Anybody get more tickets because they drive these trucks??

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by ubtripn

My last interaction with a judge didn't go so well. It was for Jury duty, I recommended the idea utilizing those unfortunate enough to be unemployed to serve on jury duty and he dressed me down. When the screening came up I said to one of the questions, "Well they wouldn't be here if they weren't guilty right?" He DID NOT find it funny and threatened me with contempt but he did excuse me.

I can do the traffic school to pull 2 points but I don't know for how much. Surly less than the insurance bump I bet.

You're lucky you can't be a juror on your own trial.

[ubtripn]

Lol - yeah. I didn't mean it, I just knew it would dis-qualify me which sounds bad but I served 3 years in a row when others "who didn't vote and get on the list" did not serve once.

['68OrangeSunshine]

It turned out it was $16 cheaper for me. My insurance guy is in Green Valley. He knew that trap. He said forget about it-- it doesn't matter.

[ubtripn]

I need that kind of luck =)

[dohyde34]

and ya you can do the traffic school...20 years old with 4 tickets.....butttt you can only do it once in three years. so i wouldnt unless you had too yet.

[chevy72pu]

I'm 60 years old. Been driving for 45 years. Stopped for speeding once when I was 16, in my dad's blue '65 Bel Air. I was trying to beat a red light. Had a red '84 Dodge pu, a red '90 Silverado, currently drive a red '03 Z71, a red '72 C10, a red '68 C30 and occasionally drive the wife's red '10 Traverse. Never once been stopped for speeding, reckless driving, or anything else in any of those. I don't put much stock in the Orange and Red attracts cops theory. All of my trucks have always had glass packs, Flowmasters, or Borla exhaust so they are not quiet.

[pritch]

I've found that the only place you can beat a ticket is at your driver's side window.

Paint your truck smurf-turf blue

We drove through Boise a couple of years ago on our wall up to McCall. Driving through Boise was when we decided to break down and get a GPS unit.

[1972_K5]

In Idaho fine amounts are fixed and include court costs. You can't be fined more for fighting the ticket. You can't be issued a higher fine by the judge. If you want you can take time off from work to plead not guilty and explain to the judge that you know that you are guilty, but you will most likely have to pay the fine. You can hope that the officer is unable to make it to court for whatever reason and they will dismiss the citation. Just before your trial the prosecutor should check with you to see if you still want to go forward, and they can tell you if the officer has shown up or not. My thinking is if I felt I was innocent or had some extentuating circumstances, I would plead not guilty and see what the judge thought. If I screwed up and did something I shouldn't have, I'd just pay the fine and move on rather than wasting everyone's time.

[dohyde34]

Take it easy on the smurf-turf stuff
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[prostreetC-10]

Got a feeling my 496 is going to get me in a bit of trouble......

[Ackattack]

back when I was in college I pulled up next to a state trooper at a light in my 72 and drag raced him, but it was my dad

I've never gotten pulled over in an old truck, and never gotten a ticket, just pulled over for this or that, but never speeding. Surprised considering how stupid loud my corvette was.

[GMCJOE]

Originally Posted by Ackattack

back when I was in college I pulled up next to a state trooper at a light in my 72 and drag raced him, but it was my dad

That's awesome...lol I once got escorted home from the town bar by the town cop. Unsure why he didn't just take me home, told me to follow him to my house. I had a few too many and if I was in the right state of mind wouldn't have driven myself.

Now, with my 69. I think I am bound to get a ticket with it after I get everything situated with it. Being around a military installation isn't a great place to be driving a truck that is loud and stands out in the rest of traffic. On top of it, the local cop's are honestly out to pull us over because they know we have to pay our tickets and have a pay check to do it with. I have been pulled over numerous times just to blow into their breathalyzer machine to see if I had been drinking. They call it random checks...lol I wasn't convinced IMO.

[RustyBucket]

I caught this ol' geezer speedin' across my yard in a pretty nice '66 Fairlane awhile back. Stopped him just because it was BRIGHT RED 'n LOUD .... let him go though, 'cause it was my Cousin
'66 Belvedere cop car belongs to our retirees org. .. Miami Police Vets Assoc. It's a pretty accurate clone of a 1966 City of Miami Police patrol car. We take it to our retirees events and some local shows and parades. It's fun at shows, 'cause it's not polite to touch peoples show cars... we welcome people to sit in it, take pictures of their kids in it... people DO get a little tired of the siren....

[ubtripn]

I like the pic. That's good advice from everybody. Thanks from the smurf turf!

[prostreetC-10]

I once tried to launch a boat on that field!!

[67ChevyRedneck]

Not once in the 16 years i've been driving it. Not even pulled over. I've only ever gotten a ticket once and that was 10 years ago for rolling through a stop sign.
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[ubtripn]

So, in conclusion, the answer to my post appears to be no, thanks everbody!

[LilD]

Originally Posted by ubtripn

So, in conclusion, the answer to my post appears to be no, thanks everbody!

And it only took 3 pages of stories

[67ChevyRedneck]

Originally Posted by ubtripn

So, in conclusion, the answer to my post appears to be no, thanks everbody!

These trucks are very recogniazable. Most cops have good memories. He may have let you slide a time or two before and decided not to this time? Just a thought.
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[BHyatt]

I was pulled over in my truck a couple of years ago because "It looked like you were speeding". I was following two other cars that did not apparently look like they were also speeding. I noticed the Police Captain was standing in a strange place other than that which they are trained to do for their protection and realised he was actually pulling me over for a seatbelt violation. He was a bit of an ass about it. I always tell people that loud pipes save lives (not just on motorcycles).

[ubtripn]

I don't think so, its the end of the month and I have pretty good eyes. I even saw him when I got the ticket but didn't think I was speeding. In Boise if you drive at what feels the normal speed in almost every other city, you are speeding. We have limits that are just too low or at least lower than other cities. (School zones excluded of course.) We just don't have a lot of crime her and I see maybe 1 Police Officer every two miles or so. Sometimes more. I moved to Vancouver Wa for 7 years and not 1 ticket. Drove exactly the same.

Ps - Emmett is worse indeed.

[Square_78]

I never get tickets in my old trucks. Both my trucks are loud and my 1970 GMC is very loud. I dont really drive fast but I do like to stomp on the gas pedal in my '70. I have 4 vehicles and the ONLY one that gets me tickets is my new chrysler 300c. I got pulled over once in my 1970 but it was for seatbelts and the officer quickly realized I only have lap belts and then he just started asking me questions about my truck becasue he really liked it. When i drive around in my new 300c, cops are always looking at me when I go past them. When I drive around in my black 78 c10 with it laying on the ground and no mufflers, the police dont even give it a second look. Strange but true. I guess cops like old hotrods and dont like fancy new cars. Maybe when i am driving my old trucks, they think I am too poor to afford a better car and leave me alone haha.

[pritch]

There used to be a Highway Patrol Trooper in my area, and I guess I must have pissed him off somehow. I have no idea what his problem with me was, but every time he saw me I got a ticket, no matter what. The last time he pulled me over he said "Where's your front license plate?"

I told him it was right there, on the front bumper.

He walked around to the front of the truck and I could see the steam start blowing out his ears. He stomped back over to my window and says
"Where the f#%&* is your front bumper?!"

I looked him in the eye and told him it fell off years ago, but that I was sure that the plate was on it when it did.

Yeah, I got a ticket for that, too.

I don't know what ever happened to that guy. He got called up during the first gulf war and never came back. I'm sure his guys fragged him.

All I know is that I haven't got a ticket since, and that's been like 22 years or so.

[dohyde34]

Originally Posted by pritch

There used to be a Highway Patrol Trooper in my area, and I guess I must have pissed him off somehow. I have no idea what his problem with me was, but every time he saw me I got a ticket, no matter what. The last time he pulled me over he said "Where's your front license plate?"

I told him it was right there, on the front bumper.

He walked around to the front of the truck and I could see the steam start blowing out his ears. He stomped back over to my window and says
"Where the f#%&* is your front bumper?!"

I looked him in the eye and told him it fell off years ago, but that I was sure that the plate was on it when it did.

Yeah, I got a ticket for that, too.

I don't know what ever happened to that guy. He got called up during the first gulf war and never came back. I'm sure his guys fragged him.

All I know is that I haven't got a ticket since, and that's been like 22 years or so.

thats god awful terrible.lol but also pretty funny. ya, i pissed a cop off here in my town somehow and every time he sees me he either follows me or pulls me over. he has given me the Breathalyzer 15 times. passed everytime.lol

[GMCJOE]

That's the problem I had with my chief of police. Like harassing me. I got to where I would just pull over to the side of the street or something when he got behind me and make him pass me by. Didn't matter if I was driving or walking. There was numerous times I would be walking around with a Mountain Dew can in my hand, he would pull up and ask me if I was drinking a beer. I always had a smart comment to make back myself.

I was usually getting stopped around town at least every other day for him to check my insurance. Driving my buddy's 69 Chevy, I got a ticket for rolling a stop sign that I had clearly stopped at. Said because the truck rolled back wards slightly, I rolled the stop sign...lol It was a standard. Funny thing is, this was right by the school and the rich kids of the town had been rolling it before me. He liked to pick on me.... I gave him plenty of reason to back then. Only that once did he get me for anything. I beat him on underage drinking charge cause I didn't get breathalyzed or anything, used to cruise around town with no license, and several dumb things teenagers liked to do back in a small country town.