Speeding ticket
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From: Arlington
Re: Speeding ticket
It was his car so I would have been walking. But we learned a great lesson in humility that evening. I of course chuckled which was not the smartest thing to do, and after a quick verbal outline of the possible outcomes if we continued down the road of smart ass remarks we got the lesson. We were asked to get out of the car and hand over all identification, then to place our hands on the car and not to remove them for anything until he got back from checking our backgrounds.
Mind you this is Texas mid summer, hot sticky ass weather. We are on a service road about a quarter mile from a gas station, and every mini van full of families driving by looking at us standing there with our hands on the car. Yep a good 20 minutes of sweating our balls off, and enduring the rubber neck looks as people drove by wondering. He was in his car with the A/C running, occasionally taking the spotlight and beaming us in the face to remind us that he was watching. He came back says you guys check out ok, go on have a nice evening. So a good thirty minutes of time, public exposure, and some hot weather got a good point across, keep your funny comments to yourself or you will become the punch line.
Mind you this is Texas mid summer, hot sticky ass weather. We are on a service road about a quarter mile from a gas station, and every mini van full of families driving by looking at us standing there with our hands on the car. Yep a good 20 minutes of sweating our balls off, and enduring the rubber neck looks as people drove by wondering. He was in his car with the A/C running, occasionally taking the spotlight and beaming us in the face to remind us that he was watching. He came back says you guys check out ok, go on have a nice evening. So a good thirty minutes of time, public exposure, and some hot weather got a good point across, keep your funny comments to yourself or you will become the punch line.
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Re: Speeding ticket
You forgot one……
It is probably not in your best interest to point out the different button on his shirt because he is fat. Driving through Texas we got pulled as a courtesy in buddies car, and all probably would have went well until my buddy mentioned.. “Hey it looks like you lost one of your star buttons”…. The conversation did not go well from that point on…….
It is probably not in your best interest to point out the different button on his shirt because he is fat. Driving through Texas we got pulled as a courtesy in buddies car, and all probably would have went well until my buddy mentioned.. “Hey it looks like you lost one of your star buttons”…. The conversation did not go well from that point on…….
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From: I-64, I-464, I-264, I-664
Re: Speeding ticket
It was his car so I would have been walking. But we learned a great lesson in humility that evening. I of course chuckled which was not the smartest thing to do, and after a quick verbal outline of the possible outcomes if we continued down the road of smart ass remarks we got the lesson. We were asked to get out of the car and hand over all identification, then to place our hands on the car and not to remove them for anything until he got back from checking our backgrounds.
Mind you this is Texas mid summer, hot sticky ass weather. We are on a service road about a quarter mile from a gas station, and every mini van full of families driving by looking at us standing there with our hands on the car. Yep a good 20 minutes of sweating our balls off, and enduring the rubber neck looks as people drove by wondering. He was in his car with the A/C running, occasionally taking the spotlight and beaming us in the face to remind us that he was watching. He came back says you guys check out ok, go on have a nice evening. So a good thirty minutes of time, public exposure, and some hot weather got a good point across, keep your funny comments to yourself or you will become the punch line.
Mind you this is Texas mid summer, hot sticky ass weather. We are on a service road about a quarter mile from a gas station, and every mini van full of families driving by looking at us standing there with our hands on the car. Yep a good 20 minutes of sweating our balls off, and enduring the rubber neck looks as people drove by wondering. He was in his car with the A/C running, occasionally taking the spotlight and beaming us in the face to remind us that he was watching. He came back says you guys check out ok, go on have a nice evening. So a good thirty minutes of time, public exposure, and some hot weather got a good point across, keep your funny comments to yourself or you will become the punch line.
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From: Hampton Roads
Re: Speeding ticket
Very useful information ....
The way I looked at it, if I was comming down 64 near the statetroopers inbetween indian river/greenbriar ..... and i was doing about 65, when I saw them .... obviously I do whats natural tap the brake then look at my speedo .... then panic cause i was goin ten over.
I know all troopers are different, but from your point of view ... would you see someone speeding come in your radar at 65, then drop down to 55 basically be an obvious .... they knew they were speeding, time to get them.
Ive tried to not make it obvious when I was slowing down, like everyone else who slams on the brake, I usually just lift off the gas for a few seconds and let the car slow down on its own because like I said I would see it as "oh your hitting the brakes, you knew you were speeding"
The way I looked at it, if I was comming down 64 near the statetroopers inbetween indian river/greenbriar ..... and i was doing about 65, when I saw them .... obviously I do whats natural tap the brake then look at my speedo .... then panic cause i was goin ten over.
I know all troopers are different, but from your point of view ... would you see someone speeding come in your radar at 65, then drop down to 55 basically be an obvious .... they knew they were speeding, time to get them.
Ive tried to not make it obvious when I was slowing down, like everyone else who slams on the brake, I usually just lift off the gas for a few seconds and let the car slow down on its own because like I said I would see it as "oh your hitting the brakes, you knew you were speeding"
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Re: Speeding ticket
Very useful information ....
The way I looked at it, if I was comming down 64 near the statetroopers inbetween indian river/greenbriar ..... and i was doing about 65, when I saw them .... obviously I do whats natural tap the brake then look at my speedo .... then panic cause i was goin ten over.
I know all troopers are different, but from your point of view ... would you see someone speeding come in your radar at 65, then drop down to 55 basically be an obvious .... they knew they were speeding, time to get them.
Ive tried to not make it obvious when I was slowing down, like everyone else who slams on the brake, I usually just lift off the gas for a few seconds and let the car slow down on its own because like I said I would see it as "oh your hitting the brakes, you knew you were speeding"
The way I looked at it, if I was comming down 64 near the statetroopers inbetween indian river/greenbriar ..... and i was doing about 65, when I saw them .... obviously I do whats natural tap the brake then look at my speedo .... then panic cause i was goin ten over.
I know all troopers are different, but from your point of view ... would you see someone speeding come in your radar at 65, then drop down to 55 basically be an obvious .... they knew they were speeding, time to get them.
Ive tried to not make it obvious when I was slowing down, like everyone else who slams on the brake, I usually just lift off the gas for a few seconds and let the car slow down on its own because like I said I would see it as "oh your hitting the brakes, you knew you were speeding"
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From: I-64, I-464, I-264, I-664
Re: Speeding ticket
Very useful information ....
The way I looked at it, if I was comming down 64 near the statetroopers inbetween indian river/greenbriar ..... and i was doing about 65, when I saw them .... obviously I do whats natural tap the brake then look at my speedo .... then panic cause i was goin ten over.
I know all troopers are different, but from your point of view ... would you see someone speeding come in your radar at 65, then drop down to 55 basically be an obvious .... they knew they were speeding, time to get them.
Ive tried to not make it obvious when I was slowing down, like everyone else who slams on the brake, I usually just lift off the gas for a few seconds and let the car slow down on its own because like I said I would see it as "oh your hitting the brakes, you knew you were speeding"
The way I looked at it, if I was comming down 64 near the statetroopers inbetween indian river/greenbriar ..... and i was doing about 65, when I saw them .... obviously I do whats natural tap the brake then look at my speedo .... then panic cause i was goin ten over.
I know all troopers are different, but from your point of view ... would you see someone speeding come in your radar at 65, then drop down to 55 basically be an obvious .... they knew they were speeding, time to get them.
Ive tried to not make it obvious when I was slowing down, like everyone else who slams on the brake, I usually just lift off the gas for a few seconds and let the car slow down on its own because like I said I would see it as "oh your hitting the brakes, you knew you were speeding"
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From: Outer Banks
Re: Speeding ticket
Here you go, for your reading pleasure or displeasure. I stay in the 77mph+ range almost all of the time if I can stay busy. I don't go slower unless I'm bored.
Disclaimer: Agree or disagree, it doesn't matter to me. I don't tell people how to do their jobs and don't expect people to tell me how to do mine.
77mph and faster: Open door policy, I open my door and you get paper.
73-76mph: there’s a small chance for a warning if everything is perfect. (you have your license and registration, everything is current and up to date, positive point balance on your DMV transcript, polite and you don’t put me out in traffic by stopping so close to the right lane that I’m going to get run over).
68-72mph: Acknowledge the fact that I’m there by pressing the brakes or slowing down, and we’ll never meet. Drive by without checking up and I’ll make sure you see me. Good chance of a warning.
There’s a few exceptions.
You could come by at 68-72 and check up but if you drive a POS car that appears to be unsafe, I’m going to stop you. If everything is ok, you’ll be on your way with a warning. POS cars tend to have suspended drivers, expired tags, equipment violations and expired inspection stickers.
68-76mph: No warning if..
You have alcohol on your breath.
You say “Why you stopping me?” “Whats the problem?” “Don’t you have real criminals to catch” “Don’t you have something better to do?” “You must be bored” before I have the chance to request your drivers license and registration.
Your license is suspended.
Pull the race card.
You are on the phone and give me, the “wait one minute” hand signal. You just started the 15 minute waiting period. I’ll return to my car and make a phone call of my own. I usually call my college friend who is a Trooper in NC or my room mate from the VSP academy who works Stafford County.
You drive by with your windows up with 5% tint. You see me and roll your windows down in the dead of winter and it’s like 12 degrees out. All of the sudden it’s hot in your car? Same applies in the summer. What? All of a sudden you want the 90% humidity in your car?
Any lane change/maneuver to try and lose me in traffic or off the next exit.
You can’t produce a drivers license or ID card. This triggers the road side state inspection. I’ll write every violation on the car if I have a hard time identifying you.
I catch you in a lie. “I left my drivers license at home” I go onto to find out you are suspended with notice. Road side state inspection time.
Hot chick….paper everytime. They have made it though life on looks long enough. Plus, I’m waiting for one to say something like” I thought hot chicks get warnings” so I can say “They do, but I need you to sign here”.
Any woman that says “I’ll do whatever it takes, just don’t write me a ticket/ arrest me” I’ll play innocent and naive like I don’t know what they are talking about, just to see if I can get them to actually say it. Then when they do….”Oh, You need some self respect,your mom wouldn’t be proud’.
Any chick that shows her “goods”….paper everytime.
Anyone who tries to tell me what I can’t do.
I’m sure someone will think this is BS, they can either drive the speed limit or stay off my interstate. In all honesty, speeding tickets bore me, but it’s an easy way to get involved in other stuff like drunk drivers, interdiction (money and drugs), stolen cars,
Disclaimer: Agree or disagree, it doesn't matter to me. I don't tell people how to do their jobs and don't expect people to tell me how to do mine.
77mph and faster: Open door policy, I open my door and you get paper.
73-76mph: there’s a small chance for a warning if everything is perfect. (you have your license and registration, everything is current and up to date, positive point balance on your DMV transcript, polite and you don’t put me out in traffic by stopping so close to the right lane that I’m going to get run over).
68-72mph: Acknowledge the fact that I’m there by pressing the brakes or slowing down, and we’ll never meet. Drive by without checking up and I’ll make sure you see me. Good chance of a warning.
There’s a few exceptions.
You could come by at 68-72 and check up but if you drive a POS car that appears to be unsafe, I’m going to stop you. If everything is ok, you’ll be on your way with a warning. POS cars tend to have suspended drivers, expired tags, equipment violations and expired inspection stickers.
68-76mph: No warning if..
You have alcohol on your breath.
You say “Why you stopping me?” “Whats the problem?” “Don’t you have real criminals to catch” “Don’t you have something better to do?” “You must be bored” before I have the chance to request your drivers license and registration.
Your license is suspended.
Pull the race card.
You are on the phone and give me, the “wait one minute” hand signal. You just started the 15 minute waiting period. I’ll return to my car and make a phone call of my own. I usually call my college friend who is a Trooper in NC or my room mate from the VSP academy who works Stafford County.
You drive by with your windows up with 5% tint. You see me and roll your windows down in the dead of winter and it’s like 12 degrees out. All of the sudden it’s hot in your car? Same applies in the summer. What? All of a sudden you want the 90% humidity in your car?
Any lane change/maneuver to try and lose me in traffic or off the next exit.
You can’t produce a drivers license or ID card. This triggers the road side state inspection. I’ll write every violation on the car if I have a hard time identifying you.
I catch you in a lie. “I left my drivers license at home” I go onto to find out you are suspended with notice. Road side state inspection time.
Hot chick….paper everytime. They have made it though life on looks long enough. Plus, I’m waiting for one to say something like” I thought hot chicks get warnings” so I can say “They do, but I need you to sign here”.
Any woman that says “I’ll do whatever it takes, just don’t write me a ticket/ arrest me” I’ll play innocent and naive like I don’t know what they are talking about, just to see if I can get them to actually say it. Then when they do….”Oh, You need some self respect,your mom wouldn’t be proud’.
Any chick that shows her “goods”….paper everytime.
Anyone who tries to tell me what I can’t do.
I’m sure someone will think this is BS, they can either drive the speed limit or stay off my interstate. In all honesty, speeding tickets bore me, but it’s an easy way to get involved in other stuff like drunk drivers, interdiction (money and drugs), stolen cars,
Keep my hands on the wheel and wait for approach.
Approach, roll window down with one hand still on the wheel.
Provide documentation after informing LEO where everything is.
And be respectful and honest at all times.
After all, the LEOs are out on the street always with their life on the line for ours. Show that you have concern for theirs and usually they will extend the same courtesy.