kelly8875
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Post by kelly8875 on Aug 31, 2019 18:44:35 GMT
I think twice. Once I was 17, and I deserved it lol. Once in my 20s, I was in a small town out of state and just guessed at the speed limit, and was over. But I just got a warning, I wasn’t going crazy fast or anything.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Aug 31, 2019 18:46:05 GMT
Several times over the 50+ years I’ve been driving. The last time was about 10 years ago. I managed to get myself pulled over twice in three days! First time was red light trap on a street near my house. Officer swore it was red, I swore it was yellow. Two days later, I was pulled over for going straight from a right turn only lane. There was extensive road construction underway (Galleria area for the Houston peas). The previous week, that lane had been straight and/or turn and I didn’t notice the change. Worst part was I confused the two court dates and missed one of them. Had to go downtown and post $400 bail..in cash and get it rescheduled! I contested both but ended up losing both. DH has never let me live down having to post bail!
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tuesdaysgone
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Post by tuesdaysgone on Aug 31, 2019 18:52:48 GMT
Twice and both times for speeding. The first was in a small South Carolina town and the officer pulled 5 cars over at one time and just went car to car writing us all tickets. The second time was a couple years ago. I was driving my dad somewhere and had literally just told him this area was an infamous speed trap.
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peasquared
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Jul 6, 2014 23:59:59 GMT
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Post by peasquared on Aug 31, 2019 18:54:12 GMT
Oh my! So many times, I have lost count. Once was for curfew. I was 27 and on a date. The rest for speeding. I live in a very rural area. I can go 30 miles without seeing another soul, so I tend to drive a little fast. Not toooooo fast, though. The tickets here are only $13 if you aren't going more than ten miles over the speed limit, So, not necessarily a deterrent.
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Post by scrapsotime on Aug 31, 2019 19:05:52 GMT
I forgot one. It wasn't for a driving infraction. I was a teenager and lived in a tiny little town. I was out cruising with some friends in my dad's truck. Some one had been out egging and my vehicle was seen in the area. It's a tiny little town my vehicle was probably seen in all areas of that town that night. He shined his flashlight in the back of the truck inside the topper and let us go.
Now the really lucky part of this story is that as I was getting ready to pull out of the driveway my dad stopped me. Told me to hold on a minute got something out of the topper and told me I was good to go. I found out later he forgot to get a case of beer out the back of the truck. I can only imagine how that stop would have gone if he hadn't removed the beer.
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lesley
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Jul 6, 2014 21:50:44 GMT
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Post by lesley on Aug 31, 2019 19:13:48 GMT
Only once, and it was just a random drunk driving check before Christmas. I was 38 weeks pregnant and barely had enough puff to trigger the breathalyser. The policeman was extremely apologetic. 😂
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Post by roberta on Aug 31, 2019 19:21:48 GMT
Hahaha. Oh my gosh! I didn’t realize how many times till this! Many times in my youth. I had an old VW bug and my hair was in a fro. I had to drive through a town with local law enforcement to get to my boyfriend’s house. They pulled me over at least once a month. Never for a legitimate reason!
I have also received repair orders for three different cars for a tail light out I think. I drive my cars until they die. I try to notice the signals but don’t always notice the back light. This is over the course of many years driving.
I received a ticket for making a left turn at an intersection that had specific times no left turn. I was 10 min into the allowed time but he gave me a ticket anyway. I fought that and won of course.
At age 21 I had a new car I had saved up forever to get. I was taking friends home at about two am and I decided to drive through the dealership to look at the cars. You know where this is going! It was winter and about zero degrees F. The poor policeman was freezing 🥶! He was thrilled to let us go even though I only found part of the new paperwork for the car- enough to show it was mine but not what he wanted.
I was late for church one time years ago and zoomed off from a light only to have a motorcycle cop behind me at the light that I didn’t notice! I had two friends with me on the front bench seat. The other folks at the light must have gotten a big laugh at how stupid I was! I guess cause we were on our way to church he only gave me a warning!
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Post by beachbum on Aug 31, 2019 19:25:13 GMT
Just once, for expired plates. I was on my way to work in a very small TN town. DH was a Circuit Court Judge at the time. Pulled over by a policeman right on the town square! He walked up to the car, took one look at me and said "Your plate is expired, you need to tell the Judge to get that corrected!" We both had a little laugh, and I was off to work. DD#2 texted me before school one morning - "I think I'm getting a ticket". A few minutes later another text - "Never mind" Officer asked for her license and registration, took one look at her last name and asked who her father was. She told him, and he just requested that she come to an actual stop at a stop sign. Small town living pays off sometimes!
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Post by roberta on Aug 31, 2019 19:32:43 GMT
I forgot the best one! I wasn’t exactly pulled over but... I was driving home with my dh one evening about 11pm and we got into a strong difference of opinion. It was drizzling. I pulled into the parking lot of a closed eatery. We were trying to resolve the issue. All of a sudden four police cars pulled up in front of us!! The employees of the eatery were closing up and apparently had been robbed only days before! Thank goodness the policeman was sensible and just drove over and asked us questions. He gave us a lecture about martial arguments and sent us on our way!! Looking back on it , it could have been a disaster!
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ddly
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Jul 10, 2014 19:36:28 GMT
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Post by ddly on Aug 31, 2019 19:33:16 GMT
Yes. It's been almost 20 years since the last time, which was a speeding ticket.
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Post by Marina on Aug 31, 2019 19:43:40 GMT
I've been driving over 40 years and I've not been pulled over in the last 20 years (one traffic cam ticket though for not coming to a full stop at a red light--late at night no one around for miles). Prior to that I was pulled over 5 times, 4 for speeding (one triggered by aircraft to the police officer, one for 5 miles over the limit) and one for apparently cutting off a police officer from "catching a speeding Camaro" and being in a right turn only lane and switching lanes. My roommate was in the car and flirted with him and he let us go. She used her ability for good that day! :-)
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Post by GamGam on Aug 31, 2019 19:52:52 GMT
I’ve never been stopped. Been driving for 60 some years. Never had a ticket or accident. I am boring, and safe.
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Post by kels99 on Aug 31, 2019 20:17:48 GMT
I'm surprised at how few times so many of you have been pulled over! I don't get pulled over a lot, but it does happen every once in a while. When I do, it's for speeding, but I've never actually received a speeding ticket.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2019 20:30:40 GMT
Three times. All for speeding. Rec'd a ticket the first time. (I'm guessing 1994 and it was on a trip, Marietta, Ohio)
Pulled over again in 1999. Rec'd a warning.
Pulled over about 6 months ago. Deputy asked me how fast I was going. Couldn't give him an answer. Deputy asked me what the posted speed was. Couldn't answer that one either. He asked what I thought he should do and I told him that I didn't want a ticket, but I certainly deserved one. He left to run my license and came back, (with nothing in his hand, so I kind of assumed I'd get a warning) telling me that he saw something on my vehicle registration that he's never seen before. It was at this time I gave him an education on a will vs. trust and the benefits of having a trust. I didn't bullshit around. I didn't lie or cry. I was honest and I suppose he appreciated it.
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Post by papersilly on Aug 31, 2019 20:37:39 GMT
The last time, I was following DH so he could drop off of his car at the dealer. The light was turning red and after I went through, a cop pulled me over. He asked why I ran the red and I told him that DH said to follow behind him no matter what. So I did. The cop let me go.
The time before that the cop said said "Why did you turn right when the sign says "no turn on red"? I looked him in the eyes and said "what sign? I swear I didn't see it." He must have seen I wasn't lying so he let me go.
The time before that, I had no excuse so I just went to traffic school. Lol
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Rhondito
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Jun 25, 2014 19:33:19 GMT
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Post by Rhondito on Aug 31, 2019 20:57:10 GMT
So many times I can't count! When I was growing up my tickets always got dismissed because I was related to someone or my family was a good friend of someone. I got stopped for speeding in my college town - my uncle was the mayor; I was stopped for an illegal left turn where I went to university (I honestly did not see the No Left Turn sign!) - my parents had dinner with that town's mayor every weekend; One of my dad's best friends was a highway patrolman, he told my dad he saw me speeding down the highway late one night, going toward our house, and he didn't pull me over because he was afraid I'd cry! One of my friends from HS became a patrolman - my momma would cook for him sometimes and he'd help me out with tickets. The funniest one was when I was married and living at Ft Campbell KY. My husband had to go away for a few weeks so I decided to go to MS to see my parents while he was gone. On the drive there I got stopped for speeding and the officer asked me where I was going, etc. I explained my husband was in the Army and was away and I was going home to stay with my parents. He walked back to his car for a couple of minutes, came back and said, "I'm going to let you off with a warning but you need to watch your speed. Your husband is off defending our country and you're out here burning the roads up!"
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Post by theroadlesstraveledp on Aug 31, 2019 22:20:12 GMT
I have never been pulled over and I’ve never been given a speeding ticket. Apparently I’m boring and drive too slow. At least that’s what my uncle who is retired law enforcement says. 😂
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edie3
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Jun 26, 2014 1:03:18 GMT
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Post by edie3 on Aug 31, 2019 23:25:30 GMT
too many times to count! For a variety of reasons.
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Post by littlemama on Sept 1, 2019 0:11:42 GMT
My ds was pulled over his freshman year in college while on his way home for Thanksgiving. The cop thought he was drinking a beer while driving on a very busy interstate. He said he jad caught 3 people doing that in the past few days.
Ds was actually drinking an RC Cola.
Ive been pulled over a few times, but only once where I got a ticket and had to pay it.
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Post by freecharlie on Sept 1, 2019 0:14:27 GMT
A handful of time for speeding once for a taillight that had hail damage and showed some white Once because the cop thought I passed him too close
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Post by lisacharlotte on Sept 1, 2019 0:24:13 GMT
Yup, speeding. More than once, or twice, or three times! 😬
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eastcoastpea
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Jun 27, 2014 13:05:28 GMT
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Post by eastcoastpea on Sept 1, 2019 2:54:07 GMT
3 times when I did nothing wrong:
For not stopping at a stop sign, but there was NO stop sign.
For expired plates, they WEREN'T.
For expired inspection sticker, it WASN'T.
It all happened at night, when I was in my twenties and much better looking than I am now. I think they just wanted to check me out.
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Post by mustlovecats on Sept 1, 2019 3:36:45 GMT
Plenty of times.
My favorite was after my county stopped doing county tax decals, I was in another county that still did decals. I got stopped for no decal and was engaged in a lengthy argument about why I didn’t have a decal. My county doesn’t issue them anymore, I said, but you need a tax decal to be legal he said, but they don’t do that in my county I said, but you’re in my county now he said, but I pay car tax in my county I said, it’s a state tax and you need a decal he said, but the decal is issued by the county not the state and my county doesn’t issue them anymore I said, and we began again.
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Post by elaine on Sept 1, 2019 4:08:38 GMT
3) not pulling over into the left lane on the freeway to pass a police vehicle with its lights on - I didn't even know this was a thing in Utah. Now it is law in CA as well so I always do it I know you have to pull right, but didn't know to pull left? I mean it makes sense to do whatever you can to let emergency vehicles pass, but I haven't heard anything about it being a law to pull left. I got my first ticket ever in California for pulling left when an ambulance was coming up behind me with lights and siren on. I couldn’t pull right because a car was there, so pulled left into the center turn lane (4 lane boulevard with 2 lanes in each direction and center turn lane) because I just wanted to get out of the way and the ambulance sped past in the lane I had been traveling in. A police car was following. They pulled me over and one of the officers yelled at me for a full 5 minutes before handing me my ticket. I was 18 at the time and so incredibly shaken by the event. Ever since then I will stop in my lane if I cannot move to the right (which is what the officer yelled in my face that I should have done) and let the emergency vehicle/police pass on my left. I have never received a ticket for doing so.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Sept 1, 2019 4:13:20 GMT
I think it is all over now...There times you cannot pull over but you MUST slow way down.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Sept 1, 2019 4:24:52 GMT
Who, me?
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Post by SallyPA on Sept 1, 2019 5:28:22 GMT
Multiple times- maybe 6? - over the course of 27 years of driving. I’m fine with my number. Once, for rolling through a stop sign (I disagree). And the rest for speeding. I’ve only received one ticket $128.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Sept 1, 2019 12:37:32 GMT
DD#2 texted me before school one morning - "I think I'm getting a ticket". A few minutes later another text - "Never mind" Officer asked for her license and registration, took one look at her last name and asked who her father was. She told him, and he just requested that she come to an actual stop at a stop sign. Small town living pays off sometimes! My oldest son drove his brothers to the movies when he got his first car. He turned right on red without stopping first and was pulled over. When the policeman looked at his license, he asked "Are you ex-husband's son?" My smart-aleck child replied, "I am if it will help." He didn't even get a warning. The policeman made a beeline to my ex's office the next day to tell him the story... laughing the whole time.
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Julie W
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Post by Julie W on Sept 1, 2019 14:22:09 GMT
I have been pulled over maybe 4 or 5 times. Once for turning right on a red light when you weren't supposed to, and the rest for speeding. Interestingly, it hit me that when my daughter was in the car, I didn't get a ticket, only a warning. When she wasn't in the car, it is when I got a ticket.
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cycworker
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Jun 26, 2014 0:42:38 GMT
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Post by cycworker on Sept 1, 2019 14:49:20 GMT
Too many times to remember them all. Usually for speeding, I used to have a lead foot. Not so much anymore. When I was young I could talk my way out of most of them if it was male cop. Not so much that any more either. This, though in my case it's a lead hand. And I've gotten out of quite a few on the highway because it's genuinely true that hand controls, when you're at the highway speeds, are more sensitive. i got an actual Ticket for being over the speed limit in a school zone ... Didn't try to argue it because at that speed there's no excuse. ive experienced numerous generic road checks, where everyone is pulled over, asked for license & registration, and asked if they've been drinking.
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