Getting pulled over in my TJ
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Quick note. You can bring your car to the local po-po station and explain that you just bought it and want it checked. Most are pretty cool about it. When I was .mil and buying cars off the "auction" lot at car dealers (back then I was buying every 240,260,280 Z car I could find) i ALWAYS took it to the MP k-9 section for a check. Nowdays I can just bug the guy in the office next to mine
Great points about not knowing what the previous owner left behind. Only illegal thing I ever found was an empty baggie (tiny one) that looks like it had white powder in it at one point.
Funny story I bought I white ford escort to putz around in in the 90s when I was poor as cat shit. Found it on autotrader (the magazine). Met the man who owned it and he was 78yo . He was the original owner. The car was 3yo.
Nice old guy, heavier set very Italian dude with a Long Island accent (I’m in Florida). As most older folks do he told me his life story. He made it a point to tell me he was widowed like 10 years before. And how he was never getting married again. He was very friendly. Invited me in his house for beers etc. (I declined because I had places to be)
So the following weekend I’m detailing the car and under the spare tire in the trunk I find a paper bag. Inside is a package of condoms and a dildo.
I was like “way to go old dude!” Then it dawned on me how “friendly” he was. Yikes! Needless to say I took the car to a detailing shop to have the seats steam cleaned!!
Funny story I bought I white ford escort to putz around in in the 90s when I was poor as cat shit. Found it on autotrader (the magazine). Met the man who owned it and he was 78yo . He was the original owner. The car was 3yo.
Nice old guy, heavier set very Italian dude with a Long Island accent (I’m in Florida). As most older folks do he told me his life story. He made it a point to tell me he was widowed like 10 years before. And how he was never getting married again. He was very friendly. Invited me in his house for beers etc. (I declined because I had places to be)
So the following weekend I’m detailing the car and under the spare tire in the trunk I find a paper bag. Inside is a package of condoms and a dildo.
I was like “way to go old dude!” Then it dawned on me how “friendly” he was. Yikes! Needless to say I took the car to a detailing shop to have the seats steam cleaned!!
Well, I live in a a small Norcal town, my Uncle and I used to have to work midnight to 3:30am loading our trucks out and then we would drive back to his house for breakfast. We got pulled over 3 times in one week by the same cop ( and we were always followed by OPD or the Sheriffs )
after the 3rd time my pompous ass of a uncle started to follow cops around our town for 30-45 minutes. Just going where they go, stop when they stop. They got super pissed but quite following us around and no more getting pulled over.
OP
Somewhere it gets to be harassment.
I totally respect law enforcement and I don't think I would want to do the job...at the same time when they know someone is on the up-and-up they need to lighten up.
EzPeezy
TJ Enthusiast
I don't believe this! Nobody forgets where they put their quarter pound of pot - I don't care how much they smoked already
Been pulled over MANY times... usually for meandering in my lane, I tell them "the lane is 11 foot wide, jeeps only 5...just trying to make best use of the whole thing 
Lot of times when pulled over, I haven't had my fake leg on, and when they would say "step out" I swing the empty pantleg out and they're like "just stay there"
When I was a lot younger, got rightfully pulled over, pretty toasty... officer has me walk line for him. Well, the bolt holding my foot to the leg was loose and I spun the foot backwards, walked that line straight as an arrow
when I turned and came back to him, he said "just go home, straight home" 
Lot of times when pulled over, I haven't had my fake leg on, and when they would say "step out" I swing the empty pantleg out and they're like "just stay there"
When I was a lot younger, got rightfully pulled over, pretty toasty... officer has me walk line for him. Well, the bolt holding my foot to the leg was loose and I spun the foot backwards, walked that line straight as an arrow
when I turned and came back to him, he said "just go home, straight home" If this means what it sounds like, maybe they already know who you are?
OP
Man that is crazy. Whatever you have been through, I can tell you don’t let it slow you down and you haven’t lost your sense of humor . That is very admirable.Been pulled over MANY times... usually for meandering in my lane, I tell them "the lane is 11 foot wide, jeeps only 5...just trying to make best use of the whole thing
Lot of times when pulled over, I haven't had my fake leg on, and when they would say "step out" I swing the empty pantleg out and they're like "just stay there"
When I was a lot younger, got rightfully pulled over, pretty toasty... officer has me walk line for him. Well, the bolt holding my foot to the leg was loose and I spun the foot backwards, walked that line straight as an arrow
OP
When I was younger and a tad wilder, I rightfully got pulled over by the police with regularity. When ticketed I fought them in court and always won. They have a job to do, and I don't need to help them take my money. Always polite, never copped an attitude and considered the interaction a business relationship. I just played their game and knew in the end, the courts rarely if ever support the police. I am actually grateful and supportive of our police, most are awesome and they have a job with little or no thanks. The industry does attract a predictable percentage of evil twerps, just like the teaching and preaching professions. There have always been cops, teachers and preachers that abuse the presumed power their positions have over the weak. The military gets their share as well. Not disparaging those trades, most of the folks are honorable, but they get their turds and they are hard to weed out, especially when employed by the government.
HAHAHAA, I like the part of the dollar and the store.
I got pulled over one night and I was really really tired and wanted just to go home and sleep..
Anyhow, the officer said: "Do you have any illegal acquisitions? Weapons?"
I replied: "Well, is my face the kind of face that can acquire something?"
He literally laughed and let me go.
Ask him, are you going to take a bribe like the rest of your department and boss does? Then ask, how many of you do I have to pay before you stop this?
I usually take things with humour (similar to what I told him in that situation) as I do not argue with them, to save my energy on useful and better things
♂
Tigger09
TJ Enthusiast
Humor works.
I got caught speeding home from college twice in one day. I got my license suspended, paid the fine(late) but never did the paper work to get my license reinstated. 10 years later I get pulled over again for something small, license plate sticker I think. I had this conversation with the cop.
Cop: How is your day going?
Me: Not so good?
Cop: why is that?
Me: You’re about to find out I have a suspend license.
Cop: Why is it suspended and for how long?
Me: I was late paying a court fine and I’m not sure for how long.
Cop: Wait here, I’ll be right back.
Cop: Your story checks out, do you know how long your license has been suspended for?
Me: **awkward silence**
Cop: 10 Years
Me: It’s been a really busy decade for me.
He looked at me with a look of disbelief, let me go without even a written warning AND let me drive home.
I got caught speeding home from college twice in one day. I got my license suspended, paid the fine(late) but never did the paper work to get my license reinstated. 10 years later I get pulled over again for something small, license plate sticker I think. I had this conversation with the cop.
Cop: How is your day going?
Me: Not so good?
Cop: why is that?
Me: You’re about to find out I have a suspend license.
Cop: Why is it suspended and for how long?
Me: I was late paying a court fine and I’m not sure for how long.
Cop: Wait here, I’ll be right back.
Cop: Your story checks out, do you know how long your license has been suspended for?
Me: **awkward silence**
Cop: 10 Years
Me: It’s been a really busy decade for me.
He looked at me with a look of disbelief, let me go without even a written warning AND let me drive home.
HAHAHA Wow, i just realized that this is me, only 2 years into it though...
Over the past 10 years, speeding tickets from other states that i forgot about have caught up to me.
Suspended license as a result.
Paid off the tickets, but keep forgetting to do the paperwork to get the license reinstated... for the past two years...
And my legit excuse is that past two years have been legitly very busy for me.
Good story sir, thank you, i literally laughing my ass off in the office.
Tigger09
TJ Enthusiast
Once the cop new it was suspended for a clerical reason and not anything like a DUI he was cool about the whole thing.
On the officious prick side, cops don’t need probable cause to put you on the curb, only reasonable suspicion of criminal activity.
that said, I’ve put more folks on the curb for low/flat tires, gas caps unsecured, and in one case a jk that’s swing out tire carrier broke and was swinging away. I should say I haven’t worked patrol in several years ( our unmarked g-rides still have all the equipment ) , but about once a week I still say hi to someone on the side of the road.
the comments about handling things with humor is spot on. Everyone (myself included) breaks traffic code regularly and on a daily basis. A little bit of humor from both sides goes a long way to keeping things civil.
Thankfully my agency doesn’t really care about generating “cost recovery” through citations so most road transactions are verbal or written warnings across the board.
keep a sense of humor and know that they had a legitimate reason to put you on the curb in most cases (like any job there are bad apples). And some after the details are covered will want to talk winches and lockers if you have the time ( or drool over your ford GT after stopping you for speeding, Yes he got a warning, yes he was speeding, no there weren’t others around at the time and place, and yes I understood why he was “flexing the power plant”. Honestly, I would have too)
that said, I’ve put more folks on the curb for low/flat tires, gas caps unsecured, and in one case a jk that’s swing out tire carrier broke and was swinging away. I should say I haven’t worked patrol in several years ( our unmarked g-rides still have all the equipment ) , but about once a week I still say hi to someone on the side of the road.
the comments about handling things with humor is spot on. Everyone (myself included) breaks traffic code regularly and on a daily basis. A little bit of humor from both sides goes a long way to keeping things civil.
Thankfully my agency doesn’t really care about generating “cost recovery” through citations so most road transactions are verbal or written warnings across the board.
keep a sense of humor and know that they had a legitimate reason to put you on the curb in most cases (like any job there are bad apples). And some after the details are covered will want to talk winches and lockers if you have the time ( or drool over your ford GT after stopping you for speeding, Yes he got a warning, yes he was speeding, no there weren’t others around at the time and place, and yes I understood why he was “flexing the power plant”. Honestly, I would have too)