State Troopers pulling for no reason!

[smurfslayer]

It’s same plate that was given from dealership I still haven’t added my custom plate yet lol.. btw didn’t have any issue from cops here in CO so I really don’t think plate was an issue here in first place.

Was the plate mounted on the car or did you have it in the cab with you? The former is good, the latter is legal grounds for a stop in all the states. Check close enough and you’ll see that it needs to be permanently affixed - language will vary. Traffic code covers pretty much everything. Avoid a pot hole and you’re weaving between the lines or ‘moving left of center’. Reaching for that radio volume button? Inattentive driving and so on. If they want to stop you, they will find a reason or make one up. Once in a while they make one up and get called on the carpet for it, but this is difficult to prove - see above ref. to a video camera and it is only successful if you bust the officer lying in court such as he introduces his evidence; the pretext for the stop, and you present video on cross x. You then ask him to point out the violation that doesn’t exist. He then attempts to improvise and point something else out and here is the important part - your lawyer must hang him on the original pretext for the stop. Once he admits he doesn’t have one, he’s submitted a false report and in effect lied to the court. Judges don’t like this, but defense attorneys love it!
Why? It’s like John Gotti said- ‘being a liar is like being a c*cksucker. once a c*cksucker, always a c*cksucker’. His testimony is forever questionable.

Cameras work. There was a deputy in Stafford VA, who didn’t want to wait for a stopped school bus a few years back. He lit up the sirens, blew past all the waiting cars --AND the schools bus loading kids!!!!! red lights and all.

Sucked to be him, because one of the parents was behind the bus, with a video cam. They went to the magistrate and obtained a reckless driving warrant for the deputy. Reckless is a class 1 misdemeanor in VA, with up to a year in jail. Deputy eventually took a plea bargain but was _convicted_ of a fairly serious traffic offense.

and managed to stay employed.

It got bad enough in Oklahoma that they made it the law if more than X% of the revenue is from driving arrests, they can revoke the ability to patrol state roads

Departments can easily workaround laws like this. Texas is not supposed to have a ticket quota system. So... what many do is implement a ‘contact’ quota.

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[Wiley Marmot]

Johnny Law: BOHY!! You inna heapa trouble!

Wait! Wait! I can explain!

Johnny Law: DON'T think so! You out heah drivin' in some flashy souped up; LOUD, winged out, big ahss tared sporhts car 'n you 'spect me ta believe you ain't some no good internashnal gun runnin' drug dealin', cash stealin' threat to our women folk?! You gotta a nuther think comin' Bohy!


Sorry! Couldn't help myself! Like Rocket.....................I've firmly resolved toNEVER drive in TX!

 

[Junkyard Dog]

What must be remembered is that anyone driving a Mustang at or under the speed limit is instantly suspicious.

So speeding you get stopped and not speeding is suspicious and you get stopped?

 

[Zig]

Was the plate mounted on the car or did you have it in the cab with you? The former is good, the latter is legal grounds for a stop in all the states. Check close enough and you’ll see that it needs to be permanently affixed - language will vary. Traffic code covers pretty much everything. Avoid a pot hole and you’re weaving between the lines or ‘moving left of center’. Reaching for that radio volume button? Inattentive driving and so on. If they want to stop you, they will find a reason or make one up. Once in a while they make one up and get called on the carpet for it, but this is difficult to prove - see above ref. to a video camera and it is only successful if you bust the officer lying in court such as he introduces his evidence; the pretext for the stop, and you present video on cross x. You then ask him to point out the violation that doesn’t exist. He then attempts to improvise and point something else out and here is the important part - your lawyer must hang him on the original pretext for the stop. Once he admits he doesn’t have one, he’s submitted a false report and in effect lied to the court. Judges don’t like this, but defense attorneys love it!
Why? It’s like John Gotti said- ‘being a liar is like being a c*cksucker. once a c*cksucker, always a c*cksucker’. His testimony is forever questionable.

Cameras work. There was a deputy in Stafford VA, who didn’t want to wait for a stopped school bus a few years back. He lit up the sirens, blew past all the waiting cars --AND the schools bus loading kids!!!!! red lights and all.

Sucked to be him, because one of the parents was behind the bus, with a video cam. They went to the magistrate and obtained a reckless driving warrant for the deputy. Reckless is a class 1 misdemeanor in VA, with up to a year in jail. Deputy eventually took a plea bargain but was _convicted_ of a fairly serious traffic offense.

and managed to stay employed.



Departments can easily workaround laws like this. Texas is not supposed to have a ticket quota system. So... what many do is implement a ‘contact’ quota.

If you can’t outrun ‘em don’t try

 

[Bear376]

So speeding you get stopped and not speeding is suspicious and you get stopped?

And red cars are twice as likely to get pulled over. Ask my BIL. He has three red Mustangs. Most cops are professionals and are more concerned with keeping people safe on the road. And they are human. As long as you don't create or make a bad day worse, you stand a chance of reprieve. Give them a hard time, and they will enforce the law accordingly.

 

[Deleted member 63380]

Heck! With Tx DPS you're safer doing an Uvaldi than driving your shiny new Mustang on the freeway. I'm glad I talked my daughter out of becoming one.

 

[vaporbluestang]

Was the plate mounted on the car or did you have it in the cab with you? The former is good, the latter is legal grounds for a stop in all the states. Check close enough and you’ll see that it needs to be permanently affixed - language will vary. Traffic code covers pretty much everything. Avoid a pot hole and you’re weaving between the lines or ‘moving left of center’. Reaching for that radio volume button? Inattentive driving and so on. If they want to stop you, they will find a reason or make one up. Once in a while they make one up and get called on the carpet for it, but this is difficult to prove - see above ref. to a video camera and it is only successful if you bust the officer lying in court such as he introduces his evidence; the pretext for the stop, and you present video on cross x. You then ask him to point out the violation that doesn’t exist. He then attempts to improvise and point something else out and here is the important part - your lawyer must hang him on the original pretext for the stop. Once he admits he doesn’t have one, he’s submitted a false report and in effect lied to the court. Judges don’t like this, but defense attorneys love it!
Why? It’s like John Gotti said- ‘being a liar is like being a c*cksucker. once a c*cksucker, always a c*cksucker’. His testimony is forever questionable.

Cameras work. There was a deputy in Stafford VA, who didn’t want to wait for a stopped school bus a few years back. He lit up the sirens, blew past all the waiting cars --AND the schools bus loading kids!!!!! red lights and all.

Sucked to be him, because one of the parents was behind the bus, with a video cam. They went to the magistrate and obtained a reckless driving warrant for the deputy. Reckless is a class 1 misdemeanor in VA, with up to a year in jail. Deputy eventually took a plea bargain but was _convicted_ of a fairly serious traffic offense.

and managed to stay employed.



Departments can easily workaround laws like this. Texas is not supposed to have a ticket quota system. So... what many do is implement a ‘contact’ quota.

You’re right. Plate was mounted on the car. The second stop was quite funny the trooper said I was speeding a little didn’t even cross 75 as that was the limit. From when did they start saying little don’t they have radar to check speed? That’s when I thought it was BS reason for pulling over.

 

[IFFV68]

Hi there - drove from Denver CO to Austin TX last week and as soon as I entered Texas got pulled over by State Troopers twice for no reason within an hour and got warnings saying I changed lanes without using turn signal, my license plate was covered more than 50% and I was speeding little (WTH) I wasn’t as I was on 70 with speed limit of 75. Anyone have similar experience?

You got pulled over because those Colorado Plates are an Advertisement for marijuana.
Colorado was one of the first states to legalize marijuana.
They’ll pull you over in Kansas too.
Like one member said,
Fishing.
They need an excuse to get into your Vehicle to search for Drugs!

 

[AZ_Ryan]

What you do is vote Democrat. Da Fuzz are then called racists, defunded, then the real bad guys pull you over and take you car, girlfriend too, wallet, name it. It's just the way it is in a Socialist system. You'll get them with your gun? Guns will be banned. Enjoy.

It's always guns and politics with you. Every, single, thread. Do us all a favor and stick to cars.

 

[IFFV68]

So speeding you get stopped and not speeding is suspicious and you get stopped?

Yep!

 

[AZ_Ryan]

That sure was a perfectly mature and resonable response from a grown man. Maybe another timeout from the internet is in order.

 

[smurfslayer]

You got pulled over because those Colorado Plates are an Advertisement for marijuana.
Colorado was one of the first states to legalize marijuana.
They’ll pull you over in Kansas too.
Like one member said,
Fishing.
They need an excuse to get into your Vehicle to search for Drugs!

You may be correct, but that doesn’t make it right. I don’t live up north, so I can’t speak to this happening but if it is, I hope some good citizens conduct some video operations getting stopped on purpose - for no legal reason, and out the scumbags. They do no favors to real law enforcement.

 

[onaccountof]

as soon as I entered Texas got pulled over by State Troopers twice for no reason within an hour and got warnings saying I changed lanes without using turn signal

Well, did you?

 

[LouG]

Americans generally find this strange, but our cops, and Traffic cops when they were thing, need no reason to stop you when driving.
We did vehicle safety checks on the roadside, pulling over dozens of drivers for warrant of fitness, licence, registration, etc, etc.
There was a difference initially for drunk driving, but it was easy to find good cause. Weaving in a lane was the usual one.
Then they removed that too, and we got got drink/drive checkpoints.

 

[Zig]

Americans generally find this strange, but our cops, and Traffic cops when they were thing, need no reason to stop you when driving.
We did vehicle safety checks on the roadside, pulling over dozens of drivers for warrant of fitness, licence, registration, etc, etc.
There was a difference initially for drunk driving, but it was easy to find good cause. Weaving in a lane was the usual one.
Then they removed that too, and we got got drink/drive checkpoints.

Only the young americans find it strange, folks that have been around long enough know the know.

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