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06-20-2006, 05:39 PM
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Re: what\'s the best thing I can say to a cop to avoid a ticket?
These tips are all about 2 hours too late, as I just received a ticket this afternoon.
I tried going the polite route, but the female cop wasn't having it. Apparently, in virginia, traffic tickets make up a large portion of their salary. (Overall, I'm something like 4/20 for being ticketed vs. pulled over) This one was tough, as it was in broad daylight and I blew right by her.........ugh........... Anyone know if Virginia offers a safety class to keep points off my license? Or if they offer abeyment? 
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#2
06-20-2006, 05:45 PM
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Re: what\'s the best thing I can say to a cop to avoid a ticket?
You just have to admit defeat, if they ask you why you were speeding tell the cop you don't have any excuse. Your at his mercy so just be polite and make him feel like he is god for the 5-10 mins or so.
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#3
06-20-2006, 05:51 PM
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Re: what\'s the best thing I can say to a cop to avoid a ticket?
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LOL, Did they nail the guy who did this? [/ QUOTE ] it took me a minute to realize that LOL stood for little old lady and not laugh out loud. i was about to call you a sick [censored].
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#4
06-20-2006, 06:21 PM
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Re: what\'s the best thing I can say to a cop to avoid a ticket?
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LOL, Did they nail the guy who did this? [/ QUOTE ] He turned himself in after hiding out for about 3 days to get whatever was in his system out of his system and after he took his Jeep Grand Cherokee to the body shop, telling them that he had hit a deer to explain the presence of tissue on the front of the car. They got suspicious when he asked them to fix it quick, money no object and no insurance claim. I was reminded of this nasty little frat boy when I read ZJ's self-serving little "quest" proposal. Frat Boy and his family actually suggested to the judge that he be allowed to do community service consisting of arranging for a tennis clinic for underprivileged kids to feature a couple of lesser known guys from the pro tennis circuit who were friends of frat boy's little brother, also a lesser known person on the pro tennis circuit. (This is not to equate the seriousness of frat boy's transgression--taking the life of another human being and showing no remorse--with ZJ's little cheating escapade. But the sheer cluelessness and self-centeredness and unwillingness to admit having done anything wrong....) Anyway I made a to-do in the paper and the tv stations chimed in and the DA (Harry Connick sr.) pressed for some kind of punishment. So nasty little frat boy went to Orleans Parish Prison for 6 months which I gather he didn't enjoy. His other punishments (community service, house arrest, fine and reimbursement of family expenses) were later waived by the judge when no one was looking (except me).
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#5
06-20-2006, 07:25 PM
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Re: what\'s the best thing I can say to a cop to avoid a ticket?
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[ QUOTE ] LOL, Did they nail the guy who did this? [/ QUOTE ] He turned himself in after hiding out for about 3 days to get whatever was in his system out of his system and after he took his Jeep Grand Cherokee to the body shop, telling them that he had hit a deer to explain the presence of tissue on the front of the car. They got suspicious when he asked them to fix it quick, money no object and no insurance claim. I was reminded of this nasty little frat boy when I read ZJ's self-serving little "quest" proposal. Frat Boy and his family actually suggested to the judge that he be allowed to do community service consisting of arranging for a tennis clinic for underprivileged kids to feature a couple of lesser known guys from the pro tennis circuit who were friends of frat boy's little brother, also a lesser known person on the pro tennis circuit. (This is not to equate the seriousness of frat boy's transgression--taking the life of another human being and showing no remorse--with ZJ's little cheating escapade. But the sheer cluelessness and self-centeredness and unwillingness to admit having done anything wrong....) Anyway I made a to-do in the paper and the tv stations chimed in and the DA (Harry Connick sr.) pressed for some kind of punishment. So nasty little frat boy went to Orleans Parish Prison for 6 months which I gather he didn't enjoy. His other punishments (community service, house arrest, fine and reimbursement of family expenses) were later waived by the judge when no one was looking (except me). [/ QUOTE ] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but this kid killed a cop and only got 6 months? This doesn't seem possible.
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#6
06-20-2006, 09:38 PM
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Re: what\'s the best thing I can say to a cop to avoid a ticket?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] LOL, Did they nail the guy who did this? [/ QUOTE ] He turned himself in after hiding out for about 3 days to get whatever was in his system out of his system and after he took his Jeep Grand Cherokee to the body shop, telling them that he had hit a deer to explain the presence of tissue on the front of the car. They got suspicious when he asked them to fix it quick, money no object and no insurance claim. I was reminded of this nasty little frat boy when I read ZJ's self-serving little "quest" proposal. Frat Boy and his family actually suggested to the judge that he be allowed to do community service consisting of arranging for a tennis clinic for underprivileged kids to feature a couple of lesser known guys from the pro tennis circuit who were friends of frat boy's little brother, also a lesser known person on the pro tennis circuit. (This is not to equate the seriousness of frat boy's transgression--taking the life of another human being and showing no remorse--with ZJ's little cheating escapade. But the sheer cluelessness and self-centeredness and unwillingness to admit having done anything wrong....) Anyway I made a to-do in the paper and the tv stations chimed in and the DA (Harry Connick sr.) pressed for some kind of punishment. So nasty little frat boy went to Orleans Parish Prison for 6 months which I gather he didn't enjoy. His other punishments (community service, house arrest, fine and reimbursement of family expenses) were later waived by the judge when no one was looking (except me). [/ QUOTE ] Please correct me if I'm wrong, but this kid killed a cop and only got 6 months? This doesn't seem possible. [/ QUOTE ] His parents had a whole lot of money, and they spread it around to make the mess go away. And it would have gone away, except that I made a big issue in the press. The judge, among others, was pissed off at me for calling public attention to the matter. The kid expected to walk, and thanks to me, he didn't.
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#7
06-20-2006, 04:56 PM
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Re: what\'s the best thing I can say to a cop to avoid a ticket?
The worst thing you can do is ask what you did wrong. Automatic ticket because you're insulting his intelligence. I've gotten out of a few or just with a warning by saying "I was going too fast, wasn't I officer".
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#8
06-20-2006, 05:51 PM
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Re: what\'s the best thing I can say to a cop to avoid a ticket?
I lived with a cop for a few years and she told me that she usually knew before she got out of the car whether she was writing a ticket or not.
That said I have always been honest and taken full responsibility for whatever it was that I was pulled over for and I have done pretty well in these situations.
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#9
06-20-2006, 05:59 PM
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Re: what\'s the best thing I can say to a cop to avoid a ticket?
I politely tell them that I know I was speeding but Im going to have the ticket taken care of by the end of the day by one of my cop friends.
cop: oh ya, who do you know? me: these guys: blah blah cop: oh, ok, be more careful next time Me: ya, sorry about that didnt realize i was speeding
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#10
06-20-2006, 06:03 PM
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Re: what\'s the best thing I can say to a cop to avoid a ticket?
fwiw,
if you say "sorry officer, i was only going X miles an hour over", that's an admission of guilt and is admissible in a court of law. from a purely legal standpoint, i'd advise not to admit ever that you were breaking the law (ie speeding). of course, ianal so lol.
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