Pulled Over by Police!

[lilsweets3138]

Mmmk,last night I was driving around(1:07am) and wanted to go to 7-11 which it not even a block from my house. I get what I want pull out to leave and I am driving down my street when a cop pulls me over! I'm like HOLY MOLY..what the heck did I do. I never got pulled over before so I do start to panic somewhat. The officer comes to my door and flashes his little flashlight in my face and asks me for my lis.& reg, I give him both..so now I am sitting in my car 5 house from my own house. Finially he comes back 20 minutes later and gives me back my stuff and hands me this little yellow slip. He says that my "sidermarkers are damaged and need to be repaired" I say..but officer they are in working condition because ..well they are! He replies back " Well technically your lights are suppose to be amber,yours are green and it is disturbing people." I am like Umm..okay.And he tells me to repiar them yadda ydadda...and then 6 other cop cars I swear to GOD,pop out from nowhere! I'm like what the hell man..where did they come from and there shining the lights on my car and face and basically hanging out of their windows.Then they drive away and the cop says "Have a great night! My turn signals next to my headlights are green,they have been like that for almost a month now. Iv'e parked next to cops,stopped at red lights next to cops and none of them have ever pulled me over before. So yeah I am a tad bit upset. And to top this off every friday right up the street there is a Car Show for all kinds of cars and they NEVER get pulled over. I mean there cars are hopping,flashing,strobe lights are going off...everything you can think of. So I am wondering, was I just at the wrong place at the wrong time?? Was the cop just bored?! I had to go to the police station today to get the repiar slip signed and then to the police at the MVA and get it stamped. It all seems like a waste of time,money and MY gas. AND now...I am debating If I should put my lights back on(green ones) because this guy at Advanced Auto Parts said " Just change them to the amber lights,do what you have to and when it's done just put your lights back in..they can't give you a ticket only repair slips". *I had told him what happend,he helpd me find the amber lights and I just had the urge to tell someone else...lol. So yeah..I wanted to tell you guys my little story so you can let me know what you think AND so that you will be cautious about changing your lights.

-thanks for reading.

[JStumpalump150]

i had green lights in my licence plate my corner lights and my bumper lights for 9 months and passed cops, stoped at stop lights where they saw them, and my ex girl friends dad was a cop and no one ever said anything. but then all of the sudden i get pulled over 2 times in a week about a month ago for having green lights. i just got warnings and no paper work but i ended up taking the licence plate one and the corner lights out and replaced them with clear ones just cuz i got tired of getting pulled over. maybe all the cops got togeather and decided to pull people over for senseless things, or maybe they just need to make there quota. lol

[lilsweets3138]

I don't know whats wrong with em, I like having my green lights on my car and I want to put them back on. I was wondering,do you think they would give me a ticket or can a ticket even be given for something like this? Or will they just keep giving me those little repair slips..I asked the police at the station and they said that they are not serious slips,they do not go on your record or anything like that. Let me know what ya think.

[millrtime]

cops target people at night with suped up cars. mostly to just do sobriety checks and find some reason for pulling you over. my guess is that he just saw ur green lights, used that as an excuse and since u werent drinking, gave u a slip to have them fixed. "probable cause" is what they call it and if they were wrong, then they find some other reason.

[yhandor]

F*ck the police

[lilsweets3138]

Originally Posted by yhandor

F*ck the police

I totally agree with you!! Well I guess I will put them back on and just not drive to 7-11 anymore...@ night! lol..Anywho thanks for understanding my situation. I thought maybe I was the only one getting hassled by them.

[JStumpalump150]

the cop that pulled me over said if i get pulled over by a state trooper he will give me a ticket for sure. so i dont know, but i still have my green lights in my bumper lol.

[shakewell]

Since you know it's illegal, make sure not to bitch about it next time you get pulled over.

It might seem like a stupid law (half of them are), but it's a law. I'm not saying I like police pulling people over for stupid things, but if you keep the green ones in they might not only give you crap for it next time, but they might see that you keep having the same offense and hit you with a fine.

my $.02

[Derk_eliso]

I did get pulled over by a state trooper, they are strict as hell... yelled at me for my tint, and had my car "stored" at the towing place until I could prove that my car was mine... my VIN number on the door didnt match the public VIN number, and worst then that... my registration didn't show either VIN..... lol but it showed the license plate... So long story short, the BMV messed up my regristration and had to fix it, then I showed it to him and got my car back.... and then he told me to take my tint off the front sides...ass hole lol

[lilsweets3138]

Originally Posted by Derk_eliso

I did get pulled over by a state trooper, they are strict as hell... yelled at me for my tint, and had my car "stored" at the towing place until I could prove that my car was mine... my VIN number on the door didnt match the public VIN number, and worst then that... my registration didn't show either VIN..... lol but it showed the license plate... So long story short, the BMV messed up my regristration and had to fix it, then I showed it to him and got my car back.... and then he told me to take my tint off the front sides...ass hole lol

God! What a pecker head. I think I would be crying If they took my car away. I mean, don't they make enough money as it is. I bet you their kids have sporty little cars and they never say anything to them..lol. I'm sorry but I hate cops, they just overuse there power for the stupidest little things when they could actually be doing something GOOD with it.

[01Cavy]

Wow, just wow! You blame the cops when YOU break the laws!!! Just amazing! And Derk, the dmv messed up your registration, not the police officer. You are blaming the wrong person. Police officers have jobs to do just like everyone else. Some of you are bitching because you got pulled over, and you didn't even get a ticket! It could have been worse, so stop whinning! And no Lilsweets, cops don't make much at all. And you say that cops are abusing their powers and should be doing something good with it huh? Well last time I checked, upholding the LAWS is a good thing. Don't break them and you won't be inconvienced.

[jakegday]

yeah no shit, what are you gonna do next time someones breaking into your house? or steals your car? what are you gonna do? call a criminal?

believe it or not they were keeping you safe, if they pulled you over at that time of night for that piss poor reason, they just wanted to check and make sure you werent drunk, which is totally ok with me,
wouldnt you want the cops to do everything they can to get a drunk driver off the street? (ive been hit by a drunk driver, check it out)http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...=drunk+drivers

with those lights you're just giving them a reason to be able to pull you over, that doesnt mean they're always gonna do it, it just means they can, and if they wanna single you out from everyone else, good, let them, they can, if you want them to stop, just take away their reason, then they cant pull you over anymore, its really not that hard to figure out

[lilsweets3138]

01Cavy,shut your piehole. Noone wants to hear you. Are you a cop or something? lol..no you probably are the kid of one better yet related. Who cares..the point were making is that cops pulled us over because of a stupid green bulb..Ooo that is really breaking the law right?! "upholding the laws" please..I live in BROOKYLN,they pull anyone over whenever they feel like it!They should pull over people speeding,why?Because they cause accidents and KILL people.They should pull over people on cell phones,they cause waaay more accidents then someone ever could with a green light bulb on their car. C'mon. It was a repair slip he gave me that said my lights are NON-FUNCTIONING/BROKEN ! They work. Besides when I called the MVA in my area do you know what they told me?? A cop can issue a repair slip to anyone If he FEELS it is fit but If they were not Broken or Non-functioning they don't know why he gave me the slip. Umm,okay? Don't get me wrong there are good cops,my uncle is on the force he's been on it for over 23 years. When I told him about it he said it was the cop trying to make his quota so that he could go home. And you say we did not get a ticket, I had to pay a fee to take my car to get it inspected by a Cop @ the station and have him sign his name.Then to the MVA to pay another fee to get the sh*t signed and stamped.

[01Cavy]

Originally Posted by lilsweets3138

01Cavy,shut your piehole. Noone wants to hear you. Are you a cop or something? lol..no you probably are the kid of one better yet related. Who cares..the point were making is that cops pulled us over because of a stupid green bulb..Ooo that is really breaking the law right?! "upholding the laws" please..I live in BROOKYLN,they pull anyone over whenever they feel like it!They should pull over people speeding,why?Because they cause accidents and KILL people.They should pull over people on cell phones,they cause waaay more accidents then someone ever could with a green light bulb on their car. C'mon. It was a repair slip he gave me that said my lights are NON-FUNCTIONING/BROKEN ! They work. Besides when I called the MVA in my area do you know what they told me?? A cop can issue a repair slip to anyone If he FEELS it is fit but If they were not Broken or Non-functioning they don't know why he gave me the slip. Umm,okay? Don't get me wrong there are good cops,my uncle is on the force he's been on it for over 23 years. When I told him about it he said it was the cop trying to make his quota so that he could go home. And you say we did not get a ticket, I had to pay a fee to take my car to get it inspected by a Cop @ the station and have him sign his name.Then to the MVA to pay another fee to get the sh*t signed and stamped.

Yes I am a cop! You say no one wants to hear me? No one wants you hear you crying because you got pulled over FOR BREAKING THE LAW!!! Regardless of how pety it is, you are still breaking the law! Yeah maybe they have quotas in brooklyn and maybe the officer was trying to make his quota, but guess what, he wouldn't have pulled you over if your green bulbs weren't illegal. Go ahead and put your green bulbs back in, it's only a matter of time before you are hit with another repair slip. Some kids have to learn the hard way.

[jakegday]

lol, cops dont have quotas no matter where you live, thats just ridiculous, that would almost encourage them to harass people, "i had to pull you over i have kids to feed" come on, a cop gets his full paycheck if he gives 1 ticket a month or 30 tickets a month, besides, cops do ALOT more then just traffic stops with their day,