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Originally Posted by JT58
Ha good one that I remember very well. I was driving a Nissan Sentra Spec V back in early 2000's. It was my work commuter car back then. It was a car more common with 20 year olds than with guys like me, which I was in my 40's at the time. I was going down a side back road- the speed limit 35 MPH. A cop routinely hid nearby in an unmarked Suburban. I drove by on this clear day- it had stormed the day before and the roads were just getting clear. I kept my car immaculate- it was particularly immaculate this day, no salt on it at all. When I drove by a certain spot, he came flying out with his lights on and pulled me over. I was doing about 37, i thought he was going to write me up for 2 MPH over the speed limit. When he saw me he was shocked how old I was- he emphasized on "sir" after he greeted me. He thought I was going to be some random young guy. So he asked me how I keep my car so clean, LOL, then let me go. I'll always remember that strange pull over.
I have another good one. I was driving a Jeep Wrangler kind of the same time frame. It was the last day of the month, I was on my home from a friends and it was around 11:00. A cop pulls out randomly and pulls me over. He says that my registration sticker on the plate is about to expire and my vehicle was not registered for the next coming year. I said that it is- I have the new sticker and registration in the Glovebox and was going to put it on in the morning. That's how I always updated my registrations. I showed him and he let me go.
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at the Sentra one. While reading that I pictured the cop in my head seeming confused and saying "Sir" the way you said, putting emphasis on it due to the fact he was expecting like a 20-25 year old behind the wheel. Then "How do you keep it so clean?". Guess he had to have some kind of reason. That's funny. Maybe he was being for real though and just really wondering, but, seems that's a little on the "abusing his power" side.
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Originally Posted by TRZ06
I can't say I have ever been pulled over for something stupid,
HOWEVER, I have been pulled over for being stupid.
Back in my youth, I decided it would be a good idea to pace a cop car on the freeway who had his lights on and gong well above the speed limit. When I exited the freeway, he slowed down and exited behind me and then preceded to give me a ticket.
Although not as stupid, I have also been pulled over for speeding by being paced from a CHP plane above. I saw a cop on the side of the road way ahead of me and slowed down, as I passed I saw his lights and thought, no way that is for me, I slowed down way before he saw me, YELP, it was in fact for me.
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Ha! Pacing a police car will do it I would imagine. It was worth a shot though! I'm 36 but I've certainly done some dumb things before in my early 20s as well.