very much this. When I was young I used to get pulled over all the time and then I sold my GTI and got a Porsche 944. My driving habits didn't change at all but I suddenly stopped getting hassled.
Of course traffic enforcement has been pretty much nonexistent here (DC/Baltimore area) since the pandemic so there's that too.
I have only seen them in school zones, so I really don't have a problem with people getting caught by them. I think MD allows you 12 over so 37 in a 25 MPH school zone? I'm fine with giving tickets for that. In general people driving too fast is not a problem I have with MD drivers, it's exactly the opposite. They're slow... and stupid. And drive with no lights or high beams on after dark/in the rain. Don't signal. Don't know how to use mirrors. Don't understand proper lane usage. Don't GAF if they change lanes right into you. Don't know what a red light means. Definitely cannot handle a double left turn lane. But driving too fast... that's generally not a problem.
Yes, I occasionally see people driving crazy fast and weaving in and out of traffic, passing on shoulders/onramps/etc. but that's like 2% of the drivers.
YMMV, most of my driving is in the area between Baltimore and DC.
They added a bunch to 695 and 495.
>Speed cameras on Maryland’s I-495 (Capital Beltway) and surrounding work zones have generated millions in revenue, with one stretch in Prince George's County issuing over 74,000 tickets totaling over $3 million in fines in just six months. The state has issued nearly 400,000 speed camera tickets in some years, often totaling over $16 million in fines.
That must have happened after I moved (1.5 years ago - I now pretty much commute on surface streets; if I do take the highway it's a short stretch of 695 and I-97)
I still don't see simple speed as being a huge safety problem. What I do see is either drivers just simply driving with their heads up their asses, and then there's a small subset of insanely aggressive drivers. Heck, when I used to commute up 295, I rarely was able to \*reach\* the speed limit, much less exceed it.
People don’t believe me when I say this! When I owned a Ford Focus I would be pulled over on a whim, but now with a Mercedes it’s like crickets if I go past a cop speeding a bit.
What gives?!
I have a bright blue gt350 with white stripes. Have had it for 4 years. Never pulled over. My daily Tiguan that’s gray. 3 times in the last 2.5 years. Ticketed once.
That’s crazy. You wouldn’t believe how many people I’ve said this to and they pretty much gaslit me.
So nice to see I’m not crazy! lol I wonder why though? I’ve even been able to get parking enforcement to cancel a ticket right there when I point to my AMG! 😬
I worked construction with an ex cop a few years ago. We had this exact conversation. As jacked up as it is, he said people with nicer vehicles are far less likely to have issues outside of traffic infractions. More clapped out cars are where youll find more people in possession or with warrants. They use traffic monitoring more as a way to find legit criminals as opposed to actually enforcing the traffic laws
My father is an ex cop and I can confirm this is common practice. He had more arrests than any other cop on the force and it wasn't petty stuff. He just actually worked his whole shift and didn't spend most of it parked at the local convenience store flirting with the clerk like a lot of his fellow cops. He didn't write a ton of tickets for the number of stops he made. He pulled people over speeding over ten mph, running stop signs and turning where no turn was allowed. The point of the stop was to make contact, educate and release. Unless he found other issues like suspended license, no insurance, warrants, or driver was acting impaired.
It’s a more efficient way of finding actual criminals. Who gives a shit if it’s unfair if it leads to more people with warrants or driving under the influence being stopped.
Yeah but most of those warrants are related to being poor - like having unpaid tickets, driving on a suspended license and such. They aren’t catching rapists and murderers by targeting people too poor to pay fines or repair their cars.
When I was younger, had no license and the car was illegal. I'd throw hubcaps on my whoopty because cops are gonna run your tags if you're in a whoopty, I would if I was a cop
Rich people can be a pain in the ass, are harder to make a ticket stick to, and are less likely to be doing anything else wrong. Eg if you pull someone who is struggling over you might be able to tack on expired reg, expired/suspended license, insurance, safety issues, drugs etc.
The cop is fully aware that if you have a nicer car, you can probably afford a lawyer, which means he's got a lot more work.
There's also just a bias against young people. I got pulled over a lot when I was younger, and was pulled over again just about 10 years ago. no, it was more like 15.
Yep. I've been pulled over two times pretextually. Twice for 'your license plate looked weird.' Once when I drove a shitty Civic in an area where there was a sharp divide between the haves and the have-nots, and once when I was the only car on the highway in BFE County so the sheriff had nothing better to do than pull out, tailgate me and then pull me over when his automated plate reader didn't get a clear read.
In the first case, the officer became frustrated/defensive when I was able to present current license, reg and insurance. Like stammering and shit. It was wild.
I’d get pulled over every 3 months or so in my e30 as a kid. Old, modified car, often driving with the top down at night. Drive an old convertible with the top down at 3am and the cops are fuckin drooling to pull you over lol
It actually depends some areas will pull over the expensive cars cause they are trying to make revenue off tickets and they know people with money will pay them.
Tried. I’ve gotten more tickets at younger ages in slower, shittier cars than I have in my nicer, quicker ones. You kinda figure out when/where you can let it loose, what areas to be careful, how to watch out better, but also just chill out more as you mature
This is so true. I have multiple cars. I sometimes drive one with the paint peeling and like 25 years old and cops seem more suspicious. I drive one that is just a few years newer and no paint peeling. No problem. How I know? the other day a cop raced to get behind me in my little old car. Turned the lights on enough to run my insurance when I was about to pull over he left like nothing.
I got pulled over around 30 times before I was 17! I got a few tickets. Id fight them. Right before I left the high school I’d pull the fire alarm. Tiny town. All the cops would be at the high school and nobody would appear to fight me on my ticket, I’d win by default.
I'm almost 60 now and I rarely get pulled over, anymore. Maybe once a year or 2. When I first got my license way back in '82 it took less than 90 days (provisional license period in MD) and I got pulled over for the 1st time and I was off to the races. After a few years I had to go to the DMV to get a physical copy of my driving record. They still had dot matrix printers back then. I got up to the counter and the clerk wanted to know if I wanted the whole record or just the last 3 (or 5?) years. I chose the whole thing. Anyone remember the noise from dot matrix printers? I don't really remember how many pages it was, maybe a dozen? Dot matrix zzzzipppp, ziiiiippppp, ziiiippppp for several minutes straight. Everyone in line was laughing, even me. My insurance bills used to be soooo high.
A lot as a young guy with modified loud shitheaps that I drove like I stole them. Almost never now even though I have the fastest and nastiest car ive ever owned that I keep looking clean and nice and don't drive like a dickhead at every opportunity I can.
Barely ever (5 times maybe in over 16 years?) Because I dont drive like an asshole. And cops where I live aren't overzealous pricks. 1 ticket for expired tags.
First time just a week ago for 40 in a 30. I had just turned onto the main road and just kinda accelerated without thinking about it. And I live in an area without any real crime so the cops don’t have much to do
Never, the only time I’ve talked to someone like a cop when in my car was I turned down a rod exploring the local area near my apartment since I just lived in and it looked like a normal country road until I realized it was a checkpoint for the FBI center
23 years old here… 7 speeding tickets. Only one in the last 4 years, gonna go pay it this month and do traffic school so insurance doesn’t go up. Must say, it was a rough first 4 years of driving. 🤣
Quite a few times between 2012 and 2017. I started fighting every single ticket since 2012 and eventually they stopped messing with me. I guess they got sick of going to court with me.
Four times in 30 years of driving. Once was a small town cop being stupid. Twice on a country road jamming to music and not realizing how fast I was driving, and the last time was just recently when they changed the speed limit on the interstate through town and I didn't pay attention. The first three were 20 years ago. Only 1 ticket (small town cop being stupid - they had a shrub blocking your view at a stop sign and I didn't stop fully twice when I pulled forward to see if the one lane horse carriage road through town was clear) that I yelled at the cop for.
When I had my Camaro in the 70s, the cops would cut me out of the middle of the herd to pull me over. As I started doing a lot of driving, I had to buy a blander car that wasn't a cop magnet.
Been driving 40 years. Been pulled over 15-20 times.
One night, got pulled over 3 times between 11 and midnight for having a taillight out. Third time, I politely told the officer to let the second cop know that he also had a headlight out.
But my favorite “pulled over” story … I wasn’t driving but my buddy and I (in our 20s) were driving to my mom’s house to pick up my golf clubs. Beautiful summer Saturday, and we were enjoying a beer (or two) on back country roads.
Got pulled over. Instead of getting out, deputy paused behind us briefly, pulled up next to us. It someone we knew through mutual friends, and he told us to slow the f- down, then drove off.
Yea. Last time I got pulled over was for trying to pass a guy going like 20mph in a 45mph zone. He had his hazards on and I waited till we got to the part of the road that had middle passing lane. I went past and the cop pulled me over.
He goes why did you do that? Im like well its a passing lane. he just looked at it and goes, well okay, but people can go as slow as they want? I just said, you got it sir! and drove off.
I had a cop pull up next to me to yell at me for my inspection being expired, but I mustve looked exhausted or just worn out because he open his window, said “you know your stickers!… are expired…. Just make sure you get those taken care of” and drove off lol
I didn't let someone make their lane change where it would've actually been more reasonable to do so.
I dont want to write a wall of text but basically his point was about how my maneuver made traffic flow take longer to restore to normal. Had I not done that the lanes would've started moving more quickly.
I already knew that but I was goign through some shit so I was grumpy that morning
I haven't yet. I'm only 20 tho and been driving a whopping five years. Plenty of times I should have been pulled over, and one time I almost was, had my exit not been right there and semis blocked the Trooper after he made a u-turn😂. Pinned the throttle and hit my exit before he had a chance to catch up lol.
A bunch I got pulled over 3 times in a half hour span on my way home from work the last cop asked is this a new car I said yes I just got it yesterday and he said congrats here's a 100 dollar ticket
2times , the first time I had my registration and safety check expired nearly a year and the second time I was driving double the speed limit, luckily he gave me a warning instead of arresting me for reckless driving as I was the only car on the highway at 4am in the morning driving to work
10-15 times.
1 speeding ticket, which was bullshit. 1 seat belt ticket, cop saw me take it off and he admitted it later.
Other times it was dumb shit, they were just looking to nail someone. Pulled over for a license plate light out, as the cop left i got a photo of it with the cop car at the stop sign. Took it to the chief, cop got a reprimand for that one.
State patrol got me once doing 90 in a 65. I got called into work at 1am. I knew i was busted, wouldnt even had been mad if it ticketed me. He was cool, we talked about my car while he ran my stuff (05 SRT4). Let me go with a verbal.
I've never been pulled over (I'm only in my mid-50s), but I once happened upon a checkpoint in Mexico where they were checking that everyone had their license.
Age 16-24: About 20.
- 16 warnings (mostly verbal, couple written)
- 3 tickets dismissed by trial by written declaration; 2 default, 1 on merit
- 1 ticket that stuck, my very first
Age 24-30: maybe 4-5. 1 ticket. Rest warnings.
Age 30-40: none
Age 40-42: 2 tickets, both on vacation out of state/out of country. Can’t be bother to fight. Just paid and moved on.
Last time I was pulled over merging on the sweeping curve interchange from the 52 to the 8 freeway I can take that curve at 110 mph easily passing someone who aggravated me… 👀 in mirror chp already on the 8 freeway i blew by him while letting off the throttle just kept coasting no brakes he pulled me over in my 2017 Honda Accord LXS! “What’s your hurry” 1st question my answer was the truth that guy pissed me off so I passed him!! The cop wrote me up for 5 mph over speed limit! That was generous!
3 times in 50 years of driving: The first time I was trying to make a lunch date and received a well deserved speeding ticket. Second time a warning for expired tags. The third time I was stopped by an overzealous bicycle cop for blocking an intersection after a car backed out in front of me as I crossed said intersection. No ticket…just years of my spouse gleefully telling the tale of how the officer was huffing and puffing after chasing me several blocks. How was I supposed to know he was attempting to pull me over? There were no lights or sirens!
Once but I deserved it. Was bringing my kid home from the dentist and she was screaming and I was going 80 in a 55 trying to get her to a store to get something to help her. Could've caused a worse situation by doing that though who knows the officer could've saved our lives! He was very nice and I didn't give him any BS and he fudged the ticket in my favor.
On the other hand, I went through a roadblock and had a cop who was smart with me when I'd done nothing wrong.
I recently had someone without insurance hit my car, it's a minor scratch and dent but I'm interested to see if I'll get pulled over more now. The cost to fix it is the same as the value of the car so I'm just leaving it, I was planning to get a new one soon anyway.
Twice. Once because the cops we're looking for someone and I was driving a similar looking vehicle and once because I stopped to itch my foot and the cop thought I was drunk so kept me there for about 10 minutes and questioned me (I was not drunk and hadn't had anything to drink that night at all).
A bunch. Once at gun point. It was an unmarked cop car. Once I explained to him I thought he was a crazy person chasing me until he turned on his lights. He understood. Let me go. No ticket.
Like 7 times so far. Only once with a reasonable reason.
My fave was Pokemon Moon came out and I was out till like 3AM playing with friends and cop stopped me literally for just driving in a school zone late at night, thought I was a dealer.
I was super anxious and showed him my DS, my Litten, new Grimer and he got so annoyed by me he just told me to go home, didn't even run my license.
Hate you, NJ & Boston ports
When I was 18, and commuting to college 50 miles away I got a total of 17 speeding tickets in one year, between my car and motorcycle. I got a letter from New Mexico saying my license was suspended but I have a Texas license. The tickets were half Texas half NM. I always showed up to court and or just paid my tickets on time. Nothing ever happened. Since then, I’ve learned my lesson and maybe get pulled over once a year
Maybe a dozen times, but that's over a period of more than 50 years. Some of those weren't me getting pulled over, but stopped at roadblocks where everyone was getting stopped.
The times it was me getting pulled over, were mostly things like a burnt out tail-light, or an expired tab. Only for moving violations a couple of times, only got ticketed once.
In my younger days, almost daily. I'd always be at the street race spots, or at the party spots, and my car just looks guilty (slammed e30). I didn't even keep my license in my wallet, it is paper clipped to my registration and insurance, all in the door pocket because I got stopped so much. Cops would actually laugh and say "You must do this often"
As I got older, and I started driving the same vehicle as the police do (4runner land here) that stopped. I also don't frequent those troublesome spots anymore.
I was actually waiting on parts for my 4runner, so I pulled out the old e30 and had fun driving it around. Then I got pulled over, first time in a decade. Just like old times.
Less than 10 in last 25 years. 8 of them in Ohio ( notoriously known as very cop driven state in my 20's). You can get a ticket easily going 1 mph over speed limit. My mom once got pulled over closing her window and just swerved tiny bit because she glanced down for 1 second in Ohio. Moved to Washington state 15 yrs ago only once on hwy but just warning.
5? First time getting pulled over was during the pandemic. Took a shortcut through the high school and the cop followed me. It was dark. He flew up my butt and didn’t realize what it was because he had no lights on. Panicking, I fled and called 911 to report being followed only to be told I need to pull over because it was an officer. No Ticket, only wanted to tell me it was private property and I needed to stay off. Second time I was pulling out of my house a little slow. I live on a Main Street. Coo thought I just pulled out in front of him without stopping first but that was false. No ticket. Got pulled over on the highway for going 71 in a 55. Ticketed. Got pulled over for tint a year after I got it. No ticket, verbal warning. Last time, was going pretty fast up a Main Street with two lanes. Probably 60 in a 45. Cop didn’t have me on radar but I saw him and knew it was game over. Told him I was late for a hair cut appointment and let me go with a written warning for speed and tint, only because he was stationary and not running radar.
Twice. Once for speeding and another because my friend said "watch this drift" and got my car stuck on a curb. No charges or tickets on either but the 2nd one did get my car impounded.
When I worked evenings it was about 6 times a year. No tickets.same was happening to a coworker who would drive the same route. Often we would get pulled over in the same night minutes apart. I would get pulled over for having a license plate light out. Even though it wasn't. Or just pulled over for headlight being out, and other minor that really doesn't justify pulling a person over like 1 out 6 taillights not working or being dim. I thought I was going to get a ticket once because the 3rd time in a month I got pulled over, no reasons last time but this time a license plate light (which was fine) after working 17 hours I asked the officer how stupid he would feel if he got hit on the side of the road over a stupid light. But low and behold the light was fine and I was my way. To his credit he laughed. Sorry no unibomber moment for you. That department did get in trouble and had to get rid of some of its staff so it's slowed down from what my coworker has told me
Once I pulled over because a cop was following me. He didn't have his lights on, but sooner or later he would have.
So I cut to the chase, pulled over to the shoulder, got out and walked back to talk to him.
3 times.
The first time I had just gotten a car from my brother he dropped it off and gave me the title, said happy birthday and took off.
I was 19 and didn’t realize I had to register in my name and get car insurance, so I was driving it for about 2 months when i finally got pulled over.
The cop was cool told me what I needed to do to be legal, but still wrote a ticket for broken break light, failure to register vehicle with in 30 days and no car insurance.
I went to court with everything legal and plead not guilty and asked for a jury trial. Come day of court the cop didn’t show up and they dismissed the case.
The 2nd time I got a warning because my windshield was cracked I got it replaced and that was that. This cop I think was fishing for something but I was legal all the Way he did ask if he could search my car m, but I said no and that was that.
The 3rd time I was driving through small towns that go from 70 to 55 to 45 to 35 then as you are leaving it goes back up to 70 the same way. Well I missed the the 55 speed limit and kept my speed at 70 until the cop pulled me over, also gave me a warning also a cool cop.
About 150 times between April 2016 - December 2024. Issued about 80 tickets, some of which were multiple tickets from 1 traffic stop. 2 reckless driving tickets. This was between the ages of 18-25
Pre Florida Super Speeder Law. (MARCH 2025.)
Late night stop maybe like midnight I was on a date, trying to impress this guy I liked... Cop caught me going 106mph in a 45mph at the time (jax, fl beach) and I didnt even get told to leave the car/handcuffs, he didnt take me to jail, he simply gave me a court date. I paid $400 for a laywer to show up, cause I was working that day, and then they got me guilty (obviously), but no misdemeanor, no felony, no suspension, only $1100 in "court fees/fines" and a couple points on my record. And yeah my insurance is higher but it is what it is. I was in a newer brand new straight piped bright orange muscle car at the time, military, 20 years old so maybe thats why they were so easy on me? They didnt even ask if I had guns/drugs in the car or anything. I had proper traffic stop etiquette and they were chill with me.
6 times in over 40 years of driving. Random fun fact: I’ve never gotten a speeding ticket in a car that was registered to me in my home state.
1) speeding ticket in home state, parents car
2) pulled over for speeding in home state in my car, no ticket
3) speeding ticket out of state in my car
4) speeding ticket in home state in company car
5) speeding ticket out of state (in my former home state) in rental car
6) ticket for improper entry to hov lane in home state in my car
And my lifetime? Probably 20 or more. Here's the funny thing, I may retired police officer. I got pulled over a whole lot before I became a cop.
Since I've retired, I've been pulled over twice in the state of Tennessee by state troopers. Both times for speeding.
30-40 times in 36 years of driving. Mostly speeding. Got more warnings than tickets. Be polite. Two of the times were for doing donuts lol-didn’t see the cop because of the tire smoke. Verbal warnings both those times.
A handful of times. The only ticket I got was when I was 17 and wasn’t wearing my seatbelt. I pulled out onto the street from the ATM and the cop lit me up as soon as I got in the street. I had to pay a $55 ticket and sit through a stern talking to from my parents about the importance of wearing my seatbelt at all times.
Probably 20 or 30 times. Like another commenter posted, it's been much less frequently as I've gotten older and moved to nice cars. I also stopped driving like a total asshole and that seems to help.
0. I dont know how. I own a bright green dodge challenger thats not currently up to date on state inspection, and i drive double the speed limit on highways occasionally
I grew up with a solid lead foot, from 16 to 25 I averaged 1-2 tickets a year for speeding or something related to speed. I've gotten out of quite a few with warnings or various other things. I also had a car that gave off "anti authoritarian" vibes according to a woman I dated. At one point it felt like the cops had my photo on their dash and would pull me over whenever they saw me.
All in all, I'd say probably more than 20 but less than 60. It has gotten less as I've gotten older but what's really changed was being smarter with regards to speed and when/where to do it.
If you're honest and polite most cops will work with you. Last time I got pulled over was a cop that paced me at 10 over, I simply apologized and said I saw the speed drop from 55 to 40 but didn't see the 40 to 30 drop.
Three times in my life.
1st....I was doing 70 in a 55 Yeah, I deserved that one.
2nd...I was told that I look like I don't belong in the area (true story...I was going to the mall in a posh suburb and I guess my skin tone didn't match who was supposed to be in the area. They put me in the back of the cruiser, checked my car and then let me go. This was before I knew that I had to give them permission to ransack my ride). Filed a complaint with the Police Comish in that Burb,
3rd...Window Tint. I live in Michigan and my tint level is legal here but apparently it is NOT in Indiana where I was driving to Indianapolis. Got that ticket dismissed because the Officer wrote on the ticket that I was driving a Blue Ford Contour (this was in 2002), while my car was a Black Ford Taurus. Judge didn't bat an eye, dismissed!
I haven’t been pulled over since I was 19. Driving at 2 am with the top down in my yata with both license plate lights out. No ticket or written warning. Ive had newer VWs, Audis, and Volvos since then. Been flashed on my CBR once going 15 recently but he didn’t move from his spot. Lights on, slowed down, lights off.
Pulled over 3x. First when my speedometer broke and I was on a desert stretch. Ticketed. Second I didn’t see a no left turn sign and turned. Officer was waiting around the corner. Ticketed. Third was late at night after teaching an evening class late. Officer was looking for drunk drivers and I didn’t signal a lane change. He let me go when he saw my brief case and didn’t smell alcohol.
Oh so many times! Worked for years at a used car lot. That tends to put you behind the wheel of some real junk sometimes. Expired tags, burnt out bulbs. You also get a few cars you’re tempted to put your foot down in a little, and get caught 😎
Drove a 69’ Nova with a not so street legal full race NASCAR style engine. That car was INSANE! It was a consignment and it never got sold. The owner wanted too much for it and eventually took it back.
I lost track after 50. Those were all from ages 16-21. I've only added a handful more over the last 20 years. There's only about 7 moving violations. Lots of warnings, fix it tickets, and other bs. Only one speeding ticket and only one ticket involving an accident. Dumbest reason was for a stolen vehicle matching my description. Mind you, this was a modified car, so didn't look like regular traffic. He sited me for no insurance, which I had, and was later, immediately dismissed by the county clerk. 3 moving violations are from the same officer, within about 6 months. He was a real dick. These were super dumb, small things, like blocking an intersection, despite being pulled past the oncoming traffic, and not sticking out from the stop bar line extended. No dash cam back then, so lost all 3 in court. I avoided that city at all costs after that. One involved me being escorted out of town by an officer. One involved running and trying to hide from the cops. No ticket on that one 😂 One ticket while visiting Canada. He couldn't get me on speeding and wrote me for passing approaching crest of grade, even though the lanes were marked for passing where I was. He was super pissed. Probably because I initially refused to pull over. He was in personal car, no uniform. He pulled into the oncoming lane a few times, trying to get me to pull off. I thought he was just some crazy guy so no way. Eventually he flashed his badge. The ticket was a stretch but again, no dash cams. Probably thought I'd just pay it. I just came back to the states. They don't talk to most of the US. That ticket eventually dropped from their system on its own.
I have been pulled over in literally every vehicle I’ve ever owned, for all sorts of reasons, and sometimes no reason at all.
But I have never been pulled over in my 2017 Ram 2500 with a plow mount, little yellow spinny light, and farmer brown style truck cap, bonus points that the windows aren’t tinted and it’s got running boards, factory chrome steels and just enough rust on the fenders to look like I don’t give a shit. I should be doing all sorts of crimes with this thing but honestly I’m just trying to get to work.
Yeah, but 20 is a lot, even being \~50 averaging more than once every other year. Every 5 years, I could see that as most people's max amount (still a lot but not A LOT).
I have a spreadsheet.
44 individual traffic stops. A total of 26 different violations. 19 tickets. 3 license suspensions totaling 6 months.
But that was mostly when I was younger, like late teens to early 20's. The last time was in 2010 for rolling through a stop sign at 2am in the middle of nowhere.
The 2 dumbest reasons I've been pulled over:
dirty license plate-this stop got my ex girlfriend arrested. What I didn't know at the time...or ever while dating her, was that she had a warrant for her arrest for failure to appear. Cop pulled me over and in the course of the normal BS questions asked her name. She paused and then gave a fake name. Cop told me to get out of the car, cuffed me, and put me in the back of his cruiser. Then asked me what her real name is because she clearly lied. Off to jail she went. lol
Second was cop saw someone hanging out of a gray vehicle while driving down the road. My car was black. I was driving a Mustang, the guy was hanging out of the passenger window of a gray S-10 trying to taunt me into a race. Cop and 6 other units pulled me over. I didn't run...they were just all bored and hoped I'd do something stupid. I got super lippy with that cop because F him.
these days normal. (well, I live in Michigan, so higher than most of the nation, but normal for where I live) Back then...ouch. At one point in time my insurance agent said he could insure my car, but needed to list me as an excluded driver. lol Back in like 1998 I was paying $1,500 every 6 months for basic PLPD insurance on a 1991 Chevy Beretta. It sucked.
Kinda crazy, during that last suspension, where I lost my license for 3 months, I was working for the government and my work site had me parking in the same lot as the road patrol deputies. I was literally going into the bear's den every day.
0, and it's definitely cause of luck. I'm 23 and have been driving since I was 17, I'd go down back roads with my miata quicker than I should and nearly got pulled over one time by a cop sitting around a bend with their lights already on, but I was quick enough to slow down, although he definitely heard me downshifting before that corner. I was also driving with a group of my friends on our way to go drag racing on an empty straightaway, and a cop was in front of our group and did a full loop around a roundabout and ended behind us and pulled half the group over for "tailgating" him which we weren't. Also that cop was an ass right from the start. First thing he says to my friend is "why are you driving up my ass".
5 times in 15 yrs..all of them for registration that expired on my birthday and I forget. Then a day or so later I get that unlucky cop behind me at the stop light.
Leaving a gas station and forgetting to turn my headlights back on when I was 16.
Pulled over for 10 miles over the speed limit on a road that I'd used thousands of times after it was repaved and then they changed the speed limit before reopening the road, I was 18.
One was ridiculous, female cop pulled me over saying she paced my speed as I was going straight after getting off the main highway too a cross over merger? She was on the on ramp that is 3/4ths of a circle doing this btw.. I called her out on how that's impossible, she then accused me of being drunk, sobriety tests 5 different ones, then breathalyzer, I blew zeros, then she searched me car, nothing. Gave me a ticket for more than the speed she claimed she paced me and put on the ticket radar, I was 19. A month later I was pulled over by her again on the way to the court house to fight it, she never got out of the crusier, just sat behind me with her lights on for 15min on the side of the road then left, I still went to the court house. As soon as I walked in I was told it was dropped.
Four various times in my early 20s right after being a good friend and driving my drunk friends to bars to drop them off safe.
Two separate times borrowing my brothers car. They thought he was driving and pulled me over only for that, no infraction. Both got to the window and said who are you?
Three times in one commute home from work (35min drive), this was so ridiculously weird, every single one said it was because my license expired the next day. Each one I asked if there was any lawful reason to pull me over progressively more irritable. I was 24.
Speed trap on my way to Yellowstone where I swear it dropped 20 miles in maybe 400 ft. I was 32?
2022 by a motorcycle cop because someone stole my registration sticker, I showed him my valid registration paperwork, renewed 4 months prior. He still wrote me a ticket.. ( I live in the greater Denver area so anyone from around here at all can tell you how absolutely ridiculous even being pulled over in the first place for that is here) the ticket was for the sticker not being able to be read clearly ( the violation was the one for obstructed plate unreadable to automatic license plate) mind you this man was on a motorcycle and I was courteous to him. It was over 300 dollars and a 3 point violation. I went to court and thankfully the magistrate heard me out and threw out the ticket.
15 times, 4 tickets, 2 thrown out by going to court.
That’s the nice thing about driving a minivan instead of a Porsche or BMW - other than driving through a known speed trap i haven’t been pulled over in over a decade. My region doesn’t seem to care about expired tags or missing plates or 4 year old temp plates so I haven’t been bothered for registration issues in a years. I even had a couple of cops push me off the road when I ran out of gas and they didn’t say a thing…
Only once and it was when I had been driving for about 8 hours already that day driving home from vacation. The highway speed limit dropped from 70 to 55 at some point and I didn’t notice. It’s not like I was flying past people either, didn’t feel like I was going faster than everyone else on the road. Just got a warning though.
Lost count. Then starting in my mid 30's I went at least 10 warnings in a row, including on consecutive days twice. All speeding.
If you're watching and quick to jam on brakes, they either can't lock on or figure you're not drunk and don't even pull you over. Too many of those to count also.
Been pulled over maybe 5 times. One time the cop could've ruined my life but for some reason he just let us go with a warning. I mean we would've been fuuuuuucked, he was either too lazy or too stupid for his own job. It's a classic story I tell everyone when we get on this topic.
3 times in a car, twice on a Skateboard and once on a bike. The funniest one was when I was skateboarding in the bikelane at night. "We don't need to breathalyze you because you're on a skateboard but stay out the street." I was in fact drunk on my way to the bar.
Good thing you weren't on a bicycle. My dad's friend has gotten a DUI on a bicycle.. and a golf cart.. and a lawnmower. He doesn't have a car for obvious reasons.
Twice.
First was bad tags on a truck that wasn't passing emissions. All of my other cars were broken so it was the backup rig. Let off with a warning.
Second was snow drifting fwd shitboxes down from a ski resort with my buddy nonstop. Cop truck was waiting mid corner. He took our IDs and went to his truck for like 20 minutes then came back out and gave us the "I used to do stupid shit too" talk and let us off with warnings.
I think it's a combination of privilege and luck.
I think a total of 8 times. I've gotten 3 tickets, 2 for excessive speeding, conveniently, 1 mph over the threshold and I didn't have a way to prove I wasn't. The 3rd ticket I was *actually* excessively speeding (though I thought I was just going 10 over but he clocked me going 2 mph faster than I thought I was. Also, it was a 55 instead of a 70 like I thought) he have me a "failure to obey road signs" which was a $30 ticket I could pay online and didn't need go to court in another state.
I haven't been pulled over in the last 8 years
Maybe three times?
Two were justified. One I was cited lightly, another a warning.
The one where I shouldn't have been pulled over... I'm still not sure what his reason was.
Once for rolling a stop sign. I was 10 seconds away from my house too. Pulled in the driveway and got out and waited for him to walk up to me. I was definitely nervous and probably should have stayed in the car. He was really nice and let me go with a warning.
I've been pulled over about 25 times, maybe a little more. Almost exclusively for speeding.
Once I removed the radar detector from my car, I went from always a ticket to over 70% warnings. I've only had 4 count on my record in terms of insurance. The rest were all dismissed or reduced.
In the 70-90’s i was pulled over all the time in my 1963 VW bus. I’d say 4-5 times a year. When they figure out I’m not drunk or high, most of the time they would end up writing a fix it ticket.
Over 12 times from 16-20 years old. Several speeding tickets, tinted ticket, ATV on public roads, etc. It hasn't affected me negatively either.
I turn my hazards on as soon as I know they are pulling me over. I roll down all windows and place my hands on the wheel. I let them know if I am reaching for my wallet and ask what I did wrong to get pulled over. They usually tell me right away what I did wrong and no issue otherwise.
I have been pulled over more times than you can count. Used to have a lawyer on retainer cause I got so many tickets. Now that I am older I dont get pulled over nearly as much. But I dont drive sports cars daily. Last ticket I got was 5 years ago an previous to that was 2006.
been driving for 10 years, 5 times. 4 tickets 1 warning. 2 tickets fully deserved, 1 debatable, 1 was a $20 seatbelt ticket that felt more like a waste of both of our time than anything. all others were for speeding.
Probably 10 times. All of them were my fault, speeding/wreckless driving in my younger days. I haven’t been pulled over in twenty years until a few weeks ago, the whole drive right unless passing crap. Middle of the night and no one else within a mile or two of me….besides the highway patrol sitting in the median of a back woods round at midnight. I know he was hoping for a DUI or something more serious…sorry to ruin his night. He did give me a warning since the next day was my birthday.
Once. And was immediately asked “why were you pissing on the side of the road of the fence of that elementary”
I was like WTF?!?!?!? If the state trooper was telling the truth, that there was indeed someone taking a piss on the side of the road and his supervisor saw them but didn’t stop immediately, then they pulled over the wrong guy.
about 6 times and then fast forward 4 years and I got pulled over last month. all for speeding 😂 i’m older now, drive a nice car and a father so I need to chill.
When I had a crap car (Ford Escort/Chevy Cavalier) it happened at least once per quarter. Nowadays I rarely get stopped. Just came back from 6500 mile trip back east in my 1999 BMW and didn’t get pulled over at all, not even in police states like PA/SC/AL. The car is a boring 4 door sedan and seems invisible to the cops which is nice because it cruises at 100 easy.
In any room, I’ve never met anyone pulled over more than I have been in my 30yrs of driving. Period.
99% were because I was speeding within 10-15MPH more than limit. One time I was pulled over because of having ~420W of high wattage lights. Multiple times I’ve been pulled over for passing a trooper on the highway (never ticketed in those situations). In fact, I’ve been pulled over so much, part of my routine is taking selfies w/ the officer either from inside the car or outside.
One funny time on a 2-lane road headed up to a ski area during summer time, I was on a test drive in a friend’s 340whp Datsun 510 passing a line of about 13 cars that were stuck behind a camper going uphill. I was at about 80 (in a 50) in the oncoming lane when a trooper pops up over the crest of a hill in the distance.
Twice in a car and once on a motorcycle in 35+ years.
Bogus speeding charge which got dismissed.
Burned out taillight in a Prius, just an oral reminder to fix. 5mpg over on a country road on my motorcycle, pulled over by a very nice cop who told me that the drivers were extremely poor and I should probably go the speed limit or a little bit under to stay alive.
I used to drive a car that was a traffic police magnet. Some of the times they would argue I violated something and when I said I didn't, would let me go. Most of the times they'd just check my license and insurance.
Far less common since I switched to Skoda.
6, 4 speeding tickets, one driving under suspension (suspension was because of the speeding tickets, and judge was cool and knocked it down to an equipment violation), and one failure to maintain lane.
I live and work in the hood (the blade, Phoenix). I drive a lowered, tinted Mercedes with a sound system. I get pulled over about once a month. Pretty sure I look like a drug dealer
When i had crappy beat up cars i got pulled over alot. Now i have a new car and i don’t get pulled over as much and last time i did i just got a warning. Im not as much of an idiot as i was as a kid but also every police video where you see people getting dragged out of the car for having illegal guns/drugs/etc is in a crappy old car so clearly the cops know what kind of car tends to carry those things.
38 times as a teenager.Mostly car violations. Lights, exhaust, sound system, car too low, multiple times for no car inspection sticker. Two times for speeding. In the last 20 years? Twice, no car inspection and a partial delaminated license plate
Driving for 24 years , pulled over a Total of four times twice issued tickets. Once out of the two times I honestly think cop was wrong and I should not have been ticketed.
On a two way street with a Median in between cop going the opposite way and myself driving behind a car got ticketed for going 55 in a 45. 🤨
Get pulled over driving my Yaris quite often. Get pulled over driving my m4 quite often. Never got pulled over driving my tiggo 4 since getting it 2 years ago
The last time I got a ticket I was arrested.
But the last two times I’ve been pulled over was in a 5 year span. First was I didn’t put the front plate on yet. I didn’t have the plastic plate holder yet. Turned out it was still in its original packaging in the trunk storage of my 12yo car. Second time was becuase I didn’t put the reg sticker on yet. Had both in the car at the time. Wasn’t riddin dirty or anything. Had my wife and kid with me the second time. It was even superbowl sunday.
Approximately 107 in 43 years. 46 moving violations (yeah, I was a hellion on the road between 15 & 21 lol) 9 accidents, 5 my fault (mostly same time frame).
Recently (2022-2026) 5 times.90 in 75, ticket (dismissed) 70 in 55, warning. 85 in 70, warning. No front plate, I aint putting a plate on my C6 lol.. warning. No plates at all.. just bought my 5th gen and was heading to tax office, no action.
22-28 13 times, maybe 8 tickets all together.
In 7 different cars, so it was a driver issue.
There’s a point where the dmv sends you a shaming letter that is designed to make you feel guilty about your driving. After reading that, I felt embarrassed and dumb. Funny thing is people say take it to the track, but going to track during that time inspired even worse driving on the road.
Since then, driver has screwed on his head a bit straighter, and has been pulled over 0 times since then. I also stopped going to the track and got an slow automatic car, nothing I want to rev out. Haven’t driven my s2000 in a year. I changed my whole lifestyle to fit society better.
Maybe 30 times over 6 states and 20 years? I drove fast as a younger man, lol. I was actually only about 50/50 on tickets vs warnings, though, so I thought I was doing alright! And yes, I'm slower and more responsible now.
Man I can't remember. I like to speed and before marijuana was legal in my state I liked that too. So I got stopped pretty frequently up until I was about 27 then they backed off.....or I did. I don't know. Probably 20 or so speeding tickets, 1 arrest, and like 6-7 possession/paraphernalia tickets. Fuck I usually don't think about this.
I was pulled over a few months ago very late at night doing 114 kph in an 80 zone (on a highway that was empty apart from me and, as it turns out, the police officer). He asked me if I'd had anything to drink and I said yes, one beer, even though it had been a few hours since my single beer. So I had to do a breathalyzer. I blew 0.00. Once we got focused on the possibility of impaired driving, the conversation about me being 34 kph over the limit went away. Once I blew 0.00, that conversation also ended and he sent me on my way. I felt like that was a very fortunate outcome.
I started driving in the late 90s, and have been pulled over three times, in 2001, 2006, and 2010. I don't think I'm driving any slower, but I do use Waze now 😄
I was regularly pulled over while driving an assortment of sporty and high performance cars. Took to pickups, small SUVs, and motorcycles, now almost never. A black Trans Am is indeed the ultimate police attention getter.
Twice. I’m 75. Once for speeding after leaving a small town when I mistakenly thought I could go faster and once for an out of date tag which I was on my way to renew.
Once, and it was for having a headlight out. Verbal "get it fixed" and I was sent on my way. I speed constantly, so I'm not sure how I haven't been caught yet.
Twice, once because I had tags expired, and once going 17 over across a bridge. The latter time I got off with a warning because it was near new years and I was sober.
Me personally while I am driving, once. I'm pretty sure I was profiled, brown man driving a decommissioned cop car in a low income side of town. The officer's excuse was that my car came up not being registered for 2 years, which was bull because the sticker was right there and I kept the receipts for the registration in the glovebox too. I'm sure she was more surprised that I had all the paperwork.
Maybe half a dozen. Once to try to intimidate me into snitching on someone regarding a thing I had virtually no knowledge of - I knew that he was accused of doing a bad thing but didn’t know anything about the thing.
The rest were as a result of being young and having a fast (for the time) car (1980 Z28 with a 430 hp crate engine from GM. It ran high 12’s at the track). I also got in trouble once on a motorcycle.
Never. Have always tried to be smart with where I go, and where/when I perform certain acts that could be considered anti-social. I also keep my car legal enough to not give them a reason to harass me
In almost 20 years driving, I think three times?
Technically 2 since one was from an accident.
First was my one and only speeding ticket, then an accident where I got t-boned making a left by a red light runner (incredibly stupid I got a ticket for that.), last one was a warning about expired tags, I was on my way to emissions so he let me go as I was already working on it.
Probably 7-10 times over 25 years. Two tickets, one a well deserved speeding ticket, one kinda ticky-tacky (passing on the right wide shoulder to pull into a gas station parking lot in gridlock.)
4 times. One of the times was doing 80 in a 50 mph. Accidentally gave the cop my debit card instead of my license. He laughed and told me to slow the fuck down.
Ive been pulled over 10 times in the last 7 years and only received a ticket 3 of those times. Now that im in my 20s and hold a CDL, my driving style has improved significantly and cops get bored following me so I never get pulled over anymore.
in my life? or specific time frame?
Some of my greatest hits:
at 20 i got 5 tickets in one night, My headlight blew out right in front of a cop so the SOB makes a U-turn and pulls me over. I said to him, "you literally saw my headlight blow out right in front of you." Then we just went on from there, gave me 2 equipment violation tickets one for the loud exhaust, and another because i had a hood scoop on it, said it blocked my visibility. The headlight out ticket, an inspection ticket, and because i had a lighted license plate frame he gave me a unclear plate ticket. Then had the nuts to say i'm gibing you a break on other ones. SO i said oh gee thanks for that... It was a clapped out 81 camaro cherry bomb mufflers semi built 350 in it. Wouldn't pass the smog test for nothing.
I got pulled over on a jet ski by harbor patrol, wasn't even mine it was a rental.
My friends are like you'll just get pulled over for anything anywhere won't you? It's were my disdain for cops comes from. However lately i don't think they really care anymore.
Too many to count? I grew up in California car culture, mechanic’s daughter, loved to race & beat the boys. This was before the point system for violations, tickets were cheaper, & sometimes cops just wanted to look under the hood.
Three times in my 12 years of driving - once for “speeding” (52 in a 40 where everyone routinely goes close to 60 - even the judge said I was under the average rate of travel for the road) and twice for stop signs. So now I don’t California stop anymore, ever.
In all my driving over 10 years two times
One for tint
One for using my phone because the car had zero tint and he followed me basically my entire trip to work. Got a "improper use of radio and devices"
Now in my 40s, never... but in my late teens and early 20s it was at least every couple of weeks.
Long haired tie dye wearing hippie kid, and this tiny village I had to go through to and from work would stop me all the time and act like they hadn't already pulled me over 5 times in the last 2 months. Almost always would lead off by asking me what drugs I had in the car or making me get out for no reason so they could do an illegal search and not find anything except random pieces of plants and twigs on the floor (I did a ton of hiking) that they would try and say was from weed.
I usually didn't get a ticket but sometimes it would be stupid shit, including a ticket for doing 3mph over the speed limit, or for going around a lane wide pothole when no one was even coming in the oncoming lane
Twice. If you count being “pulled up to” three times, although I was parked.
One ticket, speeding that I managed to get out of through a deferral agreement.
Last time I almost got pulled over was back in December of last year, when I flew past a Sheriff’s car, while he was at a light, and I saw him in the corner of my eye and then in my rear view mirror chasing after me. I didn’t apply my brakes but downshifted enough to drop my speed to legal limit (45), but I flew by him going 85. He followed me for a couple miles before lighting me up and then making a u turn and leaving. He didn’t have me on radar and couldn’t pace me since I was already at legal speed by the time he caught up so he knew he basically had nothing to write me up for.
In my scat pack? Every. Single. Month. But I was never pulled over for speeding so imagine lol ended up selling it over a year ago. People loved saying it wasnt the car it was how I was driving, yet I would only get pulled over in my city and 1 town over. Never been pulled over anywhere else. My city is 9sq miles you think I put almost 50k miles there in 3 years? I've literally been all over my state in that car.
Now I drive my e46 bmw, I have yet to get pulled over.
One ticket at 18 and I got pulled over 5-6 more times in my early 20s, all for speeding (mostly deserved). Haven't been pulled over in the past 9ish years since then.
We moved to a smaller town (100k) and I've gotten pulled over 4 times in 2 years - **no tickets**. They pull up behind us if we drive down the main drag and will scrutinize our car. I drive 5mph over max in town.
I think the reason is that our car has gotten older. 2006 Honda Pilot - 220k - a few minor dents. Runs perfect so no reason to replace it. We actually have the cash to buy a new car when the time comes.
I conclude that cops just target people that look poor. If we had a newer car, I gather that we'd garner zero attention. When I had a brand new VW Jetta (always kept it shiny), I got pulled over like twice in ten years. I had a Porsche 911SC and a 914 - got pulled over once over many years - no ticket. I had a new Nissan Leaf - no stops. I could name a few other newer cars that we had that got zero attention.
This feels like when I was a late teen driving my dad's old VW with an off color fender. Every time I'd drive through this certain upscale town I'd often have a cop on my bumper running my registration or looking for some reason to pull me over. Or, they'd pull me over, tell me to slow it down and let me go. But I wasn't speeding.
If you drive a grandma car like a beige Camry, cops won't even look in your direction. Or if you drive a newer car that is not a hot rod and you look affluent, they will leave you alone.
My license plate got stolen a year or two ago, and the DMV sent me the same exact plate so I got pulled over a lot for stolen plates until I got it replaced.
Otherwise, maybe 2 or 3 times in 10 years of driving
I live in a state with only one plate.
Since it was a vanity plate, they don’t automatically issue a new plate. You have to request it manually which I did not realize.
Once. I was enjoying a rental ford expedition more than I should've😅(the Ecoboost in there is no joke, it pulls hard), I was also enjoying the slight blow off valve it had lol, ended up doing 53 in a 35 in a national forest zone but the ticket was $96, so could've been worse.
Loads of times, drive stupid cars you're gonna get pulled especially abroad - never actually done for anything, usually the cops just want a chat & look at the cars. If you're polite to them they're chill and you are back on your way soon enough.
4 times, 3 me being a dumb kid ( speeding) other time confusion from a cop. My car was registered in South Carolina but since I lived in Virginia and I had just bought a new car it had a state inspection sticker. Cop saw me from the front pulled me over but once he saw my plate just told me why he pulled me over and nvm and just left
Once in 21 years of driving by an RCMP. If you know, you know. Was a 2008 ford windstar on the highway doing close to 140km/h on a single lane (100km/h speed limit) clear summer day on vacation with the family. I thought I was the only one on the road.
Four times, three tickets, in 24 years of having a driver's license.
Once with just a warning for rolling through a shopping center stop sign. Twice for speeding about 20 over. Once for expired inspection stickers on a trailer. I prepaid those last three, and that was that.
OK, a two part answer. For the first 3 decades, 58 times. In the past 15 years, twice when they let me go without a ticket because I have a perfect record. When I moved states, all my tickets disappeared from my record. Plus, I started investing in good radar detectors and other counter measures. I've also been driving MX-5/Miatas for around twelve years that have a much smaller radar cross section meaning they have to be fairly close to get a lock.
2 times. Once because i lane split past a cop on my motorcycle lol. And the other was some cop mad i had a nicer car then him. Dude pulled me from a group of 20 cars all doing 5 over the speed limit and i was in the middle of them all
One time I got pulled over for minor speeding (like 5 over) and the cop gave me a warning and then like 20 mins later I got pulled over for minor speeding and the cop was all “you know I can see you just got a warning for speeding 20 mins ago, right?” And hit me with the speeding ticket.
1 time ever and got a warning, been driving for 7 years now
drive right, drive safe, drive with your correct up to date documents, and do not drive a suspicious vehicle that has a bad reputation of theft, crime, and more lol
and you'll be ight lol trust me
3 times total, been driving for 5.5 years, had a car for 2.5
My dipped beam stopped working just when driving out of town, an officer came behind me and saw my lights were suspicious, stopped me and then told me to drive back home.
Drove to a friend's house to put up the front bumper I had fixed. It was past its inspection date by 1 day. Got stopped by an undercover car, I told them the story, they let me drive to fix it after I showed them the booking for the inspection which was in 2 days.
Ran out of gas on my way to get gas, stopped traffic right before an intersection, got a friend to get me a can of gas so I could drive and fill up. When I start the engine I see blue flashing lights and pull up and stop behind me. I explained to them that when I ran out of gas, I tried to block as little traffic as possible. They told me to drive and keep a better eye on the fuel gauge.
I always needed to provide ID. I showed respect and was shown respect back on all occasions
4. First time was after putting a snorkel on my Jetta, floored it coming out of a turn and MP pulled me over. It was a 2.0, snorkel was loud as fuck but the car was slow, so I never made it over the speed limit by the time I saw the lights. Got a warning.
Second time I was actually speeding in a Chevy Trailblazer. Empty road, state trooper pulled me over. I was apparently doing 20 over and had to go to court, got it reduced to improper use of equipment instead of points on my license.
Third time was because I had my front plate in my windshield instead of on my front bumper. Got a warning and wound up bolting it to my bumper.
Last time was just past Dallas going towards Austin. Going about 85 and following traffics speed, but got singled out of like 20 cars going the same speed. Im still mad about that one
I drive my car reasonably a lot of times, especially on road trips in places I’m unfamiliar with. Cops probably wonder why I’m not driving it faster. Haven’t been pulled over once in my new car.
Six times I think. Mostly for fairly minor things like expired registration, 13, 12 and 9km/h over the speed limit, once in a group of cars heading somewhere (was at the back of the pack not speeding and didn’t have any problems), and one time for distracted driving which I proved was incorrect in court.
Probably 7 times in 34 years of driving, which sounds like a lot. I like exercising my memory so here goes:
Ticket 60 in a 35 at 17. Dad was mad, town had a first timers program where I could get it expunged through community service. Did that.
Ticket 40 in a 25 at 20 by university police
Got a warning at some point around 20 by highway patrol as well
Around 22 I was on an unfamiliar 4 lane road in an Industrial area - blew through a stop sign. Sheriff pulled me over and pulled up beside me screamed bloody murder at me “YOU BLEW IT BUD!!! IF I DIDNT HAVE TO GO TO A ROBBERY IN PROGRESS RIGHT NOW YOU’D BE IN BIG TROUBLE!” Then he tore out of there.
Never got pulled over again until I was 34, speed trap in my town - down hill area where people start speeding - 60 in a 45. $150 ticket
Got another highway patrol warning for 75 in a 65 around that same time.
Then most recently about 2 years ago in an unfamiliar area, road was 60, then suddenly a school zone with no flashing lights, I just wasn’t paying attention. He cut it down to 50 in a 25, but it still cost a fortune, like $255 then who knows what it’s added to my insurance.
When i was a kid, I'd get pulled over once a week. On time I got pulled over at city limits, got let go, entered the next town, immediately got pulled over. Got 1 ticket from all that.
At least 30 times, have at least 5k in unpaid tickets and fines, no license, driving 'privileges" suspended in 9 states, but yet I still drive and will continue to do so.
Once. While driving my grandma her car. In Belgium you have an original license plate and a copy. The original should always be at the back. Apparently the mechanics missed and put the original in the front and copy in the back. I switched them since i always have tools with me anyway and drove off
In the over 10 years I have been driving, I have never been pulled over or gotten a ticket, at most I have open the window to listen to an officer at an accident on when it's safe to drive.
like 15.im 34 and 9 of them were not wearing a seat belt in town, as i was pulling into my drive way. 3 speeding, a couple tail light out and a couple yields when i should have stopped.
Once. I was going home from work with two colleagues in the car, late at night. The regular street was half-blocked so you had to wait for minutes for a terrible temporary traffic light, so I drove the straight path in a bus lane, I never do otherwise but it was so late that there was no busses coming, and I would have to take a long detour or sit and wait for that stupid light.
A car, the only car we'd seen for minutes, comes from the opposite direction, and it's a cop car. I try to keep my cool and just continue on like nothing, both the other guys tries to get me to drive off fast as soon as we passed a corner, but that would have been stupid (especially since that street was a 30 kph street), and I could see the cop car in the mirror making a U-turn.
They followed me to where I was dropping of one of the guys, and blocked me in, then one cop came running with the gun out yelling at me to stay in the car. She proceeded to yell at me for several minutes, the other two cops was just standing by the cop car with smirks on their faces. "This could become expense..:" "And it's taxed money, so even more expensive..." stuff like that. I was just apologetic and explained why I took that path. The guy I was dropping of really hated cops though so he started arguing with her, and it got pretty heated. "Back off! Back off!" "I am allowed to stand here" etc. And I knew that idiot had a fucking knife on him, so why argue with the cops? After a while she seemed to run out of steam, so she shouted to the other cops to "write me up", they just answered "No". So she yelled at me some more, then got in the cop car and they left.
Two times I have also been stopped in a sobriety check, but that was no big deal. That's it, for over 25 years of driving, and even working as a driver for some years.
With as many times I have been pulled over and ticketed in my youth, I am surprised there isnt a wing of the Fairfax County courthouse named in my honor.
I'm a lawyer. On the application for a law license we had to list all our past crimes and infractions, including traffic tickets. Never had anything but traffic tickets, but I had to attach a separate page to list them all. (Still got licensed!)
Not that often. Though the last time I was I said to the cop ( it was dark and before he lit me up I didn’t know it was a cop) I said “I was trying to figure out why this asshole was tailing me…I’m not going any faster”
2 times. One was actually my fault, I was a dumb kid, but the other time was when I was heading home after closing the store one night and it was snowing, and I had snow covering my plate, probably got 3 minutes down the road when a cop stopped me. Told me I needed to keep my plate clear, and I told him I was tired after working 12 hours and closing up a restaurant, I just wanted to go home and sleep. He cleared it off for me and let me go home
15 times. Early in my car career. The shittier the car, the more you're a target. Id say 12 of those were for "being in the wrong neihborhood", they would stop me, ask if I had drugs. Sometimes check my ID and let me go, other times a full check. Never a search.
I don't drive particularly insane. Try to use waze. Know the area and common trap points.
At least ten. But I've been driving since 1986. And the last time I got pulled over was probably ten years ago.
Don't even ask me how many speed camera tickets I've gotten though. Ugh.
I noticed one of my brake lights had burnt out when I left my house, I made it about a mile (only about a half mile more to advance auto) before a cop pulled me over for it.
not at all, like i stopped paying the car ensurance because i never used it, you just arrive behind 2 other cars to every police control and you are clear they will never stop the third car only the firs or second, never get there ahead
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