over by.

[sunrunner_pei]

"RCMP Loves GAOC". 'nuff said. :lol:

[HighwayProwlerz]

I wish I could get that lucky when I get pulled over. EVERYTIME I have been pulled over I have been given a ticket. No warning, EVER. So far in the past year I have had 3 speeding tickets in the GA and it's been pulled over 4 times. The other time was my husband driving and the guy just gave him a warning. What BS! I want a warning.....

Anyway, cool story Entombed. :)

[FusionGT]

Alright Ill chime in....

The best cop story I have was from when I was a junior in Highschool. Well it was a warm night right before school was to let out, and I was out cruising in my little import. I had just got done installing my intake a few hours prior. I had been good all day (no redlining, or anything) when I ended up behind a police cruiser. Well of course, I followed all the rules until the cop decided to turn off the road. At that point I figured, "hey the cops out of sight, now its time to open up that intake" I make one last look around to make sure theres no one I could be endangering. All I can see is a pair of headlights about about eight carlengths back. I figured it was nothing so I punched it and gave the car hell. I hit about 80 before I decided to shut down because I was approaching my neighborhood. Well I turn in to my neighborhood and am approaching my house when I notice the strobe lights behind me. "UHOH"

Turned out that pair of headlights behind me when I took off was the local K-9 cop's explorer. I was scared...I thought I was done, there was no explanation for my actions. So the cop comes up to my window...and the conversation went like this

cop: Do I even need to tell you why your pulled over
me: *shakes head no*
cop: How fast where you going? I had to do 75 to catch you
me: 70 (ok so i fibbed, I mean I was still roasted but why make it worse?)
cop: You had a cop in front of you...and behind you, and you still decide to play mario andretti?
me: *silence*
cop: Of all the stupid *trails off* Well....wait I second, I know you. Ive met you during Dare Programs and up at the highschool...You live at this address right?
me: Yes Sir
the cop walks back to his truck
he comes back...
cop: Well I need to teach you a lesson, but I also know your a good kid. So heres a ticket for failure to obey traffic signals...
me: I understand
cop: Understand though, if you try to fight the ticket Im giving you, Ill nail you for your original infraction
me: yes sir
cop: Now get home, and have yourself a safe evening.

He was the coolest cop I ever met...

[ladiesmanga]

Originally posted by matts

i've went on a ride along with a cop and he pulled a couple people over to strictly ask them about thier vehicle lol. so yeah, i've seen it happen. i was with a friend in his mustang and a cop started asking him all kinds of questions about it. we tried to get him to race us.......but he said he couldn't :lol:

I've raced a cop before. In my town, which is small, they all know me and my crew (and are generally the most corrupt cops you've ever seen). Well, one day were all sitting in our parking lot, and this one cop pulls up and challenges us. My Cavy I was driving at the time couldn't beat him.

[HighwayProwlerz]

I wish I could be as lucky and get off with a minor infraction instead of 95 in a 65 (my first ticket) or 63 in a 40 (my second ticket)... oh well.

Cool stories!!

[p8ntman442]

on the other end of the spectrum... one time i got pulled over and the cop was telling me i had no sticker on my plate, well long story short after i found my plates when my dad took them, i put them on in the wrong spots, the sticker was on the front plate no bigge. Then the cop was like well i just saw the car and thought it might be plate fraud. Just because the car had rust on it. I kept my trap shut, but i wanted to tell him to piss of. :mad:

[HighwayProwlerz]

Oops! Good thing you didn't get in trouble. The cop could have been a dick about it.

[Big Joe]

Ok well might as well put my 2 cents in. Me and my friend both love our cars always working on them together. One day we're working on my friends camaro, putting a cai and red fog lights to match the color of his car witch both happen to be illegal not to metion the tints he already has. Now niether of us have a garage so were just parked on the side of 261st Street in the bronx by his house working on the car. A Cop on foot patrol walks up to us and starts askin questions me and my friend were gettin nervous well him more then me cause it was his car. Hes like oh those fog lights really go well with the car and just starts talkin about car stuff finally just said ok have a nice day and walked off. Turned out to be a really cool guy

[TA^Guy]

Entombed you were only doing 68mph on I-4?
lol j/k when I was down there I was doing like 80mph on I-4 and had old people in Lincolns flying past me. hehehe

I got so used to it coming from Miami to Orlando I averaged about 100mph the whole way. I guess I jsut got lucky, but I wasn't the only one driving that fast, there were atleast 3 other cars going just as fast or faster than I was.

:)

[matts]

i was going to little rock one day and on the one stretch of the highway there's a concrete divider for about 25-30 miles. and cops can't get through. so the only way a cop can get you really is if he's on the same side as you (unless he calls ahead. i know), so everyone usually cruises at 85 or 90. well, i was pluggin along at about 100. my dad told me that when the median ended that i needed to slow down. well i did, i hit the brake to stop the cruise and i started coasting. i coasted for about a half mile before the median ended and about a 1/4 miles AFTER the concrete barrier ended i look up and see a white car coming across the grass. it was actaully kind of funny to see the rooster tail of grass behind the car. i let off the gas but didn't apply any brakes like i should have. anyways, it was a cop, and he wanted ME. not any of the other people going about the same speed lol. he got me 88 in a 65 and wouldn't cut me ANY kind of slack. i even told him the truth, i was on my way to the airport to pick up my mom and i didn't want to be late. it was kind of aggrevating because i called the court house and they wouldn't let me mail it in (i don't know why), i had to bring it in and pay it. so i had to travel about an hour each way just to pay that dang ticket.

[Entombed GT]

Originally posted by TA^Guy
Entombed you were only doing 68mph on I-4?
lol j/k when I was down there I was doing like 80mph on I-4 and had old people in Lincolns flying past me. hehehe

I got so used to it coming from Miami to Orlando I averaged about 100mph the whole way. I guess I jsut got lucky, but I wasn't the only one driving that fast, there were atleast 3 other cars going just as fast or faster than I was.

:)

Yeah...I-4 is a freaking race track. And, yes, our old people love to speed as much as anyone else...Except when you're in a hurry they tend to inately know this and all slow down to 10 under. :lol:

[HighwayProwlerz]

matts..... that sucks!!! Good thing that didn't happen to me because 2 out of the 4 tickets my husband and I have gotten (in the past year mind you) happened 200+ miles from our home.

[ladiesmanga]

I just pulled off the impossible! I was going to work and since there was no one really around decided to go about 90, in a 55. So I was just cruisin when I noticed a truck with lights on top appearing behind me, coming fast. I thought it was a utility truck at first, but started to slow down. Then the car was on my ass, and I KNEW it was a cop. So i'm over in the left lane, and he's still on my ass. So I figure i'll let him pass me.....

I go into the other lane, he follows me and throws on his lights. I pull over, and he comes to my car and I notice he's a state trooper. State Troopers, of course, don't care, ever, and never cut slack....EVER.....

So he asks me if I knew why I was getting pulled over, and I said matter of factly, "I'm not going to jerk you around, I was going about 90.". The cop looked surprised and said, "Oh...why are you going that fast?", and I said, "I'm on my way to work, and i'm late.", so he said, "Oh..." again and went back to his car with my stuff. He came back, and said I had a warning and to slow down!

I know have the Warning slip on display in my car for all to see.

[HighwayProwlerz]

Again, like I said before.... you guys are soooo lucky. I'd love to have gotten a warning for my first ticket.... and for the second, well let's just say 8 hours in traffic school is gonna suck.

[ladiesmanga]

Originally posted by HighwayProwlerz
Again, like I said before.... you guys are soooo lucky. I'd love to have gotten a warning for my first ticket.... and for the second, well let's just say 8 hours in traffic school is gonna suck.

Well, my first ticket was both cool and sucked....

I was driving home from school, and there was a cop who would often hunt kids on the end of the street. Now, a bunch of high school kids are obviously going to rip out of the parking lot everyday. I just happened to be the first to leave that day, and got nailed, and got a ticket (40 in a 25). But then, this is where the cool part comes in. Mind you i've had my license for all of a week at this point, and the cop decides to follow me....for some reason....so i'm reading my ticket and trying to drive and I come to a traffic light. Still reading my ticket and nervous because the cop is behind me, I see the car in front of me go, so I go. When I look up, I realize the light is red, and I roll into the middle of the intersection. Sure enough, the lights go on, I get pulled again, 5 minutes later. The cop didn't give me a ticket for that though....I would have lost my license....he just yelled at me.

The only other encounter I had I got mostly out of because i'm a member of a volunteer fire department. I was speeding (not too much) and the cop pulled me over. He said because of that, he'd write me a ticket for my brake light being out instead of speeding. Funny part was, my brake light wasn't out....but it was like a $20 fine so I said screw it and paid it.

[92CamaroRS]

still yet to get a ticket. been pulled over quite a bit tho. i think its around 10-12 times now. havent been pulled over for a good two months now. the greatest is i always seem to get a warning. no tickets what so ever. its great. got clocked one time for doing 71 in a 55 and another for doing 55 in a 25(how the hell i got out of that one is beond me(didnt even have my licence with me)) oh well. i guess cops just like me. have yet to be pulled over with the camaro. hopefully i will never get a ticket with it as i cant afford the insurance increase.

[HighwayProwlerz]

You guys are so lucky. My dad got pulled over once for doing 105 in a 35 in his '95 Z28 LT1. He got a warning!!

Must be because I'm a girl..... I dunno.

[Entombed GT]

Originally posted by HighwayProwlerz
You guys are so lucky. My dad got pulled over once for doing 105 in a 35 in his '95 Z28 LT1. He got a warning!!

Must be because I'm a girl..... I dunno.

Isn't the being a girl thing supposed to work in your favor? Maybe all the cops where you live are gay or something... :lol:

[Einhander]

Originally posted by FusionGT

cop: Understand though, if you try to fight the ticket Im giving you, Ill nail you for your original infraction


I'm pretty sure he can't nail you for something thats not on the ticket. Your only being charged for whats on the ticket, if he says you were speeding, deny deny deny. 9 time outta ten it wont matter because he needs evidence, mostly he needs evidence to back up his accusation.

[prescilla]

Yup, just got my first ticket in two years on sunday, I was doing 91km in a 70 zone. He was going to get me for doing 20 over, whick is 144.00 and loss of five points, but I think He knew that that one would be a hard one for court. Anyways know I'am out 84 bucks.