Does anyone remember their first time being pulled over?

[wdw4us2]

Ahhh, the memories . . .

I was 17 years old and on my way to a HS basketball game with my younger brother and a friend of mine. I was going 45 in a 35 mph zone.

Here's the best part: It was spirit week at our school and it was '50s night. So, we were all dressed appropriately. My brother looked like the Fonz, my friend wore a 1950's cheerleader uniform and I was wearing rolled up jeans, one of my Dad's Oxford shirts and had my hair in a ponytail while wearing bright red lipstick.

The cop looked in the window, smiled and said, "Going to the basketball game?" I wanted to die!

He let us off with a warning. It was a much smaller town back then. I told my brother that if he told our parents I'd never give him a ride again. They never found out!

 

[JVL1018]

I remember the first time I was pulled over like it was yesterday, I guess some things stay with you! I was driving my Father's car and the inspection sticker was expired - I was 16 and had no idea... My dad felt bad though and paid the fine

Same here--except it was my Mom.
I've gotten pulled over once since then..I ran a red light(just turned red). Totally was not even paying attention, I was driving my husband's car and was figuring out the seat and tilt wheel. @@

He didn't give me a ticket, not sure if it was because I handed over my PBA card with my license(brother is a cop) or if it was because DH, who was with me, is a fireman in town and knew the cop...or because my FIL was a councilman/mayor here for 25 years...regardless I felt very very bad, was totally mortified and pay more attention now.

 

[chris1gill]

I think I would fight that failure to use turn signal!!!

Anyhow, I had my license for just TWO DAYS, count 'em, TWO!! Anyhow, it was at night, but we were in a well lit area... I came out of the pharmacy parking lot that I was leaving without my headlights on! As soon as I turned onto the road I realized the lights weren't on, so I turned them on & VOILA! I got pulled over... course the radio was up so loud that I couldn't hear the siren Apparently that night at the police office there were plenty of laughs at my expense... thankfully I just got a warning!

 

[MN Dis Fans]

I remember getting pulled over for the first. I was about 20 and driving to work in downtown Denver. I and about 5 others were pulled over for driving through a series of right hand turn lanes. Everyone ahead of me (guys) got a ticket. My pony tail, saddle shoes and plaid kilt with navy sweater must have sent off "Catholic school girl" rays. I only got a warning.

 

[Debbie Jean]

Out of state plates driving through a small town... you're always a target for local cops or state police (more likely to pay the fine). Especially since I drive a small and fairly quick two door coupe too. The thing was that he was actually going the other way, and pulled a U-turn to catch up to me, cutting off two cars in the process. Now who was driving more safely?

Definitely annoyed me a bit as it was on the way up to Niagara, but the one thing I'm most annoyed about is my insurance rates. Now NJ takes 2 points from every moving violation out of state, so right now I'm looking at 4 points on my license, which is a huge insurance hike, as sure some of you know for those of you who live in NJ.

Out a state plates was eaxctly what I was thinking! He had to be LOOKING for the blinker!

Is there any way you could do a "safe driver" course and have the points reduced?

 

[Molly Meow]

Ahh, yes, I remember. Keep in mind that while I have a ton of respect for police officers, the ones in my town desperately need something better to do.

I got pulled over 4 times in the week after getting my license at 16. All of them said I looked "too young to drive" and wanted my license. They all knew me and KNEW I was old enough.

About 6 months later, my parents gave me a car as an early graduation gift. You need a car here if you ever want to make anything of yourself - no bus service.

I got pulled over every day for a week to see "who was driving the new car."

This happened again when that car died and I got a new one. Every day for a week.

The most recent time was a couple of years ago - I was coming home from work (I got off at 3 am) and was obeying all traffic laws. I got pulled over "to see who was out so late and why." Then the name on my license didn't match the name on my registration (I had gotten divorced and the lender refused to change it), and they started questioning me. Took a lot of talking and trying to be patient to get them to let me go.

I've never been pulled over for anything that I've done wrong.

 

[mylilnikita]

I can remember taking Driver's Ed and then have to go before the judge to get the final license, he scared the living bajeebies out of me. At any rate here are my stories:
I was about 17 and there was a motorcycle in front of me then a cop car, well the cop car didn't make a turn signal to turn left into a fast food place and back then there wasn't a median lane in between the opposing lanes, so he blocked 2 lanes, so the motorcycle almost hit him and I hit my horn. He got across and caught up with me and signaled me over. I had my friend in the car and she was about to die. He came over and said he didn't appreciate me honking and I said I didn't appreciate that he didn't give a signal and then illlegally blocked 2 lanes. He asked to see my license and registation and then told me he would block any lane when he got off his shift-uh oh, he was off his shift and pullled me over.
Well I knew the police chief, friends with family and this guy was a rookie who had a power trip complex and told him I didn't think the chief would appreciate him blocking 2 lanes of traffic-when he could have taken a back road when he is off his shift, so he just said he could have gotten me for misuse of horn, uh no, only if it were 2 am and I was honking my horn for no reason.I respect officers but I knew the law too.
2nd time: I was still 17 and I drove my DM's car to school, a shiny little turbo that had been in the shop-it was a piece of..-they had to remove the radio and do an car inspection. Well, I didn't pay attention to the sticker, because I knew it was just done. So I was coming home from school and this cop does a u turn and catches up to me as I pull into the residential area where I lived and asked if I knew why he was pulling me over and I knew I wasn't speeding and of course I have no radio because it was taken out and waiting a new one. He said my inspection sticker was out of date and i look, the car place put an old year on it. So I told him it was just out of the shop and showed him the little paper that comes with the inspection and then he asked about the missing radio, and I show him the paper work that it was on order. So he didn't give me a ticket, so I got home and we went down to the car place and ripped them a new one. But this cop a month later also didn't give a ticket to the guy who hit a car I was in and hurt my back.
3rd time: Ok, this one was my fault, doing 5 miles over the speed limit. I hadn't taken this road in a long while and the limit had changed, so I got a ticket and knock on wood haven't gotten another one and that was almost 10 years ago.-no jinxing myself no jinxing myself.

 

[buddy&wooz]

Definitely annoyed me a bit as it was on the way up to Niagara, but the one thing I'm most annoyed about is my insurance rates. Now NJ takes 2 points from every moving violation out of state, so right now I'm looking at 4 points on my license, which is a huge insurance hike, as sure some of you know for those of you who live in NJ.

Your insurance probably won't go up but you will get hit with a surcharge for at least three years. Luckily it's because of my husband, not me, that I know this (my license is currently clear...)

First time I was pulled over was a month or so after getting my license, I was eating an ice cream cone and going a little too fast. As I pulled over I passed the ice cream to my boyfriend and there he sat with two cones.

Second time was for going through a "dark yellow" light- the cop just reminded me that yellow means slow down not speed up- I had just renewed my license (age 19 I think) but the officer thought I was a brand new driver, so he was pretty nice.

A couple times I got stopped at DWI stops, once I'd actually been at a bar, but I honestly told the cop I'd just had one glass of wine and he just let me go.

My brother got a ticket for blowing through a stop sign the day he got his license .

 

[Mickey527]

Yes, I did, and today I set in the request for a court date.
Long story, I will try and shorten it.
I was in FL traveling on I-75 from my sister's house to WDW. It was a clear sunny day and there was hardly any traffic on the road. A truck driver kept following me really close on my tail, when I pulled over he pulled right over. He then passed me and made some really rude hand gestures (not the finger, the one that means let's F*@))sorry, no way to make that nice) He then slowed down and everytime I chanfged lanes he changed in front of me. I couldn't get rid of him and I was really scared.
I slowed down, and so did he, I sped up and so did he.
Finally he was in front of me as we were going over a hilly area. He pulled over to the middle land and I took the opportunity to speed up and pass him. Well I found out why he pulled over, there was a cop at the bottom of the hill.
I got clocked at 92 in a 70 MPH zone.
The cop came over ad asked where we were going. STUPID sister says "Wer'e going to Disneyworld" I told him I was trying to get away from the truck, he was following us and causing problems. Cop says, I don't care, you were speeding I have to write you a citation. $208.
THis past Jan. we had a woman who stopped to help a truck driver who flagged her down and she was raped and left naked in the woods off the side of the road. The truck driver was from FL. I am not saying that every truck driver is bad but this guy really scared me with what he was doing.
I live in Ct but will travel to see if I can reduce the fine a little. I wrote a note today and mailed it in and will wait to hear from the court.
I don't know if it will help, but I told them in the note that I was in FL celebrating my end of cancer treatments, and had surgery after I got home so I couldn't get back to them sooner. Hopefully they will have a little compassion.

 

[rie'smom]

First time I was 16 going 90 in a 75. The cop is coming from the opposite direction and waves me over. Well, I turned down a street hoping that he wouldn't catch me-he did.However, he knew my dad and let me go.
Second time, my DD and I were coming back from a play in New Orleans. Cop pulled me over and DD startred crying -asking him if he was taking her mommie to jail-I was let go again. Since then, I've been more careful.

 

[MI mom of 3]

I actually have only been pulled over once. I was 16 and hadn't had my license very long. I was scared to death waiting for the cop to walk up to the window...Only to find that it was a cop who had worked with my dad in another city and wanted to ask me to babysit for his kids!!!

I was so relieved at first, then the more I thought about it I got angry and how badly he scared me.