No tickets yet.. but when I was driving back to Washington from Mississippi almost a year ago, I was going through Nebraska.. I was doing 80 or 85 in a 70.. something like that. I saw a cop on the other side of the highway.. realized I was going kinda fast, slowed down, but saw her do a quick u-turn through the grass "median". So I passed this semi I was next to and got in front, slowed down.. she got closer, pulled me over. I told her I was just passing the semi and she said even if you're passing, you shouldn't have to go over the speed limit. I sat in her car (scary).. then she couldn't find her book or something, turns out it fell on the ground, so I got it for her.. so I think she appreciated that.. we talked a little (she had it recording too, ew) and I explained why we were there and stuff like that.. she wrote a warning and let us go. It doesn't matter anyway because when am I gonna be back in Nebraska, right?

Then.. more recently.. it was sometime late last year, I was behind this guy who was going 40 in a 55.. so I waited for a passing zone and I passed him. I knew there was a cop ahead of him, but it was a ways. So I passed him, and was going just a bit too fast because I caught up to the cop (though slowed down as I approached him).. so he pulled off to the right and then as soon as I got by him he got behind me, waited a few, then turned his lights on and pulled me over. He asked if I knew what he pulled me over for, and I said no. He said I passed in a no passing. Wrong. I'm scared sh*tless to pass in a no passing! I told him where I passed the guy and he seemed disappointed and asked if I knew how fast I was going. I said, somewhat as a question, "50?" He said he was going 55 and I caught up to him. I said oh, well I was going 50 just now. He said he knows how hard it is to drive on that road and to slow down.. have a good night. No ticket, warning, nothing. So... yeah. That's me and my xA.



But since I got pulled over last I've changed my driving habits and I'm generally a much nicer driver. I have my occasional 10 over moments, but usually only when there is a lot of traffic with me and they are doing the same.

 

You don't want to come up to Washington then. Here there are 3 different departments patrolling, local PD, Sheriff's, and Staters. The State Troopers have unmarked Impalas in white, black, silver, and gold. Unmarked SUVs, green and white Suburbans. I have seen 1 unmarked maroon Crown Vic. There is also a gray blacked out 2006 Dodge Charger. I've even seen the Game Wardens, who have full police powers, doing traffic stops on the highway in their unmarked F150s!

 

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Yeah, it's crazy up here.

 

I LOVE COPS!!!!




*quietly exists room*

 

claudia probably flirts her way outta tickets with moco's finest, which is common for some girls who know how to, but thats okay, if i'm in my work uniform, police let me off with a warning. once i did 80 through a 40 down 108 between olney mill and 97 on a sunday morning, a cop saw me go by and took off after and finially caught up to me by georgia ave, pulled me over. asked where i was going, told him to work, showed the logo on my shirt. he said, "well, you guys take good care of us, and i don't really know how fast you were going, just take it easy and get there in one piece." i was like, sweet! bye, stay safe and so on.

 

So you flirt out of tickets too

and no I was being nice and I never lie to them. Good karma cos I had defended them at the party I was at before hand lol.

 

Where do you work drax?

 

i work at a restaurant that gives always gives uniformed police officers great tables and a 50% discount on their entire check. and my boss is friends with all of them because there is a moco sub-station right down the road.

 

Oh okay. Well lucky you.

 

when i am flying down the interstate, i have a pretty good screening process.
1. american made sedans, suvs, and 4 door pick-ups (cops don't like perps riding shotgun)
2. bland colors, black, white, grey, dark red, brown, blue or green etc. they won't use attention grabbing colors, kinda defeats the point of the unmarked unit.
3. search for auxilary antennas
4. cheap steel rims with or without wheel covers, should have a center hub that looks like an ash tray
5. check for in-state plates (obviously out of state plates aren't undercover cops)
6. check for some kind of personalization (cops don't personalize their patrol vehicles, check for bumper stickers, those stupid "i support whatevers trendy" ribbons, stuffed animals etc)
7. check for passengers (alot of unmarked cop cars are the same ones rental fleets use)
8. check driver (cops usually have to be clean cut, shaved, short hair, they usually have sunglasses)
9. most cops drive with their headlights or daytime running lights on
10. cops use crown vics, not grand marq's, learn the subtle differences.
11. look for the inside blue and red lights if possible.
12. watch you six, their headlights go from just on the horizon to on your tail in a heartbeat, if you know how to recognize crown vic headlights, and you see them coming on your rear fast, just get outta their way.
13. speed on straighaways where you can clearly see the entire median and shoulder, not obstructed by signs, hills. don't speed around curves and bends.

hope that helps, i spend waaaaayyyy too much time on the interstate at illegal speeds.

 

#1 44 in a 30
#2 85 in a 60

 

But I figure for all the times that I do speed, which is all the time, and all the times I have been pulled over and given a warning, when I do get a ticket I'm pretty much do for one.

The first ticket I ever got was for doing 50 in 35. I could have contested it except he didn't give me a fine when I flicked my cig butt out the window right in front of him, without thinking. He gave me the unsafe speed ticket, and said my ticket would be alot if I got a littering fine. But he let me go on my way cuz I told him I was taking Administration of Justice (Police Science) classes and was late. I was even more late for class, but have never littered since.