Your Craziest Ticket Story

[Poonstang]

Alright, so last night, new years eve 2012, I got a ticket. Me and my friends pulled up to an intersection on the way to pick up a pizza at around 10:30 and there was NO one around. The light turned green and I proceeded to do a smokey burnout through the intersection.

Next thing I know, I see the reds and blues and you can probably figure out the rest. He was sitting on the side of the QT opposite where we were in the intersection (Couldn't see him from where we were) and he said that when everyone in the parking lot sees a mustang roast tires and then looks at them, he HAS to stop us for a ticket, otherwise they'd look bad. At least he was nice. Ticket for 'squealing tires'. Kicker is, I told my friend we 'have to be careful because there are cops EVERY where tonight' before we left and when we got pulled over, we were IN the parking lot of the pizza place literally 30 ft away hahaha. I defiantly learned my lesson about effin around and plan to drive like a granny for the rest of my life. So what's the craziest thing you guys have done to get a ticket? Let's hear some stories!

 

[Tony]

^lmao! man we gotta watch for cops...burnout...pulled over..haha! sorry though, that sucks. funny though..but yea, sucks!

 

[Tony]

reckless ops ticket in my bagged truck. no clue a cop was across from me at the light looking dead at me as i was hopping up & down to see my GF's booby's bounce

$185 and 6 points for boobs!!

 

[D3VST8R96GT]

reckless ops ticket in my bagged truck. no clue a cop was across from me at the light looking dead at me as i was hopping up & down to see my GF's booby's bounce

$185 and 6 points for boobs!!

Worth it?

Dang 6 points

 

[Twista]

reckless ops ticket in my bagged truck. no clue a cop was across from me at the light looking dead at me as i was hopping up & down to see my GF's booby's bounce

$185 and 6 points for boobs!!

Lol why is that a ticket

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[Tony]

lol, not worth it. and yup...6 points. i got points also in the same truck for dragging the frame. only 2 wich always confused me how dragging my frame to throw sparks was less points than sitting at a light aired out a few times.

 

[Tony]

Lol why is that a ticket

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dont really know. distraction to other drivers i think i was told.

 

[sn95jones]

Got pulled over in my '96 over a year ago cop said i was speeding when i wasnt. Pulled me over out of his jurisdiction howevee you spell it. Then impounds my car for supposedly suspicion of drugs in the car even after he searched it THEN tells my inspection is illegal. I was like wtf. So he impounds it then they tore it apart and searched it and of course nothing came up. So they finally released the car AFTER i paid a $400 impound fee.

 

[RichV]

2004 Hot Rod Power Tour, got pulled over every day at least once. Burnouts, speeding, illegal "insert offense here", etc. We had the best time. Amazingly not one ticket. That sure does not happen regularly, I've never had a warning since.

Most of the cops were pretty cool, this was somewhere in OK. They let us take a few pics.

 

[T-5 Killer]

Haven't got many crazy tickets but a few getting out of ticket stories.

Getting pulled over on the highway outside of roswell NM in 2002 caravaning to the drag strip. My cousin in his '95 GT vert, his GF at the time in her '01 GT and me in my Cobra all of us doing 120+ a Roswell cop was pacing us for a few miles and we didnt notice and finally pulled us over once we got into city limits. Got out of a ticket and jail time because the Roswell Jail was FULL.

Street raced a LT1 trans AM infront of a cop and got pulled over for it. Got out of the ticket and jail time because the cop was a vet and saw I was rocking a 1st Cav Divison hat. Told me "get the **** home and dont get in trouble while on leave!"

 

[BigBore96]

Well, I have 2 that I find crazy. Sorry ahead of time for them being long.

1. Few years ago in college in Phoenix. I had class at 8 am everyday, but worked until midnight everynight for ATT's call center. Well, one night, I was asked to stay until 2. So I did. 2 am comes around and I am crazy tired. 30 minute drive to my house is what I'm staring at and I'm just overall in a bad mood. Which was honestly my first mistake. Well, I get on the highway heading home and the roads are completely dead and empty. So I decide to get home "faster". Needless to say I bury the needle in my Cobra. Speed cameras are flashing left and right but I kept the pedal down. Well after a bit, I noticed the red/blue lights way off behind me. 2 things ran through my mind. 1 I could get away and be fine. or 2, I don't get away and am totally ****ed. So, I made the choice to limit myself as to the punishment. So I stopped. A minute or so later the cop pulls up behind me and of course I knew he'd be pissed and I didn't blame him. So after talking to him, at my window. He asked why the hell was I going so fast. I responded. Sir I am tired and just wanted to get home faster. Was a bad idea. Anyway, he goes on to tell me all the trouble I could be in. I heard him say "could" but I just assumed he meant am in. Turns out the cop was a totally nice guy and liked my cobra. He also appreciated me being honest and the fact that I wasn't doing anything around traffic. As he too noticed how compeltely empty the highway was. I then asked how fast I was going as I honestly didn't know. He said well, when I clocked you it was 168. Phew.... He said all he could tell was that the car was maybe white. I'm sitting there thinking I should've just gotten off at the next exit and took a different way home lol. He then said, I'm going to let you go, as I already told the radio I lost you before you stopped and that if I ever do that again he will personally kick my ass and throw me in jail. lol. Dodged a bullet.


2. This one happened November of this year right here in Indiana. I drove a buddy of mine to the next largest town, as I live in a small town with no major stores or anything. Anyway, on the way home, he was talking about how badass my car sounds. We were on a highway(2 lanes each way and large split median) about 4 miles outside of my town. Theres really no cars on the road. So I goose it a bit. Nothing major. 85ish or so. Then slow back down to 65ish as that is what everyone drives. I noticed in my rear view mirror, that there is a little silver car which I couldn't make out gaining on me very quickly. Well, I knew it wasn't a cop car as it didn't have a Vic's size or anything. I asked my buddy if he might know who it was thinking it could just be someone who noticed me and was wanting to say hi or something. He said nope, so to see if they were following me. I thew my car in 3rd and took off, closer to home I slowed down and was just heading towards home. Unluckily I got stuck at a cross section with other cars so the car was able to almost catch up to me completely (Keep in mind I wasn't trying to go overboard or anything just put some distance. again going 85ish. Well, I ignore his dumb ass and I just casually keep heading home thinking if the guy keeps following me I'm going to get out of my car and see what he wants. Of course, he keeps following as I'm cruising through a little village with a bunch of stop signs and things. I follow the rules and all. Signaling when needed. Now the dude is right on my ass (almost hitting my car) so I'm pissed and I'm looking for a good spot to stop and get out.

Well I after the next turn. I notice way back in the distance red/blues. So I stopped for them and so did the douche behind me. Well, this so called douche, was one of the crooked local cops off duty. (Long story they are crooked, take my word for it). Next thing I know, he comes up and Bangs on my window. I mean basically beat the shit of my window. So now I'm super pissed. But I kept my cool as there was another cop on duty behind me so I didn't do anything. Well, this douche is screaming at me for how loud my car was and how he could he my car with his windows up and all. Like, I'm thinking who cares. He really pissed me off though as once the other cop in uniform made it the window he kept at it. The other cop let him keep control of what was going on. This dude is tryin to rip me a new one and get under my skin. He would ask questions and then when I'd answer calmly he would freak out and yell and accuse me of interrupting him. He then is going on and on about how he knows who I am and that I'm a druggy (which isn't true, I don't smoke/drink/or anything) and that he's calling the dog down here to search my vehicle. Just anything I'd say would set him off. So I decide to just say I'm sorry sir to pretty much everything he's saying. It took me a few minutes but I then noticed who the cop in uniform was. It was the local police chief. The two of them then go back to the cruiser at the request of the chief. I then just sit there waiting. (The real cop has not seen me do anything wrong and has to take his off duty cops word for things. Keep in mind, off duty cop was speeding way faster than I was in an unmarked car). So being as I know how the local stuff goes I am not worried about anything. Just more annoyed than anything at the waste of time.

They then come back to the window, and the douche is now singing a different more polite tune. He then goes on to tell me things like if he had a radar, yada, how he has to pull young kids from crashed cars, yada, yawn... But, then he goes on to tell me he can't give me a ticket for speeding or reckless driving or anything but what he's going to do is give me a ticket for failing to signal. Which pisses me off, as it was impossible. But I didn't say anything as I was just going to go to the court date and dispute it.

A few weeks later, a local tells me the police chief needs to talk to me, so I call the chief and see what he wants. He asks me to come down to the station to talk. So The following week I did. Basically he drug me in there to apologize for how his officer handled it and stated that he ripped his officer a new asshole for being stupid. I have tinted windows, and he was telling me that he feels lucky that the person behind the tinted windows was not a criminal as he thinks himself and his officer would've gotten shot. Which makes sense. Anyway, he then asks me to right a statement regarding the behavior so I went into detail all the rude crap that was done. Like, I understand I was speeding, but cmon, be professional. I sure as hell was.
Anyway, after I was done he went on to tell me he is dismissing the bogus ticket as he cannot give me a ticket without giving his officer one. Lol... winning.


So, to this day, I STILL have a clean driving record.

 

[sweet94GT]

I was 18, had my license a week. Driving a car my aunt let me use til my truck arrived from Portland. Got pulled over for 'Street Racing'. It was 130 am, I had just gotten off work. I squeaked the passenger side front tire in a 91 Accord. I was doing 70 in a 45 when I got stopped. He asked for ins/reg. Popped open the glove box, and a half gone 1/5th of JD pops out(was given to me when leaving work by a co worker). Had no ins, and reg from an 89 Datsun p/u. I had been told everything was in there when I got the car.

Needless to say, he gave em a few DUI tests, all of which I passed. He smelled my Dr Pepper. Cited for no proof of ins, 65 in a 45, and open container. Said drive safe and let me go home.

 

[the.greg]

I only have one ticket, and it was for going right through a red turn arrow at like 1am in the middle of nowhere. No one around except for the cop in the bushes with his lights off. The light was yellow, but definitely turning red so I accelerated briskly through and wasn't fast enough I guess. No points, just a small fine for failure to obey traffic control device.

I drive like a granny most of the time, because I get a lot of unwanted police attention in my loud cobra. I guess that is why I am 22 and can have a somewhat quick car, I have self control. I couldn't afford to drive like a moron and pay tickets or I would have to drive something more affordable. A little over 2 years til I turn 25 and my insurance rates drop so I can start looking at corvettes.

 

[sweet94GT]

Well, I have 2 that I find crazy. Sorry ahead of time for them being long.

So, to this day, I STILL have a clean driving record.

Long ones, but good ones. Lucky Phuck

 

[BigBore96]

Long ones, but good ones. Lucky Phuck

Dude... my thoughts exactly. My friends always tell me I'm the luckiest dude behind the wheel when it comes to getting out of tickets.

There was another one I forgot about. It's short.

Well, for my Gf's bday when she was 19 she wanted dual exhaust for her 99 cougar. So, we are out getting breakfast (just stopped at mcdonalds to go) then were going to the muffler shop down the street to have a y pipe and a bassani muffler installed. Well, I don't generally use my seatbelt. Just a habit. So he pulls me over out of nowhere, so I quickly throw it on. The cougar you cannot tell if it's on/off from behind. He then says he stopped me for a seatbelt. So I tell him I had it on. He said no. So I said, I had it under my arm, I was just in the mcdonalds Drive thru and put it under to reach out of the car. I then showed him the bag in my gf's lap.

So he let me go. lol.

 

[sweet94GT]

You are one lucky summa *****

 

[Poonstang]

haha good stories! makes me feel better about the whole thing. should be able to take defensive driving class to drop everything. but keep em up!

 

[poisonbl]

Heh, I've been pulled over... 5 times. 4 in my old tracker, and only once in my gt...

Tracker:
1) Had a tail light out. This, after over 140mi of driving that night *after* leaving work, 100 of that on relatively busy interstate, the rest on back roads through BFE and back... and he pulled me over at the start of my parent's road, 2ish minutes from home, no other traffic. Thankfully, I'm able to keep a sudden onset bad mood in check... because I wound up with just a warning.

2) My only actual speeding ticket, "39" in a 25. More like 45, but... 40 or so is the *usual* for that road during the day, 4 lane side road packed with stores and such, generally high density for the area (walmart + sams + target tend to add up). It was ~3am, I was the only vehicle on the road, coasting down hill, and saw the reflection of the street light off the front end of a crown vic... immediately kicked my blinker on and pulled into the next parking lot. A moment later, he managed to come across with his lights on to pull in behind me... and of all the times I've been pulled over, the one time I *should've* been just given a warning, since there was zero risk to anyone other than myself, and even that risk wasn't speed-induced... but, then, the little bass-ackwards section of town that managed to be lucky enough to get those stores in their jurisdiction (the only thing of any value they have claim to) was working over time to pay off their brand new Charger...

3 & 4) After long days at work on Fridays, headed home to my current apartment, hit the last stretch of road (one from each direction), topped a hill at about 30, coasted down the other side, and as I coasted up the last hill before my parking lot, same thing... spotted the reflection off of the front of a crown vic, went ahead and pulled calmly into a parking spot in my lot, and waited with insurance and registration in hand. Pretty sure it was the same girl both times, who politely chastised me for going too fast in a residential area, but left it at a warning because it was blatantly clear that I was sober, and really had just left work, and her real concern was tagging DUIs that're fairly frequent at that hour on a Friday night around here. Both times I then proceeded to get back into the car and drive 100mi more that night to visit family.

94 GT:
5) Expired temp tag *AND* lack of proof of insurance... I needed to run a couple errands, had already set up insurance after buying the car, but hadn't fought the DMV to get proper tags, since it wasn't going to pass inspection without exhaust work anyhow, and thought to myself, "My luck, I'm going to get pulled over, but screw it." Managed to make the mistake of leaving my proof of insurance on my desk, hopped in the car, ran the errands I needed to, and on the way back home, cop pulls out from a parking lot behind me and follows me up the road, at about 1/3 of that section of the trip home. About 30 seconds before I finally turn off towards my apartment, his lights flip on... took him that long to make out the date on the tags. Since I was honest about it, including why I didn't have tags yet, and I wasn't driving like an idiot otherwise, he let me off with a warning for the tags and a ticket for the insurance... which went away the next day when I presented proof of insurance to the clerk.

Aside from cops in the part of town that seem to feel they have something to prove... I've actually been incredibly lucky. It's a miracle that I've not been pulled over for speeding in the GT yet, though... it really doesn't *feel* like 90. Thought I was going to one night, though... rolled through a construction zone at 85 (in a 70, zone wasn't active, so thankfully it wasn't a 55), one moment my rearview was relatively clear, the next there was not one, but two, pairs of crown vic lights behind me... as soon as it was back to 2 lanes, dropped over to the other lane, they rolled up to the bumper of a friend's fiero ahead of me, and I dropped back in behind, through the next section of single lane, and then he let them by as soon as we were out of that... apparently, until he saw the symbol on the door outside his window, he was confused as to why I'd dropped over to let them by. Since I was going 85, and they came up on me in a matter of seconds (and not from an on-ramp)... I had a feeling they didn't mind that I wasn't going 70 or less at that moment.

 

[Slykin]

Ugh. Here we go.

1. Got pulled over going 45 in a 30 in front of my sister's dorm where we were moving her into. There was one speed limit sign at the very beginning of the road and I was driving behind a guy, with someone also behind me. Not sure why I got picked.. and I was driving a 94 Camry LOL. Got a ticket for that one.

2. I got pulled over for my license plate lights being out while taking my sister home from Dallas. Turns out my registration didn't match my car.. My registration said it was a 95 coupe.. I was in a 94 convertible. He just gave me a warning and told me he liked my car. I could have been driving a stolen car haha.

3. My cousin/neighbor/best friend and I took off from the only stoplight in town after revving at each other. Neither of us took off very fast, but we both have loud exhaust so a cop we didn't see followed to the school and chewed us out. He thought we were street racing lol. Didn't get anything for that.

4. I also got pulled over 3 times on a ski trip because Colorado cops are jerks and hate Texans.. I got a 10mph ticket, a warning for not obeying a corner speed limit advisory sign at 7 in the morning in an empty town, and a warning for speeding 10 over somewhere else.

5. I've gotten pulled over twice for no front license plate compounded with out of date registration and inspection both times. Warnings.

So, really, nothing spectacular. I just get pulled over a lot with mostly warnings. I'm really a pretty calm driver too...

 

[poisonbl]

...a warning for not obeying a corner speed limit advisory sign at 7 in the morning in an empty town...

Heh, I'm glad they don't bother with that here at all as long as it's not bad weather, etc... I blew past two cops headed the other way the first time I tested my newfound cornering ability... nearly blind curve, at speed limit in, if I recall the sign I didn't read closely, a 20mph curve... I held traction without any issues, they weren't exactly putting along themselves, and I'm pretty sure neither even looked back. Real back roads are fun, as long as they're paved.