Excuses , Excuses

VenemoussC · 12-10-2003

Do they HAVE to give you it? And you just ask for "County Seat"?

I gotta try that

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I do some pretty crazy stuff..

"officer, im heading out to the marines next week... I shippin out" Cut me a break....

it worked

marc

Ditto, but for me (at the time) is was foreal, i have a Marines sticker on my back windshield, and i was in the DEP program in highschool which is the Delayed Entry Program. Meaning you have to have a diploma before heading into the military (Or GED). So i used that excuse all the way through highschool. I only got pulled over twice though, it worked though! I was like sir, i am going to bootcamp soon and won't even have a car, could you please spare me a warning? The second time (Graduated already, on the way home from senior week) I was like Sir i am shipping to bootcamp and will not be able to go to court, and got spared.

I never went to bootcamp, because we went to Fort Meade for a IST (Initial strength test) and i ended up having a asthma attack, and got a discharge =/

EyeOfTheStorm · 12-10-2003

I don't know if it works in every state, but it does in CA. It won't work everytime though, if the county seat is only 50 miles away the cop would most likely show up.

driftpin · 12-10-2003

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Originally posted by VenemoussC

I never went to bootcamp, because we went to Fort Meade for a IST (Initial strength test) and i ended up having a asthma attack, and got a discharge =/

They didn't pick up the asthma when you went through MEPS?

Jimbo12 · 12-10-2003

all you people have some funny info on how to get out of a ticket, but the best thing i can do, only if i am in my hometown, i know most of the policemen/women in my city, so if i don tknow them i give one of the guys i know a call and they spare me with a warnig, but if it is a guy i know they usually mess around wiht me in the middle of daytime, and they will hold up traffic and get ready to draw their guns, it should be on video cuz it seems real convincing to the onlookers! in the end its all good and fun and games

driftpin · 12-10-2003

I always find it smart to just be pleasant and give them everything they ask for and if you are carrying, no matter what the law is in your state, let the officer know. It never looks good if they ask you after the fact and you tell them you’re carrying. I just pass them my license, reg, insurance and right to carry. I have never gotten off a ticket being a wise ass or by denying I broke the law. I guess honesty is the best policy with the police. If they nail you for speeding, admit it, apologize and maybe you'll get off. It worked for me 3 times when I was younger. The last one I got was by a female cop and I was a bit upset she pulled me over and instead of playing the nice guy I asked her if she thought I should have decelerated as I passed a car with head on traffic coming at me. She didn't find it amusing. I got a ticket for $124. In Maine they just past legislation that it is the speeder that has to prove that he wasn't speeding, so basically your screwed if you get caught speeding in Maine unless you can prove the cop had insufficient training using their speed measuring equipment. Good luck. I remember some of those road heading out of AZ to NV, man you can fly on those. Straight as an arrow for as far as the eyes can see. I don't see those up here. Oh how I miss AZ.

Bklynstanger · 12-10-2003

Once, I was at a light, behind some woman, making a left turn. This woman had the right of way but didn't make the turn. Cars passed her and she didn't make the turn. We both missed the light. When the light changed again, she started that delaying sh#t, so I just gunned it around her and took off. A block or 2 later, yup (as if out of nowhere), I saw the flashing lights. The cops looked like bastards but I didn't say anything. They drove up to the passenger side and the driver was like, "What, you think you in NASCAR or something?" I immediately appologized--didn't make any excuses, looked him right in the eye. He said that I have a beautiful color but stop being seen so much and stop showing off--"THAT'S A WARNING!!!! YOU'RE TO OLD TO BE RACING LIKE THAT". Then he drove off. It happened in front of my barber shop--the guys were at the window cracking up at me. I was happy that I avoided that $150 ticket. But I was pissed off that he had that comment about my age--I'm 30 but at times, I still get ID'ed.

VenemoussC · 12-10-2003

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They didn't pick up the asthma when you went through MEPS?

I explained my breathing problem (Which i NEVER knew what exactly it was, had it since i was little and no Dr. could tell me what it was) I explained i would breathe about 10 breaths, and the 11th would be a bigger breathe kinda to get more oxygen. So MEPs sent me to get a PFT (Pulminary Function Test) and they found out one of my lungs isn't working normal, but the other is, so i just have to breathe harder on some breathes to get the normal oxygen intake i need.

It's hard to pick up on it, because for 1, i didn't know i had it, and 2, it can only be diagnosed if i have a asthma attack (Which i have only had 1 my whole life, and that is while running real hard after 2 miles during a 3 mile run during PT)

driftpin · 12-11-2003

Gotcha!! Were you able to get disabilty for it? You should if they medically discharged you.

Antartican · 12-11-2003

To change it to the next county seat you mean to take it to the next county , and the only reason you could say this is because it's your home county. What if you dont' live there.

Antartican · 12-11-2003

Oh and eye of the storm , well not all cops are male , and there's gotta be some gay guys around. Although I don't really want to temp him to arrest me. Yeah New Mexico is too strict , I imagined a warning. Just because there was absolutely no one in the street. And he reduced it by the way , it took him like 20 minutes to make the ticket , and we chated. It works.

Antartican · 12-11-2003

Bklynstanger , poor lady. She was probably like an 80 year old senior citizen that was really scared on that intersection . But I don't blame you I speed of too. Well at 30 I don't think you need to worry about your age.

EyeOfTheStorm · 12-11-2003

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Originally posted by Antartican
To change it to the next county seat you mean to take it to the next county , and the only reason you could say this is because it's your home county. What if you dont' live there.

Not in CA...you can't change the county, just move it from the local courthouse to the main county court.

Monkey Boy · 12-11-2003

Pray the cop has a hard on for fast cars and he may want to spend more time talking about your car than write you a ticket.

driftpin · 12-11-2003

I had a cop let me go because he liked my car. Plus I don't think he had me on radar. The second I saw him I crammed on the brake and put my car into a nose dive. He pulled me anyways and ran a 1028 and came back and told me it was a nice car and if I wanted to drive fast to take it to Oxford, the local dragstrip. It didn't work another time though when I was putting on a smoke show in the wrong place. That cost me $70

Fordracing2 · 12-11-2003

The easiest way to reduce speeding ticket fines is by not pulling over.