Am I pushin my luck???

Incident #1: Doin 60 in a 35 zone, cop with a rader pointed at the street...I pass by and he gets behind me with his lights on, I go for a left to pull over and off the cop goes pulling some-one ELSE over...I guess he thaught someone else was doin 60.

Incident#2: Cruising with my buddy a day after he got his sweet 02 Sentra SE-R. My friend tells me he wants to go mess around with his car by the college parking lot. So we go, I pull to the side and my friend starts doing big circles while screeching his tires, I get in the mood (like an idiot) and go for it too. Upon heading out, a cop gets behind me and follos me for a while but does'nt pull em over when we both know what I was doing. The cop did'nt see my friend doing anything becasue my friend stopped his foolishness then I started, and the cop only noticed ME.

Incident#3: I'm following the directions my friend gave me a while ago for a nice canyon road..."head down this street, make a right on this street". So I was going down the street I was supposed to be going down and waiting for the cross-street. I see the street I'm supposed to be making a left on, but notice theres no road going to the left, only to the right...I realised I came from the wrong side and I was supposed to make a left, so I cut three lanes with no turn signal with a cop behind me. The cop follows me for a good 10 minutes but does nothing.

Incident#4: doing 50 in a 35 zone, cop with lights gets behind me, I pull over and the cop continues going on the road...scared the $hit out of me.

Is this all freakin luck?!?!

*I'm not a street-racer or anything, I just like the thrill of speed*

If all this is true, you have all the luck on your side. Anytime a cop gets behind me like that, it's all over... few minutes later I'm signing the back of a speeding ticket. I wish I had your luck! Just becareful... it could eventually run out one of these days... :nono:

Just remember this, sooner or later your luck will run out.

Stop pushing your luck before it runs out.

in parking lots, if u aren't endangering anyone, i'm pretty sure they can't do n e thing but make u leave, and that's only if the owner/ staff or residents around the parking lot complain. but i'm not sure... check you city's laws first...

I think you’ve pushed it about as far as you can. You shouldn’t be hitting 50+ in a 35 anyway. Its posted that low because there are homes or businesses there.

in parking lots, if u aren't endangering anyone, i'm pretty sure they can't do n e thing but make u leave, and that's only if the owner/ staff or residents around the parking lot complain. but i'm not sure... check you city's laws first...

My brother-in-law got a ticket for doing donuts in a parking lot, it was for reckless endangerment in an area of public access.

I hate you :smile:

seriously, i get pulled over for NOTHING, they make something up just so they car search my car and give me tickets.

What was said "Uh.....you didnt leave your turn signal on for a full 3 seconds while switching lanes. I need to see your trunk."

Tranlation "Your bright yellow car distracted me from eating and sleeping in my cruiser. Now i want to harrass you because your car cost more than i get paid in a year. Open your trunk, i need to give you a bogus ticket that i cant back up in court so i can meet my quota."

Consider your self lucky.

Lucky me...

I would say Lady Luck is on your side.
just dont say her name or she will go away (if you dont get this read Terry Pratchett's discworld series)

Incident #1: Doin 60 in a 35 zone, cop with a rader pointed at the street...I pass by and he gets behind me with his lights on, I go for a left to pull over and off the cop goes pulling some-one ELSE over...I guess he thaught someone else was doin 60.

Incident#2: Cruising with my buddy a day after he got his sweet 02 Sentra SE-R. My friend tells me he wants to go mess around with his car by the college parking lot. So we go, I pull to the side and my friend starts doing big circles while screeching his tires, I get in the mood (like an idiot) and go for it too. Upon heading out, a cop gets behind me and follos me for a while but does'nt pull em over when we both know what I was doing. The cop did'nt see my friend doing anything becasue my friend stopped his foolishness then I started, and the cop only noticed ME.

Incident#3: I'm following the directions my friend gave me a while ago for a nice canyon road..."head down this street, make a right on this street". So I was going down the street I was supposed to be going down and waiting for the cross-street. I see the street I'm supposed to be making a left on, but notice theres no road going to the left, only to the right...I realised I came from the wrong side and I was supposed to make a left, so I cut three lanes with no turn signal with a cop behind me. The cop follows me for a good 10 minutes but does nothing.

Incident#4: doing 50 in a 35 zone, cop with lights gets behind me, I pull over and the cop continues going on the road...scared the $hit out of me.

Is this all freakin luck?!?!

*I'm not a street-racer or anything, I just like the thrill of speed*
Knock On Wood :smile:

Definitely pushing your luck... Better stop while you are ahead.

I know the feeling. I've been pushing it lately too, but that just might be because of how i handle it.

first time: headlights weren't on, first time ever pulled over and i guess it showed. The cop shined the light onto my driver side mirror therefore shining it in my eye, seeing how that's all i could see and didn't like it, i move the mirror so the light shined elsewhere. Not to piss him off or anything, i was just scared crazy and was fumbling for everything, he let me off, no biggy.

Second: illegal tail lights and white turn signal bulbs, told the cop where i work, and even though he was good 'ol CHP, he let me off after asking me a couple questions about my work.

Third: sitting at red left hand turn light, went and made a right hand turn on red light. The cop who was no more than a year older than me (20) asked me a couple questions and asked me for advice on what other local cities paid their officers, and where i was planning on going.

fourth: the biggey, caught going 70mph in a 45 in my small city. After a few questions that convinced me i was in deep trouble, i had a 10 minute talk with the cop about where i should go to further my career when i get older and how he got started. his line: "if you're gonna be a cop, you don't need tickets like this."

I work for a law firm that represents a bunch of different cities; basically the City Attorney's personal law firm. That got me out of number 2 and 3 because they happened in the cities we represent, wanting to become a cop and majoring in Criminal Justice and asking questions to the guy that pulled me over got me out of number 4. Oh yeah, and i've gotten out of 2 parking tickets with a simple phone call and i'm able to do the same for people i know around here. Just the perks of a $12/hr with no taxes job.
Ok now i feel bad for gloating.

no you dont, STFU :thefinger

ah, fuck the cops and the wannabe's.

You're pushing your luck man, you might have just caught them in a good or lazy mood. Better be a law abiding citizen.:D

My bro got pulled over the other day, for his window tent being to dark.

We were cruising and we pass by cops like every 3 minutes when we cruise there, and thats for at least 4 hours a weekend. for the past 2 years, so he asks the officer if he had to make a qouta, or was just filling like harassing my brother or wtf his prob was.

COp replied by saying he was the only one that could give out tickets for window tent.

Got pulled over today...

A stupid lady in front of me started going REALLY slow as soon as she saw the police car,slower than the posted speed limit, and I started to honk at her (not noticing the police car) and I saw the cop get in the car and come after me.

After he reminded me that honking is illegal unless you're trying to prevent an accident, he told me "I deal with drug-dealers and gang-bangers... you're too little for me, I'm gonna let you off with a warning this time, but don't let it happen agian". And off I was...ticket-free.

Just remember this, sooner or later your luck will run out.

Stop pushing your luck before it runs out.


agreed


after having been pulled over 20 times, i had three tickets, with a streak of like 12 with no tickets


now ive been pulled over 23, and have had 6 total.. my luck is run out

Add me to the list. I just got pulled over today myself :mad: I'm not kidding; I was going with the traffic! - Southbound at about 7:30am. EVERYONE'S going a little faster to get to work on time. I was in a grouping with about 4 other cars. Who does the pig single out? Me. Now mind you, I don't use the term "pig" too often, but I find, in the case of state troopers, IT IS OFTEN AN UNDERSTATEMENT. I go to school at a technical college in my state, and we happen to share the campus with the state police standards institution- so one often witnesses the police-in-training marching around the campus in drill formation, eating lunch in silence, pivoting on a dime, etc. No wonder state cops are such %%$@'s, the "empathy" part of the job is drilled right the hell out of them. The best analogy to watching these people in action on the campus, is like military training. The "machine" mentality is hammered home for them, and so that's how they treat the public- with no sympathy at all, it seems. How can I make this claim? I'll state the most obvious grounds- I generally find town cops to be MUCH more understanding, and often very talkative and "real." (Now, as a side note, I believe that the standards institute trains ALL police officers for the state, so even if these above mentioned trainees are merely town cops in training, then that only solidifies my point all the more- IF THAT IS JUST FOR THE TOWN COPS, WHO KNOWS WHAT PROCESS STATE TROOPERS GO THROUGH!) ...whatever it takes to mold them into more effective, lean, mean ticket writing machines I suppose.

I guess it serves me right for owning a compact car- when in a group of stupid SUV's (the case this morning) It just LOOKS like I'm going faster, because their size makes it appear that they're going slower. :banghead:

Pay up. Get over it.

That is all.

The aspect of getting the ticket doesn't bother me so much, it's only 3 points on a 12 point per calender year system, it's just the fact that all my experiences (and those of people I talk to) with State Troopers, tend to be negative. I know a person who ran out of gas on the highway one night at 2 in the morning (this was the subject of an English paper of hers,) and a Trooper who pulled over, instead of just giving her and her bf a lift to the damn gas station at the next exit, POINTED THEM IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION- THROUGH THE WOODS!!! Because, he said, they couldn't walk along the highway. Why don't I doubt the validity of this statement? Read my above post.

Sorry, rant over. I just had to have my say. I know, I know, same thing's been said a million times, in a million places. But venting is great :icon16:

Have you ever bothered to think that he might not be allowed to give them a lift, due to liability issues?

There is no reason a cop by law can not give some1 in need a ride. They only practice the follows is that you must sit in the back. That being said I live in Mass not NH and I find the exact opposite. The small town cops are the real asshole and the state cops I find are polite and friendly to you.

I dunno about your state, but here in L.A.,cops are just like everyone else, theres the nice-guys(and gals) and there's the a-holes.