I'm the luckiest person today (Wed)

[chuck]

I'm the unluckiest person ever then. I got pulled over on I-24 heading back to school, about 100 miles outside of Louisville. I was like is there a problem officer? And he was like you were speeding, and I KNEW I was not speeding. I was like, umm, how fast was I going, he tells me 77 in a 60. Well, I look in front of me, and not even 10 feet in front of where I stopped, there is a speed limit sign, and guess what that speed limit sign said, 70!! I was like sir, are you serious? There is a sign right there it says 70. He started gettin pissed I think right about here. He was like BACK THERE IN THE CONSTRUCTION ZONE, it was 60. I was like construction zone? I didn't see a sign or any constructions. His response was, YOU DIDN'T SEE THOSE ORANGE CONES? (Apparently orange cones now means "You are in a construction zone" because thats the only place the exist). Me, being a dumbass, was like, shit, I must have missed them. I already knew this guy was giving me a ticket so I kept bein a dick cause I wasn't about to pay it, not when a sign 10 feet in front of me said 70 and hes giving me one for 77. He came back saying somethin about court and I was like do you really think I'm going to drive back here to come to court. He yelled at me for interupting him. I was like uh huh w/e yea, and kept bein a dick to him. He shouldn't have yelled at me god damn it. So yea, my final comment was, what about all those people going like, 85 in front of me? "I pulled you over cause I clocked you going 77"..Shouldn't that have been his first comment? This cop can lick my balls and die.

come on timmy, i figured you'd be smarter than that...

did you go back and look to see if their were signs?? that would have been the first thing i did, if there were no signs then that would get dropped in court unless the speedlimit was just 60 anyway, then you are just speeding and guilty as charged. so he gives pisses you off a little but, then you be a dick to him on purpose, not a good idea. cops can do whatever they want, but they can't always get away with whatever they want to. the only thing you should have done was been mr nice boy from the time you pulled over. but yeah, "i pulled you over cause i clocked you going 77 should have been his first comment" but you said something first and from the sound of it he told you why he pulled you over as soon as you finally gave him a chance. and so what if the speed limit was already 70, you were still speeding.

the best thing you can do when a cop pulls you over is be as polite and respectful as you can (no matter how much of an a-hole the cop may be, i've had 2 jerk cops appoligize to me after i just sat there and took everything they had to throw at me), also make the cop feel comfortable (especially at night).

in general, when he hits the blues just throw on your blinker, pull over as far as you can so they have plenty of room to stand away from any traffic and roll down your window, don't figit for your lisence and reg (cops hate when you do that and shove it in their face when they come to your window). the cop comes and asks for lisc and reg and i always say something along the lines of "its in my wallet/glovebox, let me get it for you" then i move slowly making sure not to look at the cop while i am doing this (this makes them suspicious). just give them you shit, let them run you for warrants, etc. and take the ticket. in certian states, when all is said and done you can ask to see the laser/radar gun (but look at the ticket first, if you were doing 100mph in a 25 and the cop writes the ticket for 35 in a 25 then obviously don't ask to see the gun. i've been pulled over at least 20 times and only have 1 ticket on my record. the others were either written off as warnings or the cop gave me a slip saying how i could get the charges dropped (some small cities do this, especially to out of towners who are polite and respectful, you still have to pay a portion of the fine and the city still makes their money but you don't have the ticket on your record anymore).


but just remember a cop won't write you any ticket if you aren't doing anything illegal, if you are then you are and that's why you get a ticket and no one to blame but yourself.




and congrats jason, always nice to get what you give when a cop pulls you over; respect and honest