Ever since I bought this Car i noticed that I get followed a lot by the cops and get pulled over for stupid things. Anyone else having this problem??

I know i got pulled over a lot in my old car which was a Blazer but i was a new driver and i drove fast, i know i did. But with the stang I dont drie fast unless im on the highway. I get pulled over because my wheels didnt completely stop at school, which every other car did also. I thought i stopped but he didnt!!

Not sure if its because im 21 and im in a brand new Torch Red Mustang Conv.

Anyone else have anything to say???

ORIGINAL: DRWS10

Torch Red Mustang Conv.

It is a known fact that RED is an eye-catching color, that is why insurance companies tend to charge more for that color...now combined with a nice stang! VOILA! Cop-magnet!

ORIGINAL: DRWS10

its because im 21 and im in a brand new ARREST ME Red Mustang Conv.



I think you answered your own question.

Good answers but wrong!

a) Insurances do not charge more for reds. (at least they are not supposed to...)

b) 20/20 Did a bit on this and only 3% of stopped vehicles (police data) where red. BTW red comprises 36% of the car color population.

I drive a torch red 4.0 and so far good (almost a year 38k miles).

I would venture to say that it depends on the area....

my .02.

maybe u suck at driving?

ORIGINAL: paulboy16

maybe u suck at driving?

LOL! I have to clean Pepsi off my monitor now.

WOW that was uncalled for.......I am just stating the facts!!!!

BTW a radar detectors helps.......

Whatever!!!

Maybe you are being racially profiled. Are you from the middle east? LOL

ORIGINAL: StickDriver

Maybe you are being racially profiled. Are you from the middle east? LOL




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Man, you guys are cold blooded.

Paulboy,

How many tickets have you gotten?

Tino, I think he was just joking around - I doubt he meant to actually insult you.

Think about it - he said maybe you suck at driving because you haven't gotten a lot of tickets...

Oh, and I always find it funny, I got virtually no tickets and didn't have any accidents when I was 16 and drove like a berserk madman. After my friends complained for long enough about my desire to frighten them, I consciously slowed down and started trying to be careful. Of course, shortly thereafter I started getting speeding tickets (usually for speed trap areas) and I got into my first accident. What sense that makes, I don't know, but I still marvel at it.

It didn't make sense to me either, but maybe he was insinuating that I drove like "grandpa".....:D

I swear, if it wasn't for the fuzz zapper mounted on my dash...... I would be driving a Toyota Yaris....
Cops are ferocious (especially at the end of the month.....quota thing)... And traps in maryland are well camouflaged...

WOW, i didnt think i would of gotten this much reply in such a short time. Great to see it though.

Well i am actually a really good driver, my problem is i drive to my comfort and well my comfort is over the speed limit. But after so many tickets I got better. I have 8 speeding tickets and 1 bul**** failure to stop ticket. Went to class for most of them! And yes im only 21 in 3 days!!

I am looking it to getting a radar detector again, i had one when i got my license and it just made me feel safe of cops and so i went even faster and yeah it didnt work to well.

I am white so no racial except my last bull**** non stop was from an African American so maybe he didnt like white people. who knows about that.

Do you guys think cops see a torch red car and want to pul it over?

Any stories??

There's so much beater-rice running around San Jose, I don't even get a glance.
http://www.turboninjas.com/gallery/d/3263-2/owned_ricer.jpg

Torch Red for 1 and a half months I was pulled over once for going 85 in a 75....no ticket..I had 03 civic black and got 3 tickets in it 75 in a 45 ..not by radar he paced me from a mile away at 12 am ....lol I had to have flew over these POS railroad tracks....the other two tickets were 5 over the limit and they were aholes

I work for a big metro Ambulance Service now so I get the professional courtesy for being a medic ....very hard for me to get a ticket but not hard to get pulled over when I had the civic I was still in high school.

8 Tickets and your not even 21 yet.....damn! How much is your insurance? I'm not sure, but I think here in MS you would'nt have a license still.

luckey they have not stripped his license!!!

when i first got my car (may 05) there were NO stangs around here (still only see like 1 a week:D)
i was driving about 7 over down the highway,not paying attention to who was around me, i heard a siren, i looked in the lane to my left and theres a cop, window down, he lookes at my car and gives me a thumbs up and goes on his way! i was scared to death (16 at time) but it was kinda cool. LOL

actually silver is only at 32% and it is the most popular car color right now....so its impossible for red to make up 36% of the market. Maybe you looked up the percentage for sports cars?

I got a wreckless Driving charge back in December, and last week i got my 2nd wreckless Driving + illuding police officer [:@]. Don't ask, my liscense will be gone for a good while.

Ok Trill,
im no asking but did you run from the police officer lol?

Usually cops don't sweat people in new cars that look like they cost some money. If you bling 'em out and/or bow leg a car you're gonna be harassed because they think (know) you are a kid.

36% is what they said on 20/20 as a national figure...... but I can not personally attest to it.

Anyways I saw something really disturbing a few days ago.....

A police officer in an unmarked 2006 burgundy Ford Mustang GT........... I saw it lighted up like a xmas tree.

I guess be carefull whom you race!!!!

I got pulled over once, for tinted license plate covers. Luckily the cop didn't ticket me for it, but he said he could have. Lame. But then again, I always treat them with respect, they have crappy jobs.

According to Dupont (major paint manufacturer) Bright red is on 3.8% of the cars out there, not 36%

I think 20/20 lost a decimal place somewhere.


Think about it. If red WAS 36% of cars, but only three percent of the traffic stops, that would mean red paint was an incredible defense against getting stopped.

Trill.....lol tell us more about these illuding a police officer charges!!!

Most cops have learned from experince that young drivers are more at risk for an accident. They are just doing what they are taught, and thats teenage or young drivers are easy prey for a violation. Just pay atttention to the rules of the road, stop means stop, 35mph means 35mph not 39mph. Use your turn signals, seatbelts, ect and keep the wheels between the lines, this will not keep them from watching you but it might keep you alive and with cheaper insurance rates in the future.

Hangin there and don't get an attitutude toward the police when they are just doing their job.

I was driving way too fast the other day (100+ mph) when I topped a small hill, there was a motorcycle cop with laser aimed right at me.
I just slowed down, used my turn signals, waved at him as I went by and pulled over on the shoulder about 20 yards in front of him. He rode his bike up to my car, got off, came to my window and asked "What made you think I was coming after you" I told him I was the only one out here driving too fast and figured might as well pull over. This cop told me the laser clocked me at 98mph at 1900 yard, (which is beyound the calibrated range of 1600 yards but I keep my mouth shut) and wanted my Lic, registration, and prove of insurance. I said yes sir and told him it was in the glove box, he told me to get it. I gave the stuff to him, and waited while he went back to his motorbike. I was thinking ohh ****, that fast on a 60mph limit, I'm going to need a lawyer and some bail money. Any way the cop came back with my lic and stuff, handed it to me and told me he was not going to give me a waring, because I was "going too fast" but would only cite me for going 10 over as in 70mph in a 60mph zone. I said thankyou and I then told him about just getting the car and was just pushing it to see what it could do. He told me nice stang, liked the color, and to slow down. I turned the ticket over to an Lawyer friend at work, he got it negoitated down to an equip violation, but I got to pay triple fine and court cost as a deterrent. The cop remembered me from the car and didn't hesistate agree to the plea bargin with the court. So what I guess I'm trying to say, is just stay cool, don't get all upset when you get pulled over, be polite and remember to show respect. This will go far in reducing the impact of being young and driving a hot car which by design draws attention to your self.

good luck, and have fun driving. :)

ps i am 50 year old kid with the neatest looking car in high school ;)

i have yet to get a ticket....with all 3 of the cars ive had, 66 stang, turboed focus ( >.> i didnt have a fart can muffler though or a big wing so :P ) , and now my new 05 stang.

guess i lucked out? i drive fast just ask Juntin_r hes seen me blazing down the roads.

[&o] Oh trill, I thought you were smater than that dude....

Well you know i talked to a lot of cops and they say if you admit that you did it 70% of the time they will let you off. So I always admit it and well i got a ticket. My step dad is a lawyer so in court I always get off with just paying **** and then take a class everytime which your only allowed 1 a year but i got a little more than that.
I always treat the cops with respect and admit i was wrong but i guess they dont like me!!ha

Keep the stories coming guys, good reading!

My first ticket was at 430 in the morning. I was in High school going to varsity basketball practice. The cop was coming over the hill and got me for 20 over. I was soooo tired i didnt know how fast I was going. Personally I thought i was going like 5 or 10 over. So he pulled me over and didnt hesitate to give me a ticket right away. I told him what I was doing and im sorry blaw blaw and he gave me a ticket i was late to practice and had to run a crap load!! After school that same day i got pulled over for going around a turn to fast and my back end slid out (a little damp outside) He threatend to take me to jail for reckless driving and all this ****. I apologized and he let me go after like 45 min of telling me im going to jail. Very weird!!

I got plenty of stories but ill save some for later!!

Keep them coming guys!!

Trill lets here the story!!!

I keep my car tastefully modded (something that would appeal to a broad age range, so I don't scream "twenty three year old male at the wheel"), and I've noticed this problem with police as well.

I was caravaning back from visiting my sick grandfather last summer in a caravan all going 15mph over the limit (70 in 55). I was in the middle of the caravan and got pulled. Let off with a "non functioning tailight" whew.

Got pulled on suspected DUI for simply being out at 3am, was not DUI, or "drifting out of my lane", think this was just for being out at 3am and driving an eye catching car.

I get tailed all the time when I'm not even keeping up with traffic.

I drive probably the least conspicous color (windveil blue) of the car besides perhaps Black or Silver (or tungsten grey).

Could just be in Atlanta. The recent months have put a slew of other 05/06s on the road, so now I'm not a unique little creature, so hopefully all this goes away.

I was a cop for twenty six years. I love to read all this "stuff". Amusing myths.

Hey TINO, I worked in Maryland. I really wish we that the officers have all the down time to do all the stuff that you suggest. The end of the month "quota" thing is for car dealers, not cops. The quota thing is the biggest myth of all the myths that I read on this series of posts.

Young people driving performance cars and making them perform from time to time. Your driving attracts attention, not the "color" of the car or the driver.

As for the STATE POLICE having performance cars, it just makes good sense to fight fire with fire. Street racing is stupid and a serious safety issue. It is the job of the police to protect drivers on the road, if they need a covert car to catch street racers, go for it.

When I was in FL there was an 05 Black GT cop car. I loved it. I thought it was the coolest thing. Having cops wanting are car!! If i were a cop I know thats the car i would want to be driving. Nobody would evr think ur a cop also.

djl my car is stock, so why would they follow me? Is it the red color, the new conv, or what? Is it true if you admit to speeding or whatever u did wrong they usually let you go? Got any great stories for us?

Loving the stories, keep them coming.

I am off to VEGAS tomm. so it will be awhile until i check back and hopefully i will check back a rich rich man!! Turning 21 30min after i get off my flight! What an awesome way to turn 21!!! If i come back a winner its all going into the STANG!!!!!! maybe college, but i doubt it!!

ORIGINAL: djl0657

Young people driving performance cars and making them perform from time to time. Your driving attracts attention, not the "color" of the car or the driver.



So you're saying that a neon green civic with a 16 year old driver wouldnt attract any more attention than a blue civic with an 80 year old driver?

In NY you lose your license after 3 speeding tickets. It sounds like paulboy16 may have pegged it!

only the crazies are out after midnight...lol thats what my mom used to tell me when I bitched about my 12:00 curfew....
the only dui I ever got was in atlanta (gwinette county) and let me tell you they don't play! i blew .08 which was the limit, they took me to a marta parking lot and put me in a paddy wagon with about 8 other dui'ers and took as all in at the same time. all night long they were bringing in 6 to 8 people at a time. dui task force i think they called it...talk about about money maker for georgia! seriously though, don't get cought in atlanta!

yeah the DUI things are ridiculous, I can't tell you how many times I've hit a roadblock on the way home from the bar (whether I'm driving or someone else is, we're real responsible with DDs). We have 3 different DUI squads in the Atlanta Area, the state trooper "Nighthawks" is what got me most recently, the DeKalb County STAR team (also deals with drugs, but is heralded for it's DUI arrest record). Gwinett has their own version of the STAR team, but I can't remember what it's called. Either way, Atlanta has horrible public transportation and is a commuter city in the truest since, because typically you have to commute to the good bars/clubs. If you're out in the A, then take a cab. I can't tell you how many of my friends found out the hard way that Atlanta was cracking down on drunk driving (about 5 years ago).

i was just driving 101 in oregon yesterday and was going about 95 to pass all the cars before the passing lane was up and right when i peaked the hill a cop was coming the opposite direction i start seeing him turn around and i ditched him on a side road that went around the town i was coming too, well the cop went up the hill and around and met up with me a few miles down the road. he clocked me at 89 in a 55 its a $421 ticket now i am trying to find a way out, its my 4 ticket in 12 months. the cops was very nice though

ORIGINAL: djl0657

I was a cop for twenty six years. I love to read all this "stuff". Amusing myths.

Hey TINO, I worked in Maryland. I really wish we that the officers have all the down time to do all the stuff that you suggest. The end of the month "quota" thing is for car dealers, not cops. The quota thing is the biggest myth of all the myths that I read on this series of posts.




There was a big investigation a while ago about the "myth" of ticket quotas in PA:

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/05/587.asp

I didn't work in PA. During my final years prior to retirement, our department only charted the stops in response to a Department of Justice request to monitor racial profiling. Any financial rewards or promotions offered by any department would create a very poor example to encourage enforcement. Yes, if you have guys on a shift that write very few tickets, it should be obvious that they are not on patrol and not doing enforcement. Yes, I let more people go then I wrote and I often rewarded honesty by issuing a written warning or letting the person leave with a verbal warning, if they didn't try to bu()SH*t me.

As for the kid in a neon green whatever, that alone would not prompt an officer to follow him and wait for him to commit a violation. Usually, the driver will do something (a loud car getting much louder or accelerating faster then is prudent). An officer nearby might follow a car after such a display by the driver. It's just common sense that a young driver in a performance car will sooner or later either race or do some type of burn-out, often in a highly populated commercial area (near fast food places or teen hangouts).

Funny stories. I stopped a lady for making an illegal U-turn during the height of a suburban DC rush hour. After catching up to her, she smiled politely and told me that she had looked everywhere for a police car prior to making the illegal turn. She also admitted to being terribly lost. Her honesty got her the reward of a written warning notice. Much of that has to do with how the driver of an offending vehicle first speaks to the approaching officer. The old standard, "And just what are you stopping me for?" would often prompt my pen to jump right out of my shirt pocket.

Once again, there are literally millions of officers nationwide and different departmental philosophies. So, my comments are my own and are not representative of all departments in other areas of the country.

As for the ticket thing. Where I policed, the local jurisdiction saw very little of that money. I was a county officer (local police), the court was controlled by the State. No rewards or "bonuses" were ever offered to any member of the department for writing a large number of tickets. "Speed traps" were often the result of numerous citizen speeding complaints and an order from the station Commander.

I could go on and on (I think I just did). Just another perspective.

Well I've only ever had 3 tickets (that stuck anyway), 46 mph (in a 30) Chevy Vega, 61 mph (in a 45) Geo Tracker and my personal favorite "Improper use of tires" in a 77 Bandit Trans Am. And that's when I used to be a cautious driver (well... maybe not in the case of the TA). Now that I drive like "a crack addict running from a drug bust" they don't even look at me twice. Now that I've jinxed myself I'll be looking for that next ticket. But I never argue with the cop, if I'm busted then I'm busted. They have a crappy enough job as it is. I did get pulled over one time in the Vette for doing 106 mph in a 45, and the guy said he thought it was his brother-in-laws car. I told him I only had the car for 2 hours and he told me that I had another hour to play around until shift change. Now that's cool!

Hoose84




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ORIGINAL: DRWS10

Well you know i talked to a lot of cops and they say if you admit that you did it 70% of the time they will let you off.
Cops have told me that rather than admitting I did it, just "not doing it" tends to reduce my chances of getting pulled over considerably.

What kinds of things are you doing to get pulled over, anyway?

yes i ran from da popos[:@] stupid move, now my dad is havn fun wit my stang[:o]

ORIGINAL: Trill Gear Head

I got a wreckless Driving charge back in December, and last week i got my 2nd wreckless Driving + illuding police officer [:@]. Don't ask, my liscense will be gone for a good while.

ummm retard

I've noticed that taking personal responsibility does go over well with cops, despite my listed offenses, if you communicate that you were wrong and expect what is coming to you, they will typically lower or waive the offense and let you go with a warning.

60 in 45: warning
75 in 55: reduced to 10 over
70 in 55: reduced to busted tail light

I've never been confrontational and was respectful as possible. If you have a negative outlook of law officers you need to realize all the things that DONT happen to you because they are there and not dwell on the possibility of what could happen to you because they are there. If you have reason to fear a law officer, perhaps you have some reflection to do on your own life.

ORIGINAL: Goliath

I've noticed that taking personal responsibility does go over well with cops, despite my listed offenses, if you communicate that you were wrong and expect what is coming to you, they will typically lower or waive the offense and let you go with a warning.



"Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law."

You really have to tread lightly in admitting things to police. Contary to what you seem to believe, the police are mostly NOT out to help you or see to your best interests.

I have been confrontational with cops before, when the situation warranted such a response. What was a totally unjustified traffic stop ended up with a "warning ticket" for having an "obstructed license plate." Good thing he gave me that ticket - it provided a badge number to provide to the Secretary of State's office and the State Police when I made my complaints. The so-called "obstruction" was a dealer plat frame. The warning ticket was a pathetic attempt to justify the traffic stop.

If you have reason to fear a law officer, perhaps you have some reflection to do on your own life.

Or perhaps one is merely responsibly skeptical of people in positions of power. If you're not, abuses of power WILL go unchecked. Contary to popular belief, we are citizens, not subjects.

dude i have a 05 redfire v6 and i have gotten 3 tickets in the past year. one, i deserved going 84 ina 40 caught by an undercover maryland state trooper in a beige vic, no antennas with a laser gun(b4 i got my cop deterent equipment), it was supposed to be 5 points and 523 bucks but i went to court and as far as the state is concerned i was going 49 for 1 point and a 100 dollars. the second i got failure to yield to oncoming traffic while making a left turn (no accident)BS, and runnign a red light ( i was staring at the pretty blue and red lights in my rearview after work late at night and cruised through the light oblivously, looked up to find myself in the middle of an intersection i didnt know was there with, damn ADD) i dont know if its cause i drive a red mustang but my friends drive much stupider then me and they have yet to get a ticket, im the safe one. i dont think this is a coincidence, my one friend can be found balling through a nieghborhood in his POS corolla s at 70 mph blowing stopsigns in the middle of the day. damn, insurance is gunna be a bitch in once these tickets go thru....

alright i am back from VEGAS and i lost my ass there. I got about $200 worth of drinks for free but i also lost $300 something to vegas so still lost!! It was a great 21st bday though!!

I am likeing all the great stories and feedback. Well i know i love to speed and i dont think buying this stang helps it at all. I think i need to buy a car that cant go over 70!haha I think i still would speed.haha

LOL! :D
ORIGINAL: Shadowhax

i have yet to get a ticket....with all 3 of the cars ive had, 66 stang, turboed focus ( >.> i didnt have a fart can muffler though or a big wing so :P ) , and now my new 05 stang.

guess i lucked out? i drive fast just ask Juntin_r hes seen me blazing down the roads.

Thats the kiss of death; you'll get a ticket for sure now! Never brag about your good luck!
ORIGINAL: Shadowhax

i have yet to get a ticket....with all 3 of the cars ive had, 66 stang, turboed focus ( >.> i didnt have a fart can muffler though or a big wing so :P ) , and now my new 05 stang.

guess i lucked out? i drive fast just ask Juntin_r hes seen me blazing down the roads.

well some of you already know this story but, before i bought my mustang i hadnt gotten a ticket in years. but within two months after i bought the mustang i got two tickets. but somehow they were both in my wives suburban .[:@]

cops stop me 2 times and you know what they told me
sorry for bader you
we love your car that is why we stoped you
we need 2 see it from close on
hehehe how cool is that

i have a screaming yellow and i never get puleld over but sometimes they go behind me and i guess run the plates, lol

I keep under 75 in my Stang at all times and my minivan above 85 :-)

thatstang that is the way i use to drive in my old blazer. Thats also y i got 6 tickets in that car!! I wish the cops would stop me just to look instead of always giving me a ticket!!