Cops Reveal The Strangest Things People Have Done To Get Out Of Ticket

1 Never flirt or bribe.

I feel when women show some skin or someone tries to bribe me with money it insults my integrity, and that is a guaranteed ticket as well.

2 Dont be an a$$hole.

You can tell someone is having a shitty day and maybe decide not to give the ticket. Just don't be an a$shole. You have no idea how often someone who wasn't going to get a ticket ends up getting one based on their attitude or arguing with me.

3 Dont give them crazy excuses.

Something like, yeah, it's possible I was going a little over the limit, I thought I was keeping with the flow of traffic will suffice.

4 Never admit to your violation.

Never admit to speeding because then they have to give you a ticket because you admitted guilt.

5 Keep your eyes to yourself

Dont stare at the officer in your side view or rear view. We notice this every time, it looks suspicious, and some officers will be more on the defensive

6 Politely suggest just getting a warning.

A simple, Would you consider giving me a warning? Worked many times. Signs count toward my monthly quota. If you admit to being guilty by saying, I wasn't paying attention; the speed got away from me, I'm going to write that in the notes section of the ticket for when I testify. That's my job.

7 Dont do anything to make them feel threatened.

Traffic stops have high potential to be dangerous. As a county police officer, a majority of my traffic stops are just to try and find someone with warrants for their arrest, narcotics or something else. If they are in the clear, I let the person go without issuing a ticket.

8 Dont be a diva.

Saying these things will never get you out of a ticket: Do you know who I am? My tax dollars pay your salary! I know the chief/the county executive/a judge. Don't you have anything better to do? Shouldn't you be out catching real criminals?

9 Wave when you see a cop.

He will either think that you know each other and wave back or will think that you're acknowledging that you were driving too fast, and are letting him know that you're slowing down

10 Know that your car says a lot about you.

You want to say I'm a reasonable and law-abiding, not I hate the police, speed, and I'm trying to hide something from you.

11 Warning

“Daughter: Why did you stop? Me: The police pulled me over. Daughter: Why? Me: Because they have laws for driving on the road, and I broke one. (Silence until the officer approaches. I roll down my window.) Daughter (the dam breaks, tears flow like a waterfall): DONT TAKE DADDY TO JAIL! I LOVE HIM!

I got a warning.”

12 Take that into consideration

“I only pull over people for pretty unreasonable crap, so it’s mostly a ticket.

It’s not really contingent on my treatment. Being super charming is not a free pass. Why should it be?

Teenagers notwithstanding. They usually can’t fake things very well. If they are nice, I take it was genuinely nice and I take that into consideration.”

13 Obstruction

“I once got pulled over for having an “obstructed view”. As the officer was telling me why I got pulled over I said, “Obstructed view? What do you mean? I saw you didn’t I?”

Yeah, that was a ticket. First one.”

14 Don’t be an a**hole

“Cop here:

Most people get warnings.

Being an -sshole is a guaranteed way to turn that warning into a ticket.”

15 No special treatment

“Not a cop, but my boyfriend’s family member is and my boyfriend was going through the process of becoming a cop so he went for a lot of ride alongs and stuff. One cop told him that he always gives the pretty girls tickets because they usually get a free pass and he always lets regular ones go because they usually don’t get special treatment.”

16 99.9%

“99.9% of the time with me you’re getting a warning. I could care less of your attitude, I just don’t take that stuff personally. This applies to petty traffic offenses.

I tend to look for misdemeanor traffic (I.e. suspended/revoked license or DUI). These result in a zero discretion arrest.”

17 In need of a bathroom

“I was going 90 in a 40 (I thought it was a 70) when I got pulled over by an unmarked cop. I had just had some ice cream an hour or so earlier and I’m lactose intolerant. The most foul smells you can imagine . The cop came to my window and as I was rolling them down I let one rip and said “I’m sorry officer, I just really need to get to a bathroom.”

I saw the stench hit his face and he backed away and said “I’m going to let you off with a warning, but the speed limit is 40 so you need to slow down. There’s a gas station about 6 miles up on the left, they should have a restroom.” “

18 Tailing

“It’s all on the person pulling you overs discretion since there isn’t a golden set of rules to abide by.

Then there’s the a**hole way, which is just tailing the car until they do something illegal.

This happened to me when I drove my bosses car, a Lexus LC500, a very very nice sports car. I was on the left most lane doing 70-75 mph, following traffic, keeping a 5 second distance between the car in front of me.

And I get flagged and pulled over. The cop on motorcycle was very obvious about tailing me too, told me straight up he saw me pull out of my work place, said he never seen a car like that and wanted to see what car I was driving so he followed me all the way up the highway.”

19 Safety

“I am not a cop, but my cousin was for like 20 years. He told me anything you can do to make the officer feel safer and not on edge goes a long way.

Getting pulled over on the interstate? Exit on to the service road or pull into a parking lot. Do not start digging for license and insurance until requested. Do you have a firearm in the car that may become visible? Explain that before you do anything that may make it visible, and ask how the officer would like to proceed.”

20 Remember to STOP

“This will likely get lost, but I figured I’d share this (Not a cop but treated one well and got a warning)

Had a bad day, long story short best friends mom died and I was freaking out (I was close to her too). I found out and was speeding home to get to him. I blasted STRAIGHT through a stop sign. I literally saw the cop as I blew the sign, immediately knew I’d be pulled over.

Before he could even get into drive I was at the side of the road, parked, hands on the wheel with windows rolled down. I didn’t make any excuses but my voice was shaky and distressed. He asked what was wrong, I briefly explained, and he just said to drive safe.

Will never forget that, but even if I didn’t explain anything to him I like to think my actions helped my situation a bit.”

21 Checklist

“My uncles and grandparents were all cops, im prior military, here’s how you get out of a ticket.

Be polite
Hands on steering wheel
Be a retired vet with cops in your family.”

22 Keep your mouth shut

“When I was a dispatcher the cops would always say “I wasn’t going to give him a ticket, but he talked himself into one.” In other words keep your mouth shut unless the cop asks a question and, as much as I wish I didn’t have to say this but be respectful!!”

23 Locals aren’t bad

“I work within a department and have had plenty of angry people come ask “HOW COME *_* DIDN’T GET A TICKET?!” And the answer is usually just “I’m sorry sir/mam but it’s at the officers own personal discretion as to whether they want to issue a ticket at the scene of a accident.” I actually recently had to pull ticket stats and several officers had less than 100 tickets for the whole year. So that whole “hurrdurr they have a quota” is bullsh-t. At least here.

Most of the guys/gals here don’t go crazy just sitting and calling traffic all day to dole out tickets. And most of the time, even if they do issue a ticket, they will tell the subject that if they go to traffic court, the officer willingly will not show, and it will get thrown out.

From personal experience, state police LOVE to stop and write tickets for anything from 5mph over to something like a license plate light being out. Our locals aren’t that bad.”

24 Depends on the mood…

“My mood and how they act in our conversation. If it’s a minor thing and they’re polite and it sounds like it genuinely was an accidental thing i might let them off with a warning.

But i always get ready to write the ticket when i stop someone, giving them a warning instead is a somewhat rare for me to do.”

25 Bad juju

“State Trooper here. It really depends on what infraction you broke, your driving record, and how you acted upon first contact.

If you arent wearing a seat belt or speeding more than 12-15 mph over the limit you’re getting a ticket every time. We stop a lot of cars looking for something more than just writing a ticket. I have never wrote a ticket for an equipment violation.

Simply being nice and having somewhat decent of a driving record will get you far. Or just be an old lady, we never write old ladies tickets its bad juju.”