Getting Pulled Over!
 

Any Interesting Stories about getting pulled over in your 86

Nope

Ever since I got smoked by a Camry and watched them get a ticket, I stopped trying.

I've never been pulled over in my FR-S and have only been pulled over once in 28 years of driving - in my Mustang GT/CS about 10 minutes after I bought it. The plates had come back as inactive (new plates). Apparently it took about an hour for plates to get into the system in BC (7 years ago, may be different now).

Friend's story:

Cop pulled him over for going over 90 in a 65.
Asked what kind of car it was, how fast, how much, etc
Surprised at how slow and cheap it was (this was back in 2012)
Said it looked nice and told him to be more careful, let him off with a warning...lucky bastard.

I've never been pulled over for speeding in the BRZ, but I drove my brother's E92 once and got a speeding ticket, fuck

Interesting story?

The only one I can think of this late in the evening... :paddle: :D

did she put the baton in your butt?

For all that I'm concerned, she may place that baton anywhere she chooses. :wub: Just be gentle, yikes! :bellyroll:

Sorry, off-topic... Please carry on. :respekt:

fapfapfap...

got caught doing 52 in a 40. cop gave me a ticket for speeding and improper muffler. Also bitched at me for having a license frame that covered the word Florida on my plate.


The dime piece sitting in my passenger seat probably didn't help either...

Not for speeding, but I've been pulled over for kicking the back out while making a left from a stop light in the rain. When the cop walked up to me he told me: "that better be a manual". I acted like I just scared myself, and when he saw my shifter he seemed to take me for a noob. checked my info and sent me on my way.

About a year ago I just got back from a deployment, and I was making a road trip to the east coast to see family while on extended leave. Along the way I stop in Dallas to see a friend and we go out to a concert. On the way back to his place we stop at a gas station for him to grab a drink. Hit the interstate again, when all of a sudden.... I have to take a shit. Additional note: I'm from England originally and have a slight accent.

Get off the next exit, it's five lanes coming up to a light, a turn around lane, a turn left lane, two go straight lanes, and a turn right lane. I'm driving slow approaching the red light in the left hand go straight lane looking for a gas station. Boom I see one to my right, I also notice a cop across the road stopped at the light. I throw my right blinker on, check my blind spot and move over to the turn right lane slowly. Come to a stop, and then turn right on red - it is clear. So I've turned right, check my shoulder, throw my left blinker on and move carefully but quickly across 2 lanes. It's 1am, no one is on the road.

Once I hit the far left lane I need to swing a U turn to get to the gas station. As I go to turn said cop is up my ass lights on. I pop the U, pull into the gas station (not in a spot) kill the car and wonder what the hell I did.

Drop the window, hands on the steering wheel with license insurance and registration ready on the dash. Cop reaches the window, "is this your vehicle son?"

me: "yes sir"

Cop: "well where do you live?"

Me: "Clovis NM sir"

Cop: "Okay, so why are you in Dallas?"

I'm feeling confused, because I have the right to be wherever the hell I please. But politely respond "Well I'm in Dallas visiting my friend..."

Cuts me off: "Okay (sarcastically). Why are you out so late?"

Me: "Well sir we just got finished with a concert in Grand Prairie and are making our way home"

Cop: "Hmmmm, well let me see your particulars"

I hand him my paper work. And he studies it for a long time.

Cop: "Why do you have a Virginia license, a NM plate, and are in Dallas?"

I'm starting to get frustrated as Mr Brown down below is wanting to peak its head out. But I remain polite: "Well sir, I'm in the military. And I lived in VA prior to joining, I'm stationed in NM, and like I said I'm visiting my friend here while..."

Cut off, again. "Well it sounds to me like you're from England. What branch of the military?"

Me, clenching my ass: "US Air Force" I pull out my ID

Cop studies the ID: "Well what do you do in the Air Force?"

Me: "I'm an aircraft mechanic sir"

Cop: "What Kind of aircraft?"

Me, (are you fucking serious????) I'm getting short now: "MC-130J"

Cop: "Hmmmmmm" looks at insurance and looks at the cars VIN. "well these don't match son, I feel like some truth needs to be revealed, why wouldn't you just fly to Dallas?"

I'm starting to think that he thinks he is onto a stolen car with a fugitive or something: "I have 2 cars sir, you're probably looking at the wrong side of the paper. And the reason I didn't fly is because I'm doing a road trip back to Virginia to see family, I just got back from a deployment and am on extended leave. I wanted to have a car while I was at home."

He studies the other side, and concludes that I must be telling the truth, but doesn't want to admit he's pressing me further than he has to, and tries to get me for something else: "Well what's the glass open bottle there?" gesturing towards my center cup holder

My buddy Joey grabs it, leans over with a shit eating grin on his face: "Orange soda"

I'm shaking my head, are you fucking kidding me?

Cop:"Well alright (disappointment in his voice), do you know why I'm pulling you over?"

Me: "Not really sir, maybe because I jumped 2 lanes before the light to turn right and it looked like I was trying to avoid you?"

Cop: "Well that sure did get my attention"

I'm thinking, yeah I'm sure that and a bright red little coupe with gold wheels didn't make you profile or anything....

Cop: "Actually it's because you turned right, and then proceeded to move over to the left lanes. In the state of Texas when you turn right, you have to remain in the furthest most right lane for a period of time."

Me: "Well sir I was trying to make the gas station, I did signal and make sure it was clear before I moved over. If I had not I would have missed the U turn section, and had to drive another 3/4 mile down the road, which would seem unnecessary in the dead of the night when the road's clear."

Cop: "What do you need at the station?"

Me, restless "The bathroom"

Cop: "Oh you need to pee?"

Me: "Nope, the other one, and it's not solid."

Cop: "well let me make sure your info is good, and then we'll go from there"

I'm starting to think, why the fuck didn't we do that to begin with? 5 Minutes later he comes back and tells me I'm getting off with a warning. Damn straight I am, I think to myself. He tells us to have a safe night and walks away.

I get out of the car without parking it and run to the gas station, B line for the bathroom and almost shit myself before pulling my pants down. My insides hurt for several hours afterwards. The whole process of him pulling me over to me sitting on the seat was about 30 minutes. Every time I responded to his question politely, he took about 30 seconds to analyze what I said before continuing. By far the worst experience I've had, purely because I almost crapped myself in front of my good friend and had to deal with a cop who thought he had hit the jack pot. I understand the law he used to pull me over, but it was an obvious profiling. I see countless people perform that maneuver everyday and are never hassled.

Incredibly funny shit, Ken! :lol:

Haha! It's probably one of my best cop stories a lot of people get a kick out of it when I tell it! I'm typically a very good driver and very conscious of everything going on around me, and I'm usually very courteous to others on the road, even if they don't return the favor. Learning to drive in the UK is a very harsh environment!

'Twas the gold wheels, I tell ya! :bellyroll:

I'm guessing the process actually involves learning. Unlike in the US where you only need 2 eyes and a pulse.

Seriously, great story. I was clinching my butt cheeks reading it!

I've only gotten pulled over once (no speeding etc.), cop jumped out and started yelling about how he had better things to do. Somewhere in the yelling he mentioned my exhaust and whistling.

Sometime during his tirade another cruiser pulled up, and then he just sort of walked backwards to his car continuing to talk. Then he drove off.

I was confused so I looked at the other cop in the cruiser that just arrived and they looked as confused as I did, so we both left :iono:

(3 mo owning the car didn't put my plates on just TOYO badges)
T intersection no stop sign, i stopped looked make a right turn, gets pulled over. for not stopping at stop sign. Left ID at home, padded down searched hand cuffed and detained, car searched, looked up VIN said it was registered to me, let me go with a warning for not stopping at stop sign :mad0260:

The day I went to pick up my FRS, I called my dealership and told them not to install the front plate, and that I would do it myself. On the on-ramp to the highway, cops had a check stop set up. I got a $110 ticket for no plate... I had only owned my for for a whole 15 minutes.

Lol, yeah diving test in England is no joke. Just before I got my license 10 years ago the government was about to pass a bill stating that driving economically was going to be included in the test (99% of the population learn on a manual, if you learn on an auto that is all you are allowed to drive, it's printed on the license!) so shift points and revs were to be monitored by the instructor. That was 10 years ago, I wouldn't even want to imagine it now!

Lol that was good.

Two eyes? Not here. Someone vision impaired may become offended.

@VacantSky, cool story. I got my Brit license on the first try, a rare feat according to the examiner. It was more than I prepped or bargained for, that's for sure. I think he liked that I showed up in a Jag instead of another Yank in a Buick.

Oh, never been pulled over in the FR-S (knocking on wood), I roll with a V1 and live in a national forest area the size of Rhode Island patrolled by one cop who only becomes ambitious around month end.

Haha... As soon as I posted I realized my <ahem> mistake.

No interesting 86 stories...but i do have one about doing 71mph in 30mph zone of a somewhat curvy isolated boulevard in my brother's stripped out car (only had seats and dashboard/gauge pod) with no muffler and a downturn exhaust, worn down DOT-R rubber, and way overdue inspection sticker right in front of a cop on a nice drive into work. Thought that white surburban coming to a stop behind me had some funky headlight issue when stopping for the stop sign and looking in the rear view mirror...and then it hit me...OH crap!

First words out of the officers mouth were: "Are you looking to go to jail today?" followed by "Any particular reason you need to be in such a hurry?" Ended up just getting a strong verbal warning to slow down and let on my way...

That's the problem with driving a nice lightweight car you've modded for track/autocross that just wants to go and is bored by most roads.... you just go fast in certain areas when the mood hits and you feel confident. The car had 130hp/121lbft torque but the 8lb racing flywheel and 2300lb weight will full tank really made it take off in 1st and 2nd along with having much more throttle response than the FRS due to mechanical cable linkage and a Honda B18A motor...

I got clocked at ~130mph. Ticket was for 102 in a 60. He let me( and the fox body I was racing) go with just speed violations. And written warnings for "speed contest." No jail time, no court, $152 ticket and that's it. Luckly as hell! And yes I learned my lesson..

I drove with no license from age 14 to 17 (it was the early 70s and a pain for the cops to even determine who you were much less if you had a valid license) and then on a military license from 17 to 18.
When I was finally back in Ontario long enough to warrant a provincial license I went in wrote the exam and got my appointment for my driving test.
Showed up for the test in a beat up looking but mechanical wild 70 Coronet R/T.
Instructor comes out looks at the car and gets a really pissed look on their face.
They climb in and start in on me on how it is not and appropriate car, what do I think I am doing, etc..
then they notice the Supply and Transport Company base pass sticker on my windshield and things changed dramatically.
Turns out he were an Army driver back in the Korean war.
We sit and shoot the shit for about a 1/2 hour about the changes since he had been in and got a good laugh out of the fact I was still driving the same trucks he had 20 years earlier.
He then says we better do the test and tells me to back out of the spot.
I backed out.
He says pull back in.
I pull back in.
He hands me the sheet says we are all done.
I got perfect!

But... more on topic! I have been pulled over 3 times in the FRS and with all of them the first words from the cop were "is this your car?". All just wanted to know more about the car.

Glad you didn't shit yourself! Funny stuff...

After one month of getting my frs is got pulled over for doing 120+ in a 60 zone..i was shitting myself thinking my cars ganna get impounded..i kept appologizing to the cop. He ended up giving me a speeding ticket for going 75km in a 60 zone. Lucky i got a nice cop


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Last summer my HPDE instructor dinged me for bouncing off of the rev limiter - several times.

once i got pulled over for my music being to loud...

Pulled over 2x so far
 

1st incident;
Had the car (red '14 FRS) for 3 months. I was having a little fun and must have been going at least 40mph on 25mph road when the cop passed me going in the opposite direction. He immediately made a u-turn on a 2x yellow road and followed me for another 5 minutes before turning his lights on. I pulled over and he confirmed with me if I knew what the speed limit was. He said he clocked me going 43 mph and hitting the 2x yellow lines when going through the bend. I was honest and just apologized for going a little too fast. Instead of a 15mph over (3 points), I got a careless driving ticket ($85) fine. I'm not sure how many points it is but I have a court date for it coming up where I'm gonna try to pay a higher fine and get no points. In the end he just told me to drive safely and slow down.

2nd incident;
Just happened last week actually. Was going downhill on a road with a speed limit of 45mph. I was going with the flow of traffic ~50mph or so. On the way back (uphill now), a silver Honda Pilot started following me very closely. I changed lanes into the slow lane but the Honda Pilot still continued to follow me. Now I'm going 55mph (on a road w/ a speed limit of 45mph). All of a sudden I hear a police siren behind me and see police lights. Turns out that I was being tailed by an unmarked police officer. I was shocked because I thought the police uses american made cars but I guess I was wrong. Immediately the cop informs me that they (police) have been getting calls about me and how there is a red toyota coupe speeding down this road. He informs me that he clocked me going 65mph in a 45 downhill(20 over) and thought I was running away from him. Again, I just apologized and just said that "I have no excuse; I apologize, officer, I wasn't paying attention to my speed downhill". He calmed down after he came back from checking my papers. He asked me "is this your car", I answered that its a lease in my fathers name. I was shi$%ing bricks during this whole time because I knew he would see my 1st ticket of careless driving in my driving history and really lay into me for my 2nd offense. But he didn't even mention my 1st offense. Thankfully he let me go with "I don't why... but I'm gonna give you a break. Calm down when you're driving".
Part of me thinks, he had nothing on me because IF I was really going 65mphs downhill, he would have pulled me over right then and there. I think he just saw a red coupe going 5-10mph over(w/ flow of traffic) and just wanted to see if he could scare the crap out of me (which he did).

Any who after these 2 instances, I'm seriously considering weather a 400-500$ radar detector is worth the hassle. I feel like even when you go with the flow of traffic, all cops have eyes on me because the firestorm /red color stands out.

Haven't had any issues except a cop who waved angrily at me for downshifting in a narrow street where it sounded absolutely monstrous (reason I did it)

Don't know about the States and NJ in particular but since the demise of the Crown Vic the cops around here are using a lot of cars seized as "proceeds of crime".
They have Mustangs, Camaros, Challengers and at least one beat to crap old full sized beige Buick I see all the time. They just slap some light bars in the grill and on the back, and stick some grey coloured stealth police stickers on the sides and trunk.
Nothing quite like doing 20 over on the highway and geting all pissy when some Camaro flashes by you doing at least 20 more and then seeing the sticker and lights on the back!

Radar detector won't help if they are pacing you and you have no clue it is a cop.

Same around here and they rotate the fleet every few months, sending the confiscated cars/trucks/SUV's to auction.

Don't think they do that here as I have seen the same ones for years.
Besides I doubt they want to give up the couple of Escalades I have seen them using!

cop pulled me over because I'm black.. does that count

Lol. At least you don't die in your "movie"
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Never been pulled over in my BRZ.

However, in my 180SX when I was in college, I was heading to school one day in December and I had actually just purchased a Legacy GT to replace my 180SX as someone had backed into it and I lost interest in doing body work for the third time on it. It was the last day driving my 180SX as it was for sale and I intended to park it until I sold it. Decided to rip away from a traffic light to enjoy the car one last time, I let off at 173km/h (70km/h limit) according to my power FC, and immediately noticed flashing lights about 1km behind me. I could have easily turned off and evaded them in a community, but I decided just to pull over and take it. Pulled over, waited about 45 seconds for the officer to show up. As hes walking up to my left window (car was RHD) I realize my power FC is running on the max value screen attached to my dashboard where I could see, and I did not want to shut the car off on a hot turbo. Officer comes up and asks me how fast I was going and I said I didn't know hoping he didnt look toward my power FC. He estimated I was doing 120km/h and it was right at that point I decided to shut off my car so he couldn't see that 173km/h on my power FC.

I also didn't have my insurance and registration on me as I had taken it out to deal with insurance after my car was hit and forgot to put it back into the car after.

Ended up with no speeding fines, no points and $360 in failure to provide insurance and registration cars. I was extremely honest with the officer other than my speed and it paid off.

what else did you have to be honest with? You pretty much lied about the one thing they pulled you over for

Only time i got pulled over in my FRS was by a pretty blonde and very smiley lady cop, she got me doing 85km/h in a 60 while I was on my way to meet a friend to head out to a track day lmfao I was like half a kilometer from the Tim Hortons he was waiting at, and after explaining that to her she dropped it to 15 over 👍 50 dollar ticket vs 250 and 2 points
In my 2010 Golf however... I got pinched doing 156 in a 100 at 4am the Monday after super bowl Sunday on my way to work, cop explained how serious that ticket was, and rather than impounding my car I got a 49 over, 350 dollar ticket and idn how many points but he let me drive away.. Only to find out 2 weeks later that the MTO was suspending my license for a month, 😕 that fuckin sucked.
Pretty sure he was just surprised and thankfull I wasn't drunk