NonTypicalDeerHunter Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 After reading the post from hutchies i was just curious in all the years we've been driving whats the funniest ticket you've ever gotten from a cop...remember to keep em clean I'll start....last winter i got a ticket for "spinning donuts" in a parking lot, it was funny until i realized the cop was serious, then i remembered i was in wisconsin and i had to pay that or they were gonna tow the truck and i don't what what they'd do with me???? needless to say 104 dollars later i was on my way back to go snowboarding... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Re: Whats the worst??? I have received a total of 2 tickets in my life and neither one of them were funny!! LOL!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Re: Whats the worst??? Flash back to about 1982. Speed limit was still 55 mph. I was driving home from out of town when I met a car and he flashed his lights at me. I looked down and was doing about 60. I slowed down to EXACTLY 55 and set the cruise. A couple of miles down the road I meet a highway patrol and, yep you guessed it, he stops me for speeding. Claims I was doing 72??? And there wasn't another car anywhere in sight. Either the equipment he was using was faulty, or he just felt like writing somebody a ticket. Definitely the worst ticket I ever got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnf Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Re: Whats the worst??? Failure to yeild at a railroad crossing. You figure it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Re: Whats the worst??? been driving for over 25 years and (knock on wood) no tickets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtBowhunter Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Re: Whats the worst??? Demonstration Of Accelleration......we were doing smoke shows by the park back in high school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DU_man_84 Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Re: Whats the worst??? [ QUOTE ] Demonstration Of Accelleration......we were doing smoke shows by the park back in high school. [/ QUOTE ] Been there VT, but at a stop light and the cop come round the corner a block up and seen me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palssonater Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Re: Whats the worst??? Happened a couple weeks ago actually! First time I was every placed in handcuffs! Driving home from some crow and target shooting, we had our guns unloaded and in the cab on the truck with us. The ever changing gun regulations in Canada state that this is legal, regardless of where the ammunition is. We were in the boonies, small town, country road and speeding. The cops pulled us over and were about to tell us that we were speeding when one of them spotted the shotgun before we could state that we had firearms in the vehicle. He informed the other officer and we went through the whole "hands outside the window, out of the vehicle, hands on the box", and then cuffed. This was my buddy's first time ever stopped by the police! Anyway, they proceeded to explain themselves using the term " its a gray area." And charged us with Unsafe transport of firearms. Even though we were legal and I had a 600mile trip home the next day, they seized all firearms and ammo. So after being on display on the side of the road for 50mins, they let us go after signing some papers. But I still had a firearms charge to deal with. International travel is seriously impeded if you have a weapons charge on your name! I took an extra day down south, researched the law and contacted the senior officer the next day. All charges were dropped, guns and ammo returned and something that might have been an apology. Turns out we scared the heck out of the two young cops. One only had 3 years experience, and the other was a cadet with 3 months out of the academy. Kinda made me angry, but glad it all worked out in the end and now I can laugh about it years down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Re: Whats the worst??? You just missed a prime opportunity to use the ol' "Ignorance of the law is no excuse" right back on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfletch7441 Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Re: Whats the worst??? I've never had a funny ticket, but my boss' daughter did. She had just turned 16 and was clocked at 115 mph in a 45 mph zone. Dangerous, but funny from my standpoint. Needless to say, she didn't get to drive for another year. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Re: Whats the worst??? OK...here is someting along these lines. 2 weeks ago my son and I went scouting for spring turkey and after that we stopped at Gander Mtn on the way home. I was walking around with a $99 dig trail cam that I didn't know if I was gonna buy. Then all of a sudden I look at my watch and we have been there about 2 1/2 hours! YIKES!!! I get my son, pay for the trail cam and start motoring home. I told my wife I'd be home an hour and 1/2 ago for dinner! Just a quick stop at Gander huh? BRRRRRR.....81mph....Brrrrrr... Whats that flashing in the mirror?, DANG he's on me. I pull over, shut the car off, put on the interior light, open the window and place my hands outside the car. (I have been coached by MANY law enforcement friends who say this is the way to ease the officers view of a potential threat, and sometime opens up avenues of....lets say conversation.) "he takes my papers and asks if I know why I am being stopped. I said, no officer why? I clocked you doing 81mph. Where are you going in such a hurry? Ya see officer, this is my son next to me and we were out scouting sping turkey today, then we went to Gander Mtn and spent WAY too much time there and all I bought was this $99 trail cam( I showed it to him) ,When I get home my wife is gonna kill me cause we are way late for dinner. He asked if my license was clean, I said yes. He left for his cruiser. He came back to the car a few minutes later, said slow down....this is a warning... and good luck with the birds. JEEZ! Did I get lucky or what? Think he was a hunter? DUH! BTW... I did have the TEAM REALTREE sticker on the bumper, that had to be the clincher in him letting me go I mean he had to be staring at it while he waited for the computer to check my license. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Re: Whats the worst??? I've only recieved 2 tickets in my life too, and both in the same year. I deserved them both, but the last one got my head shaking. Here I am coming up to an "S"-bend in the island highway, when I see in my rear view mirror this hot-rodder passing all these cars, one after the other. Man, he was flyin. Well since I was getting close to the S-bend, I thought I'd speed up, just to beat him to the bend so he wouldn't try passing me and get us both killed. I was successful, but just as I entered the S-bend, a cop was coming from the other direction. As he passed, I glanced in my mirror and seen his light come on, so I got around the bend and pulled over. Funny thing was, the hotrodder thought it was him that got pegged and pulled off the road in front of me. To my surprise, the cop pulled up behind me, and the hotrodder just casually pulled away, like nothing happened..LOL I didn't even bother trying to explain what happened. I just said, well, ya got me and smiled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Re: Whats the worst??? in 1980, i was driving my wife's (other)car, a 1972 jag v-12. i got a ticket in minnesota for 56 in a 55 zone. i was pretty upset at this "kid" cop (he looked 14 years old), and told him he's no more capable of using his radar gun within 1 mile per hour as i am of driving that car within 1 mile per hour. he threatened to cuff me and take me in, and i said fine. i want all your brothers to know what a hardened criminal you brought in. he made me pay him a fine (can't remember how much) right there and then. so, i got out the cash, and demanded a receipt for every bill, including serial numbers. once done, we were on our way. at that time, i was a member of the owaa(outdoor writers of america). i worte to the state governor, state police, and others, informing them that i was writing an article on their behalf (minnesota, of course), advising what had happened to me, and all the circumstances. i got the "go ahead and do it" response from them, and i did. then, i got the letters from the minnesota attorney general theratening me, and i sent the "go ahead and do it" letters back from them. now 26 years later, i sure hope i never get pulled over in minnesota.... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ollie Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Re: Whats the worst??? I was a volunteer Firefighter and Ambulance EMT for 10 years, and when I was taking the classes for the EMT course I got pulled over one night. I had to pass through a college area of the town, and they had campus police in addition to the towns regular force. I , and 2 other firefighters taking the course who rode with me, stopped at a 3 way stop. I stopped, down shifted, looked over at the police cruiser to my right, and proceeded through the intersection. The Officer pulled right out after me and hit his lights and siren, so I pulled over. He comes up to the window and asks the famous question, " Do you know why I pulled you over ? " No sir, I said, I haven't a clue. Says him, you did a rolling stop back there, and I'm going to cite you for running the stop sign. I argued with him, I said I had 2 witnesses that would testify for me, no go, he wrote me up. Man I was hot, when we got back to the firehouse I was complaining up a storm when one of our older volunteers comes in. Just by chance , he happened to be on our local police force, and said let me see the ticket. He looked at it and said: He has the direction of travel wrong, he forgot his badge number, he has the color of your truck wrong, and he copied your plate number wrong. Needless to say, I fought it, and it was thrown out when the Officer didn't show up for court. A win for the little guy !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kat Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Re: Whats the worst??? I haven't gotten a ticket before, but I got a funny warning the other day. It was after ten PM and I was driving back to college for the week. I was just outside of this little town called Arpelar when I got the urge to go to the bathroom. I don't mean go tinkle either. Anyways I planned to stop in Arpelar but was horrified to see that all the stores were locked up tight. So I drove on through and the pain was getting bad. Mom cooked me tacos before I left. So I continue on and there is nothing in the car so I can't exactly pull over on the road side to do my deed. By this time I HAVE TO GO. ITS AN EMERGENCY, so I put on my flashers and stepped on the pedal. I was going 85 trying to get to McAlester as fast as I could when wouldn't ya know it....I passed a trooper. He whipped around and I just kept going til he turned his lights on. I pulled over and waited an eternity til he came to the window. "What seems to be the hurry?" "I gotta go man, REAL BAD!" "Well, it's gonna be awhile." So he takes my license back to his car and makes me wait a few minutes. I am thinking of running for the woods cause it was horrible. Eventually he comes back and tells me to sign this warning. I had better have a better excuse next time or I was getting a ticket. Then the funny part happened. He said here take this, as he handed me some toilet paper. This is just in case ya don't make it to MCAlester. Have a good day son. He left and I started crackin up, but was soon back on the road towards McAlester. I made it, but just barely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Re: Whats the worst??? I have 3 tickets but no good stories. However I am enjoying yours. This is one of the best threads I've read in a long time. Keep up the funny stories Ranger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughboy1956 Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Re: Whats the worst??? A long time ago, i was pulled over on a Native reserve and told by the officer, i was doing 70 in a 50 mile per hour zone. I new the area well and told him if that was the case how come i seen you parked 1/4 mile back with your radar gun. He asked me what did that have to do with me speeding. I told him its 70 back where you were parked and we are stopped right were the 50 miles per hour start. The sign was by the passenger door, so i got out and took a picture of the sign saying now entering a 50 miles per hour zone. He did not like that so he went from head to stern and said i had studded tires on, they were to be off at midnight last night. Wrote me up a ticket. I put a hex on him. He was gone from the force about two months later. Not that he will be missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Re: Whats the worst??? Well, I guess it wasn't really funny then, but it's funny and weird now. I was driving home from my "A" school in the service out in California. On my first night of driving I was right near Elko Nevada, and I was speeding because I was extremely tired and I just wanted to get to a hotel to sleep. If you've ever been in the Basin and Range territory you go over these mountain ranges into a flat area, up and down, up and down. Anyway, I came out of a range going 64 mph (national limit back then was 55) speeding down the mountain and looking at Elko and hotels in the distance. Anyway, I got pulled over, I was still in my dress blues from graduation, and it was December 21st, I just wanted to get home for Christmas. Trooper walks up and says "you going home on leave son?" "yes sir." I handed him my license and military ID. He says "I'll be right back." He comes back a little bit and says "well, I don't want to give you a speeding ticket because you're in the military on leave, yadda yadda yaddda, but here in Nevada we have a 'waste of a resource' ticket." And he continues "speed limit is 55, you were clocked at 64 so you were wasting a resource. It's a $45 ticket you can mail it when you get home." I got home and asked my dad if I should pay it seeing as I'll probably never be back in Nevada. Dad said "pay the ticket son." So I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Re: Whats the worst??? Looking back got several, mostly when I was younger. Dont really think any of them were really very funny, but guess the most stupid ticket was for impeding traffic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyman Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Re: Whats the worst??? I have gotten 3 tickets in my life, all deserved. 2 speeding tickets (45 in a 35 and 49 in a 30) and the funny one was "improper lane usage". Seems i fell asleep and crossed the center line 3 times, the first time because i was asleep and the other 2 because i was "over correcting". The 3rd time i crossed the centerline, my truck rolled and ended up on the drivers side in the ditch. Never got a scratch! (me that is, the truck is another story!). I guess you could call that "improper lane usage"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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