Excuses given to avoid a ticket....?

[Kern Dog]

Lets hear them! Police officers welcome too, of course.
What have you said or heard when stopped by a lawman in an effort to get out of a citation?

[ChargerST]

Got pulled over for doing 65 in a 55 zone. Police officer told me that I was speeding and it's gonna be $125. He also wanted to see my license and registration. Gave him my foreign drivers license (it is valid but only in German and was still a paper type document). well, he walked back to his cruiser and came back 5 minutes later: "there are no records against you so this time I'll just give you warning!"

he probably didn't know what to do

[Cooter]

My brother wrecked a Mazda RX-7 back in 1989 and when the cop got to the scene, he asked him what happened...
Brother replied: "A dog ran out in front of me"...
Cop replied: "I wish somebody would kill that damn dog, he sure is causing alot of accidents lately"..

[404NOTFOUND]

I got caught while visiting New York State from Canada doing 85 mph. The speedometer in my Mercedes read in kilometers only. I lied and told him I didn't understand the conversion. He seemed to believe me and was good about it although I still got a ticket.

[68 Bullitt Charger]

As I just retired from the NY Highway Patrol I have heard it all!!!!!!!!!!

Here's one....
I stop a car on I95 going 90 in a 50 that was occupied by 3 Gentleman 35-40 yrs old....  As I am asking the Motorist for his License and Registration and realize the other Passenger's are laughing and joking about the Driver getting caught. I must admit, it was pretty funny what they were saying...
So while interviewing the Driver I had asked the him "do you know why I pulled you over"? He say's "Yes Officer I do, Speeding right"? I explained to him "yes, a 90 in a 50", he then said "ok" and from the passenger, he said, "Officer, you should have seen him a couple mile's back, we were going 110"!!!! I looked at the Driver and he just wanted to die! They all laughed, I laughed, he seriously apologized and I gave him a warning to slow down!!!!!!!! 

The best way to deal with an Officer is be as pleasant as possible, do not argue any point whether right or wrong, only reply to what's asked and be friendly. This alway's worked for me and I gave lot's of warning's in my day's on the road.

All the best, God Bless,
Joe C NY

[Kern Dog]

GOOD advice!

[twodko]

First off, congratulations on your well deserved retirement and thank you for your service. Now onto my experience....straight forward answers to the interview, respectful and pleasant demeanor and absolute honesty has always served me well (in all things). These folks aren't the enemy, they are just doing an oft times very hard job.
I drove a great deal in my career and worked the night shift too. I was only pulled over twice in the company vehicle in route home, sometimes pretty sleepy. I told the CHP just that and that I had no excuse for driving too fast. One guy remarked about my simple honesty and sent me on my way. The other fella was just curious about the vehicle and what might me happening he was unaware of.  

[Cooter]

Another one (I got too many to list here), but I was in my Tubbed out, 1969 Chevelle, SS 396, 4-speed one afternoon and a buddy's Mustang GT had broken down at the auto parts store. He didn't have the nessesary tools (Before the loan-a-tool PRogram), to replace his water pump so I volunteered to go home and bring back the tools. Well, knowing I just HAD to show him what a REAL musclecar would do from a standing stop, I decided to launch that beast right in front of the store...Bad idea. Sheriff Sitting at the red light about 50 yards back saw the whole thing. Pulls me over and mind you, I just tubbed this thing and had no Wheel tubs in the back. YOu could see all the way to the rear bumper.

Long story short, he asks me "Is there any reason you need to be driving like that?" Reply: "No sir, just being stupid. My buddy needed some tools to fix his car, and I decided that I'd act a fool"..."Mr. "Cooter"(Not real name), You do realize if I write you this ticket, your gonna lose your license?" Of course, it was close to Xmas, so I replied: "Yep, and I was kinda hoping you'd do the Xmas time thing and let me go"...
His reply, the whole time laughing: "Well, I'll do that if you can keep these tires on the road"...

[Cooter]

Got stopped one night after making a pass(Illeagal Street racing for you guys that can't read between the lines), and officer asks "What's all those switches for down there?"
Reply: Well, one's for the Nitrous, One's for the Electric Fan, and One's for the Fuel pump FOR the Nitrous".

Officer: "You wouldn't be using that out here on the highway would you?"
Reply: "No sir, Just got it hooked up this afternoon".
Officer: "Get this thing home and I don't wanna see it back out here tonight. And BTW: Remove that Nitrous kit before I catch you back out on Lawyers Road like I did tonight...BTW: Who won that one? You or the Camaro?"(Laughing)...

I had no reply as if I did, he'd have me, so I gave the "Deer in the Headlights" look and he told me to go home.

[Cooter]

Got busted one night making a pass. A neighbor kept coming to my house and launching his ride (1972 Nova), and I'd go to his house and do the same.

Well, finally, we decided to line-'em-up. We had NO idea there was a drug raid going on at that time. We take off, I lose badly, and Shawn who was behind us both as ref., Got caught.
"Dallas" and myself ran. I get to the house and am sitting in my own home just waiting for them to bust through the door. Headlights come down the driveway, I see a flashlight going round back to where the car was.
Meanwhile, I'm still in the house. Never knocked on the door. I ran through the woods to a buddies house who had a scanner. I come through the door and he's laughin' so hard. Says: "Yeah buddy! I heard it all. You and Dallas just got busted. They got your buddy up there in the road handcuffed over the hood of his car. Your ass is grass!"

Bout that time, my brother walks in and says "Your buddy Shawn is up there in the road handcuffed talking to the cops".
For about two days, We didn't know WTF happened. I see Dallas and Shawn and ask Shawn What the hell happened.

Shawn says the cops kept asking me to put my hands on the hood and I just detailed the car, so I refused twice. They then slammed me down and handcuffed me asking who was the other two guys, and where did they live. All I could think to say was I pointed one direction (North) and said One lives that way, and the other lives (Pointing south) that way"...

[Cooter]

My brother was cruising down I-95 South to Florida one time in his homeade 5.0 liter Mustang. This black car kept cruising up beside him and backing off. Did this about three times, so he puts the hammer down. Low and behold the car had tinted windows and kept right beside him. He gets off at a rest stop, so does the black car.

Out steps a cop. Walks straight up to him, and in his words says: "Them Mustangs will run won't they?"
My brother said he didn't know WTF to think, but said "I guess not as good as that car huh?"

[mpdlawdog]

Congrads on the retirement also!!

Ive been an officer for 15 years........I've also heard them all....my favorite involved a 5' 110 blond wearing a mini skirt and a button down shirt....the rest is classified    Lets just say it was like the cannonball run movie, only better  . 

My favorite excuse was I stopped a Silver Lambo going 140 (the Lambo dealership was in the town I work in).  Lets just say a famous athlete had just left the dealership with his new toy.  I asked him if he knew why I stopped him....he said because I was a (team) fan.  I laughed and told him I was a rivals fan and that I would like his autograph on the ticket I was going to issue him.  He lost his smile in a big hurry.  I told him I was just joking and let him go.  The look on his face was classic!

sorry our policy at work says I cant post "names" of people we deal with.

[Old Moparz]

I've had my share of tickets, most for speeding, but never for anything that was more than 8 to 10 MPH over the limit, like 58 in a 50 or 65 in a 55 zone. Also never got a ticket for anything in any of my own vehicles. I never gave any excuse, I just spoke politely & handed over my paperwork. Only got one ticket for something other than speeding. It was for crossing a double yellow line to pass someone late at night on a deserted road with nobody around except for two tiny little headlights about a mile ahead in the oncoming lane.   

I explained to the driver who was in the vehicle with the two tiny little headlights about a mile ahead in the oncoming lane, that the other car was creeping along at about 15 MPH in the 35 zone, was swerving like a drunk. (That was actually the truth) I wanted to get away from them, so I passed them. The officer never said anything other than asking for the paperwork & writing me a ticket.

Once, when I was delivering something, I was stopped for doing just over 40 in a 30 zone by a female state trooper in NY. She asked why I was in a hurry & I told her that my boss was riding me to get things done faster so I was trying that. She checked the papers on the van & gave me a warning.     That was absolutely the only time I was never given a ticket & the only time a female officer pulled me over. No, I didn't get her number. 

Last ticket I got was for doing 60 in a 50 on the Palisades Parkway over 20 years ago. I don't think I could have talked my way out of it no matter what, I almost ran the officer over. A car with the radar unit was clocking cars from behind a large boulder. I saw it as I went by & kept looking in the mirror to see if he was pulling out to follow me & give a ticket. What I didn't notice was, the other officer standing in the fast lane directly in front of me.   

I hit the brakes to slow down, & he dove through the air like Superman & landed in the grass. I stopped on the shoulder & waited for him to dust himself off, walk to where I was & write a ticket. He never said a word about almost getting run down & must have realized that standing in traffic on a highway wasn't the smartest way to get someone to pull over. 

[learical1]

I was driving home Labor Day after spending the weekend in the mountains in eastern Arizona.  I get stuck behind some fool who would do a mile an hour over 30 in a 55 zone.  Directly behind me was an AZ DPS officer in his patrol truck. (yes, it was a pick-up truck.)  I followed this guy for 5 miles, never getting a break in the double-yellow "no passing" stripes in the road.  I finally get to a spot where I can see it's clear enough to pass, even though the double yellow stripes are still there.  I grab 2nd gear and blast around the idiot.  The DPS officer hits his lights, and the slow guy pulls over.  The cop turns off his lights, passes Mr. Slowpoke, and follows me another 10 miles.  We get to a wide spot in the road where there are some houses and a business.  Officer flips on his lights, and I pull over.  Before the officer gets to my car, a lady runs out of one of the houses and takes what looks like a 2 year old boy out of the officer's truck.  I sign the ticket.  I really didn't want to take off work to fight the ticket, so I mailed in the payment to court, along with a copy of a letter I wrote to the Department of Public Safety, asking if it was policy to wait until you're in front of your babysitter's house before an officer pulls over a traffic offender.  I also asked if DPS officers weren't required to put children that young in child restraint seats.  I received a reply from the officer's superior stating it isn't required to pull over an offender as soon as the offense is observed, but it is recommended if it is safe to do so.  The superior officer also told me that in the outlying areas  of the state, officers often have to use their DPS vehicles to transport family, but the officer now knows to keep a child seat in the truck if he is going to transport his son again.  BTW, the judge never cashed my payment check. 

[RallyeMike]

Ticket? How about avoiding jail? Here is the short version:

When I was 17 I was pulled over in my 69 Charger because my car met the description of a recent hit and run incident. After doing everything I could to lose him, he caught up with me but let me go saying "my dents were too rusty to be the right car".

The very next night I was pulled over with four people in the car. When the officer approached I asked him "did you pull me over for hit and run?" (stupid!)     Nope: This time they pulled me over because the Charger fit the description in an armed robbery!

Thankfully, after a LOT of explaining about the "hit and run" comment, I turned out that I did not fit the description of the 30-yo guy who had just pulled off the robbery.

So..... keep your dents rusty, don't implicate yourself by being stupid, and watch out for bad dudes driving a car like yours.

[Drache]

I just got out of a ticket yesterday! Told the officer than after driving an old ratty Ford Taurus I wasn't used to the Dart after taking it out of storage only minutes before.

[Rolling_Thunder]

I just seem to be good on getting off of tickets --   I got popped doing 65mph through a school zone, hospital zone, and a 35mpg zone....        Motorcycle cop gave me a warning.

Pulled over doing 107 in a 70mph zone....     warning

[Indygenerallee]

I was pulled over one night at 1:00 am when I was 25 in a 1995 Cobra 5.0 5-speed HIGHLY MODDED, doing 110 mph cop pulls me over asking "The girl better be awful pretty I am hurrying to get to"!  He said it looked like a blur going by he then asked me point blank how fast I was going I told him 110 mph! (no need to lie I thought I was going to jail at that point!) He has me go back to his car and runs my liscense and then proceeds to ask me what has been done to the Mustang!  He let me off with a warning and said "The next time I see that black mustang doing that speed in my county your going to jail!" I said yes sir!!  and off I went!!  I guess that was my one get out of jail free card!!

[squeakfinder]

 

   There's always that standard answer, "I only had two beers."   

[greymag]

Year-1973
Place-I-75 South of Detroit..Flat Rock MI
Vehicle-1968 Pontiac GTO
We were doing 20....GTO speedo stops at 120 but will wrap around. I see headlights behind us & pay no mind until I realize they were catching up. We pull over before he hits his lights and hope for the best. State Police in a 440 2 4bbl (yes, they had cars with 2 4bbl) Fury pulls in behind us. Cop walks up & says "You were going pretty fast back there". We say "yes sir". He says "Slow it down". I think he was just so pleased he could run a GTO down at max warp. No ticket.
Or
Montana ticket 105 in a 55 on I94. $5.00 for wasting natural resources. Payable on the spot.

[Kern Dog]

The dual 4 barrel 440 was never installed in any factory car. If YOU saw one, it must have been some aftermarket conversion. Ma Mopar didnt even make a dual 4 barrel intake for the RB series motor.

[nvrbdn]

years ago (in 1976) i was headed to calif. from illinois. new car with no plates yet. and haulin balls through arizona. had the cb radio off talkin to my friend that was on the road with me. we came over a hill and there he was. he pulled me over and came walkin up to the window.good afternoon, im your arizona highway state patrol. then he asked for my license and regis. told him the car was new and pointed toward the windshield paper from the dmv. he walks back to his car and sits down for a few minutes. he gets out and starts to walk up to the car when all of a sudden a pink caddy blows by us like a blur. he runs up tosses the license back in the window and says have a nice day and runs back to his car and heads out. i get back on the road and 3 miles up there are 3 cops surrounding the caddy.  glad it wasnt me.

[learical1]

The dual 4 barrel 440 was never installed in any factory car. If YOU saw one, it must have been some aftermarket conversion. Ma Mopar didnt even make a dual 4 barrel intake for the RB series motor.

413 300E.  Wasn't that an in-line RB dual quad manifold? Before the cross ram manifolds?

[Dans 68]

I've never given an excuse. Typically the first words out of my mouth are "where the hell did you come from?"   

Once general introductions are made it is just a lot of two word answers like "Yes, Sir" or "No Sir".




Dan

[John_Kunkel]

Ma Mopar didnt even make a dual 4 barrel intake for the RB series motor.

In line 4-barrels were used on various 413 powered Chrysler 300's.