THL Gets A Speeding Ticket

[THL]

So I am driving to work today - 1st day in I don't know how long I am NOT running late and the cop driving toward me throws on his lights and turns around behind me.

This was the worst traffic stop I have ever had. Everything that could have gone wrong...did go wrong.

I pull onto the side street so we are not blocking traffic on the street and turn my stereo down but leave the music on loud enough that I can still hear it. He walks up and asks for my license and insurance. I give him my license and registration. So he gives me the registration back and asks (again) for my insurance card. Which I have to look for. I find it after a few minutes, give it to him, and he asks me if I have one that is not expired. My response? "I bet that is what was in the envelope that I threw away from the insurance co the other day." He hands me the expired card back and tells me to get a new one and bring it to the station within a week or I will get a ticket for that.

He asks if I know why he pulled me over and I look at him blankly and say that I was speeding. He asks if I there is a reason I was speeding and I say, "I was listening to the radio and not paying attention." So he says that since I was doing 63 in a 40 he has to give me a ticket, but will write it for only 20 over to lessen the fine and so that I can still get court supervision to get it off my record. Then I notice the song that is playing. See I put together a CD of different songs that I like...so in this moment of silence we clearly hear "...they've been in trouble with the law since the day they were born..." The Duke of Hazzard theme song, yes. Perfect.

When the cop asks me if the address is correct on my license, I have to reply that no, it is not. My answer to his asking me how long it had been since I lived at the address on my license: "I have not lived at that address for 6 years...but my parents still live there." *THL Smiles at the cop* then *sigh*

He asks if the address that my plates are registered to is correct and I cannot remember if I ever changed it when I moved to the apartment last year so I have to answer that I am not sure. Since I do not know when to shut up, I go on to ask "What address came up when you ran them?" Mr officer asks me what address should have come up. So I give him my address, hope that it is correct, and he goes on his way back to his car.

In a few days and $75 I should have my license back.

[Karna]

Sounds like everything that could possibly go wrong, went wrong eh?

[Parihaka]

Originally Posted by TopHatsLiberal

In a few days and $75 I should have my license back.

I've posted this twice in the same day now but what the hell.....

[bonehead]

You got off lucky THL.

Where I live, the ticket would be closer to $150.00 Here is the best part. After not being able to produce a valid insurance card, you would be escorted to the curb so you could have a front row seat while you watch your vehicle being towed away.

[Wooglin]

Originally Posted by bonehead

You got off lucky THL.

Where I live, the ticket would be closer to $150.00 Here is the best part. After not being able to produce a valid insurance card, you would be escorted to the curb so you could have a front row seat while you watch your vehicle being towed away.

Yep. That happened to me. THL got off pretty easy.

[lemontree]

WHAT!!...this is so boring.
No car chases and helicopters following for speeding away after the cop gets out of his car...MAX X just lost a nice police chase video.

[sparten]

Well thats makes two of us THL, (who got a ticket).

[THL]

Originally Posted by lemontree

WHAT!!...this is so boring.
No car chases and helicopters following for speeding away after the cop gets out of his car...MAX X just lost a nice police chase video.

I thought about it, but I figured I probably did not have enough time before work. Plus, if I am going to end up on COPS, I am going to do it on a good hair day - which yesterday was not.

[lemontree]

Originally Posted by TopHatsLiberal

Plus, if I am going to end up on COPS, I am going to do it on a good hair day - which yesterday was not.

Acceptable excuse.

[Blademaster]

I HATE, I HATE, I HATE SPEEDING TICKETS. When I get one, I get so mad at soccer moms who brought this whole thing on. Damn ****ing pussies!!!! And I get so furious at insurance companies who are gleefully making shitload of money on this damnable rovian plot!!!!! I say "The POX and the SNOT on you all bastards!!!!!!!!!!".

Hey it has been almost a year since my last speeding ticket.

[Ray]

Where I live, I also would have got yelled at! They love to moralise. Maybe all Indians do.

And you bet it, I would have yelled back too!

If "something" is inevitable, then one should lie down and enjoy the "something" and damn the consequences!

My heart bleeds for you THL.

$75 is big money out here when converted.

[Amled]

I know it’s small comfort THL, but as some of the other posters have said you got off easy.
Over here you would not only have gotten an aprox. $150 fine, but have gotten you licence punched, and three punches (violations) and you have to apply for a new licence.
Over here that EXPENSIVE!!!
But it does sound like you had a really bad hair day!

[dalem]

I haven't been pulled over in over 7 years. Then I get nailed 3 times in the first 2 weeks this month.

My driving habits haven't changed but I guess my luck sure has.

#1) Heading down the highway to a friend's house late one Friday night after work. Lights hit, I pull over, music off, window down, car off, flashers on, keys on the dash. Cop (she was a cutie too) asks me if I know why she pulled me over, I say probably speeding. Do I know the speed limit on this road? Sure, I say, it's 60, and I was probably doing about 67. She laughs (cute laugh) and says I'm close, takes my DL and Reg to run it.

A few minutes later her beefy partner comes up (far less cute) and he tells me to slow it down, hands over my stuff, and asks me if I know my license tags are expired (I ALWAYS forget to get these done on time, every year). I honestly express my surprise, tell him I'll get it done ASAP. Since it's worled out so well, I ask the officer if I can ask him a question, he says sure. I tell him I forgot to give them my CCW permit when I gave my license, and although I wasn't armed at the time, what do the cops in general like to have happen with CCWs? He ponders and we chat, he basically arrives at the fact that he doesn't really care unless he's going to ask me to get out of the car, then he'd like to know as a courtesy.

I go on my way.

#2) About a week later I'm headed slowly to work in the afternoon, it's snowing pretty hard, and I get pulled over. Had I gotten my new tags yet? Of course not, because I always get around to it after a while. So this time I get a ticket.

#3) A few days after THAT I'm headed home after work, late at night, I notice a cop is hugging me pretty close as I get close to home. I pull into the convenience store as I usually do to grab a soda, and he motions me over, tells me I was speeding (I guess) and that he noticed I wasn't wearing my seatbelt. Now this floors me because I ALWAYS wear my seatbelt, even if I'm driving from Point A and Point B in a parking lot, and I'm gonna get ticked if I get a ticket because officer Late Night has a bum set of peepers. He gives me a once-over and lets me go.

I mean, SHEESH. Am I being punished for missing Bluesman's party?

-dale

[gunnut]

Originally Posted by TopHatsLiberal

In a few days and $75 I should have my license back.

You got off easy.

California can easily give you a ticket for more than $200. Then you have to go to traffic school to get the ticket off your record, but the fine stands. And you have to pay for the traffic school.

[Dreadnought]

See I put together a CD of different songs that I like...so in this moment of silence we clearly hear "...they've been in trouble with the law since the day they were born..." The Duke of Hazzard theme song, yes. Perfect.

FEMALE REDNECK ALARM....LMAO RED FLAG RED FLAG!

He didnt by chance pull you over for having one foot out the window while driving did he?...lmao

*Last big ticket=4 years ago @ 113mph = $80.00 Life is good.