How many times have you been pulled over...

[DarlaS]

In 23 years of driving, I've been pulled over twice. I didn't get a ticket either time. I cannot imagine why though as this year, I was caught doing 62 in a 45.

[DarlaS]

I was pulled over a TON as a teen because 1) I looked really young and 2) I worked and went to school full time, I drove home late at night a lot. They were often trolling for drunk drivers and would use any excuse to pull you over.

 

 

That was why I got pulled over the first time and let off with a warning. It was a nice young police officer who just told me to slow down. I still had my work uniform on, and was obviously sober (and sorta frightened!). :tongue_smilie:

 

I remember showing him that the dash lights were out in my car and that I usually used a lighter to check my speed, but could not find it that night.

 

The female officer that was with him didn't seem so inclined to be understanding. I had turned off on a side road and she asked me if was my usual route home. I replied "I can get there from here". I was sort of dumbfounded she implied I might be trying to outrun them in an '85 Ford Escort--and my usual response to dumbfoundedness is to be a smart@$$. :tongue_smilie:

 

Fortunately, I am older now and have mostly learned when to shut my mouth. :D

[LaxMom]

Other: I've not been pulled over in the past year. I've been pulled over 3 times in 24 years: once for driving funny (I had developed a wretched stomach thing after finishing my mid-term and was driving home, apparently under the speed limit and without a lot of grace leaving the college parking lot. The cop followed me home in case I needed to stop), once for having expired tags (computer glitch at the MVA did not send me an emissions testing order and, since my emissions hadn't been tested, did not send me a renewal notice. $15, I challenged it per the direction of the "investigations" guy at the MVA), once a couple years ago for having a headlight out (work order).

[Garga]

That is a pretty huge assumption. I was pulled over a TON as a teen because 1) I looked really young and 2) I worked and went to school full time, I drove home late at night a lot. They were often trolling for drunk drivers and would use any excuse to pull you over.

 

I have been pulled over several times when I was driving in/through a state other than my license plate. It makes you a huge target because you are unlikely to fight a ticket. Again, I got a ticket for going 52 in a 50!!!

 

Thirdly, American-plated cars being pulled over going between European countries is very common. The cops in those cases are looking for people carrying drugs. We never got a ticket that way or even had our car thoroughly searched, it is just profiling.

 

 

That was sort of my point. I thought that only really crazy drivers got pulled over and the cops left everyone else alone. I didn't think they reeeeally pulled people over for going 2-5 mph over the speed limit. But apparently, they do!!!

 

This thread has been so enlightening. I'm thinking that I've just managed to skate by all this time, and had no idea that I was the odd one out, falling through the cracks, while the police were busy stopping everyone else.

 

I hope I haven't jinxed it now!!

[Susan in TN]

That was sort of my point. I thought that only really crazy drivers got pulled over and the cops left everyone else alone. I didn't think they reeeeally pulled people over for going 2-5 mph over the speed limit. But apparently, they do!!!

 

This thread has been so enlightening. I'm thinking that I've just managed to skate by all this time, and had no idea that I was the odd one out, falling through the cracks, while the police were busy stopping everyone else.

 

I hope I haven't jinxed it now!!

 

I've never been pulled over in a different state. My parents always warned me that you have to be extra careful, because they know you'd be less likely to fight it and the state was getting revenue from outside their own state. Not quite sure why that would be a bonus. I can't imagine being pulled over for 2 mph over the limit. That's just foolishness. I mean, speedometers can have a few mph difference in accuracy, can't they?

[Miss Marple]

I put 5+. Our state trooper's hobby for a while seemed to be pulling me over. :glare: He never ticketed me. Sometimes he didn't even ask to see my ID, just chatted. So most of mine are from that.

 

Must have been lonely :D Maybe that's small town living...we get stuff like that as well. My Dh has been pulled over several times recently - nothing big - but he always gets off because the officer(s) know him. The officers hang out in the emergency room and dh sees them there often, and he has operated or done procedures on just about all of them or their family members :lol: They usually just say, "just be careful out there, doc, we're looking for drunks" (when he has creeped through a stop sign or going just a bit over the speed limit).

 

My boys want to get bumper stickers that indicate they are his sons hoping that they will get the same generous treatment.

[Mrs Mungo]

That was sort of my point. I thought that only really crazy drivers got pulled over and the cops left everyone else alone. I didn't think they reeeeally pulled people over for going 2-5 mph over the speed limit. But apparently, they do!!!

 

This thread has been so enlightening. I'm thinking that I've just managed to skate by all this time, and had no idea that I was the odd one out, falling through the cracks, while the police were busy stopping everyone else.

 

I hope I haven't jinxed it now!!

 

Ah, I see, LOL! Well, not driving late at night and not driving though other states/countries will help!

[Meriwether]

 

I have been pulled over several times when I was driving in/through a state other than my license plate. It makes you a huge target because you are unlikely to fight a ticket. Again, I got a ticket for going 52 in a 50!!!

 

 

I worked in Leavenworth. My Dh and I took our pastor's family out to eat there once and I warned them to watch out for the cops (the main road through downtown has about five speed zone changes, some very abrupt, and there is a wide sweeping curve west of the base that is easy to pick up speed on), because the cops are everywhere. She said they never speed. I didn't say anything, but I was thinking, "You don't have to actually be speeding."

[Mrs Mungo]

I worked in Leavenworth. My Dh and I took our pastor's family out to eat there once and I warned them to watch out for the cops (the main road through downtown has about five speed zone changes, some very abrupt, and there is a wide sweeping curve west of the base that is easy to pick up speed on), because the cops are everywhere. She said they never speed. I didn't say anything, but I was thinking, "You don't have to actually be speeding."

 

When the cop pulled me over, he asked, "do you know why I pulled you over?" I told him no. He said, "you were doing 52 in a 50." I laughed. That probably didn't help. ;)

[Miss Marple]

I have been pulled over several times when I was driving in/through a state other than my license plate. It makes you a huge target because you are unlikely to fight a ticket. Again, I got a ticket for going 52 in a 50!!!

 

Dh got pulled over many years ago when we moved to Iowa. We had not changed our car registrations yet and still had NM plates. The officer insisted that NM had a front and rear plate, dh said otherwise (and was correct). The officer refused to believe him and issued him a ticket because he didn't have a front plate (as did Iowa). Sheesh - a visit to traffic court solved the problem, but you would think the officer could have just looked that up right then and there and not caused the hassle. Out of state plates ARE a target.

[dirty ethel rackham]

I had to vote "other" - I've only been pulled over twice. One was 16 years ago - I was very pregnant with my middle child and desperate to get to work so I could pee and got caught doing what all the other commuters were doing - improper lane usage to get past a back up to get to the left turn lane. The other one was over 10 years ago and a case of mistaken identity. I still got the ticket that the other light blue Taurus in my neighborhood that regularly blew stop signs should have received. (I didn't blow the stop sign. I clearly remember stopping because I was pointing out something to my toddler in the back seat.)

[Jane Elliot]

Must have been lonely :D Maybe that's small town living...we get stuff like that as well. My Dh has been pulled over several times recently - nothing big - but he always gets off because the officer(s) know him. The officers hang out in the emergency room and dh sees them there often, and he has operated or done procedures on just about all of them or their family members :lol: They usually just say, "just be careful out there, doc, we're looking for drunks" (when he has creeped through a stop sign or going just a bit over the speed limit).

 

My boys want to get bumper stickers that indicate they are his sons hoping that they will get the same generous treatment.

 

That's exactly what one of my teenage sons said when he was with me one time. "Seems like he just wanted someone to talk to." It's comical really and has given me a conversation topic for parties. :-)

 

Dh gets the same treatment as yours, usually.

 

Tell your sons the bumper sticker didn't work for me. I was given a bumper sticker that said "I (heart) Troy." Troy is the name of a nearby town and it's also dh's name. Since I sent my little kids to put it on the bumper and they didn't know what a bumper was, it ended up in the middle of the back door of the van. So for years I drove a big red 15-passenger van like that, until we finally rolled it. When said state trooper was brand new here, he pulled me over and asked if I was from Troy, MT. :glare:

Edited December 6, 2011 by Luann in ID

[Miss Marple]

Troy is the name of a nearby town and it's also dh's name. Since I sent my little kids to put it on the bumper and they didn't know what a bumper was, it ended up in the middle of the back door of the van

 

LOL!