NICE FOLKS IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

[BigStewMan]

Was on the 5 fwy travelling up to Oakland, when this guy flags me down. Gives me some sort of certificate for being able to drive through traffic at 93 mph--then he said they're even going to send me more stuff in the mail. Wow, those folks sure are friendly. He asked me if there was a reason that I was driving 93mph, "yeah, it's a medical reason; but, i can't tell you--doctor/patient confidentiality." []

[dtel]

It might be a for to fill out so you can donate to the local government ? Nice guy for stopping you just for that, a couple more mph and have may have wanted you to ride with him and given you a chance to donate even more with a free lunch and a place to stay.

[BigStewMan]

i'm sure my next guitar will be delayed as they will want a sizable donation. i'm lucky though, i didn't realize i was going that fast because usually when i do--i push it just long enough to hit triple digits and then slow down. it's just too tempting not too. []

[dtel]

What are you driving thats that much fun ?

[oldtimer]

I was stopped for doing 89 in a 75 mph zone in Montana. Truth be told it was more like 95. 40 dollars cash and that was the end of it. God bless Montana. If you want to wind your car out do it there and carry cash.

[Invidiosulus]

I always got tickets in my ranger, never in my fast car.

Getting caught doing double the speed limit in a 65 would have been unpleasant I'm sure.

[Groomlakearea51]

A very nice way of describing the "scene"... [Y][Y][Y]

As long as the nice policeman was nice and courteous, then it's a "chalk it up to experience" affair at worst.

Here's some examples of "reasons" why you might just get a warning or at least a laugh from the nice policeman.... The one reason a judge will accept is a medical emergency when the driver or a close family member is critically ill. He won’t just take the driver’s word for it though and expects the driver to verify the reason.

Here yah' go.

1. Officer stopped a woman for driving 60 mph in a 45 mph zone. When he asked why she sped, the driver replied, “My colon has fallen in my vaginal canal.” He wrote her a ticket anyway. He figured she could bring medical proof to court if she wanted to contest the ticket. She paid it without a hearing.

2. Officer said he stopped a man and inquired about the reason for speeding. “The reason I was going so fast is because I couldn’t see the speedometer,” the driver said. Office peered inside the car and the speedometer appeared fine. The driver explained further “Sir, I had my head so far up my butt there’s no way I could possibly see how fast I was going,” the driver said. “After a few short laughs and a warning citation, he was on his way,” Officer remembered. “It was the most original excuse I’ve heard in my 10 years as a traffic officer.”

3. Officer stopped a driver speeding. The driver told officer he was speeding because there was a rat loose in the car. Apparently, the driver bought mice to feed his snake and placed the mice inside a cardboard box. The mice chewed through the box and ran around the car. “I can imagine where some of those mice might crawl so he was in a hurry to get home,” Officer didn’t remember if he wrote a ticket.

4. Trooper clocked a man driving more than 100 mph one cold morning. “Why are you going that fast?” Peay asked. He replied he was trying to get his window to defog because he couldn’t see. “Let me get this straight,” Peay said. “You’re going 100 mph because you couldn’t see?” “Right,” the driver answered. He got a ticket.

Then there’s the medical reasons.

5. Officer stopped a speeding driver and asked about the reason for traveling so fast. “My colonoscopy bag is leaking,” the driver replied. “Prove it,” Huey said. When the driver proved his case, officer simply told the driver, “Have a nice night.”

6. Officer remembered a New Jersey driver telling him he sped because he needed to use the bathroom. “Go ahead,” Barham replied. “Give me your license. I don’t mind.” The driver was serious, the officer recalled. “He went to the edge of the woods, dropped his pants and took a roll of toilet paper with him,” Officer wrote the ticket, but felt badly when the man returned and explained he suffered from Crohn’s disease.

7. Most officers say that the excuse that “gets me every time” is when drivers “have to go to the bathroom so badly they’re about to bust.” Usually, the drivers just passed four exits within the past five miles.

8. Officer caught a woman speeding who pulled into a convenience store first and bought drinks. When she returned outside, Teeters saw she was pregnant. “I’m in labor and on my way to the hospital,” the pregnant woman told Teeters. Teeters offered to escort her to the hospital but the woman admitted she just used her pregnancy as an excuse.

9. In another hospital excuse, the driver stopped for speeding said he was taking his wife to the hospital. “She’s bad sick,” the driver told Thomas. Thomas glanced in at the wife who wore a smirk on her face. Thomas offered to escort the couple to the hospital. While en route, he watched the couple arguing. He followed them into the emergency room where they continued arguing. Just as she acted like she was going to check in, the wife stopped and said, “I’m not doing this anymore. You need to take what’s coming to you.”

Then, there’s a bona fide excuse.

10. Officer had several drivers ride right behind him when he’s driving with his lights and sirens on while responding to an emergency call. In one case, an attorney driving a Mercedes chased the officer responding to an crash call. Finally, the officer got behind the driver and pulled him over. The driver complained at the scene and later to the judge that Smith entrapped him and the officer said he was a smart a*ss,” The judge told him he agreed with the officer. Guilty...

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[gnatnoop]

officer pulled me over and asked me why i was going so fast and didn't pull over sooner.

told him my wife ran away with a state trooper and i thought he was bringing her back!

not even a warning..