Fun with Jetta's.... and Cops.........

Tauni · 08-13-2006

Well, I thought it was entertaining, so I figured I'd share it with you guys.

So my friend Steve has a red Jetta 1.8T that I have fun driving every once and awhile. Tonight, I think I have vowed to never drive it again... well maybe.

Anyways, so we are just kind of cruising around and we head down to AV McDonalds, since its the only 24 hour one in our area. On our way back I'm cruising up Cedar, which is a 65 MPH zone, and I'm doing 90. I begin to slow down a tiny bit when Steve starts freaking out yelling "Cop! Tauni, slow down!" And I see him. No lights on, clocking me. So, naturally, I slooooow down, and get to sixty-five, throw on the seat belt, and drive like a normal person should. But, as you can guess, I get pulled over exiting onto 35E. The cop comes up, and I do my usual innocent act. He says "Do you know how fast you were going?" I say no, obviously. He tells me he clocked me at 83 mph. I pretend that I had no idea, when really, I knew damn well how fast I was going. So I give him my ID and Steve's insurance and he goes back to the car. And we sit. And we wait. I think cops just like to build the suspense some times. Anyways, so he comes back, but instead of coming to my window, he goes to Steve's. He ends up telling us there is a warrant out for Steve's arrest. Ohhh boy. So he tells us that the ticket Steve "still needed to pay" was for $242. Well Steve had just paid the ticket, and even provided a receipt showing that he had paid the ticket, but the cop took him to the cop car anyways. For whatever reason it was showing that he hadn't paid it yet, so I am assuming that it just hadn't gone all the way through the system yet. Well pretty much, money had to come out up front, other wise Steve would be going to jail, and the cop wouldn't let him pay with a check. LUCKILY, I had just cashed in on a hefty little check for selling the Talon, and still had the money sitting at my house. So the cop is like, "Alright, run to your house, and bring back $242 in exact amount. Don't speed, and call if there are any problems. Then all we will need to do is fill out some paper work, and you guys will be free to go." Sounded alright to me. So I went and grabbed the money and came back. When I got back, I was pretty confident everything was going to be ok. I give him the money and just sit and wait for about 10 more minutes. Finally, Steve comes back, and so does the cop. With my FUCKING ticket! I was so pissed. I honestly thought he was going to let me go, at least by the sounds of it and the way he was talking. So basically, I damn near send my friend to jail, bail him out, and still get a ticket on top of it all.

Gotta love that AV fuzz.

dumb_ricer · 08-13-2006

Haha, owned.

TheBlizzard · 08-13-2006

83 in a 65? Ouch. Almost anywhere else (except UNI) you would have gotten off. The fact that it was in AV where all the dumb fucks go and race around at night is why you got a ticket.

curt_gendron · 08-13-2006

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Originally Posted by TheBlizzard

83 in a 65? Ouch. Almost anywhere else (except UNI) you would have gotten off. The fact that it was in AV where all the dumb fucks go and race around at night is why you got a ticket.

I know a lot of people who have gotten tickets in that range before. In a 65 zone, you can easily get a ticket if you are going 75 or over. IMO.

Tauni, it could have been worse. The cop could have really been an A-hole and just taken your friend to jail and you'd have to go bail him out there. Oh, and wear you seat belt.

later,
Curt

98gstaherns · 08-13-2006

Well that what you get for speeding! Go and talk to the hiring oiffcer and see if you can't get it droped. I got a ticket for 41 in a 30. But I talked to the hiring oiffcer and I got on this program where I pay for the ticket and I have to go a year with out getting another one and it will be droped!

DoughtCom · 08-13-2006

Yeah Tauni you should wear your seat belt. It would suck to see anything happen to anyone on this fourm.

Kougar · 08-13-2006

So basically, I helped save you guys eh? Woo!

Matt D. · 08-13-2006

Bad, bad Tauni... I've gotten a ticket for 10 over on a barren stretch of 35. 18 over in the middle of civilization is just asking for it.

Oh yeah... LEARN TO WEAR YOUR SEATBELT.

**1ViciousGSX** · 08-13-2006

Sounds like you got

SchuttsR1 · 08-13-2006

If your friend had a reciept saying he paid the ticket there no way in hell that cop could of booked him for that. Thats unlawful detainment. Ask me how I know.

I have had my fare share of Bad AV cop experiances, so I feel ya there. But hey at least you weren't tazed for no reason.

**Kracka** · 08-13-2006

If you think you are mature enough to drive illegally learn to take responsibility for your actions. I don't like getting speeding tickets anymore than the next person, but when I do get them I at least don't bitch b/c I knew I deserved it. 83 in a 65 is exessive and you're very likely to get a ticket no matter what city you are in; especially late at night.

About your friend having a warrant....maybe he should have payed the ticket on time. I also doubt his reciept said exactly what the payment was for so how is the cop supposed to know, he has to just go by whats in his computer system....same thing with car tabs, if you order them online you can still get a ticket if they haven't arrived in time even with the reciept printed.

Thor06 · 08-13-2006

Not to be completely ignorant, but what is AV?

**Kracka** · 08-13-2006

Apple Valley, southern suburb.

A//// Guy · 08-13-2006

Yup I agree with Hughes, dont really get it when people bitch about things like that. Especially the whole AV thing... no matter where you go you have a good chance of getting pulled over for going that fast.

sleepy2lazy · 08-13-2006

Ouch........That sucks tauni. Right after selling the car too....

clean2g · 08-13-2006

That sucks, I hate the AV cops.

I was in my 2g and I got pulled over by a AV cop on cedar a couple of days ago and his justification for pulling me over was: "You took that turn too hard" LOL I was about to bust out laughing when he said that. Then he tried to do everything humanly possible to give me a ticket: tint, license plates, etc. but he didn't have anything on me so he let me go.

Black97civic · 08-13-2006

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Originally Posted by clean2g

That sucks, I hate the AV cops.

Yeah, they basically have a mini porky's situation going on there, so they seem to be cracking down on the car hangout scene down there. They said they would be ticketing for any and every equipment violation they could if they pulled any of us over.

It sucks, but its basically the only way to get people to stop hanging out down there.

Kougar · 08-13-2006

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Originally Posted by Black97civic

Yeah, they basically have a mini porky's situation going on there, so they seem to be cracking down on the car hangout scene down there. They said they would be ticketing for any and every equipment violation they could if they pulled any of us over.

It sucks, but its basically the only way to get people to stop hanging out down there.

I knew it was getting worse, but I didn't know it got to that level. The scene will just move to burnsville, rosemount, etc if AV gets too lame.

Black97civic · 08-13-2006

yeah, exactly, there will always be people hanging out, they should just tell us to go to some deserted parking lot where they will leave us alone, because when the get the crowd to disperse from standing around, usually races get setup because everyone has to go on the highways.

There is some irony in the cops basically encouraging people to go race, however indirect it may be.

Pimpin Dsmstyle · 08-13-2006

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Originally Posted by Black97civic

yeah, exactly, there will always be people hanging out, they should just tell us to go to some deserted parking lot where they will leave us alone, because when the get the crowd to disperse from standing around, usually races get setup because everyone has to go on the highways.

There is some irony in the cops basically encouraging people to go race, however indirect it may be.

Some cops are actually all about making the city they work for a better place. However, there are some that enjoy tormenting people. Those are generally the ones that had no friends and got raped all through highschool. I think Taunis situation was self driven and she deserved her ticket! You should be thankful he didn't get you at 90 mph. That would have been 25 mph over the speed limit with worse punishments.

I got pulled over last night in my dads truck because his tabs were expired by 2 days. The truck has sat for months and it didn't have an updated insurance card ( however it was insured), I didn't have my wallet on my because I was in work clothes because it was a "DSM weekend", KC didn't have his seatbelt on and he had been drinking. The cop called us out for everything besides the drinking and harrassed us for about 20 minutes. He finally went to his card, wrote up a warning for the tabs and sent me on my way. That's the difference between Bloomington cops and cops down here in the AV area. Bloomington cops actually have shit to do where as the further south suburbs are boring and all they do is write traffic tickets.

If I got raped for it all, I would have been pissed but I should have checked on all of those things before driving it! 2 days late were the tabs ( 12th of aug. July was the expiration month). Wear your seatbelt and don't drive stupid for no reason!!! If you're gonna do something stupid, at least make it worth your time ^^