Worst Legal Violation??

[nhincher]

maybe this has been hashed out before but...



Let's hear some war stories, car stuff you've gotten popped for?



nothing to bad here:



wreckless driving: friend and I had beaters in highschool, were crashing into each other in a parking lot one night, da' man didn't think to highly of it, got a good long lecture but eventually let me go.



loud exhaust: got stopped for this more times than I can count with my boots on, twice in the same day once.



ummm... . yes officer... we were... ah... watching the stairs... (now where the h#ll are my socks... )

 

[TPCDrafting]

not much, but about 3-4 years ago, I was stopped for going 88 in a 65, entering a construction zone. My insurance went down on the next bill, so I couldn't explain nor complain about that one.

 

[Will24]

worst thing I was ever nailed for was doing donuts on ice in my old dart in the work parking lot Cop was a real hard ass about it and tried to be funny by calling my boss (owner of the company) I could literally hear my boss laughing on the cops cell phone, the three of us got called to the office the next day to get made fun of for getting caught

 

[illflem]

My frayed throttle cable jammed wide open, 75 in 30 mph zone. By the time the cop turned around and caught up with me I was pulled over, shut down with the hood up. I knew exactly what the problem was but let him find it. When I showed him the new replacement cable sitting on the seat he let me go without even a warning. Worse part was when he walking away he said, "That's why I bought a Power Stroke. "

 

[QRTRHRS]

Wasn't my worst but,

it was the one I got caught for. Back in the 73280 days, I got weighed grossed out at 84,000. $2,400 bucks was a lot of money in the 70's. Glad it was the bosses money, not mine. The rather eldery JP took one look at the papers and laughed. He said just send the money. He wanted to know how my bosses pop was doing in retirement. The JP said he'd fined grandpop many a time for being over. (White cedar gets a bit heavy when the sap comes up).

 

[Cummins4Life]

62 in a 40 @ $109

 

[Leewhiskey]

I have had a few speeding warnings, but never a ticket. Worst I ever had was an Un-necessary display of power. Roasted the tires quite good. Sorry guys, wasn't with a dodge, my old 89 ford 7. 3 did that. That was a very nice truck, had decent power too.



Nothing serious with the cummins, pulled over once late at night for crossing the center line a little bit a couple times(it was pretty windy) and he never said anything about the noise. Cops in town don't seem to mind either, they have heard it plenty of times and never looked twice.

However, our college lab farm manager told me I need to idle it cause its too loud. :{ And I don't try to be loud going through there. He's just a whiner. I do like to lay on it when I go past his house though. He's just jealous cause his new Chebby HD doesn't sound like that, and because a college student can afford a nicer truck than him.

Chris

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

135 in a 50 when I was sixteen on my 86 Yamaha FZ600- stopped by a road block. I didn't even know they'd gotten me on radar. Got out of that one after about 6 hours in jail due to a "technicality", they neglected to read me my rights. Actually, I think they were trying to scare me and didn't read me my rights on purpose. It worked, I slowed down a lot.



A couple of years ago I got pulled over for 110 in a 25 in the smokey mountain national park on my 86 Honda Nighthawk S. I pulled over and stopped after I passed by his car because I knew I was going to be busted - he hadn't even turned on his lights. Got off of that one too! The road was empty and I was riding well within my ability. He told me to "dial it back a notch or two" and I told him I was going to head back to camp and park the bike. I'm sure they have people from out of state that run from them all the time and he appreciated me pulling over without him even moving.



Knock on wood - I've been pretty lucky when it comes to traffic citations. It also seems that I get into a LOT more trouble on 2 wheels than 4!

 

[kluther]

exhibition of speed. the cop said my front tires left the ground on take-off with a 350 hp Chevy in a Vega. spent 2 months in jail for it being my 15 th ticket and all. been keeping my nose pretty clean since then. ken

 

[nhincher]

Originally posted by illflem

"My frayed throttle cable jammed wide open... "

That reminds me of a couple years ago riding around in a friends 350 powered S-10. he lit 'em real hard at a light, passed the mini van next to us, and there was a cop... we wheeled into an industrial park before he caught up with us, popped the hood, yanked the throttle return spring off and kindly explained "what happened was... " to the officer, he ran our ID's and that was it, no warning or anything.



only two times for speeding for me, 60 in a 45, and 71 in a 55 (total BS, he was just pi$$ed that I flashed my brights at him cuz he didn't turn his down. ) got off both times.

 

[Morphious]

Hummmmm, haven't really been "Caught" doing much, back in my highschool days, I road raced in 3 counties, 1/4 mile racing down main street and innocent little things like that. I was pulled over every weekend for some trumped up charge or another, ie... . loud exhaust, excessive takeoffs, etc... . They were trying to catch me with beer in the car or something is all I could figure out, but they didn't realize that the back seat in my camero lifted up and could store 2 cases of beer rather nicely. Lately, I've been the recipient of 2 pointless speeding tickets... . the last one was for 76 in a 70, good thing I slowed down from 105 about a mile before.



Morph.

 

[Karl2500]

Back about 10 or 15 years ago it was about 3 AM Easter morn. after a early night of drinking and four wheeling I woke woke up in the bed of my ol Jeep Comanche surrounded with beer bottles. (not all that unusual back then) and parked in front of my Buddy's house. Killer hangover, cottonmouth and I stink like campfire and stale beer. My Mom makes a big deal about Easter Church etc. So I decide to just drive home as fast as possible maybe get an hour or two of sleep.

Anyway 'bout a 15 mile drive all suburban roads. I am the only one on the roads. I hit the LIRR tracks at about 85 in a 30 got air under all four wheels, that is where Suffolk County's finest took notice of me. I didn't notice him. About 10 miles later he pulled me over after I Slid sideways the wrong way through a traffic triangle in a school zone. He wrote me 8 tickets and tried the Breathalyzer 3 different times. (I was definitely sober) but remember the beer bottles in the bed. I went to court plead guilty to the no inspection, and Innocent to speeding, excessive speed, failure to use turn signal, 2 stop sign violations, improper lane change, and a wrong way on a one way street. I think the Judge thought the cop was just being tough on me and let me go for every thing but the turn signal. WHEW!!!!

 

[JIM S.]

how about 100 MPH and $400 later in a 55 (he called it a 65 though) raceing another CTD. . good thing I didnt have a GSK yet... I was winning though

Now I drive like an old guy... not that all old guys drive slow

Jim

 

[The patriot]

~Back in the day... ...

Got my 73 `Cuda 340 impounded for opened exhaust and slicks on the street. Racing... . no I wasnt racing.

Out ran the local constibulotory on a Suzuki RM 80. He never stood a chance.

Had a cop try to run me off the road on a motorcycle. I wasnt driving..... hell I was the 3rd guy on the motorcycle.

I ended up bailing at about 45 MPH~ish. The bike was only a 125 dirt bike, so they needed all the help they could get to get away from the cop. Cop almost ran me over... . I unknowingly bailed in a park that was having a softball game going on. I ended up being the main attraction. Cop drove me home, and tried to get my Mom and Dad to get me to talk, but I didnt say a thing.

Out ran a cop in my 74 Duster 360 (factory 4 speed). I was racing a chebby, too many beers... saw the cop jack a U turn and decided to get out of dodge. Very stupid thing to do, but I didnt get caught.

More recently (10 years now) 78 in a 35 zone. That aint too bad, but it was Federal property, and I was a fed employee at the time. This is some major bad Ju ju. State police let me go. Whew!!

Eric



PS QRTRHRS, you might have to splain the 73280 thing. I hated PA for that!!

 

[Joe G.]

I dunno if this is the worse violation, but it is a little unusual. This happened about 1958 or so in LA. I turned off Imperial Highway on to Sepulveda one night. There was a Ford and a Merc starting a drag race thru the tunnel under LAX. I stepped on my Chevy and went between them like a rocket. At the end of the tunnel the Merc turned off. He was last. The guy in the Ford and I continued up Sepulveda with the windows down yaking at each other. There was a car behind us but we didn't care. Red light comes on. It's a cop. Very irate. Got chewed out good and both of us got a ticket. For blocking traffic!

 

[QRTRHRS]

Originally posted by The patriot

[BPS QRTRHRS, you might have to splain the 73280 thing. I hated PA for that!! [/B]

Oh okay. Once upon a time, the max GCWR on a five axle combination was 73,280 lbs in PA. Surrounding states (NY and NJ for example) were already raising their max to 80,000 lbs. Kinda like right to carry laws today. Fifty five feet overall length so everyone drove a cab over. The good part about that era was you could easily get away with carrying multiple drivers licenses so you would not get put out of a job.



PS, I used to load out in the bush so there was no way to scale. Once in awhile, I would get a real heavy one. Couple of them I checked put me around 90-92.



Hey Patriot, I used to haul salt from Port Elizabeth. They deep mined it in Louisiana and boated it up the coast for highway use. Sometimes we would haul it within the complex so we would max out over 100k. Still had to weigh out so we would run over the scale with the weight watchers drooling, only to see us not come out to play.

 

[stew]

Geez, I have several !

Well, back in the day when men were men and sheep were scared, I kept the local PD busy... They knew me buy name back then... But, it was a happy ending for all concerned...



We had a 30 mile straight stretch of road that we raced on... This was full throttle stuff... 140 mph was not uncommon... It was draggin at it's best!

Late night when the roads cleared we would run the gauntlet...



The boys had some tipsters and they would be in hiding for us... Well, when the blues went on we went flying ! Then the PD got smart and had backup 5 miles down the road... You know the rest... We got busted but, it was a speeding ticket of $25 back then... Thank the lord! Well, a few years later, I was traveling the same stretch of road and a tractor was pulling off to the right sharply, with tires smoking... I wondered what was up... Then I saw a car traveling the wrong way up the road and in the tractors direction... The tractor slowed and stopped finally and the car hit the tractor head on... I pulled over and spoke with the rig driver, he was shakin bad and could hardly talk... In checking out the car which was not to badly damaged, a woman was in the vehicle with a couple of bottles of whiskey... one was empty... Shortly after the PD rolled up and the 1st thing out of the officers mouth was " So, what did you have to do with this" talking to me I told him the story and the rig driver confirmed... The officer and I have been friendly ever since...



Just before settling down, I was riding home from a stag party and went through an intersection a bit to fast on my motorcycle... The blues went on and I panicked... Gave it a dose of throttle and went up a dirt road... A sharp turn and I was down in a wash... The officer pulled up while I was still down and out... I said to myself "I'm done"... He said "are you OK? I was just wanting you to slow down a bit, I was not chasing you" He helped me to my feet and brushed me off... Asking me if my bike was OK... Anyway, the officer was so concerned with my condition and the bike I was happy... Nothing happened at all... The bike was not really damaged and I was OK... Just a bit miffed I guess...



I have plenty more and details have been left out for typing's sake... But, I will spare you the corny tale's of Stew for now...



Sad part is, we did things as young adults and well, kids today go to jail for it... It might be the right thing but, most of us are upstanding adults in the community now... Heck, our Presidents have done more serious things and skipped...



Do you think the judicial system is to harsh on minor offenses for our youth?



I think the individuality of determining the outcome is gone from our police forces... Everything is cut and dry now more or less...





Thanks and be safe all...

Stew

 

[ladyjaine]

Worst Violation

A parking ticket. Lost the shifter cable in my Toyota and had to leave it in an illegal space while I waited for the tow truck. I couldn't put it into reverse, so I just hung it on the end of a row for a couple of hours.



Came back with the tow truck to find car and ticket. :{



Jean

 

[illflem]

My parking ticket

Cruising down the Interstate back in the 55 mph days at 75 when I get pulled over. Showed the cop my oversized tires and told him my speedo only read 65, he was cool and wrote it for 65. Went to court with the same story and the judge dropped the ticket with a little lecture to the courtroom on the effects of non-stock tires. Went out to my truck after court and there was a $70 parking ticket on it. Guess that's what I get for lying.

 

[WadePatton]

My biggest # posted is 96 in a 65--and that is the ONE time I got caught with my foot on the floor-it was in the ol F150/302.



I started getting speeding tickets at 17 and can't count how many I've gotten. Most of them the "pointless" type



As I've gotten older and now have the "carry permit" and "Emergency" ham tags, I've been able to get out of the last five or six stops. Mostly speeding, one "around the corner on 3-wheels", according to the cop and I admitted "carrying a little more speed through there than usual" and the possibly worst one was the first in the CTD. It could have been a drag-racing ticket, but the cop _it turns out I was racing_ was too busy to fool with me. It's covered in a post on here "Don't try this at home" I think.