Side effects of limiting police action - people wont stop to get pulled over.

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dank69

Lifer
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It has nothing with arguing. Piss the cop off and he's writing the ticket. Be calm, be honest, and explain the situation without any slant or BS.
The last time I was pulled over was for doing 81 in a fifty five zone. I explained to the officer that my truck had never traveled at that speed, and that his radar gun was obviously defective. The officer accepted my story and sent me on my way.
At the time I was in heavy traffic following a loaded box van. It's possible that I was traveling at 56mph, 81 was unattainable under the conditions at that time.

It's been my experience that most police respond well to honesty. When I'm in the wrong I freely admit it and offer an explanation for my actions. That explanation was "I wasn't paying attention" twice. Both times I was released with a warning.
Yup, I've talked my way out of at least 8 tickets in my life. Being white has its privileges.
 

Vic

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Jun 12, 2001
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Yup, I've talked my way out of at least 8 tickets in my life. Being white has its privileges.
A few years back one of my old high school buddies was bragging on FB about how he had talked his way out of dozens of tickets just by being polite and compliant. If only everyone was that way, he said, no one would get shot! I replied back, dude, your mom worked down at the sheriff's office and most of the cops knew you since you were a kid..
 

Captante

Lifer
Oct 20, 2003
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A few years back one of my old high school buddies was bragging on FB about how he had talked his way out of dozens of tickets just by being polite and compliant. If only everyone was that way, he said, no one would get shot! I replied back, dude, your mom worked down at the sheriff's office and most of the cops knew you since you were a kid..


When I was in HS my best friends older brother was the town PD head dispatcher so we never actually got arrested when we fvcked up however that doesn't mean we actually got away with much.

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