woo, warning for 15 over

[andr3w]

I was in licking county ohio last night leaving newark for columbus (all this in ohio btw)

it's a 55 on rte 16 and i thought i was going around 65, as i really had to go to the bathroom, and there was a gas station at the next exit.

i notice a car tailgating me so i looked at the mirror, and see crown vic lights... looked up at the top and it's not a cab.

i slowed down to 55 but once the shoulder widened again on go the red and blues. boo. I signaled, pulled right over, stopped and hit the flashers. I turned on my dome light and both the map lights, rolled the window down and put my hands flat on the wheel

he asked if there was a reason why i was going at such a high rate of speed, i said i had to go to the bathroom and had forgotten that this was a 55 (similar stretch in columbus is 65, actually). he took my info and asked if i'd had another moving violation in 12 months, i said yeah but i wasnt sure if it had been 12 months or not yet. he asked a few other things, whose car it was, my age, i figure that was to see if i would be nervous sounding in case my trunk was full of corpses or i was drunk, but it wasnt a problem.

after he was done, i got a nice "traffic friendly warning", asked to slow down, and directions to the gas station off the next exit.

I asked how fast I was going and he said about 70.

So apparently I was going 15 over and got just a warning. I think my conduct won that, I have tinted windows so I knew i ought to turn all my interior lights on and not freak out at him.

Pretty nifty I thought. The last ticket I got, i went a few feet on the shoulder in order to get to the next lane to get to my exit (it was a sort of weave lane), and that was from a rather angry ohio state trooper.

the Licking County Sheriff was very nice, he even told me to have a nice night. aw.

they must've been pulling people over left and right too since I saw two more on the other side of the highway, heh.

I suppose this just proves that you're likely to get treated better if you're pleasant and make it as obvious as possible that it'll be a safe, routine traffic stop.

[clawhammer]

I bet you're feeling lucky. Yes, attitude does have a lot to do with it. Put yourself in his shoes. If he were to pull over a car, and walk up to it, and the person was blasting some music about f-ing cops, the person was disrespectful, shady, etc, do you think he'd be just as likely to get off with a warning?

[PBking82]

Yea if you get pulled over at night it's always a good sign to the cops if you turn your interior lights on. That way they don't gotta go looking around with a flashlight. And if you got tinted windows roll them down before the cop even gets outta his car. Peace-

[knorwj]

respect is key when you get pulled over. The first ticket I ever got I openly admitted to speeding (25 over) which kind of killed me, but I was respectful.

Well anyway when my uncle (NYPD) and I went to court to ask for it to be lowered the officer said and I quote "let me see how he acted when I pulled him over". He then proceeded to pull out a little notebook, flip through it and then say " yeah ok he was very polite and respectful, I'll try and get it dropped to a.........(enter cop talk here)". Anyway keep in mind this was about 6 months after the incident because my court date kept getting postponed for some reason.


Anyway ever since I saw that I am always "yes sir and no sir" to officers. I try and be as cooperative and polite as possible and I have yet to get another ticket. I have since been pulled over for speeding, no registration, etc. and no tickets.

like I said respect go a long way. they're just doing their jobs afterall, no reason to be assholes to them.

[Chevy4life1985]

I have to agree with all of the above statements. We a cop pulls you over he usually has a good reason. I.E. Speeding, failure to signal, reckless driving, etc, etc. If you are a prick and piss him off you ruin his whole day/night. Often times cops love their jobs and just want their city/town to be safe. If they are having a bad day its usually cuz the last guy he pulled over was a moron and tried to bs him and piss him off.

[Igovert500]

Yep same deal for me. Been pulled overe 14 times, I do all the same things mentioned above. Result: 12 warnings, 1 dropped ticket in court, 1 $20 seatbelt ticket.

[fredjacksonsan]

Polite + good reason to speed = good result.

One of my brothers was ticketed for 75 in a 55. He was behind a trailer that was rocking back and forth, and someone was riding his bumper. He accelerated past the trailer right into the radar gun of the state trooper.

Once he told the judge the story, the charges were dismissed.

Always be polite when pulled over, it can't hurt.

[VT_girl]

i like all the above stories ...but

what to do when you have a 3 yr old in the back seat going "hes got a gun mum, can we take him home and play cops and robbers - hes even got dress up like mine"

i was doing 81 in a 60 zone when he put the radar gun on me (luckily my brakes work fine)

thankfully when i showed him my licenced he recognise the surname as the same as his bosses and my son speaks up with " my pa's a real police man... are you pretending to be him"

yeah i got off with a warning