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Almost every driver has been pulled over by the police at least once in their driving career. I am curious as to if you have been stopped if you asked the officer to let you go or not write you a ticket? Also, they all have dash cams and most of them wear body cams so you are being recorded and what you say is recorded. Would this make a difference in what you said while you were stopped?
Myself, I have been stopped a couple of times but never asked the officer who had me stopped to not write a ticket or to let me go. I think knowing I was being recorded would probably make a difference in how much I said. lol
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I agree if I know I am be recorded I would be careful in what I say. I have ben pulled over before and I have got a warning before it just depends on the situation.
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i have been pulled over twice in my life time and each time was just a dui checkpoint but i do not drink and drive and have not had a drink in over 10 years
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I have been pulled over a couple of times. once for being slightly over the speed limit and once for forgetting to turn on my headlights when I came out of the store. Well it was a well lit parking lot. Both times all I got was a verbal warning. I admitted to both right away and then just smiled. what else can you do. I screwed up. But I will say I have been driving since I was 14 and that was all I have ever had. although I did get a ticked on my bike for speeding and running a red light. Judge threw it out after he got through laughing at me. I knew him.
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The stupidest thing is when the officer hands you a ticket & you say "thank you" ... I've done this, & it is just so stupid & mindless of a response... like why am I thanking him/her for giving me a ticket. SMH
I am thankful not to have gotten a ticket in a very long while :)
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I got pulled over a lot when i was younger.a couple of tickets. here recently in the last year, I was pulled over twice for little things. not signaling and not having a front plate on my truck. both times i got a warning so it just depends on the officer and the way you speak to them.
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I got pulled over last year. I went through a stop sign and the cop stopped me and asked me didn't see the sign. I told him I must have missed it, I was kind of rushing home, I had pizza for my family and didn't want it to get cold. He was a young cop and just laughed and let me go!
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I never speed. But one time after a harrowing day at the hospital with my mother and my father-in-law, I lost focus on the way home and was driving too fast. I got pulled over and the officer said I was speeding and asked, "Do you know why you were speeding?" I replied, "Yes, my mother just had a three-hour-surgery on a massive wound on her leg, and my father-in-law had a stroke, and I'm just on my way home from the hospital." The officer said, "I knew there was a good reason, but just keep it to the speed limit." and walked away. No ticket.
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i have been pulled over twice in my life time and each time was just a dui checkpoint but i do not drink and drive and have not had a drink in over 10 years
A DUI check point is not being pulled over. Being pulled over is when a cop comes up behind your vehicle and turns on blue lights and or siren and signals for YOU and only YOU to pull off to the side of the road.
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The stupidest thing is when the officer hands you a ticket & you say "thank you" ... I've done this, & it is just so stupid & mindless of a response... like why am I thanking him/her for giving me a ticket. SMH
I am thankful not to have gotten a ticket in a very long while :)
lol. Thanks, have a good day. I think that comes from dealing with the public. You don't even think about it. :D
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I have been stopped a couple of times, but have never asked the officer not to write me a ticket. Fortunately both times I have been pulled they have only gave me a warning ticket.
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I have been stopped a couple of times, but have never asked the officer not to write me a ticket. Fortunately both times I have been pulled they have only gave me a warning ticket.
I have got a verbal warning but never a warning ticket. Is there a record of those on your DL?
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Been pulled over three times in my life. I never asked to get out of a ticket. I never made excuses just handed them my info and accepted my tickets.
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the last time i was pulled over was 20 yrs or more. had my 2 kids in the car and they were fighting i did a quick stop at a stop sign just to hurry home and be out of the car asap. but the police were there just waiting for someone to not come to a complete stop .My kids did get quite after that.
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"You have the right to remain in silence". And I exercise that right. I battle it in Court!
Did you know that they have a quota to meet and if they do not meet this quota, they are laidoff. Now, you know the rest of the story.
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I have been driving now for 30 years. In that time I have not technically been pulled over, but there was one occasion a few weeks ago when I had pulled off the road to drop my kids off at school. I didn't realise I should not have been parking on the opposite side of the road to the school because it meant that my kids had to cross the road to get to school where there was no crossing guard. Anyhow, a cop on a motorbike pulled up alongside my parked car and asked if I was dropping off kids. I said "Yes" and then asked if there was a problem. He explained my error and I apologised immediately and said that was my mistake and it wouldn't happen again. He said that was fine, if I could just remember for next time. On reflection, although there was apparently a sign about the parking which I totally missed, it would have been helpful to have a colored curb. I saw no colored curb and so thought I was ok to part there. Anyway, the point is, I was polite and apologetic and the cop was very informative and forgiving! I got away with just some friendly advice. How good is that?
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I've been driving for 20 years. Pulled over 6 times, got a ticket two of those times. The last one was eleven years ago!
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I have been driving now for 30 years. In that time I have not technically been pulled over, but there was one occasion a few weeks ago when I had pulled off the road to drop my kids off at school. I didn't realise I should not have been parking on the opposite side of the road to the school because it meant that my kids had to cross the road to get to school where there was no crossing guard. Anyhow, a cop on a motorbike pulled up alongside my parked car and asked if I was dropping off kids. I said "Yes" and then asked if there was a problem. He explained my error and I apologised immediately and said that was my mistake and it wouldn't happen again. He said that was fine, if I could just remember for next time. On reflection, although there was apparently a sign about the parking which I totally missed, it would have been helpful to have a colored curb. I saw no colored curb and so thought I was ok to part there. Anyway, the point is, I was polite and apologetic and the cop was very informative and forgiving! I got away with just some friendly advice. How good is that?
Pretty good. Most of them are pretty nice if you are nice to them. I had one get hateful with me but he still didn't write me a ticket. He was a very angry man. lol.
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I would think if you said anything like "please don't write me a ticket" it could be used against you and construed entirely differently than you would like so my advice would be to say nothing!
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I was pulled over once as a teenager, but wasn't given a ticket. I was given a warning and told to attend a safe driving course. I was stopped for speeding, turned out the course was about everything from adjusting your mirrors to how to safely buckle a child car seat, not a word about driving faster than the speed limit. At least it got me from having a ticket on my record though!
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the insurance stays low
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I can honestly say I have been driving for 40 years and have never been pulled over I would prolly be a nervous wreck if I was because just seeing some else pulled over makes me nervous
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I was pulled over once when I was in my 20's for speeding. I sure hate giving my money away so I have never had that happen again. Can't say the same for my speed demon hubby.
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I've been pulled over twice in my life. Each time it was for speeding. I did get the tickets. I've never asked them not to give me the ticket.
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I think what ever is right is right, even they don't have camera, it is still not right to tell the officers what to do. I think they carry the camera just in case if the case is being sue.
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The last time I was pulled over was for speeding. And I was.
I had pulled a double shift the day before, from 6am to 11pm, and then pulled my regular shift that day, from 6 to 3.
I made the bank deposit and was on my way back to the store to drop off paperwork.
Just driving along, country road, thinking how much I wanted to be home when I spotted the cop. Took my foot off the gas pedal, and thought, "Oh man, you're in it now."
Cop stopped me, asked me if I knew I was doing 72 in a 40mph zone.
Before I even thought, I said, "Ha! I must have seen you first, because I was doing 86 when I spotted you!"
He did a double-take, and started laughing.
No ticket, after I explained to him what was going on. Just told me to go home and get some rest.
He walked away chuckling and shaking his head.
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I hate getting pulled over. It gives me such anxiety. I try never to do anything to be pulled over but it happens. I just try to be polite even though I'm very nervous anyway...
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I have gotten let of easy whenever I have gotten pulled over. I guess it is a girl thing.
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I have been pulled over twice. Once was not my fault and i fought and won in court. The other was my fault but was able to reduce the ticket by attending a driving course.
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i got a ticket a couple of weeks ago, it's just aggravating and more so time consuming than anything
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I have been stopped a few times, but most of the time, it was a verbal warning not to speed. I received a speeding ticket only once. And let's keep it that way, LOL.
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The last time I was pulled over was for speeding. And I was.
I had pulled a double shift the day before, from 6am to 11pm, and then pulled my regular shift that day, from 6 to 3.
I made the bank deposit and was on my way back to the store to drop off paperwork.
Just driving along, country road, thinking how much I wanted to be home when I spotted the cop. Took my foot off the gas pedal, and thought, "Oh man, you're in it now."
Cop stopped me, asked me if I knew I was doing 72 in a 40mph zone.
Before I even thought, I said, "Ha! I must have seen you first, because I was doing 86 when I spotted you!"
He did a double-take, and started laughing.
No ticket, after I explained to him what was going on. Just told me to go home and get some rest.
He walked away chuckling and shaking his head.
lol. That is hilarious.
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I know that most of the officer are only doing their job to up hold the law .
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I have never been pulled over
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I was let off the last time I was pulled over which really surprised me. I was going 90 in a 55 limit. I guess maybe because the officer who pulled me over was out of his jurisdiction. He just told me to slow down. The last ticket I got I got put on the diversion program to where if I went six months without another offense, the ticket would be forgiven. I was good for over six months!
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The last time I was pulled over was for speeding. And I was.
I had pulled a double shift the day before, from 6am to 11pm, and then pulled my regular shift that day, from 6 to 3.
I made the bank deposit and was on my way back to the store to drop off paperwork.
Just driving along, country road, thinking how much I wanted to be home when I spotted the cop. Took my foot off the gas pedal, and thought, "Oh man, you're in it now."
Cop stopped me, asked me if I knew I was doing 72 in a 40mph zone.
Before I even thought, I said, "Ha! I must have seen you first, because I was doing 86 when I spotted you!"
He did a double-take, and started laughing.
No ticket, after I explained to him what was going on. Just told me to go home and get some rest.
He walked away chuckling and shaking his head.
lol. That is hilarious.
My friends called it a Chris moment, as in "Nobody but you, Chris." lol
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I've actually never been pulled over. Fingers crossed!
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I was let off the last time I was pulled over which really surprised me. I was going 90 in a 55 limit. I guess maybe because the officer who pulled me over was out of his jurisdiction. He just told me to slow down. The last ticket I got I got put on the diversion program to where if I went six months without another offense, the ticket would be forgiven. I was good for over six months!
lol. Probably. He couldn't have written you a ticket even if he wanted to. Actually probably could have gotten into trouble for even stopping you if you were the type of person to push something like that.
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Been pulled over a couple times, but I usually have been let go with a warning.
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The last time I was pulled over was for speeding. And I was.
I had pulled a double shift the day before, from 6am to 11pm, and then pulled my regular shift that day, from 6 to 3.
I made the bank deposit and was on my way back to the store to drop off paperwork.
Just driving along, country road, thinking how much I wanted to be home when I spotted the cop. Took my foot off the gas pedal, and thought, "Oh man, you're in it now."
Cop stopped me, asked me if I knew I was doing 72 in a 40mph zone.
Before I even thought, I said, "Ha! I must have seen you first, because I was doing 86 when I spotted you!"
He did a double-take, and started laughing.
No ticket, after I explained to him what was going on. Just told me to go home and get some rest.
He walked away chuckling and shaking his head.
lol. That is hilarious.
My friends called it a Chris moment, as in "Nobody but you, Chris." lol
That sounds like something I would do. lol.. Oh wait, sorry, I meant to just think that. :D
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I have gotten let of easy whenever I have gotten pulled over. I guess it is a girl thing.
As long as it is a male cop. lol. I use to know a cop that worked in the town I live in and she told me she had pulled over men that had cried to try to get out of a ticket. I thought that was hilarious. I know women do that but never would have thought a man would unless he was drunk and when they are drunk they cry about anything anyway. lol
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I would think if you said anything like "please don't write me a ticket" it could be used against you and construed entirely differently than you would like so my advice would be to say nothing!
How could it be used against you? I got kind of smart one time when I got stopped. I lived beside of a different cop and he talked to the one that stopped me about it and he told him what I said. The one that lived beside me told me in would be in my best interest if I was stopped again to sit there with my mouth shut and not to open it unless it was to say "yes sir". I looked at him and said "well I guess I won't be saying anything" lol. In my defense that was in my young and stupid days :D
Not running your mouth is good advice but I am not going to sit there and refuse to answer them either.
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Almost 50 years ago, when my husband had just gone to Vietnam and I had a brand new baby at home, I was a mess of emotions. I had just attended a meeting of the Overseas Wives' Club at the Red Cross Center, and was on my way home. It was night. I was alone, and I noticed a car following close behind me. We were in a secluded part of town. I didn't realize it was a police car. I changed lanes, and it changed lanes. I changed back and it followed. I was now getting uncomfortable, then the policeman turned on his lights and pulled me over. I rarely speed, and didn't think I was going over the speed limit. When the guy started asking me questions, I started crying. I was shaking and a mess. My best friend at the time was nine months pregnant and her husband had just been killed in Vietnam, so my nerves were raw. He wanted to get in the car with me to calm me down. I told him, how did I know he was a real cop?! He did actually get in the car, which was crazy on my part, but I was young and naive and not thinking straight. He finally got out and let me go on my way, but that is a vivid memory.
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The last time I was pulled over was for speeding. And I was.
I had pulled a double shift the day before, from 6am to 11pm, and then pulled my regular shift that day, from 6 to 3.
I made the bank deposit and was on my way back to the store to drop off paperwork.
Just driving along, country road, thinking how much I wanted to be home when I spotted the cop. Took my foot off the gas pedal, and thought, "Oh man, you're in it now."
Cop stopped me, asked me if I knew I was doing 72 in a 40mph zone.
Before I even thought, I said, "Ha! I must have seen you first, because I was doing 86 when I spotted you!"
He did a double-take, and started laughing.
No ticket, after I explained to him what was going on. Just told me to go home and get some rest.
He walked away chuckling and shaking his head.
lol. That is hilarious.
My friends called it a Chris moment, as in "Nobody but you, Chris." lol
That sounds like something I would do. lol.. Oh wait, sorry, I meant to just think that. :D
You don't know how good it makes me feel to know I'm not the only one! :D
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I must me on the minority on this because I have been pulled over many, many times in my driving career with the most while being in my reckless 20s.
The fact that the cop may have a camera on him doesn't make a difference in the way I talk or act. I have always acted respectfully and done what the cops told me to do...even when I knew they were in the wrong.
Camera or no camera has no bearing on my actions, but I do feel safer as a citizen that cops are being recorded and held accountable.