How do people get pulled over in traffic?

[maddogchen]

I see this almost everyday going to and from work. We go like 5 - 15 mph in traffic, how the heck did you get pulled over? And traffic goes on for miles so at no point could the person have been speeding.

I was thinking some thing small like maybe you don't have the right year sticker on your license plate but its like almost every work day so I don't think they have that many people. Plus you must have really sharp eyes to catch those.

Car pool lane violators?

just wondering.

 

[PinmasterJay]

I see a lot of people in traffic trying to drive down the shoulder, but
I can never figure out how cruisers even get to pull someone over in heavy traffic

 

[guyver01]

Car Pool lane violators..... people trying to drive in the breakdown lane... people swerving in and out trying to make their trip shorter...

 

[bucwylde23]

Here on I-66 in Northern VA the state police have someone sit on the shoulder just after a turn and he radios the other officers when an HOV violator is coming. The other officers are just a little ways down the road pulling over violators/handing out tickets. They use motorcycles and regular cruisers.

Even though it can sometimes screw up traffic I am glad they are doing it. Those people in mercedes/lexus/bmw's aren't special enough to ride in the HOV without 2+ people.

and there are a TON of HOV violators.....

 

[zerocool1]

I saw a guy start driving on the shoulder

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: guyver01
Car Pool lane violators.....

I used to see this every morning on my way to work. Oregon has metered on-ramps (lights controlling flow of traffic onto the highway) & I'd see several cops at one on-ramp with a few people pulled over. I always wondered WTF all these people were doing right in front of a cop to get pulled over.

Finally figured it out one day when I happened to use that on-ramp. Turns out one of the three lighted lanes is carpool.

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