Busted!
Jun 11, 2019 10:49:10 #
W9OD wrote:
Obviously, due to no response, he didn’t get off. They probably impounded the vehicle. 😊
Nice cop... warning ticket. My wife, who took the picture, had a lot to do with it; she asked if she could take it and he agreed... and actually posed for it. LOL
Jun 11, 2019 11:37:48 #
Julian wrote:
Ferrari, 146mph, yikes! My radar detector went off as he saw me.
Yikes, says it all. That's 235 km/h. You should write him a thank you note. He probably saved you from killing yourself or others! I hope he took your lethal toy away from!
Jun 11, 2019 12:37:22 #
GeneS
Loc: Glendale,AZ
Not sure where you are from, But if you live here in AZ.and it is your first ticket in 2 years. You can go to a safe driver class and they forgive most tickets. Not sure about at 146.
Did he write the ticket for impeding traffic? that's pretty slow for your car?
Write judge and ask if you can get a brake if you take a safe drivers course.
We get an insurance discount even if we take an online safe driver course.
Did he write the ticket for impeding traffic? that's pretty slow for your car?
Write judge and ask if you can get a brake if you take a safe drivers course.
We get an insurance discount even if we take an online safe driver course.
Jun 11, 2019 13:32:35 #
Zario
Loc: sacramento, CA
Yeah - my radar always goes off when I see a Ferrari as it passes me. Nice wheels.
Jun 11, 2019 14:51:32 #
Zario wrote:
Yeah - my radar always goes off when I see a Ferrari as it passes me. Nice wheels.
Jun 11, 2019 15:53:25 #
Julian wrote:
Check my avatar.
Very nice ride. Did the officer book you or cite you? Was it just speeding or reckless driving?
Dennis
Jun 11, 2019 16:43:04 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
Indi wrote:
Fast red cars are always attractive to cops.
Yep! "Arrest me red" just attracts a lot of attention.
I knew a young lady who had a bright red Mustang and seemed to always be getting pulled over. She was pretty good at talking her way out of things, although that didn't always work.
Once she was spitting mad and told me she'd just gotten ticketed for using her cell phone hand held while driving (which is illegal here in Calif).
She was consulting a map app on her phone, for directions to a courthouse to pay a speeding ticket she'd gotten sometime earlier!
I bet if she'd been driving a white minivan she would have avoided both of those tickets.
I'm not claiming total innocence. The one and only speeding ticket I ever got (in nearly fifty years time), I was driving my 1964 Triumph TR4. Sure enough, I was a bit over the speed limit. The cop ignored the string of 8 or 10 cars I was following.... all of us cruising at exactly the same speed on a single lane, no passing section of road. But I was driving the bright red convertible and, as the last car in the line of traffic, was the easiest target. So I got the ticket!
Jun 11, 2019 16:55:47 #
Cops don't care if your car is red or plaid. It's the aggressive morons behind the wheel that get nailed. Play by the rules and your wallet will not decrease in size.
Jun 11, 2019 17:22:15 #
Feiertag wrote:
Up here in the north, the roof light bar is activated when pulling over a vehicle and remains on, till the encounter ends.
The same here in Michigan. The major police suppliers all have some variant of the roof light bar, and internally mounted red/blue lights, as well as the siren controls.
A long time back, I handled special orders for police-type cars at a Ford plant. Most of them were for specific wiring harnesses for lights and sirens, and installation of behind-the-grille lights. Our production people drilled holes in specific locations for antennas, wires, and even installed Unity spot lights for the "A" pillars. Even the FBI had specific requirements for their vehicles.
Our Special Order people would put just about anything on or in the car that the customer wanted. One of the items that came into vogue in the 70's, were bucket seats for Galaxie, then Crown Vic models.
Jun 11, 2019 17:28:06 #
amfoto1 wrote:
Yep! "Arrest me red" just attracts a lot... (show quote)
I managed to avoid the tickets with my MGA. However my 1950 metallic blue Mercury with a chopped top, was a ticket grabber. It also didn't help that I had a lead foot with a bored and stroked flat head V-8, with Hooker headers and Edelbrock carbs and manifold. The 3-speed tranny, truck clutch, and Hearst Mystery shifter completed things. I thought the cops staked out my house every night!!
Jun 11, 2019 17:42:34 #
amfoto1 wrote:
Yep! "Arrest me red" just attracts a lot... (show quote)
Courtesy towards the officers plays a big part in getting off; two other times I was stopped for going somewhat over the city speed limit, which I attributed to the high visibility of the red Ferrari. Nevertheless, after a brief chat, I was allowed to drive away with a simple "slow down and drive safely".
Jun 11, 2019 19:06:50 #
Feiertag wrote:
Cops don't care if your car is red or plaid. It's the aggressive morons behind the wheel that get nailed. Play by the rules and your wallet will not decrease in size.
👍👍👍
Exactly. It isn’t the car or the color but the driver that matters.
Dennis
Jun 12, 2019 06:50:50 #
Julian wrote:
Ferrari, 146mph, yikes! My radar detector went off as he saw me.
That's one of the reasons I decided not to buy a red Ferrari. I got a silver Honda Fit, instead.
Actually, we have a gray Ferrari in the area, and it doesn't stand out at all.
Jun 12, 2019 06:58:17 #
Feiertag wrote:
You should have ticketed the cop. He has a headlight out! B^)
Or they have alternating headlights as part of their setup. The picture could have shot as one was on and the other off.
Jun 12, 2019 07:19:11 #
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