When Being stopped by Police

[belittle]

Being honest to the cops has gotten me a ticket before. I was traveling 80 on a deserted highway and told him the honest truth. He came back told me he didn't radar me and that if i told him I wasn't speeding he would have let me go. He said that I confessed to speeding and was basically screwed if I tryied to fight it. I just say as little as possible now. Like if they ask me how fast I'm going I say," sorry officer I was to busy watching the road to notice."

Also if you get a ticket overpaying it 5 dollar ACTUALLY works, well at least in Iowa.

[Kracka]

I overpaid by $1.37 about 1 1/2 years ago; the check was never cashed and never heard word about it again. We'll find out within a few weeks if it worked for Reid...

[x1genx]

Same thing happened to me with a snow emergency parking ticket I recieved. I over payed and the check was never cashed. It should work. I would be surprised if it DIDNT work.

[Iceman]

I was watching the SPEED channel yesturday and they had a show about tickets and getting out of them. They had the one where you pay to much and than you never have to pay. Baiscly they said it didn't work anymore and will get you in more trouble.

[JDM]

Being honest to the cops has gotten me a ticket before. I was traveling 80 on a deserted highway and told him the honest truth. He came back told me he didn't radar me and that if i told him I wasn't speeding he would have let me go. He said that I confessed to speeding and was basically screwed if I tryied to fight it. I just say as little as possible now. Like if they ask me how fast I'm going I say," sorry officer I was to busy watching the road to notice."

Also if you get a ticket overpaying it 5 dollar ACTUALLY works, well at least in Iowa.


Trying to not get tickets?

Try not speeding.

[JDM]

The state has done much to remedy the "overpaid" ticket thing...

If a system shows that you overpaid, and the ticket goes unresolved, or stays in "pending"... your DL status will go to "pending". It used to stay like that for a small undetermined amount of time...

NOW, the system waits 10 days, AND THEN YOU'RE SUSPENDED...

I know this from first hand actions. I had paid a fine, but thought I had two fines on the ticket, but it was only one, so I over paid double on one check. And two months later, UMPD stopped me for DAS (driving after suspension). No ticket was issued, and I was allowed to return home.

If failure to respond to a fine is kept for more than I THINK 6 months, then a petty warrant is issued for your arrest for failure to appear.


And although honesty may get you a ticket, he did pull you over anyway, so he had to have at least THOUGHT you were speeding... I can't say for sure, but I'm guessing that cop was full of it... You'd probably been issued a ticket anway.

[MustGoFaster]

I already did most of the things you listed, except the dome lights. And as for how to avoid tickets, the whole not speeding thing works really well. And instead of being brutally honest, I leave my statements open ended so the officer can suggest what I was doing, and if I was doing it I admit to it. So far I only have one ticket that stuck, and that was almost 3 years ago.

[Shotgun!]

The state has done much to remedy the "overpaid" ticket thing...

If a system shows that you overpaid, and the ticket goes unresolved, or stays in "pending"... your DL status will go to "pending". It used to stay like that for a small undetermined amount of time...

NOW, the system waits 10 days, AND THEN YOU'RE SUSPENDED...

I know this from first hand actions. I had paid a fine, but thought I had two fines on the ticket, but it was only one, so I over paid double on one check. And two months later, UMPD stopped me for DAS (driving after suspension). No ticket was issued, and I was allowed to return home.

If failure to respond to a fine is kept for more than I THINK 6 months, then a petty warrant is issued for your arrest for failure to appear.


And although honesty may get you a ticket, he did pull you over anyway, so he had to have at least THOUGHT you were speeding... I can't say for sure, but I'm guessing that cop was full of it... You'd probably been issued a ticket anway.

I overpayed because I knew I was paying late but didn't know if there was a added charge here in St. Louis Co. It said nothing of it on the ticket. If I get in more trouble for giving them too much money, no amount of their pain will make me happy. I've had enough of trying to do the right thing. It always costs more and screws me in the end. I can't wait to have some more jail time for doing the right thing, again.

[Halon]

Do all these tips work on Japanese cops too? Oh wait wait, that's right, they don't waste time on traffic here. Instead they stick to actual crime. Maybe that's why there is basically zero crime here.

[Shotgun!]

Do all these tips work on Japanese cops too? Oh wait wait, that's right, they don't waste time on traffic here. Instead they stick to actual crime. Maybe that's why there is basically zero crime here.
I'm sure that works. This is the only country where the bad people are running red arrows and the good guys are beating their kids.