******** Incident with a cop!!
06-01-2011, 01:03 AM
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******** Incident with a cop!!
So i am driving down the freeway, a bike cop is giving a ticket to someone either two or three lanes right of me.
About two mile down the road he pulls me over and goes off on me saying i revved at him while i am telling him i did not. Then he says I have no front plates( which i do), i have tinted taillight ( which i do) and that my pipes are illegal ( Borla Stinger, other wise stock car)
He takes about 10 minutes doing something and then tells me he wrote me a ticket for no insurance but can't write me up for anything else because the car is registered under my dad's name.
I registered the car in my dad's name when i bought it so i could insure it under him since a 18 year old with a corvette pays a ton of money for insurance.
All this happened because he thought i revved at him or something and he acknowledged that i did not speed up but that i just revved at him and It was not even me, wow. Three lanes to his left and i think 4 to his right ( this is right before Powell street exit)and off all these cars he thinks it was me that revved when it was not even me.
About two mile down the road he pulls me over and goes off on me saying i revved at him while i am telling him i did not. Then he says I have no front plates( which i do), i have tinted taillight ( which i do) and that my pipes are illegal ( Borla Stinger, other wise stock car)
He takes about 10 minutes doing something and then tells me he wrote me a ticket for no insurance but can't write me up for anything else because the car is registered under my dad's name.
I registered the car in my dad's name when i bought it so i could insure it under him since a 18 year old with a corvette pays a ton of money for insurance.
All this happened because he thought i revved at him or something and he acknowledged that i did not speed up but that i just revved at him and It was not even me, wow. Three lanes to his left and i think 4 to his right ( this is right before Powell street exit)and off all these cars he thinks it was me that revved when it was not even me.
06-01-2011, 01:48 AM
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Melting Slicks
Thats bulls**t guess he had nothing better to do. You don't even have a manual transmission, so he expect you to see him then shift into neutral and rev at him.
06-01-2011, 01:54 AM
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I know, I told him it was not me but he looked and sounded pissed off. Since he only wrote me for no insurance hopefully i can go to court and show that i do have it and not have to pay anything.
06-01-2011, 02:07 AM
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06-01-2011, 12:44 PM
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Bummer.
I learned long ago...yes sir, no sir, keep hands where he can see 'em, move slowly & predictably & hope for the best.
Talked my way out of a dead-to-rights ticket once when I was a kid with hair down to the middle of my back that way (back when hair length mattered).
I learned long ago...yes sir, no sir, keep hands where he can see 'em, move slowly & predictably & hope for the best.
Talked my way out of a dead-to-rights ticket once when I was a kid with hair down to the middle of my back that way (back when hair length mattered).
06-01-2011, 01:19 PM
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He probably thought you revved because those Borla's get real loud as you pass him.
Good luck
06-01-2011, 03:32 PM
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Yeah I was nice,calm, polite to him like I am to any other cop. But I think he was just pissed off and took it out on me. Before he pulled me over, he passed me and then slowed down got behind me and pulled me over.
Also on the ticket, he had wrote me down for something else and crossed it out. I cannot read his handwriting.I kept on telling him I am insured since I just had my insurance renewed last month. And that since I am under my parents it was only shows thier names on the paper. But he just told me "show me your name on the paper"
Also on the ticket, he had wrote me down for something else and crossed it out. I cannot read his handwriting.I kept on telling him I am insured since I just had my insurance renewed last month. And that since I am under my parents it was only shows thier names on the paper. But he just told me "show me your name on the paper"
06-01-2011, 03:49 PM
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So i am driving down the freeway, a bike cop is giving a ticket to someone either two or three lanes right of me.
About two mile down the road he pulls me over and goes off on me saying i revved at him while i am telling him i did not. Then he says I have no front plates( which i do), i have tinted taillight ( which i do) and that my pipes are illegal ( Borla Stinger, other wise stock car)
He takes about 10 minutes doing something and then tells me he wrote me a ticket for no insurance but can't write me up for anything else because the car is registered under my dad's name.
I registered the car in my dad's name when i bought it so i could insure it under him since a 18 year old with a corvette pays a ton of money for insurance.
All this happened because he thought i revved at him or something and he acknowledged that i did not speed up but that i just revved at him and It was not even me, wow. Three lanes to his left and i think 4 to his right ( this is right before Powell street exit)and off all these cars he thinks it was me that revved when it was not even me.
About two mile down the road he pulls me over and goes off on me saying i revved at him while i am telling him i did not. Then he says I have no front plates( which i do), i have tinted taillight ( which i do) and that my pipes are illegal ( Borla Stinger, other wise stock car)
He takes about 10 minutes doing something and then tells me he wrote me a ticket for no insurance but can't write me up for anything else because the car is registered under my dad's name.
I registered the car in my dad's name when i bought it so i could insure it under him since a 18 year old with a corvette pays a ton of money for insurance.
All this happened because he thought i revved at him or something and he acknowledged that i did not speed up but that i just revved at him and It was not even me, wow. Three lanes to his left and i think 4 to his right ( this is right before Powell street exit)and off all these cars he thinks it was me that revved when it was not even me.
06-01-2011, 03:54 PM
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Yeah I was nice,calm, polite to him like I am to any other cop. But I think he was just pissed off and took it out on me. Before he pulled me over, he passed me and then slowed down got behind me and pulled me over.
Also on the ticket, he had wrote me down for something else and crossed it out. I cannot read his handwriting.I kept on telling him I am insured since I just had my insurance renewed last month. And that since I am under my parents it was only shows thier names on the paper. But he just told me "show me your name on the paper"
Also on the ticket, he had wrote me down for something else and crossed it out. I cannot read his handwriting.I kept on telling him I am insured since I just had my insurance renewed last month. And that since I am under my parents it was only shows thier names on the paper. But he just told me "show me your name on the paper"
06-01-2011, 05:04 PM
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My understanding: Since CA started requiring insurance companies to keep proof filed with DMV, the state no longer allows officers to ask for proof of insurance UNLESS you are involved in an accident or the computer says you have no insurance.
We have a few LEO on here. One of them will probably confirm this or set me straight.
We have a few LEO on here. One of them will probably confirm this or set me straight.
06-01-2011, 05:37 PM
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Also maybe someone could tell me what this means, but he checked "No" where it says correctable violation next to where he wrote me for no Insurance.
06-01-2011, 06:29 PM
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that sucks dude. i drive through that area 4 days a week for the last 6 years and never had a problem (knock on wood!). but i have friends that have gotten carpool tickets around that area
06-01-2011, 07:15 PM
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When you go to court, make sure you have your driver license, and paperwork that show that you were insured on the date of the ticket,
and the proof of insurance that you showed the officer. Bring a couple of extra copies for the court and prosecution.
and the proof of insurance that you showed the officer. Bring a couple of extra copies for the court and prosecution.