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    Thought Leader » Michael Trapido » Open letter to Mondli Makhanya on metro cops, City Power and Eskom



    Our lot have started moonlighting for the local power company!

  • #2
    Traffic stops are easy - I do exactly what an old buddy who became a cop told he liked to see for his traffic stops.

    Car off, keys on the dash, window down, dome light on, hands on wheel, look 'em in the eye.

    I'm either gonna get a ticket or not, arguing about it or playing dumb isn't going to change that for the better.

    -dale

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    • #3
      ^^ yep, that is pretty much what my friends cops tell me, except for keys on the dash.

      i was riding with my friend and we got pulled over, he shut off his car, and put the keys on the roof thru the sunroof opening, the cop came up, laughed a bit, than said, where do you think you are? california? he didn,t even give us a ticket, just a short speech.
      "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!" B. Franklin

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      • #4
        My best was when I was driving back from a long trip with a client - Moron tells the cop who pulled us over that he's got his attorney with him - I'm sure that genius doubled his ticket!

        They hate lawyers :0)

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        • #5
          When I was in CA, we were on our way to a bar, after having dinner and a few glasses of wine. A friend of ours was being stationed in Turkey. Anyway, I was driving along, kind of slow, because we didn't know where the bar was, and it was dark. Next thing I know there is a cop car behind me, with the lights going. So, I pulled on to the shoulder of the road, turned my car off, and rolled down the window. Cop asked why I was driving so slow, and I told him we were looking for a certain bar. Next thing I know we have a "police" escort to the bar.
          “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” ~ Jimi Hendrix
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          • #6
            Originally posted by Traps View Post
            My best was when I was driving back from a long trip with a client - Moron tells the cop who pulled us over that he's got his attorney with him - I'm sure that genius doubled his ticket!

            They hate lawyers :0)
            See? The constabulary can't be all bad!:)
            Semper in excretum. Solum profunda variat.

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            • #7
              I've gotten two tickets... one speed ticket and another for a rolling stop. I've been pulled over more times than that, and I pull over, turn off my car, turn on the hazard lights, roll the window down all the way, turn on the dome light, and put both hands on the steering wheel.
              "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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              • #8
                most cops like state troopers, highway patrol, ride alone, nypd cops rearly stop anyone when alone, i rearly see them in a car alone, often plainclothes pull ppl over, they almost always 3 or 4 cops in a car. and what kind of car they drive, you name it, i,ve seen cops in lexus, bmw, caddy,..ect.
                i asked my cop friend where do they get those nice cars, he said impound lot.
                "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!" B. Franklin

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                • #9
                  Wow your cops are so kind hearted......they give you receipts and everything.
                  Here they just pull you over take about 300 rupees and send you on your way.
                  Its sort of like pocket money for them.
                  For Gallifrey! For Victory! For the end of time itself!!

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                  • #10
                    I pull over, roll down the window, put the keys on the dash, turn on the dome light, flip the mirror and keep my hands on the steering wheel.
                    Reddite igitur quae sunt Caesaris Caesari et quae sunt Dei Deo
                    (Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and unto God the things which are God's)

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                    • #11
                      I was driving up to N.C. to visit my brother and his family a couple of years ago for the Thanksgiving holiday in a Porsche 911 when I blew past a Highway Patrol Trooper sitting in stand of trees running a radar trap. By the time my radar detector went off I was doing better than 95mph and already past the trooper.

                      I didn’t wait for him to catch up but pulled over right away and by the time he rolled to a stop was standing beside my car with license, registration and proof of insurance in hand.

                      When he walked up I handed him my license and documentation, shrugged and said “I’m guilty”

                      He didn’t say a word but walked back to his car. We both knew I was busted so there was nothing either of us needed to say. While he called in my license and registration over the radio I waited in my car.

                      He came back after a couple of minutes and pointed out that the address on my license was different from the one on the car’s registration. I told him I had moved a couple of months earlier and hadn’t gotten around to changing the address on my license. He nodded and walked back to his car. Meanwhile I’m mentally adding up the amount traffic fine I can expect to pay for my little cannonball run.

                      After another couple of minutes he walks back up to my window, traffic ticket book in hand and tells me he’s citing me for failure to change the address on my drivers license within 14 days and to sign at the bottom of the form.

                      After signing the ticket and handing it back to him I’m sitting there waiting for the other shoe to drop when he looks me in the eye and says “oh and by the way you may want to watch your speed as there are a lot of troopers watching for speeders”. He then smiled and walked back to his car leaving me totally speechless.

                      The moral of the story is don’t give a cops a lot of BS if you get pulled over and be polite and you may just get lucky.
                      Buy the ticket, take the ride.

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                      • #12
                        Instead, after signing the speeding ticket or whatever, the cops should give out coupons for a free bottle of scotch!:)

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                        • #13
                          Twice

                          It is true that if you roll up to a DUI checkpoint with your drivers license in your hand they will wave you through without stopping you.
                          Reddite igitur quae sunt Caesaris Caesari et quae sunt Dei Deo
                          (Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and unto God the things which are God's)

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by bolo121 View Post
                            Wow your cops are so kind hearted......they give you receipts and everything.
                            Here they just pull you over take about 300 rupees and send you on your way.
                            Its sort of like pocket money for them.
                            Depends were you driving. The rates can touch Rs. 1000 :)) But doesn't work in some places, like Chandi, had my car compounded twice for not having license and the registration et all. :(
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                            • #15
                              Thats for car....I usually get apprehended because of my pulsar 200.
                              Although i must at certain times i may have been going a wee bit fast
                              For Gallifrey! For Victory! For the end of time itself!!

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