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Old 01-23-09 | 02:29 AM
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i was drivng my gs400 on the freeway going home. saw the cop getting on the freeway. stayed at my 65mph and passed the cop. right after i passed the cop i noticed he was gonna pull me over... and it happened.

i got pulled over in San Jose, Ca for code: VC 24002(a) Unsafe vehicle condition

reasons:
* wheels stick out 6 inches from vehicle side
* incorrect wheels for vehicle
* incorrect tire size for wheels

wheels dont stick out 6 inches. cop totally exaggerated. Didnt know i could get tickets for something like this.. haha..

whats your most interesting ticket?
Old 01-23-09 | 02:42 AM
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Old 01-23-09 | 02:55 AM
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speeding...when I had ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA I was speeding. It was 8:00am, traveling south on the 101 by King's City. The sun was in my face, i was wearing sun glasses, the sunlight was also reflecting on the hood of my WHITE sc, and the dash cluster was kinda dim. There weren't any cars around so I couldn't compare my speed to theirs either

I notice the cop behind me, I look down at my speedometer, and i see 92!!!!! Cop pulls me over and says I was going 98 in a 70 zone!! I can't really argue that when I know I was going at least 92.

After this whole "journey", I cruise control the car at 70. I don't dare go faster.
Old 01-23-09 | 03:16 AM
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Originally Posted by PhilipMSPT
i j-walk all the time.. hate waiting when you know it takes you 10 steps to get across the street. haha... the pop is funny

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speeding...when I had ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA I was speeding. It was 8:00am, traveling south on the 101 by King's City. The sun was in my face, i was wearing sun glasses, the sunlight was also reflecting on the hood of my WHITE sc, and the dash cluster was kinda dim. There weren't any cars around so I couldn't compare my speed to theirs either

I notice the cop behind me, I look down at my speedometer, and i see 92!!!!! Cop pulls me over and says I was going 98 in a 70 zone!! I can't really argue that when I know I was going at least 92.

After this whole "journey", I cruise control the car at 70. I don't dare go faster.
i try to follow traffic when i drive now(i got one too many tickets). if i am passing ppl, my eyes are wide open ready to slam on the brakes. haha
Old 01-23-09 | 05:18 AM
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Had the Cruise control set at 110 on I-8 east from San Diego to Buttercup valley. It was about 5:00am, still dark, almost nobody on the road. Cars that I did pass were already way behind me. All of a sudden, from way back in the distance, I notice a car gaining on me. After several miles, it finally dawned on me that if I'm going 110 mph, how fast is the car gaining on me going? I realized it had to be CHP but it was too late. I let off, got down to about 90 and the lights came on. Said he clocked me at 87. Not too bad for a 70 mph speed limit. Chippie was cool.
Old 01-23-09 | 06:37 AM
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i got a ticket for going 135 in a 55 . . . in a 2004 Solara.

Thing is, the limiter kicks in at 130.
Old 01-23-09 | 09:03 AM
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getting a ticket for driving on a temp michigan plate in harwood heights on harlem i ask them what i can do to fix this cop just shrugs his shoulders. pull into chicago chicago cop pulls me over i didnt have the ticket from harwood heights for more than 10min. he gives me all this bull how i cant drive on a temp michigan plate in chicago. i tell him that he is a city cop and what he is fighting is a state law, a state law supercedes city law and he tells me since how he cant run the temp on the computer to him it looks like the plate is not valid and he says that he will go write me a ticket. I tell him if my plate is not valid it could mean i stole the car i ask him why doesnt arrest me and tow the car to a impound lot and make the 3 ladies in my car walk. ( i had everything on me that i could, proof of insurance, my car title was being transfered). On top of that he threw in a ticket for tints i tell him i just bought the car from mi tints are legal theyre he tells me that doesnt matter so i ask him if i were from mi and i were traveling through chicago would i have to take my tints off. he shut up. he wrote the tickets anyway, the tint ticket i threw out because all it said was 2006 lex is250 had no vin or nothing the other one i took to court took my lawyer aswell and emberassed the *** hole. (btw for future refrence chicks dig guys who talk back to cops)
Old 01-23-09 | 09:50 AM
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I got a ticket coming back from a bachelor party on new years eve a few years ago and my cousin just bought a Cadillac STS and decided he wanted to try the GS, so we went at it on this highway acout 1am, and we going back and forth when out of nowhere a State Trooper appears in an unmarked Z28....he clocked me at 126mph...he didnt ask what I was doing or anything.l..just license and registration...he came back to the car and gave me a ticket for 72 dollars and no points....my cousin was pulled over by a trooper that was waiting down the road and he was clocked at 121mph and got a 79 dollar ticket and 2 points!!!
Old 01-23-09 | 09:51 AM
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a friend of mine got a ticket for excessive honking
Old 01-23-09 | 11:20 AM
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Illegal passing.

Went to court, judge reduced the fine and never submitted the conviction to DMV (department of motor vehicles). Therefore no point on my driving record. I was happy with the outcome.
Old 01-23-09 | 11:42 AM
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both me and my friend got speeding at the same time, I'm about 4kmh faster, but my ticket's $130CND while he is $190CND... at the time, I drive a BMW with a suit looking jacket, laptop etc, and he drove a CRX.

plus I paid within the week and got something like $35 knocked off, so my ticket's under $100 and no points.
Old 01-23-09 | 12:44 PM
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3 yrs ago, driving my friend's Intergra, on Las Vegas Strip around 9;00PM.

I got pull over by K9, he had his headlight off and followed me 3 blocks!

So I got a ticket for doing double speed, reckless driving, dodging through traffic, running 2 yellow lights!

I didn't get arrested since my record is sooooo cleannn!

Got a lawyer and took care the ticket for 300.00! CHEAP!
Old 01-23-09 | 01:23 PM
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for being a 17 year old driving a lexus... LOL

no im joking all i got was speeding, seatbelt and cell phone tickets...
Old 01-23-09 | 01:49 PM
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For throwing out a cigarette butt out of my Prelude when I was 18 yrs old. Went to court. Paid 50 bux for it and that was that lol. I don't smoke anymore though :P Still remembered it like it was yesterday lol.
Old 01-23-09 | 01:55 PM
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I've got a super interesting one outstanding right now ... I'll share after it's been taken care of (if I remember)



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