What have you said or done to avoid getting a citation/ticket by the police?

Question

Did it work?

Answer 1

I was on a road where the speed limit was 65.  I pulled myself over after I passed a cop going fast enough that my license could have been suspended (any speed that doubles the speed limit).  The cop came pulled up behind me, and asked why I had pulled myself over.  I told him that I knew I was speeding and at the rate I was speeding at, for him to get from a sitting position to catch up to me, he would have had to have done at least 150.  And even at that it would have taken him some time to catch up to me.  At that point he would have been so fired up that there was no way I was getting out of the ticket.  

Another time I was pulled over for speeding and when the cop asked me why I was speeding, I told him that I was told that I had to drive with the flow of traffic.  He pointed out that there were no other cars near me.  I pointed out that I was trying to catch up to them and that is why I was speeding and now I was going to have to go even faster to catch up to them.

Both times, I was able to get the cop laughing and joking with me.  I never got a speeding ticket until at least 10 years after those instances.  BTW, the first ticket for speeding was for 6 miles over the speed limit.

I do want to say that I do not  recommend that anyone attempt these excuses.

Answer 2

Up until now I have never tried that..... but since Bob Novak the columnist ran off after hitting a pedestrian this morning in DC and he used the defense.... "I did not realize that I hit someone"..... and it worked.... I'll be trying that the next time I get pulled over.... like I did not know that the light was red or show off some clevage.... of course... I'm not someone that helped expose a covert CIA op... so perhaps I'm just fooling myself!

Answer 3

The best one I got was 'Officer are you lost? Can I help you with directions?"  

All I could do was get back in the car and leave...

Answer 4

"The truck was stolen 4 years ago and wrecked officer."  I just got finished rebuilding the body and was just taking it for a test spin to work."      My excuse on getting pulled over in an old 95 Jeep I have that had no insurance and tags expired by 4 years.    He told me to take it home and park it and I got no ticket.   It was never wrecked.  I just hardly use it.  lol  

I probably would have had about $1000 worth of citations.

Tampa PD   (The best officers in the world)  lol

Answer 5

Flipped off a cop when I was about 19...

"Sorry, officer. I just had a pint of vodka."

He didn't believe me. (I drive better drunk than sober.)

He told me to go home and examine my attitude.

Answer 6

speeding on the highway, told the cop i was close to having a diabetic reaction and had to get to the convenience store to get some soda, and yes, it worked.

helps that i am diabetic, but of course the bag with the juice in it in my passenger seat wasn't visible.

Answer 7

People will say anything.  The best one said to me was while I was walking up to the vehicle.  The driver, a very pretty female, leaned out of the car window and asked me if I stopped her in order to meet her.  I was laughing too hard to write the ticket, so I let her go.  Later, it turned out she was my new girlfriend's kid sister.  Thank goodness I didn't say yes.