I didn't get a traffic ticket!

[MouseWorshipin]

I was speeding (as I'm inclined to do - bad DISer), turned left at a red light, didn't have my license on me, and my tags expired two week's back. Plus, when I saw the flashers, I didn't pull over to the right, but moved up about 100 feet and turned left into the parking lot I was headed to anyway. When I didn't pull over right away, he put the siren on, and my hand went up, like, What do you want? I'm turning in here! Kinda fashion.

Long story short(er): He told me to slow down and get the tags fixed. Then he said, "and don't do this this (motion) with your hands...it pisses me off." But he laughed!

And off I went. I love cops!!

 

[beckmrk04]

UUUUMMMMM..... You got lucky!!

 

[Feralpeg]

Please don't take this wrong, but you should have gotten a ticket. Did you learn anything positive from the experience other than you can get away with breaking the law? The officer didn't do you any favors.


Sorry, I'm in a bad mood tonight. This isn't personal.

 

[WDWAurora]

I have to agree with FeralPeg...there is absolutely nothing lucky about this situation. The main thing that really gets me in this is that you TURNED LEFT AT A RED LIGHT? What? I've been lucky to not get a ticket, but at the same time, I don't run red lights, so maybe I'm just someone who likes to be safe and follow traffic laws? I don't get it. Maybe I'm missing something with this story?

 

[Michie]

You are lucky you did not cause an accident and hurt somebody.

 

[LisaNJ25]

I was speeding (as I'm inclined to do - bad DISer), turned left at a red light, didn't have my license on me, and my tags expired two week's back. Plus, when I saw the flashers, I didn't pull over to the right, but moved up about 100 feet and turned left into the parking lot I was headed to anyway. When I didn't pull over right away, he put the siren on, and my hand went up, like, What do you want? I'm turning in here! Kinda fashion.

Long story short(er): He told me to slow down and get the tags fixed. Then he said, "and don't do this this (motion) with your hands...it pisses me off." But he laughed!

And off I went. I love cops!!

and your proud of this?

 

[MouseWorshipin]

First of all, except for the people turning onto the street to go to work, like, me, there is no traffic. It is 6:15 a.m. and not an office or industrial area.

I do it all the time and so does everyone else who works around the corner from the end of that street, which I told the cop, and he knew. The light should be blinking yellow - it used to blink yellow. He doesn't know why it isn't anymore. It isn't a cross street, just a left. There's no way anyone could have been hurt.

It was the speeding thing he was really after, from another street a ways back. My job is usually a get-out-of-jail-free thing when it comes to tickets, but I was pretty worried about not having my license and the expired tags.

I would never drive so as to endanger others, and feel pretty lucky and happy that I didn't get a ticket.

Sorry. Didn't mean to upset anyone.

 

[icebrat001]

I'm a little confused, why can't you just wait for the light to turn green to make a left turn.

There is a reason laws state no left turns on a red light.

Maybe the light is no longer blinking yellow because there was a problem or something.

 

[Michie]

First of all, except for the people turning onto the street to go to work, like, me, there is no traffic. It is 6:15 a.m. and not an office or industrial area.

I do it all the time and so does everyone else who works around the corner from the end of that street, which I told the cop, and he knew. The light should be blinking yellow - it used to blink yellow. He doesn't know why it isn't anymore. It isn't a cross street, just a left. There's no way anyone could have been hurt.

It was the speeding thing he was really after, from another street a ways back. My job is usually a get-out-of-jail-free thing when it comes to tickets, but I was pretty worried about not having my license and the expired tags.

I would never drive so as to endanger others, and feel pretty lucky and happy that I didn't get a ticket.

Sorry. Didn't mean to upset anyone.

There are some things that you are better off keeping to yourself

In my community, cops give tickets for going 5 over. So let me know when you are headed my way

 

[MagicKingdom05]

Heck I have gotten pulled over for going 57 in a 55. I got a warning and no ticket, but still got pulled over. I now double check my speed, to make sure that I am following what the limit says.

 

[MouseWorshipin]

I suppose we could wait. That'd be the proper, law-abiding thing to. It just seems purposeless. My guess is that the reason it isn't blinking anymore has less to do with a "good reason" and more to do with someone goofing up.

Honestly, even the cop didn't care about the light. Everyone who has to turn for work there just turns. It was the other stuff, plus the fact that there was so much at once that made me think I'd get a ticket.

I'd like to say that I learned a lesson, and the next time I won't speed - or if I do, I'll demand a ticket. But I'm not gonna lie to you. Speeding is my vice. I speed all the time. The signs out here have 45 and 50 mph limits, you'll find me going 55-60.

I'm not proud of it, I was just happy about it, that's all.

I'm honestly sorry I brought it up.