Welcome to Texas A.J.
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It's somewhat ironic how yesterday I thought I'd done well having been in Texas since November 6, 2013 and hadn't once been pulled over. Well, this morning that all changed. Driving to work down Trinity Mills, as I always do, about 10:40AM. It's a 45 zone (mph) and this Carrollton officer clocked me at 56. I ended up pulling off into the shopping center on the NE corner of Josey and Trinity Mills where he told me he'd been behind me since Marsh. I usually extremely observant about that kind of stuff but somehow everything seemed fine one minute and the next I see red and blues flashing behind me.
The experience wasn't bad though. The cop declared who he was and was with and was very friendly. He asked where I was going and said I was on my way to work. I was over-courteous and pleasant and he responded well. He asked for my insurance info and license. My insurance card expired November 2014 but I told him it was the same policy and he just handed it back to me. He took my license back to his SUV, and about 2 minutes later I saw him get out which made me breathe easy cause I knew he was letting me off with a warning, which he did.
I read an article awhile ago that said a common mistake people make is that they try to take initiative when a cop pulls them over. When he pulls you over, park, put your hands on the wheel, and wait until he asks for license and registration or whatever before you start digging in the glove box for it, etc. To them, if you're doing that as they're walking up, you could be going for a gun. As the article had said, you want your stop to be "easily forgettable". I still made it to work on-time, which was good, and I'll be more careful from now on.
Kind of amazing I didn't get ticketed considering I have a huge NY Giants bumper sticker on my car...LOL Ah, fun times...
Anyways, thought I'd share the story. My move to Texas has officially been christened now! LOL
Thanks,
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Congratudolences
That reminds me of my drive from Houston to Austin in the middle of the night to make my Spiceworks interview. I was on a road that was 75 daytime/65 nightime. I figured I could get away with going 70. But no, I had a state trouper pull me over. He did just give me a warning though.
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@Nic said:
Congratudolences
That reminds me of my drive from Houston to Austin in the middle of the night to make my Spiceworks interview. I was on a road that was 75 daytime/65 nightime. I figured I could get away with going 70. But no, I had a state trouper pull me over. He did just give me a warning though.
You got pulled over at night for drive 70 in a 65?! You got targeted for some odd reason...That's insane...
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It was a pretty empty road - I think the guy was just trying to stay awake and meet his quota
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@thanksaj said:
It's somewhat ironic how yesterday I thought I'd done well having been in Texas since November 6, 2013 and hadn't once been pulled over. Well, this morning that all changed. Driving to work down Trinity Mills, as I always do, about 10:40AM. It's a 45 zone (mph) and this Carrollton officer clocked me at 56. I ended up pulling off into the shopping center on the NE corner of Josey and Trinity Mills where he told me he'd been behind me since Marsh. I usually extremely observant about that kind of stuff but somehow everything seemed fine one minute and the next I see red and blues flashing behind me.
The experience wasn't bad though. The cop declared who he was and was with and was very friendly. He asked where I was going and said I was on my way to work. I was over-courteous and pleasant and he responded well. He asked for my insurance info and license. My insurance card expired November 2014 but I told him it was the same policy and he just handed it back to me. He took my license back to his SUV, and about 2 minutes later I saw him get out which made me breathe easy cause I knew he was letting me off with a warning, which he did.
I read an article awhile ago that said a common mistake people make is that they try to take initiative when a cop pulls them over. When he pulls you over, park, put your hands on the wheel, and wait until he asks for license and registration or whatever before you start digging in the glove box for it, etc. To them, if you're doing that as they're walking up, you could be going for a gun. As the article had said, you want your stop to be "easily forgettable". I still made it to work on-time, which was good, and I'll be more careful from now on.
Kind of amazing I didn't get ticketed considering I have a huge NY Giants bumper sticker on my car...LOL Ah, fun times...
Anyways, thought I'd share the story. My move to Texas has officially been christened now! LOL
So this was mostly posted for @scottalanmiller, @Dominica, @Minion-Queen, and @art_of_shred as they know these exact roads...although @PSX_Defector and @Texkonc should know them too.
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I've gotten a ticket in that town too.
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There are cops everywhere. Watch your speed!
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Glad you had a good experience.
Some clown over here got owned with a speeding fine recently.
$1000
14 demerit points (only get 12)
Car impounded for 28 days ($900 to get it back)
Suspended drivers license for 6 months.Double Demerits are still in effect as someone found out today. Remember you only have 12 points. #slowdownsavelives http://t.co/6iWSzcxFGp
