So pulled over for the first time...
 

Last week I got pulled over for the first time. I was coming back from dinner with my gf, she had drank a lot and since I was driving, I had nothing to drink.

She was babbling something about inter-species mating habits, specifically she was asking should a snake and porcupine ever mate, would they produce barbed wire as babies?! FML.

Anyhow, I was going 80 on a 65, in the left lane. I see a cop hidden and I knew it was too late. I kept on looking out of rear view mirror and I could see the shape of a cop car following me. In the midst of looking back, I actually almost drove off the highway! FML!!

A minute or two later, he puts his siren on and I pull to the side. I turn the car off. Put my keys on the dash (like that makes a difference in the Z), turn the cabin lights on, and in the meanwhile my gf is saying how pretty the flashing red/blue lights are. FML!

He comes over, I pull down the window and he says: "How are you doing tonight?" I say I am fine. He then says: "I pulled you over for three reasons, you were doing 80 on a 65, driving in the left pass-only lane, and you almost drove off the highway". I say, I understand. Then he says, "Have you been drinking sir?" I say, no officer. Then he asks "Well, when you opened the window, I can smell the alcohol!" I say, it must be from my gf who drank at dinner. He then says, "Ok, can you please follow this pen for me with your eyes without moving your head?" I say sure. He moves his pen back and forth and I follow it like a ******* EAGLE I tell ya! He then says: "Alright sir, you have a good night and slow down!"

Phew! He was very polite and very nice. Thank god that my first experience pulling over was a positive one.

So what your saying is F**K MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Its the thought process!

not all cops are dicks:tiphat:

Hahaha, the things that come to mind while drunk. Nice to see the cop was courteous and let you off the hook!

The cop must have been looking for drinkers not speeders.

That was a cool story and your gf sounds hilarious, rep points for entertaining me. :tup:

Cops are cool in my book, most of the ones I know are nice guys and they put up with too much crap from people who actually deserve to be ticketed.

The times that I have been pulled I have always done exactly what you have done and was very respectful and polite and they always let me go with a warning.

Gotta love the drunken mind...

grats on getting off.

Sounds more high than drunk lol nice story.

Props to the Milky Way Highway Patrol.

if he was gonna be a jerk, you shoulda let him hear some of your gf's mating habits and he woulda said "GET HOME FAST and get that under control"

I got pulled over this morning because the cop doesn't have 20/20. He confused a 12 with a 10 on a state inspection sticker. :shakes head:

Wow. Can't they look for something a little more important than an inspection sticker?

Maybe he's colorblind too. Don't they usually color code those sticker?

Glad to hear you got away with one. I also find it's best to be cool and nice as you were when they do pull you over... most of the time your guilty anyway no sense
being a jerk about it.

you would think, come to Houston. Not a day goes by I dont see a cop under the freeway where you do a U turn checking everyone. The bad part is that he could make them move over infront of his car but no he keeps them there and holds **** up for an hour.

:iagree: Ive had couples of pulled over and with just warning:tup:

most are. I work at a vw dealership and a cop came in to test drive a gti I helped him out and he didnt buy yet. So the same guy sees me driving pulls a u turn in the middle of the road knows who I am and gives me a ticket for no front plate and tinted windows. What an ***, well needless to say hes not buying a vw from the dealership because ill just ask him to leave when he comes in. not to meantion his personal car has tints and such. Nice to see cops think they are above the law.

Got away with one? My inspection sticker IS NOT expired! :shakes head:

FIXED! :tiphat:

I missed that part of the story. How drunk was she? :happydance:

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The way I look at it, they're just doing their job. I'm usually guilty when pulled over, so I just remain polite and cooperative. It's not going to help my situation if I get defensive or argumentative, or if I use poor manners, so I don't.

Not in Virginia. They do, however, color code the little stickers that go on the license plate that represent passing of the state emissions test. The safety inspection sticker month is always the same color.....but they do reverse the year color each year. Example:

http://www.thenakedportfoliomanager....res-798947.jpg

http://blogs.roanoke.com/wildlife/fi...on-sticker.jpg

Pretty good reference, btw:

Busted! What Should I Do Now? - Feature - Auto Reviews - Car and Driver

We need more cops like that around here! Nice story though, haha.

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Lucky, good stuff!... I got lucky with my girl a few months ago too and was let free (he made me take the breathalyzer too).. I was doing 85 on a 55. But the roads were clear etc. and we were just crusing back after a concert, not intentionally going crazy or anything.

In other local news, I did have tickets before in the Z. . . which I got a lawyer for et. al.