Do you guys get stopped a lot ?

[RIBS]

No tickets in either of my Mustangs, I did get a ticket in the 80's, I was doing 66 in a 55, got a ticket for 75.1, more than 20 over, double fine. I tried to disagree with the Florida state trooper, and he smiled and told me his partner would testify to the judge I was doing 75.1. Obvious revenue collection, I saw a lot of that in Florida, good riddance.

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[OVRKILL]

I've only been pulled over once since buying the car, and that was after accidentally cutting off a cop in an intersection.. on the last night of spring break.. in an all-black car.. coming back from a renowned party town...

That was fun to explain.

 

[Poppacapp]

i bet he was using a Doppler radar. Which doesn't show who is speeding if there's a group. You have to judge who looks like they were going faster. It's a flawed piece of equipment for a large group of traffic.

I don't see how that could stand up in court if fought. Although I also realize that an officer must be able to visually estimate a cars speed within a few mph of what the radar is reading to be certified. Sad thing is, that its the officer's word against the other person. So if they catch a bad mood officer, there is not much that they can fight in court. Generally goes the officer's way without overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

 

[edillen3953]

I don't work patrol now but really never even gave the sound or mods a thought. It had to be blatant stupidity to get me to pull you over. Always appreciated a cool car.

 

[Galeener]

Nope not been pulled over or even looked at funny in Az. area. But I don't have after market exhaust or anything yet.. The only time i ever thought about it was In the 80s I had a 70 z28 that was loud i didn't really notice it until some one in the dorm (Airforce.)
said something about they could tell when I cam home from work as it vibrated thge windows So I changed the exhaust to something more moderate. Being on call and mobility sleep is hard to get some times. So i figured why bother people and i hoped they thought the same thing.

 

[Starman]

Doesn't a cop need some form of proof in order to write a speeding ticket?

Not here, I did an internship with the WSP and they said what pretty much amounts to "out eyes are certified by the courts" so all they have to say is "I saw him do 75" and it stands in court.

 

[Sinister]

I hadn't gotten pulled over in a long time but I got pulled over 3 times in a month recently in the Mustang.

 

[pinero61]

Fortunately, In La we have lax exhaust/tint/emission laws. My car is loud, but I did everything I could to quiet it down without effecting flow. It's fairly docile until I step into it, then things get interesting, lol. And we have a decent tunnel in my hometown, so I tend to make a pull or two in there late at night. I don't do it when there's traffic in there. Don't mind doing stupid things, but never want my stupidity to harm someone else.

 

[madweazl]

I've been stopped twice going on base with no front plate (ticketed the first time six days after buying the car) but local law enforcement hasnt paid any mind to the tint or noise. I dont drive around like a jackass either though. Dont think I was ever stopped in CA with my '12 either (also darker tint) and never had a front plate on it.

I've never been pulled over for something I didnt do, I deserved every ticket received. The posts about bogus tickets really make me wonder what was really going on.

 

[Starman]

I've never been pulled over for something I didn't do, I deserved every ticket received. The posts about bogus tickets really make me wonder what was really going on.

16 years ago I was in the center lane of I5 being passed in the left and right lane by full sized Semi trucks. The Semi in the left lane was just passing my front bumped when they saw the cop and cut over in my lane, almost hit me (within a few feet). We passed the cop and he pulled me over, said he radar'ed me driving my 88 Honda Civic DX at 75 MPH. I explained to him that 1) I was being passed by two Semi trucks 2) My 88 Honda Civic couldn't do 75 mph 3) I was actually doing the speed limit 4) there is no way his radar would pick me out from between 2 semi trucks 5) the semi he actually targeted almost hit me when they slammed into my lane.

I still got the ticket. I took this to court and explained this to the judge. I still paid the ticket.

 

[MTX3106]

I don't see how that could stand up in court if fought. Although I also realize that an officer must be able to visually estimate a cars speed within a few mph of what the radar is reading to be certified. Sad thing is, that its the officer's word against the other person. So if they catch a bad mood officer, there is not much that they can fight in court. Generally goes the officer's way without overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

Def seems shady lol! But I also don't write many tickets anymore. I don't get off on costing other people money. But I have seen someone say they were guilty and the judge was mad at the officer and say " in ur plea of guilty I find you not guilty" <--- politics and money right there. I love my mustang, traded a charger in for it. I have always just wondered if other cops jacked with people because they had a fast/nice car.

 

[73MachI]

Have never been pulled over in my S550, and I specced (and, generally, drive) the car to be as unobtrusive as possible because I don't want the attention from cops, thieves, or vandals.

When I want to go fast I go to the track.

 

[PonyGrrrl]

South Fl LEO truly suck at identifying which car is speeding and love to harass anyone driving a sports car. I have been stopped for speeding numerous times when I wasn't speeding. I watched a kid fly past me in a Honda as if I was standing still and I was in the right lane doing the speed limit because I saw the speed trap, next thing I know I see lights in my rear view. I thought for sure that the idiot in the Honda was getting stopped but it was me that got the ticket. Another morning a LEO pulled out from a strip mall and got behind me when I was stopped at a light waiting to make a left in bumper to bumper traffic with the LEO behind me and 5 cars in front of me. The light turned green so I made the left and proceeded to put on my right turn indicator to make a right at the next light 500' away in traffic, LEO still behind me when I made the turn so did he. Next thing I know he's got lights and siren going, I wasn't even going 10 mph, i then hear him on the loud speaker telling me to pull over which I was already doing. I was really pissed at this point and when he came up to my window, I swear he was only 16, I asked him why he felt the need to put on his lights and siren when I was already stopping. He then tells me I was speeding, wtf? I tell him how could I be speeding in bumper to bumper traffic with him on my ass? He then proceeded to tell me I was speeding about 5 miles down the road through an intersection that I hadn't even been anywhere near so I asked him how could he be serious when he pulled out of the strip mall and got behind me when I was stopped at a light and he wasn't anywhere in the vicinity of where he was alleging I was minutes prior. He then proceeded to tell me he could write me up on 10 violations and I asked him what were the violations because I was sitting in traffic with my seat belt on, using my indicator, my license is current, as is my tag and insurance, my windows were down the minute he pulled behind me so he could see in the car. I swear it was his first day and I was very angry over being harassed by him so I told him that he should go start writing those 10 violations while I call his CO with his name and badge number to file a formal complaint for harassment and he quickly gave me back my license, registration, and insurance card and told me to have a nice day, the little bastard didn't even apologize. The local PD where I live is is full of useless, idiot LEOs that act like they are doing you a favor when they are called to come to a residence for assistance and they rarely do their job. The worst LEOs to deal with here are women or LEOs on motorcycles. My mom got a speeding ticket about a month ago for doing 60 in a 40, she's 70 and doesn't speed, she was waiting for a light to turn green so she could make a legal u turn when the left turn arrow turned green, she saw a kid in a riced out Civic blew through the red light and was driving fast enough to shake her car when passing, she then made the u turn and immediately saw lights coming behind her. She was certain that he was pursuing the Civic but instead pulled her over and issued her a citation for going 62 in a 40 just 100 ft from where she made the u turn. She swears she's not driving my GT when it arrives this week because she was ticketed a few years ago in my 06 Stang which was a V6 and last month in the EcoBoost and she had never received a speeding ticket prior to these in all her years of driving. I lost track of how many tickets I have gotten since driving Mustangs in SoFlo.


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[altjx]

Damn. Sounds like you guys are getting screwed a lot by the cops in your areas. A few times I've had some "oh shit. I know I'm getting a ticket" moments when doing something silly near a cop I didn't see, and so far I'm still good lol. Hope it stays that way.

I've gotten more tickets in my old dodge charger that I traded in and I was intentionally speeding going 5-10 more than the limit depending on where I was.

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[Billy1]

South Fl LEO truly suck at identifying which car is speeding and love to harass anyone driving a sports car. I have been stopped for speeding numerous times when I wasn't speeding. I watched a kid fly past me in a Honda as if I was standing still and I was in the right lane doing the speed limit because I saw the speed trap, next thing I know I see lights in my rear view. I thought for sure that the idiot in the Honda was getting stopped but it was me that got the ticket. Another morning a LEO pulled out from a strip mall and got behind me when I was stopped at a light waiting to make a left in bumper to bumper traffic with the LEO behind me and 5 cars in front of me. The light turned green so I made the left and proceeded to put on my right turn indicator to make a right at the next light 500' away in traffic, LEO still behind me when I made the turn so did he. Next thing I know he's got lights and siren going, I wasn't even going 10 mph, i then hear him on the loud speaker telling me to pull over which I was already doing. I was really pissed at this point and when he came up to my window, I swear he was only 16, I asked him why he felt the need to put on his lights and siren when I was already stopping. He then tells me I was speeding, wtf? I tell him how could I be speeding in bumper to bumper traffic with him on my ass? He then proceeded to tell me I was speeding about 5 miles down the road through an intersection that I hadn't even been anywhere near so I asked him how could he be serious when he pulled out of the strip mall and got behind me when I was stopped at a light and he wasn't anywhere in the vicinity of where he was alleging I was minutes prior. He then proceeded to tell me he could write me up on 10 violations and I asked him what were the violations because I was sitting in traffic with my seat belt on, using my indicator, my license is current, as is my tag and insurance, my windows were down the minute he pulled behind me so he could see in the car. I swear it was his first day and I was very angry over being harassed by him so I told him that he should go start writing those 10 violations while I call his CO with his name and badge number to file a formal complaint for harassment and he quickly gave me back my license, registration, and insurance card and told me to have a nice day, the little bastard didn't even apologize. The local PD where I live is is full of useless, idiot LEOs that act like they are doing you a favor when they are called to come to a residence for assistance and they rarely do their job. The worst LEOs to deal with here are women or LEOs on motorcycles. My mom got a speeding ticket about a month ago for doing 60 in a 40, she's 70 and doesn't speed, she was waiting for a light to turn green so she could make a legal u turn when the left turn arrow turned green, she saw a kid in a riced out Civic blew through the red light and was driving fast enough to shake her car when passing, she then made the u turn and immediately saw lights coming behind her. She was certain that he was pursuing the Civic but instead pulled her over and issued her a citation for going 62 in a 40 just 100 ft from where she made the u turn. She swears she's not driving my GT when it arrives this week because she was ticketed a few years ago in my 06 Stang which was a V6 and last month in the EcoBoost and she had never received a speeding ticket prior to these in all her years of driving. I lost track of how many tickets I have gotten since driving Mustangs in SoFlo.


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Jeanne, you have to fight each and every ticket-as each one will jack up your insurance rates, and may lead to license suspension if you get enough in a specific time period. Lots of the LEO's in S. Florida are jealous of people with nice cars. And yes, when it's time for them to do actual work-like when you call them to your house-they take hours to come. And they are unhappy about it.

A lady cop turned up at my house 5 hours after I called about a neighbor dispute. I asked what did she want and she said she's here to answer the call. I said 5 hours later?? She didn't answer. I told her she could leave my property, she said why? I told her 2 male officers came 20 mins. after I made the call. She goes "Are you sure they were cops". I said of course I'm sure, they had badges, guns, and a police car. Unbelievable!!!!

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