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PackardV8 wrote:
Kevin writes: "I'll just try talking myself out of the ticket if I ever get stopped on the roadway."
Can u give us some education on how to do that???
I need a good excuse for tossing empties out the window.
Also need good excuse for running 10-15 mph over the Interstate speed limit.
Sure,
Stay in the car, get out your wallet, roll down the window, have the wallet open to your driver's license (should have it in the clear plastic sleeve so you don't have to pull it out). When the officer approaches the window, be polite, say hello, have your wallet with license in view. Especially at night, they'll want to know two things, where you're coming from (don't say the bar), and where you're going (don't say the bar, or a party). You should have thought of your best answers to these two simple questions before they got to the window to ask. It's especially good if you can tell them two addresses, but you can just say something like "I'm coming from my house and driving to a friend's house."
They should tell you then what you were doing wrong, in their opinion. If you were wrong, just say, "sorry, I made a mistake." And offer to be more careful, watch your speed, check your equipment, get something fixed, (like your mirror) etc. If you treat them decent there's a much better chance that they'll let you go with a warnting or a "fix ticket" that's just a promise by you to get the problem rectified.
If they tell you that you were doing something wrong that you weren't doing, especially speeding, just say "I wasn't going that fast, I checked my speed." If they don't have you on radar, they are just guessing or were looking for "probable cause" in case you were drinking. No need to be belligerent, they know if they don't have any evidence and will let you go.
Be pleasant, but not overly apologetic.
This actually works, in my experience.
I have been pulled over, conservatively, at least 15 times all over the state of Minnesota, in the country and the city, and in many other states, over my 37 years of driving, and have received ONE ticket for a moving violation.
Have a nice traffic stop![
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