He let me go!!!!!!!!!

[hotham]

I have 2 bikes, my Harley and a Yamaha FJR1300.  Took each one for a ride today.  It hit a smoking 46 degrees.  Must have gotten to big a hand full on the Yamaha, got stopped.  Cop says pretty bike but try to hold it down.  Wanted to know a little bit about the bike.  I told him it was 145 hp, shaft drive, electric windshield, etc.  He said 145hp?  How much?  I told him 13k.  He wanted to know why his Harley cost 24k and had none of those things.  I agreed and told him my "true love" was my Harley, but in bad weather and long trips this FJR was hard to beat.  I appreciated his interest and of course, no ticket.

[Phu Cat]

Maybe the cop was havin a good day, or maybe you weren't an A%*wipe.  Showin a little respect goes a long way.  It took quite a few years for me to learn this the hard way.

PC

[RK101]

Him being a rider himself might have helped some also. What ever the reason it was all good.

[Dennis The Menace]

"Showin a little respect goes a long way.  It took quite a few years for me to learn this the hard way."   

Truer words have never been spoken...same here.  My hard head has gotten softer over the years, thank goodness.

Good to see ya got a break, HH.

menace

[Bakon]

Attitude plays the biggest part.

Being a rider also got you the break.

Take these two as fact. ....BUT ....Sometimes the attitude just isn't enough if the cop had to go like crazy to catch up.

Slow down immediately if you know they are coming for you.

Sorry- the best thing you can start the whole conversation with.

Never happen again, I should have known better...

In Virginia this wont work...even if you carry a tin

[northbrun]

worked for me in va. got pulled over doing 95 in a 70 zone. swamp cop puled me over i was real polite, and after letting him read me the riot act for 15 min he let me go. then i followed him about 1 mile down the road past a 10 car speed trap........... guess it was my luckey day!

[someday69]

once I came over a little rise on the garden state parkway going to cape may,,as soon as I started down the slop of the hill I saw him,and got off the throtle,,,,as I passed his light went on,,,,,I pulled over so fast I was almost just 100 yards from his spot,he crossed the street and there I was ,,,,,,hands on the bars helmet and gloves off....I got a warning...very lucky...somedays...

[tireater]

I was doing about 100 on the freeway trying to catch my buddy at night between bars...A CHP put the lights on 6" behind me...
I was in the fast lane and took my time pulling over so my buddy could get away...When I pulled over the cop went racing by me...
He looked like he was chasing my buddy so I took the next exit and found a nice, quiet place to hide...
I wait a half hour and call my buddy...He said they pulled up..On the P.A. said 'keep it under 75 and don't forget to tell your friend Andre'...

[road-dawgs1]

We're not all bad hardasses ya know

[neale]

I too learned that the best approach is to shut my big mouth, mind you I shot myself in the foot a few times before it clicked in my pea-brain to do so.

[Panzer]

See....even the law is here, listening.
Behave !!!

[Clintster]

I have a good one, was pulling out of the carwash in my truck.  So I am horsing around, wet tires and getting into it a little.  Well the freaking thing gets away a little, I'm sideways on a four lane access highway. Hardly any traffic, I looked but didn't see the Sherriff.  Go just a little ways, pull into the condo driveway, he pulls up behind me.  First thing out of his mouth, how old are you !!, I start off apologetic as all hell.  He reads me the riot act and he is getting off.  Well I let him go on and I'm still apologizing.  Well just as he is about to walk a way, I say you know the worst part, my job requires my drivers license.  Show him my County ID, he cames back and tells me I played my cards right.  He just wrote me a warning, good thing too that would have been one of those big bucks many points violations.  So the Guys all ask me now How Old Are You !!

[FSG]

So the Guys all ask me now How Old Are You !!

Well are you gonna tell us ?

[Big Dan]

I was haulin' arse for home, way down in Southern Illinois. I spotted him as I came over the hill, but it was too late. I pull over, kill the bike, and we have the following conversation:

Him: You know why I pulled you over?

Me: Oh yeah. How bad is it?

Him: 107

Me: Ooh.... this ain't gonna be good, is it?

Him: Probably Not

Me: Well, I ain't mad at ya.

Him: Wha....??

Me: Hell, I done it and ya caught me fair and square.

He shakes his head and goes back to his car, then comes back and hands me a ticket for 77, and says "Your honesty saved your tail on this one. Now slow it down."

I said "Yes sir, and thank you very much."

[tireater]

Got pulled over for 72 in a 55 on a windy mountain highway...The cop had been sitting in the same place for 3 days...
He said I was getting a ticket right off...So I was pissed...I said 'I passed you twice a day for 3 days in the same place...right?'...
'I saw you for the last 3 days' he says...'So you are saying I sped by your car even though I knew where you were?'...
'Yep' he says...I said 'My T shirt says "Some of my best friends are white people...Not...Here is stupid'...
'Let's see if the judge buys your story...!' He was mad and went back to his car, called in my perfect record and came back and said...
'I'm gonna let you off ...but I think you have a poor attitude'...I thanked him and left....
You will never see a cop sit for 3 days in the same place on highway 154 again...
.
And for the record...my ADHD kept me from remembering where he was at...but it seemed like a good bluff...
He acted like he was saving my life...I was right down the center and riding safely...

[HDRDR]

I never speed or break the law But I lie to save my A$$

[Ultrashovel]

Got pulled over for 72 in a 55 on a windy mountain highway...The cop had been sitting in the same place for 3 days...
He said I was getting a ticket right off...So I was pissed...I said 'I passed you twice a day for 3 days in the same place...right?'...
'I saw you for the last 3 days' he says...'So you are saying I sped by your car even though I knew where you were?'...
'Yep' he says...I said 'My T shirt says "Some of my best friends are white people...Not...Here is stupid'...
'Let's see if the judge buys your story...!' He was mad and went back to his car, called in my perfect record and came back and said...
'I'm gonna let you off ...but I think you have a poor attitude'...I thanked him and left....
You will never see a cop sit for 3 days in the same place on highway 154 again...
.
And for the record...my ADHD kept me from remembering where he was at...but it seemed like a good bluff...
He acted like he was saving my life...I was right down the center and riding safely...

72 in a 55 and you were pissed about getting a ticket? Why was that? If you get stopped for that in California, you will generally get a ticket. Nothing to get upset aobut. Over here, you do the crime, you do the time...or pay the fine, usually about $350 nowadays. I'm glad he let you go. They seldom do that over here.

   

[MikeL]

I was leaving Williams HD after I had picked up parts on my Busa. One of the salesmen there is a Busa freak and he asked me to womp on it. So I did. Had her up to 175 with the front wheel a couple of inches off the ground. I backed off hit the right lane doing the 55mph, low and behold the cherries. He was parked in a motel entrance. The thought did occur to out run him, I have done this maybe 20yrs ago but not now so I stopped. I had remembered that I did not have my registration or insurance card they were drying out from getting caught in the rain down in FL the day before riding back from the Key West poker run and I couldn't shut the bike off cause it needed a new battery.  The cop was just a kid I could easily be father, explained to me the virtues and the faults of owning something this powerful. He had just sold his gixer 600.I thought here we go impound time. He did the routine check via his car computer and let me go with a written warning. I felt lucky but I do know he didn't have me on radar because my radar detector was silent. Maybe if he had hard proof like a 175mph on the screen things may have been different. I was really nice to him and I feel the lack of a bad attitude saved me from a "Potty mouth" load of legal problems.

                                                                                              MIKE

[Ultrashovel]

If I said I once got a ticket for doing 147 in a 25 mph school zone I wonder if anyone would belineve me?     

[tireater]

35 years ago a guy on my paper route gave me a ride in his dual turbo Pantera...
We left town on the freeway and went by a CHP station way too fast with a parking lot full of cops...
The cop cars did about 125 then and we hit 180 at some point...He drove about 15 miles and pulled into a rest stop...
He locked the car and we sat on a picnic table waiting for the CHP...It seemed like 5 minutes before the first cop got there...
I expected the guy to go to jail...Insted the cops really liked his car...They chatted it up for 10 minutes...
Then they let him go with a promise to take it easier....They even thanked him for stopping as they could not catch him...

[Robsrg]

CHP- I clocked you going 70 in a 55
ME- Sorry, just wasn't paying attention and was trying to get home before I froze. ( sun went down and didn't dress for it )
CHP- It's not that cold outside.
Me- w/ a smile on my face, how bout you ride my bike and I'll drive your cruiser, It's cold to me.
CHP-Wasn't to cold this afternoon when I rode my bike.
ME- No, it was perfect this afternoon
After checking my papers, he told me to be careful and slow down, and no ticket!!

[hotham]

Many years ago I stopped in Lovelock, Nevada to get something to eat.  I was in a hurray to get to Lake Tahoe.  Several old gentlemen started talking about the Harleys they had back in the day.  I decided to show off a little.  Left the parking lot in a hurray, grabbed second and pulled a big, long wheelie.  Just as I sat her down , I see the town constable coming the other way.  Pulled me over and asked what I thought I was doing.  I told him I was showing off for the old guys in the diner.  He wanted to know if I was leaving town.  I said yes and he said, "good".  No ticket

[kickstart]

Several old gentlemen started talking about the Harleys they had back in the day.  I decided to show off a little.  Left the parking lot in a hurray, grabbed second and pulled a big, long wheelie. 

told him I was showing off for the old guys in the diner.  He wanted to know if I was leaving town.  I said yes and he said, "good".  No ticket

I'll be those olguys were rolling in the parking lot

[dohmixer]

I caught a break last summer riding up one of our two lane roads through the foothills posted 55. I seen him top the hill from the opposite direction and immediately rolled off the throttle. He passed by and quickly made a u-turn to get behind me. He flipped on his lights and I signaled and pulled over to the shoulder.
CHP I clocked you at 69.
Me Yessir
CHP License, Registration, Proof of Ins.
Me; digging in my tool bag to get out the paperwork.
CHP nice bike, hows your driving record?
Me; fine till now sir
CHP don’t sweat it I just want to check your papers and if they’re in order I’ll let you go with a warning. He mentioned something about being clocked 15mph over the limit was an absolute ticket able offense.
Me; THANK YOU SIR. I was going well over 69 when I first seen him. It was all about the attitude which took me many years to learn as has been mentioned in previous posts.

[tireater]

Wear your colors...I got a buddy who was in swift boats in Nam...He wears his vest which is covered with his combat awards...
He always rides too fast and gets pulled over often...They always let him go...Maybe it's the silver or bronze stars...

[kik]

Big Dan, It almost sounds like you were going through Cairo IL. They got me I was doing a little over a 100. The cop wrote me up for 77. He did me a huge favor considering i'm on a CDL. I paid the ticket by mail and they never reported to the DMV. I got real lucky.

Kik

[76shuvlinoff]

 1976, 16 yrs old wrecked mom's car all to hell got a warning  
1982 22 yrs old, 80 in a 55 found the whiskey bottle but only wrote me for 65
2007 47 yrs old, let the Thunderheader on the shovel talk while I left town, got a warning.
2008 48 yrs old, ticked for non dot helmet .

I figure we're even

[tireater]

Sometimes even a good attitude don't help...In the last 20 years...I got 2 tickets 5 years apart...
By the same cop, at the same intersection, for a California right turn...I beat him twice in court...

[texaskatfish]

Well yall know how it goes - sometahms ah jes caint hep mahsef..........

If this is a repeat for some my apologies in advance.

I used to own a CL175 Honda - the grandpa of today's Rebels............Lord knows I did my level best to tear that thing up and simply could not do it. Rode that lil butt breaker all over Texas.

I used to commute from here in Katy (west Houston) over close to Hobby Airport on the S.E. side of town where I had a gig making bales outta beer cans and loading them on boxcars for Alcoa. I had the 3 to midnight shift.

Well this day I was runnin pretty late and was haulin buns layin down on the tank just weaving my way thru mid afternoon traffic on I-10 givvin that lil twin all she could stand ( I reckon around 85 - 90)

All of a sudden like I got the feelin someone was 'watchin me' - I sat up and looked behind me at the big grin on an HPD motor officers face on his KZ900 about 10 feet behind me - so I got off the gas and coasted to the shoulder / killed the bike and sat there awaiting my fate.
He got off his and very s l o w l y strolled all the way around my little Honda...........came back around to my left, dropped his shades down and said "DAYUM son I had no idear one o those lil things would GO that FAST!"

I sheepishly grinned a bit and shared that I was runnin a little late for work.......

"A LITTLE LATE? God help us if you was really in a damned HURRY! Now BACK OFF the gas son and don't let me catch you cutting lanes like that EVER again!!"

(I'm thinkin the only reason he didn't write me up was it was just about shift change time for his bunch and he was heading for the barn.............)

[Bakon]

[ (I'm thinkin the only reason he didn't write me up was it was just about shift change time for his bunch and he was heading for the barn.............)
[/quote]

Happens alot of time.

[ULTRADOG]

the only one i got away with was when i just listened then he looked at me and said why arent you wearing a helmet i told this guy it was a nice night dark road and i was looking at all the stars he looked up and good thing it was a star struck night he shook his head and said go away that has every other excuse i ever heard beat then he followed me about ten miles but that was probably because of the patch on my back

[f-x-d-w-g]

Last spring I left Raleigh around 10:30 AM headed home to the Syracuse area.  It got cold around sundown and started raining at Gettysburg.  Long about 11:30 pm, 25 miles from home, soaking wet and cold (about 40 degrees) I was doing about 85 and passing a semi when I saw the deputy sitting in the median.  Oh, "Potty mouth" and I slowed down to about 75 and kept going.

He stopped me a couple of miles later, walked up and said that my tail light was out.  I got off to look and my T-bag ha just drooped down and covered the lense.  He asked where I was going and, when I told him, just said to keep my flashers on and take it easy until I got home.

I didn't even take off the full helmet to show him my white hair but I did speak respectfully...

[northbrun]

last year heading south on I390 about 3 in the afternoon some kid in on a ricer was dogging me ..sooo. i took off just to get away from him just as the limit went from 65 to 55.. well i look in the blury mirror and see a single headlight pull into my lane and start catching up to me...I was headin to the ex's to pick up some mail and in a bad mood to begin with... at about 95 i look in the blury mirror to see that single headlight turn into red and blue flashing lights...Damn.. he's about 1/2 mile behind me, so i just pull over and take off my helmet and shut it down. he comes up and askes me what my hurry is...I told him exactly the story i relate here...he says.. well i guess i wouldnt want to be u right now either... slow down so you can enjoy your ride, and.. nice bike. I think it was the ricer blowing his horn as he passed me that made him let me go.

[marc]

In all honesty I have gotten away with a lot...I show respect, yes sir, no sir, no attitude and so on...It works most of the time for me...

[Panzer]

When I was 17, I had my dads car, a 53 Merc., with overdrive.
Down the main drag out of town, I passed a cop (doing 80mph) sitting in a patrol car off the apron & kinda tucked in.
I saw the red and blue lights come on and I slowed down and pulled over to the shoulder and he pulled in behind me.....gulp.
He slowly came up to my window, crossed his arms and said, "You know son, I've been waiting all day for you".
I just said, "Yes sir,............... I got here as fast as I could".

We he stopped laughing, he let me go with a warning.........wheeeeeeew!

[tireater]

So the cop asked me if I was drinking....I said ..'why...is there a fat girl on the back seat....?'

[Sonny S.]

Ya'll must be lucky or somethin. Me, and even my buddy's always end up getting tickets, and I don't have a clue what we could be doing wrong.
Here's a fine example of an Ohio State Trooper that pulled us over for speeding, notice the ticket book in his left hand...yup, he wrote us up 

[Bakon]

Ohio is a tuff state to speed. Heard they write each other in marked cars.

[truck]

Sonny. Is your buddy doing what it looks like he is doing? 

[f-x-d-w-g]

I was gonna ask the same thing...

[02roadcling]

Got away many times because my brother was a deputy sheriff and jailer, lawman of the year award. The last time I was doing about 60 in a 35 zone and 2 State Patrol cars pulled me over on my bike. One looked at my lic and reg and walked back to the other one, then came back and said have a nice day Mr. Xxxxx and slow down so you don't hit a deer. Whole thing took about 1 minute. As he turned around to walk back to his car I asked, "Did you know my brother"? He answered, "Yes I was at his funeral".
Good younger brother was still helping me out. 

cling

[Sonny S.]

Sonny. Is your buddy doing what it looks like he is doing? 

I was gonna ask the same thing...

LOL ... naw he was posing. He's got this thing about getting his pic taken acting like he's taking a leak.

[camaro1968]

Many years ago when I was a freshman in college, I spent a day with a neighbor of ours who was a Lt in the Ca state patrol as apart of a socialogy class. We were sitting on the side of the road under a shade tree when this guy on a KZ 900 Kaw goes by like a bat out of hell. My neighbor kicked the old cruiser into gear and started chasing. We got to about 110MPH and the guy on the Kaw is pulling away. George gets on the radio to see if their are any other CHP's down the road...and no one was available. He looks over at me..and says hell we aint going to catch him....there is no sense in wasting anymore gas...and he shuts down the old Mopar cruiser.
About 2 miles down the road, here is the guy on the Kaw sitting on the shoulder...George pulls over and turns on the lights....and asks the guy. Why did you pull over? You had me out ran. They guy laughs and says....I ran out of gas....it cracked old George up....he gave him a gallon of gas he kept in his trunk and let the guy go

[Bigs]

When I had my 750 Honda I thought I would try it without the bags and Vetter fairing for a while. Any way I went to the usual donut shop at night, had some coffee and donuts with the guys and got a half dozen donuts to take home. Hopped on the bike and headed to the entrance ramp of 495 in Marlo Heights, MD and figured what the heck I'll see how she takes off. Hit a little over 95 and the road behind me lit up. I pulled over and the State Trooper asked me if I saw the Trooper in front of me. I told him no and I didn't even see him, that made him laugh. I said I just got the bike tuned up and thought I would try it out. He said he had a Harley and I said I sure wish I could afford one of those. Actually back then there was no way I would want one. Anyway he just gave me a warning and let me go. Got stopped on my Yamaha and a few times on the BMW's - only verbal warnings. Oh yes once with the Sportster - just a warning.
   Bigs

[Panzer]

Ya'll must be lucky or somethin. Me, and even my buddy's always end up getting tickets, and I don't have a clue what we could be doing wrong.
Here's a fine example of an Ohio State Trooper that pulled us over for speeding, notice the ticket book in his left hand...yup, he wrote us up 

A cop wearing a mask..........what will they think of next. 
Looks like the Lone Ranger.  Pun intended !!

[Sonny S.]

LOL.... I just thought I would protect the innocent