First enconter with the fuzz.

[ItsAllAboutTheE30]

Was pulled over for the first time yesturday since owning my sport. Drove out of a pub after playing a pool match in Yateley and saw the panda opposite the pub. Seeing as I'm 20 and look about 16 and was driving with three other blokes in the car, I was kind of expecting it.

Had my first breathaliser test and it came out green! I'm so glad I'm sensible and never even risk having one-too-many, couldn't handle losing my licence. You get to keep the little pipe thing as a momento as well, prime! Also, for a change, Mr. Plodd wasn't a complete **** and was actually a decent bloke. Just goes to show if you don't get arsey with them, then they tend to be ok (unless you get the authoritarian power-mad type)

Anyone else had any good or bad experiences being pulled?

Dave.

[E30BeemerLad]

As you said, if you are civil to them you will mainly get the same treatment in return.

I got pulled last week for speeding (over 100) but was a lucky boy he didn't get a reading on me and was apparently on his way to another emergency. He was stern, bordering on US style boot camp "marine YES SIR" style, but I sat there and listened and looked remorseful and appreciative of the discretion he was showing and went on my way. Smart remarks get us nowhere.

[Ian_M]

I've been pulled over a few times in my BMWs but never once been given a ticket, I'm always polite and never give them any gip that way they're always polite back to me.

We both go on our merry way, doesn't hurt to be pulled over for 5 minutes if you've done nothing wrong. Giving them abuse makes them suspicious and gives them cause and reason to be more annoying and strict to the law.

[grantfk10]

Had my first breathaliser test and it came out green!

You get to keep the little pipe thing as a momento as well, prime!

Dave.

Quality!

[patrick85]

I got pulled over on valentines night in my 200sx. I didn't even know they were behind me. There was a man and a woman cop and he said they wouldn't have caught me if it wasn't for a big truck on front of me.

I had no tax, no NCT, and no proof of insurance, and speeding. I was really polite, talked loads of shite and said all the right things and got away with a warning. I couldn't believe it. There is no point in arguing, has anyone ever heard a cop say "okay you're right, I'm wrong".

Funny thing was the two of them were doing a bit of good cop bad cop. Could have kissed him when he let me go. Reminds me, I must get tax.

[maxfield]

I'm still waiting to get pulled.

A copper was checking out my car in Maccy D's car park last night...

[Morat]

He's probably a closet zoner

[mr_dink]

Nowadays they can tell straight away if you haven't got MOT tax or insurance so they'll pull you straight away.

I've always got on well with the police, be civil and they should be ok......

Having said this once I was in the back of a panda car being taken in and I tried to strike up a bit of a conversation with them -

me: so why did you become a policeman then?

copper: cos I couldn't get a proper job (him and his mate have a chuckle)

me: so are there any laws that you don't personally agree with then?

copper: I disagree with the one that says you have to use minimum force to restrain someone, i think if someone hits me I should be able to hit them back twice as hard

at this point i stopped the conversation as we clearly weren't going to get on.

So although most of them will be polite to you if you're polite to them, some still conform to the meathead stereotype.

[Rosc0PColtrane]

I'm still waiting to get pulled.

A copper was checking out my car in Maccy D's car park last night...

Council to the max!!!!

[maxfield]

Too right

Maccy D's car park and Mansfield circuit FTW!

[Rosc0PColtrane]

All you need now is some happy hardcore and a tracksuit.....

(I was hoping the title of the OP meant something different!)

[maxfield]

That's me down to the ground

[fuzzy]

ive been caught 'bang to rights guv' as they say on tv by the traffic police more than once but because i have passed their 'attitude test' at the roadside theyve let me off with a bollocking.even when i was doing 3 figure speeds racing in an industrial estate 40 limit late at night.
if im caught in the act so to speak theres no point arguing or denying it as that just gets their backs up.
ive found the best option is to admit the general offence whilst appologising for my stupidity without actually admitting to any specific speed saying i didnt notice the speed as i was concentrating on the road
giving them attitude will only end with one loser.

[Chris]

I got my first pull the other day (only been driving 2 years) towing a trailer with a dodgy number plate.

When i slowed down he flashed the old blues pulled me up and told me off for having the plate flapping around. He already new all my details etc, asked for some ID i showed him my license and he said well done for actually having a plate on the trailer but get it sorted out.

Woo Hoo no points, no fine nothing. Scary thing was he had a taser and what looked like a gun. He couldn't have been 25 lol

Chris

[hubble]

A few years ago I was pulled over for exceeding the speed limit....are you ready for this Oakey..... you'll be proud. I over took a off duty policeman on the M606 doing 120. This chap was easy doing about a ton and I thought I'd have a little (pardon the pun) 'sport' with this guy. Needless to say he wasn't best pleased...flashing lights - the lot.

I absolutely shit my nicely ironed boxers and if anybody has seen that VW advert with the shaking dog, that was me
Lashings of apologies later....I got a stern ticking off and the usual "If I ever catch you doing that again scenario" and sent on my way

I've now gone from one extreme to the other....as my avatar says...

[tomtomtom]

i get followed a lot more since having my car but only pulled over once, for doing 40 in a 30, i knew they were behind me but genuinely thought it was a 40, he started by saying i'm giving you 3 points so you're now disqualified (i had 9), then after a stern b0ll0cking and apologies from me he let me go. they never used to bat an eye lid at my black, standard merc 190 as its a bit of an old mans car but i guess in brum an E30 is a bit of a 'geezer's' car

[ItsAllAboutTheE30]

Haha quality. Some good stories there. Like everyone said, I see no point in being aggressive towards the police when you're in those sort of situations. Well put by patrick as well

'There is no point in arguing, has anyone ever heard a cop say "okay you're right, I'm wrong".'

However, when you get pulled in a sh**ty 306 on your way to pick up your girlfriend and go to college, accused of going through a red (when it was 100% amber), and theres a businessman in his SLK behind you that obviously ran red, then I tend to be a bit more, lets say 'assertive.' Luckily I argued my way out of that one, there was no way I was getting 3 points for that.

Or when they sit and watch a mate get ten bails of shit kicked out of him by 6 pikey's, that generally leads to a bit of confrontation.

[Cotty]

Nowadays they can tell straight away if you haven't got MOT tax or insurance so they'll pull you straight away.

I've always got on well with the police, be civil and they should be ok......

Having said this once I was in the back of a panda car being taken in and I tried to strike up a bit of a conversation with them -

me: so why did you become a policeman then?

copper: cos I couldn't get a proper job (him and his mate have a chuckle)

me: so are there any laws that you don't personally agree with then?

copper: I disagree with the one that says you have to use minimum force to restrain someone, i think if someone hits me I should be able to hit them back twice as hard

at this point i stopped the conversation as we clearly weren't going to get on.

So although most of them will be polite to you if you're polite to them, some still conform to the meathead stereotype.

Sorry but im with the copper on this point. I can not think of a single reason to hit a copper and anyone doing so deserves all they get.

Same as if you find a burgler in your house, minimum force ????? sod that, they are going out the nearest window and sod the 2 story drop.

[mr_dink]

Nowadays they can tell straight away if you haven't got MOT tax or insurance so they'll pull you straight away.

I've always got on well with the police, be civil and they should be ok......

Having said this once I was in the back of a panda car being taken in and I tried to strike up a bit of a conversation with them -

me: so why did you become a policeman then?

copper: cos I couldn't get a proper job (him and his mate have a chuckle)

me: so are there any laws that you don't personally agree with then?

copper: I disagree with the one that says you have to use minimum force to restrain someone, i think if someone hits me I should be able to hit them back twice as hard

at this point i stopped the conversation as we clearly weren't going to get on.

So although most of them will be polite to you if you're polite to them, some still conform to the meathead stereotype.

Sorry but im with the copper on this point. I can not think of a single reason to hit a copper and anyone doing so deserves all they get.

Same as if you find a burgler in your house, minimum force ????? sod that, they are going out the nearest window and sod the 2 story drop.

The thing is, minimum force for UK police normally involves knocking the target to the floor followed by 2/3/4 police sitting on top of them while they get them cuffed.

What I don't want to see is our police going the way of America, i.e. batons flailing at the slightest provocation.

The example of a civilian finding an intruder in their house is quite different from someone paid to protect the public.

[hongkongfuey]

i got stopped a while back on the way home from kung fu , i got out of my car ( in my uniform ) and saw his face change a little, we were both very polite , i continued my journey

[Grrrmachine]

My old man's a sargeant, the step-mother is a SOCO, her daughter is an Inspector and her husband is another sargeant. Whenever I'm back in Blighty I can't escape the shoptalk, but it's still nice to know where they've recently installed an ANPR or what the get-out phrase for certain a misdemeanor is.

I've not met a single policeman who hasn't been a decent bloke once he's out of his uniform, and the only reason any of them ever give you stick is because you bloody deserve it. When the old man joined the force, he had a short truncheon and a whistle. These days he has a stab-proof vest, CS spray, extendable steel baton, solid-state cuffs and he's had full riot, terrorist and taser training, to protect HIM from the PUBLIC.

Not that Im whiter than white or anything, mind you...

[jaistanley]

I've always been really lucky. The only time I've been pulled is when I deserved it and I've been very polite. Apart from on time when a police car eyeballed me as I drove past sedately and spun around to pull me. I took offence to this as I wasn't doing anything wrong so I nailed it. There aren't many cars that could keep up with my old golf in the area I was in. He was P!SSED when he caught me nonchalantly emptying my shopping out of the car five minutes later... One bollocking later and a load of backchat I walked away with a smug grin and pants full of the brown smelly stuff...

One time some stupid cow in a passat pulled out right in front of me on a roundabout. Again I took offence and overtook the dim-wit. She then tried to keep up, which naturally I took even more offence to and more or less nailed it. Turns out she was CID and not very happy about the fact her new company car couldn't keep up with a cocky little git in a dented up 80's heap. She shouted at me for about ten minutes (quite rightly to be fair) untill I'd apologised so much I was about to flip. Luckily the telling off stopped just prior to me getting locked up for some sort of verbal violence offence!

It's true though, if you speak well, apologise profusely and admit that it's the dregs of society such as yourself that kills millions of innocent babies in prams and old ladies with zimmer frames every year, and that you'll never ever do it ever again; you often get away with a telling off.

[AlexBaur325]

I havn't had a run in with the rozzers in my BM yet, i got pulled once when i had a mk 2 Ford Fiasco the exhaust was blowing and it was a quiet evening i guess. The coppers were a right pair of jobsworths, one tapped on the window and asked for my papers while the other poked around the car looking for other things to do me for, appparently my tyres were "nearly" worn out.....yeah, but they weren't.. TW$T. And he wasnt saying it in a helpful way, pugnacious little pri*k.

God they rile me sometimes.

(P.S bet i get pulled tonight now)

[dimebag_from_hell]

I was caught doing 90+ in a 40 zone in the middle of the night, the policeman loved the sport and let me of with a warning even though he knew it had no tax, quality!

[Jesus325iTouring]

ive been caught 'bang to rights guv' as they say on tv by the traffic police more than once but because i have passed their 'attitude test' at the roadside theyve let me off with a bollocking.even when i was doing 3 figure speeds racing in an industrial estate 40 limit late at night.
if im caught in the act so to speak theres no point arguing or denying it as that just gets their backs up.
ive found the best option is to admit the general offence whilst appologising for my stupidity without actually admitting to any specific speed saying i didnt notice the speed as i was concentrating on the road
giving them attitude will only end with one loser.

What about them 4 year bans Fuzzy,whats the story there

[bigbird76]

I got stopped a few years ago in my E36 M3 Evo for doing 70 in a 70 zone and the police officer thought we were in a 60 zone, I recon he looked a right TiT when i poined out the dual carriageway and a central reservation and the black and white national speed limit sign about half a mile behind me.

Leigh

[ItsAllAboutTheE30]

Nice Leigh! Oh what most of us would give to prove the old bill wrong in such a way. Bet you had a nice smug face on at that point

[mattyb]

got caught doing 105 on the a1 around the barnsley area and got a two week ban and a 100 pound fine, got off very lightly but that was nearly six years ago now so i have grown up a bit since. still like to get my boot down every now and again mind. just do it in more sensible places at more sensible times. the police were quite good and i was speeding so guess i deserved it. but would hate to loose my licence again it was hell.

[fuzzy]

ive been caught 'bang to rights guv' as they say on tv by the traffic police more than once but because i have passed their 'attitude test' at the roadside theyve let me off with a bollocking.even when i was doing 3 figure speeds racing in an industrial estate 40 limit late at night.
if im caught in the act so to speak theres no point arguing or denying it as that just gets their backs up.
ive found the best option is to admit the general offence whilst appologising for my stupidity without actually admitting to any specific speed saying i didnt notice the speed as i was concentrating on the road
giving them attitude will only end with one loser.

What about them 4 year bans Fuzzy,whats the story there

them 4 year bans are a different ball game entirely. you need to be extremely silly in your youth to have had 2x 1 year bans, 2x 2 year bans, 2x 3 year bans and 2x 4 year bans and none to have been drink or drugs related of which im not proud as im now older and wiser and have been offence/points free for years now

[BMJG]

When i was driving through town couple of years back copper drove past then spinned round in the road up my arse lights on. pulled me for rear break light out, other than was not breaking till he put on the blues and twos. He just wanted to check the car out (lancia delta evo) tosser

[fuzzy]

When i was driving through town couple of years back copper drove past then spinned round in the road up my arse lights on. pulled me for rear break light out, other than was not breaking till he put on the blues and twos. He just wanted to check the car out (lancia delta evo) tosser

ive also been pulled on the flimsiest of excuses just so the older copper could check out my car. one said he used to have the same model old celica as mine but he'd heard mine hissing from the dump valve and was curious to see what was under the bonnet as the old celicas werent turbo'd. after i amazed him with my cosworth conversion he let me go on my way encouraging me to blast it briefly so he could see how it went.
i offered to race him in his traffic car in the deserted industrial estate where there was no witnesses as long as he wasnt setting me up but he declined. i recon if the younger less impressed traffic officer hadnt been there he would have taken me up on my offer.
theyre not all coonts when treated with the respect the majority deserve.i believe that if youve been caught red handed then take the rap you deserve,we all know the rules and the possible consequences. if you cant take your punishment like a man dont do the crime in the first place

[fuzzy]

I got stopped a few years ago in my E36 M3 Evo for doing 70 in a 70 zone and the police officer thought we were in a 60 zone, I recon he looked a right TiT when i poined out the dual carriageway and a central reservation and the black and white national speed limit sign about half a mile behind me.

Leigh

i always though dual carriageways were upto 60 or as signposted as only motorways are 70? isnt the nation speed limit black on white circle a 60 as for 'A' roads and country roads ?

[b4gga83]

theyre not all coonts when treated with the respect the majority deserve.i believe that if youve been caught red handed then take the rap you deserve,we all know the rules and the possible consequences. if you cant take your punishment like a man dont do the crime in the first place

that is very true, treat them with some respect and they don't tend to fcuk you, obviously at times it can't be done no matter how hard you try.

What i have always found is to be honest with them and they will appreciate and let you off with a telling off. Being of asian origin living in birmingham i'm get pulled over quite often, but acknowledge that they are doing their jobs and get on with it. Majority have (the police) also inclined that the reason why they have pulled me over is to make up the statistics.

I.e today we pull over five black people, two white, three asians. They are simply pen pushing to make for government statistics, hence the reason why we have to fill in our ethic background on any forms that they produce.

[Rosc0PColtrane]

I got stopped a few years ago in my E36 M3 Evo for doing 70 in a 70 zone and the police officer thought we were in a 60 zone, I recon he looked a right TiT when i poined out the dual carriageway and a central reservation and the black and white national speed limit sign about half a mile behind me.

Leigh

i always though dual carriageways were upto 60 or as signposted as only motorways are 70? isnt the nation speed limit black on white circle a 60 as for 'A' roads and country roads ?

National speed limit on a dual carriage way is 70mph.

60 on a single lane carriageway.

[gooner1]

I got stopped a few years ago in my E36 M3 Evo for doing 70 in a 70 zone and the police officer thought we were in a 60 zone, I recon he looked a right TiT when i poined out the dual carriageway and a central reservation and the black and white national speed limit sign about half a mile behind me.

Leigh

i always though dual carriageways were upto 60 or as signposted as only motorways are 70? isnt the nation speed limit black on white circle a 60 as for 'A' roads and country roads ?

National speed limit on a dual carriage way is 70mph.

60 on a single lane carriageway.

Word of caution, the above is entirely dependent on what vehicle you are driving, although it is correct for cars.