How many times have you been pulled?

[nitrous36]

How many times have you been pulled while driving a mustang? Where you targeted as a speeder or were you actually speeding?

[kittedb18bt]

i have had my 99 cobra (white) for about 5 months and i have never been pulled. i just dont see the point in speeding, but sometimes i do accelerate quite hard.

[andrewespo]

A time and a place for everything.

[StangNut86]

usually if you drive normally they wont' bother you, it's when you start driving like an asshole that they start targeting you.

[choppa 6.7]

had my bright blue 95 stang for a year and only been pulled over once cuz they said my foglights were to blue but it was 2 in the moring she jus wanted sumhting to do no ticket so it was cool time and a place is soo true

[Simioh]

Mmmm... yes... normally thats what cops r suppose to do, pull over "dangerous" drivers :s . i have had my GT for 3 months and no, i have never been pulled over, and i do speed all the time, i just dont come across any cops. i live in houston by the way, i guess that depending on the city/state some have more cops than others. i dont even have a radar detector although i am planning to get one just to be a little bit safer. i live like 30 miles north of houston so every time i have to go downtown i dont really look forward to the 45 minute drive, usually with light traffic i go 120+mph and get there in half the time. i usually have to put more gas in it once i get to wherever im going but i dont mind paying 5 bucks worth of gas for saving me 20 minutes on the road and the fun. (lets admit it, driving fast IS fun ) thats not even counting the times i come across another car that wants to race. one night comming back home from the club an accord flew past me so i cought up and that was the time that ive pushed the car the most, i did 135 mph. i guess im very lucky to have been doin that so often and not get pulled over once.

[nitrous36]

Its just that usually you hear cops target mustangs and they get pulled more. Everyone say because they stand out more and they standout over other cars.

[eillob]

With speed or any performance vehicle there comes responsibility. You can't race everybody, just not worth it. Are we gonna drive fast sometimes sure, if we were't we'd be driving escorts. Be smart, buckle up and try to save MOST the racing for the track.

[HiFlow5 0]

Over the summer I was stopped twice in just over a week.

One for luad exhaust, the other for doing 90+ in a 55.

[bigbob]

iv had my stang since december of 2003
my tickets are as follows
17 over
17 over
16 over
no proof of insurance
warnning for no proof
warning for 5 over
i got a letter the other day to apear in court
ha i no thats brutal im almost 17 and on probation but i do the speed limit now
i haev to cuz i cant get another ticket till im 18

[InUrHead]

I just drove from WA to MI and back. Got pulled 4 times the whole trip. Tint was too dark (got out of that one cuz he was stupid and pulled me at night, I said everyone's tint is too dark at night) speakers too loud (got out of that one cuz I was on the freeway, who cares there..) 85 in a 75 (ticketed, $20, stupid montana gas tickets) "exhibition of speed" (burnout in parking lot, written warning) Most times we as mustang owners get pulled, it's not because of profiling. But having worked with police before, I know profiling does exist no matter how much they deny it to the civilian public. Big cities are worse than small towns because they have plenty of drivers to choose from to fill quotas. They're looking for caucasian males 20 - 25, loud stereo's, tint and custom paint are a plus, and exhibition of speed is a fast growing offense. IF you just HAVE to bust a donut in the KMart parking lot, watch for police, they are everywhere. just my $0.02

[nitrous36]

Gas tickets?

[InUrHead]

Montana doesn't really enforce their speed limits. But they still have to have posted speed limits in order to receive federal DOT funding. having the speed limit as high as it is increases the tax the state pays for fuel. So what they do is pick on an occasional speeder and give them a BS ticket for speeding. You don't have to go to court, there are no points on your license, and the DMV is only contacted if you fail to pay. In which case like a normal ticket, a bench warrant is issued for you. You get the ticket, it'll be like $10 - $20. You can either pay them on the spot, or send a check or money order to the offended district. This money goes towards the price of fuel to keep it lower at the pumps. Hence Gas Tickets.

[nitrous36]

I heard there is no speed limit in Montana, they do but its not enforced because everything is space out and so far apart that speeding is allowed to get where you are going quicker. Is this true?

[Sergeant Rock]

Amateurs....

nitrous36: It's not true. There is a speed limit in Montana but it's pretty high. Montana has at times had an "unlimited speed limit". As recently as 5 years ago (when the nation put an end to the 55 limit) it's interstate speed limit signs read: "Reasonable and Prudent". But people took too much advantage of it so they changed it to 75.

Bigbob, don't feel bad. I got my first speeding ticket when I was 15!! I had my learners permit and was with my mom! 11 over. 1 month after I turned 16 I got a wreckless driving ticket (reduced to negligent due solely to my age) for going through 5 red lights in a row (Hey, I stopped at each one first. It was Holloween night and we were having an "egg war" with another car that escaped my fate.) That night was a double edged sword... I felt terrible about the ticket and the hefty fine hurt but I found that night I had a real nack for driving. The car was loaded with my friends and they were very impressed (who of course encouraged me at every opportunity!). I performed driving stunts which I found out later that they actually have names for!! Anyway, both incidents were in my mom's 68 Coupe w/ 390. I've probably gotten about 20 speeding tickets in 5 different states in my life. My last ticket was 14 years ago. I was on my Honda V65 motorcycle and was drunk as hell. I wiped out into a fire hydrant (pretty stupid huh?). Well the total cost of that was high. Ruined 6 thousand dollar bike. 1,800 hundred dollar DWI fine. Drug abuse counselling costs - several hundred. High insurance, and to top it off...30,000 dollar hospital bill and a 13 inch steel plate in my leg. Took me 10 years to pay that off. GUESS WHAT! I haven't had a ticket since. The most I "push the law" now it about 8 over. I have some cop friends now and they all say 10 is "usually" the magic number (highway).

Gonna get preachy here...

Take it from me, it's not cool to get tickets or drive fast on public roads. If you want to drive fast... race cars legally. Go to a local drag strip and race. Most places have one within 100 miles. Trust me... when you want to settle down you'll get damn sick of paying 200 plus a month for SR 22 liability insurance on a clunker.

I'm not an idiot as this post might relay. I've just made some very stupid decisions. I know for a fact I'm a better driver than most on the road these days but other than an occasional lead foot on long trips, I'm very law abiding. I also know for a fact I'm very lucky to be alive and all in one piece. And thank god I didn't hurt or worse... kill anyone. "Cool" driving is really "dumbshit" driving. And under many circumstances, speeding is dumbshit driving too.