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Originally Posted by Asylum
OK, so you've been pulled over and to be blunt - the reason does NOT matter.
You can be pulled over for an indefinite amount of reasons, and including "Routine Traffic Stop" aka no reason what soever in some states / provinces pending on the police powers of that state / province.
It may vary slightly pending on the level of police, from Local to State, to Federal and in Canada Local, Provincial, and Federal.
-- This means don't bitch about why you got pulled over to anyone and how its ''stupid''.
If you get stopped, for any of the following reasons:
1.) Window Tint
2.) Loud Exhaust
3.) Routine Stop
This is because IN MOST CASES the officer has used one of the three above to justify why he stopped you and is hoping to find something else.
Window Tint
- If you go dark, you are at risk.
Do you have any idea how jarring, concerning, ''scary'' it is for an officer to approach a vehicle at night when he cant see in,
Can you imagine approaching a vehicle and seeing a passenger in the back seat with something shiny.. is it a pop can or is it a gun?
How would you like to approach a car you cant see in and deal with the worst of the worst on a constant basis?
Loud Exhaust
- you're in your teens, you want it to sound like a v8, you want more performance
Whatever the reason you went with a big exhaust police do not care.
Stop justifying it, you pay to play. P.S., Chances are you were revving your engine or it sounded like shit and annoyed the officer thus you got stopped.
Routine Check
- again, you need these things, they are checking.
now, I'm going to give you a few tips that will most often result in no ticket, just a firm warning
1.) AS SOON AS YOU REALIZE YOU ARE BEING PULLED OVER DON'T IMMEDIATELY STOP IN YOUR CURRENT SPOT, This often results in the officer being placed in harms way from oncoming vehicles. Again, think if this was you?
2.) Immediately turn on your FOUR WAYS
This conveys to the officer that you acknowledge that hes there.
3.) Begin looking for a SAFE SPOT for both you AND HIM to pull off. If this means driving for an extra 60 seconds so be it!
4.) You've now stopped, before the officer even gets out of his car you have more than enough time to do the following
- Turn on your dome / interior lights so the interior is now visible (tint people).
- Get out all required documentation that you KNOW he will probably want to see
- Turn your VEHICLE off, and put your keys, along with your documentation on the dash in PLAIN VIEW
- As the officer approaches leave your hands on the steering wheel.
5.) Doing the above will have the following happen
- HE will be shocked, everythign is in plain view, vehicles off, he can see in, your documentation is all there, your hands are in plain view, your vehicles off, I mean christ if he didnt know any better hed think you were actually mindful and respectful of HIM doing his job that you PAY him to do.
- If he asks why it took you an extra 60 seconds to come to a stop you can say because i wanted to find somewhere safe for both you and I to stop.
If you do the above chances are you won't get a ticket.. after all this guy is doing his job that everyone wants them to do.
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You are wrong about "routine traffic stop". The United States Supreme court ruled in 1965 that these stops were unconstitutional. Check it out if you think that I am wrong. The policeman must have probable cause to stop you. The rest of the post is fairly accurate as if a cop wants to pull you over he will either find a reason or invent one. My cop riding buddy gave me this advice.
1. You can not win a road side argument with an armed policman.
2. Treat the officer with courtesy and respect.
3. Do not make the cop think that you think that he is stupid with a line like "Why are you pulling me over officer, I wasn't doing anything wrong" when you clearly know that you were..
4. If your speeding and the cop asks "Do you know why I stopped you?" answer yes.
5. If he says that you were speeding, do not call him a liar by denying it. If you think that you were not, save it for court. (See item #1)
6. Most times if you show respect and courtesy to the officer you will get a break.
The only time that I have not gotten off with a warning since Dave told me this was when the same cop caught me speeding in the same place a second time. Clearly my stupidity.