California license to speed

[tomywishbone]

In response to the "Speeders license" thread

Speed for sale

In California, you can drive as fast as you'd like on the freeways, if you have the money. Always makes me smile. Does your state have the same club?

Edit: I know of no member, who as ever received a ticket, from the CHP for anything.

 

[Chrono]

wow. 1800 dollars though. damn!

 

[Audiotherapy]

knockoff plates ftw?

 

[theeedude]

Old wives tale. But hey, if it helps raise money for the foundation, why not.

 

[0]

If you live in California you have probably seen one of these. No, not the Mercedes SL500, but the license plate frame which says 11-99 Foundation. The 11-99 foundation is a charitable organization which supports familes of California Highway Patrol employees. Primarily they help out in cases of sickness or death. This is a very good thing.

But the puzzling thing is the way they go about it. The license plate frame is an example. For a $1800 donation to the organization you get a license plate frame, a certificate and a wallet with a special 11-99 badge in it. The wallet has a place for your ID just opposite the badge. The perfect thing to hand to an officer who has just pulled you over.

Now, perhaps they don't intend to create the impression that this sort of prominent identification with the program is helpful in avoiding prosecution by the Highway Patrol, but the general public certainly thinks it is. For example:

"Well for those who don't believe in the CHP11-99 Foundation, this story will make you change your minds. In California, time around 3pm. ...I looked to my left for on coming traffic and didn't see anyone, so I pushed it from around 55mp to 100 in no time. All a sudden I see a front bumper next to my side door? I was in shock, then looked quickly and it was a black bumper with steel guards. Guess what it was a COP... He told me I was clocked at 102 ! I told him some Mustang was on my *** on 85 and I wanted to get him off my bumper. I gave him my CHP-1199 badge and membership card....He comes back and tells me he doesn't know what to do, 1. give me a ticket or 2. give me a warning. Well he gives me a warning and says goodbye"

So, when I see something like this on a fast car - and they are always on fast cars... it tells me something about the driver. Sometimes it means that they really care. But you can care in private right? Care without the badge and license plate frame? So my mind rejects that approach and assumes the worst. I really think they need a tagline. Something like:

* "My convenience is more important than your safety"
* "Nation of laws? That's for losers"
* "Money changes everything"
* "Buy a cop today"

Really, I don't know what else to think. Would tax cheats wear their fraudulent returns so proudly?

 

[tomywishbone]

Originally posted by: audiotherapy
knockoff plates ftw?

Just make sure you make the correct window sticker and wallet ID. But you're right, the plate frame alone should help.

 

[Ilikepiedoyou]

is this legit?

 

[Jeeebus]

I know of no member, who as ever received a ticket, from the CHP for anything.

And I suppose you personally know a majority of the members of the 11-99 Foundation that would enable you to make such a claim...

Stunning logic.

 

[tomywishbone]

Originally posted by: Ilikepiedoyou
is this legit?

It is.:beer:

 

[tomywishbone]

Originally posted by: Jeeebus

I know of no member, who as ever received a ticket, from the CHP for anything.

And I suppose you personally know a majority of the members of the 11-99 Foundation that would enable you to make such a claim...

Stunning logic.

Settle down Francis.

I know 3 or 4 members. They've all been stopped and not ticketed. That's all I'm saying.

Happy New Year.:wine:

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: tomywishbone

Originally posted by: audiotherapy
knockoff plates ftw?

Just make sure you make the correct window sticker and wallet ID. But you're right, the plate frame alone should help.

Just tell them it's your parents' car. Act like you don't know wtf is going on about the frame. Then again they might just write you a ticket then cuz you're not directly involved with 11-99

 

[FoBoT]

what makes you think his name is Francis?

 

[Jeeebus]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
what makes you think his name is Francis?

the same thing that makes him think knowing "3-4" people who haven't received tickets qualifies him to make a sweeping assumption.

 

[fstime]

Listen people, my cousin in law recently became a police man and he gets these things you put on your liscense plate for being part of various police groups.

If a cop sees one of these, he will NOT pull you over or he will pull you over then see the emblem and say you can go.


If you know a cop, you wont get a ticket.

If you are a cop, you can pretty much get away with anything, show them your badge and your free to go.


Recently, this cops friend was telling us how the emblem saved him 2-3 times, one time, he was on his cell and the cop flashed his lights ready to pull him over and then he turned them off and drove away.

Another time his was speeding.

 

[theeedude]

Seriously, it's all up to the individual cop. Maybe some of them will let you go with a warning because they take into account your support of the foundation. Some will ignore it completely, and some may even think you are blatently trying to influence their decision and be less likely to give you a warning. It also depends on your attitude. If you are acting as if you are immune from tickets because you got a license plate cover, they may just want to teach you a lesson.

 

[tomywishbone]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
what makes you think his name is Francis?

It's a quote from the movie "Strips"



Edit: Stripes

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: Jeeebus

Originally posted by: FoBoT
what makes you think his name is Francis?

the same thing that makes him think knowing "3-4" people who haven't received tickets qualifies him to make a sweeping assumption.

is your name Francis?

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: tomywishbone

Originally posted by: FoBoT
what makes you think his name is Francis?

It's a quote from the movie "Strips"

strips?

or Stripes?

is Strips the XXX version of Stripes?

 

[tomywishbone]

:laugh: You're right FoBOT.... Stripes.

 

[FoBoT]

Psycho: The name's Francis Sawyer, but everybody calls me Psycho. Any of you guys call me Francis, and I'll kill you.
Leon: Ooooooh.
Psycho: You just made the list, buddy. Also, I don't like no one touching my stuff. So just keep your meathooks off. If I catch any of you guys in my stuff, I'll kill you. And I don't like nobody touching me. Any of you homos touch me, and I'll kill you.
Sergeant Hulka: Lighten up, Francis.

 

[tomywishbone]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Psycho: The name's Francis Sawyer, but everybody calls me Psycho. Any of you guys call me Francis, and I'll kill you.
Leon: Ooooooh.
Psycho: You just made the list, buddy. Also, I don't like no one touching my stuff. So just keep your meathooks off. If I catch any of you guys in my stuff, I'll kill you. And I don't like nobody touching me. Any of you homos touch me, and I'll kill you.
Sergeant Hulka: Lighten up, Francis.

:laugh::beer:

I was sort of close...

 

[DaiShan]

The father of a friend of mine from High School is a very successful neurosurgeon in town and as such often is called in to perform emergency procedures. He told me one time that on average he gets pulled over once a month for speeding, and never once has he had to use the "I'm a doctor on the way to the hospital" excuse. They just take a look at the sticker in his rear window that identifies him as a financial supporter of the police benevolent society and send him on his way with a warning. I'm not saying that it will work 100% of the time, or that it will even get you out of a ticket, but the chances that a cop is going to be a d!ck to someone that supports one of these foundations is lowered significantly IMO.