How many times have you been 'pulled over' ?
Poll: How many times have you been 'pulled over' ?
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So many times. Gave up cars because of it 😂 saved so much money, since then became a ph lurker (however this new Yaris GRN thing is intriguing). The last one I even posted on here, the guy nearly killed my dad and me. Not just this though; houses searched, hand cuffed, area closed off held at gun point in handcuffs (one time in the local paper, no apology), had to move house etc. I’ve had so many interactions I get anxiety attacks dealing with them.
In contrast I don’t seem to have much luck. I’ve had garages broken into, five hit and runs in just one area, a garden destroyed, they said I needed video evidence (which is reasonable I guess) etc.
In contrast I don’t seem to have much luck. I’ve had garages broken into, five hit and runs in just one area, a garden destroyed, they said I needed video evidence (which is reasonable I guess) etc.
Pulled when I was 18: forgot to turn off the reversing light one evening! Included breathalyser & I was only just within the limit...
Pulled when I was in early 20s, driving a van WAY too fast on the M25. Grovelled & apologised = 3 points/£30. VERY lucky....
Pulled 8 years ago on motorcycle attempting to overtake an unmarked patrol car. A stern (deservedly so) telling off by 2 traffic cops - they clearly knew their shizzle. Following a 15 minute 'chat' at the roadside & plate check, I was on my way.
Pulled when I was in early 20s, driving a van WAY too fast on the M25. Grovelled & apologised = 3 points/£30. VERY lucky....
Pulled 8 years ago on motorcycle attempting to overtake an unmarked patrol car. A stern (deservedly so) telling off by 2 traffic cops - they clearly knew their shizzle. Following a 15 minute 'chat' at the roadside & plate check, I was on my way.
Been pulled over twice in 11 years, both at night, both times speeding.
1st time, car came flying up from behind in a nsl, I slowed to let it pass. Car didn't pass, then I tried to create some space and did 40 in a 30. Still hanging off my bumper. 2 miles down the road the back of my car lit up. Didn't smell of drink, passed the attitude test, told to get on my way.
2nd time, following a mate late at night, both in rx7s, both going fast, mate went around the roundabout on the jagged edge of grip. And hooned off. I got pulled over, but they wanted to chat to my mate. Genuinley told them were he'd probs be waiting for me ....they let me off, and promptly took a wrong turning.
1st time, car came flying up from behind in a nsl, I slowed to let it pass. Car didn't pass, then I tried to create some space and did 40 in a 30. Still hanging off my bumper. 2 miles down the road the back of my car lit up. Didn't smell of drink, passed the attitude test, told to get on my way.
2nd time, following a mate late at night, both in rx7s, both going fast, mate went around the roundabout on the jagged edge of grip. And hooned off. I got pulled over, but they wanted to chat to my mate. Genuinley told them were he'd probs be waiting for me ....they let me off, and promptly took a wrong turning.
Been stopped twice in 15 years and my colour certainly wasn't a factor:
1st time took a right turn when it clearly said no right turn...as one does lol. I was stopped but fortunately let off the hook. I was stopped in a pretty sh*te area and my car at the time was Barry'd up to the max...dark tints, big rims, lowered etc I kept things respectful and was told not to do it again.
2nd time was more recently, doing 50 on what "might" of been a 30 road. They came out of nowhere but rather than get out the car just pulled up alongside me and reminded me about driving a bit slower. I was stopped down my own road...maybe helped to avoid any further repercussions.
1st time took a right turn when it clearly said no right turn...as one does lol. I was stopped but fortunately let off the hook. I was stopped in a pretty sh*te area and my car at the time was Barry'd up to the max...dark tints, big rims, lowered etc I kept things respectful and was told not to do it again.
2nd time was more recently, doing 50 on what "might" of been a 30 road. They came out of nowhere but rather than get out the car just pulled up alongside me and reminded me about driving a bit slower. I was stopped down my own road...maybe helped to avoid any further repercussions.
Been stopped once in 16 years (is it really that long?) of driving, was speeding so it was justified. 3 points and a fine.
Something I've just remembered - a couple of years after I started driving I was on the A5 one afternoon and it was fairly quiet. As I came off a large roundabout a police car came charging up behind me with blues going (but no sirens), overtook me as we came off the roundabout then cut across me and stopped in the entrance to a private turn-off (location here: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.6404792,-1.80283... - the car stopped just about where the recovery vehicle is). I went past it but then panicked a bit and wondered if he'd been trying to pull me over, but I carried on and he just sat there stationary with the lights going and didn't come after me. I don't think there were any other vehicles about at the time - never did work out what that was about.
Something I've just remembered - a couple of years after I started driving I was on the A5 one afternoon and it was fairly quiet. As I came off a large roundabout a police car came charging up behind me with blues going (but no sirens), overtook me as we came off the roundabout then cut across me and stopped in the entrance to a private turn-off (location here: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.6404792,-1.80283... - the car stopped just about where the recovery vehicle is). I went past it but then panicked a bit and wondered if he'd been trying to pull me over, but I carried on and he just sat there stationary with the lights going and didn't come after me. I don't think there were any other vehicles about at the time - never did work out what that was about.
Pulled over 17 times as a teenager in a Vauxhall Nova all before I turned 18. Some might joke and say that's with good reason, normally driving home late from friend's homes. You'd think after the 5th...or 10th time they'd notice the same registration plate, the wheels and colour etc, but no.
Over time I built up a dislike for the police as, polite as I was initially, it started to get tiresome. Whenever I questioned why I had been pulled over I would be met with hostility, torches shone in my face, 'squared up to' and after several vehicle searches they even asked me what my nightstick was. When I showed them it's a steering lock with a light on they snatched it from me...one even did a full inspection on my car, even though I was an apprentice mechanic. I laughed when he tried to check the security of the battery.
I can only imagine this is scratching at the surface for what people of colour must experience.
The highlight was a female police officer failing to indicate whilst turning into the side road I was trying to get out from on my lunch break. I waited and waited for a gap and she just turned in. I threw my arms up in a "oh FFS way" and drove on. She put her blue lights on and pulled me over. I told her she should be setting an example for driving standards, I was just met with laughter and a request to produce my documents for the 17th time in 8 months of driving.
I was late back to work because of this and got a telling off from my boss. It took me years to forget this treatment I received as a teenager. Like I said, a small taste of what it must feel like to be discriminated against for something, mostly, out of my control.
Over time I built up a dislike for the police as, polite as I was initially, it started to get tiresome. Whenever I questioned why I had been pulled over I would be met with hostility, torches shone in my face, 'squared up to' and after several vehicle searches they even asked me what my nightstick was. When I showed them it's a steering lock with a light on they snatched it from me...one even did a full inspection on my car, even though I was an apprentice mechanic. I laughed when he tried to check the security of the battery.
I can only imagine this is scratching at the surface for what people of colour must experience.
The highlight was a female police officer failing to indicate whilst turning into the side road I was trying to get out from on my lunch break. I waited and waited for a gap and she just turned in. I threw my arms up in a "oh FFS way" and drove on. She put her blue lights on and pulled me over. I told her she should be setting an example for driving standards, I was just met with laughter and a request to produce my documents for the 17th time in 8 months of driving.
I was late back to work because of this and got a telling off from my boss. It took me years to forget this treatment I received as a teenager. Like I said, a small taste of what it must feel like to be discriminated against for something, mostly, out of my control.
A fair few when i was younger, some because I was being silly, some because my Dad was a plod and its always funny to say "i pulled your lad over" ( I know this for fact sadly)
But in recent years rarely if at all, I have chanced it when skint driving with a cracked window for months and also a broke headlight, but never actually been pulled for a check up or for anything else.
And all of them were fair enough.
But in recent years rarely if at all, I have chanced it when skint driving with a cracked window for months and also a broke headlight, but never actually been pulled for a check up or for anything else.
And all of them were fair enough.
5 times in over 40 years (although I'm going back to age 14 for the first one).
3 for speeding, got away wth one out of three.
Once for stopping on a country lane at 1.30 in the morning, I had pulled off the main road in order to have a wee. Officer didn't believe me until I showed him the wet patch in the bushes, still decided to call out a breathaliser from the town centre so we all had to wait 20 minutes for them to arrive in December. I had had a glass of wine 5 hours previously with the staff Christmas meal, which I told him, and passed, obviously.
And once on my way to fishing when I was 14, I was on a pedal cycle towing a trailer, with a 'SHORT VEHICLE' sign on it for comedic effect. My father had built it and, as he was a traffic officer, his mates wanted to see it.
3 for speeding, got away wth one out of three.
Once for stopping on a country lane at 1.30 in the morning, I had pulled off the main road in order to have a wee. Officer didn't believe me until I showed him the wet patch in the bushes, still decided to call out a breathaliser from the town centre so we all had to wait 20 minutes for them to arrive in December. I had had a glass of wine 5 hours previously with the staff Christmas meal, which I told him, and passed, obviously.
And once on my way to fishing when I was 14, I was on a pedal cycle towing a trailer, with a 'SHORT VEHICLE' sign on it for comedic effect. My father had built it and, as he was a traffic officer, his mates wanted to see it.
4 times. One D&D 35 years ago.
One because I was riding a 125 with no L plates. WPC about the same age as me (21) was surprised I was still riding it having passed my test and empathised when I said I couldn't afford anything else! She also agreed that asking me to pull onto the pavement of a busy high street was not the best way she could have conducted the stop - she was on foot...
One for speeding: overtook a slow moving truck to find it tailgating a police car so close I had no room to pull into the gap so overtook that, too. Let off with a warning after they kept me hanging about for 10 minutes. They said they had taken the truck's number and would be following up later. No idea if they did.
One for jumping 2 red lights. Reported for one, 3 points and £100 fine.
One because I was riding a 125 with no L plates. WPC about the same age as me (21) was surprised I was still riding it having passed my test and empathised when I said I couldn't afford anything else! She also agreed that asking me to pull onto the pavement of a busy high street was not the best way she could have conducted the stop - she was on foot...
One for speeding: overtook a slow moving truck to find it tailgating a police car so close I had no room to pull into the gap so overtook that, too. Let off with a warning after they kept me hanging about for 10 minutes. They said they had taken the truck's number and would be following up later. No idea if they did.
One for jumping 2 red lights. Reported for one, 3 points and £100 fine.
3 times
1. Out of date tax driving my bosses XR3 ( he was as tight as anything) justified
2. Driving my VW Beetle, policeman stepped out in front of me to stop me, it was teeming down with rain and like the ultimate driving machine on cross-ply’s it was it locked up and I skidded stopping 1 ft in front of his shins. I’m not sure who was more shocked. Apparently they were looking for someone “similar”, that old bull. Gave the copper a lift back to Barnet station ( which is probably what he was looking for)
3. Not me but I was in the front seat so I’m claiming it. Five of us out in my mates old Skoda got stopped one dark winters night returning home after a gig. Older policeman and younger guy out to make an impression. He asked my mate what he had in the boot, to which he Correctly replied “the engine”. My mate opens the boot protesting, policeman reaches in and grabs the exhaust manifold in the dark. Cue much laughter and a very burnt policeman, the older guy had to call an ambulance and we had to go down the station and witness an “accident” report.
1. Out of date tax driving my bosses XR3 ( he was as tight as anything) justified
2. Driving my VW Beetle, policeman stepped out in front of me to stop me, it was teeming down with rain and like the ultimate driving machine on cross-ply’s it was it locked up and I skidded stopping 1 ft in front of his shins. I’m not sure who was more shocked. Apparently they were looking for someone “similar”, that old bull. Gave the copper a lift back to Barnet station ( which is probably what he was looking for)
3. Not me but I was in the front seat so I’m claiming it. Five of us out in my mates old Skoda got stopped one dark winters night returning home after a gig. Older policeman and younger guy out to make an impression. He asked my mate what he had in the boot, to which he Correctly replied “the engine”. My mate opens the boot protesting, policeman reaches in and grabs the exhaust manifold in the dark. Cue much laughter and a very burnt policeman, the older guy had to call an ambulance and we had to go down the station and witness an “accident” report.
stu67 said:
3 times
1. Out of date tax driving my bosses XR3 ( he was as tight as anything) justified
2. Driving my VW Beetle, policeman stepped out in front of me to stop me, it was teeming down with rain and like the ultimate driving machine on cross-ply’s it was it locked up and I skidded stopping 1 ft in front of his shins. I’m not sure who was more shocked. Apparently they were looking for someone “similar”, that old bull. Gave the copper a lift back to Barnet station ( which is probably what he was looking for)
3. Not me but I was in the front seat so I’m claiming it. Five of us out in my mates old Skoda got stopped one dark winters night returning home after a gig. Older policeman and younger guy out to make an impression. He asked my mate what he had in the boot, to which he Correctly replied “the engine”. My mate opens the boot protesting, policeman reaches in and grabs the exhaust manifold in the dark. Cue much laughter and a very burnt policeman, the older guy had to call an ambulance and we had to go down the station and witness an “accident” report.
I stopped an old motorcycle that was a gift for a PC looking for a bit of process. A torch strapped on for the headlight, a handbrake that rotated if it was left alone, and more. I went from front to back, pointing out the faults, and I noted that the exhaust was held on with a chain tied around it and going up to the seat. I said, 'This is loose as well.' and to show him, I grabbed it to shake it about a bit. I had to let him go. I had to go to Barts Hosp with the burns.1. Out of date tax driving my bosses XR3 ( he was as tight as anything) justified
2. Driving my VW Beetle, policeman stepped out in front of me to stop me, it was teeming down with rain and like the ultimate driving machine on cross-ply’s it was it locked up and I skidded stopping 1 ft in front of his shins. I’m not sure who was more shocked. Apparently they were looking for someone “similar”, that old bull. Gave the copper a lift back to Barnet station ( which is probably what he was looking for)
3. Not me but I was in the front seat so I’m claiming it. Five of us out in my mates old Skoda got stopped one dark winters night returning home after a gig. Older policeman and younger guy out to make an impression. He asked my mate what he had in the boot, to which he Correctly replied “the engine”. My mate opens the boot protesting, policeman reaches in and grabs the exhaust manifold in the dark. Cue much laughter and a very burnt policeman, the older guy had to call an ambulance and we had to go down the station and witness an “accident” report.
I was on the back of a Triton going up Shooters Hill, from the south. There was a moped in front that was struggling and we were catching it fast. Suddenly a police officer stepped out into the road behind the moped and sort of jogged up to it, putting his hand on the rider's shoulder. The poor guy nearly fell off in shock. We went past, but my pilot had to stop because he was laughing so much.
i don't think i actually commented on me being pulled over.
4 times in 20+ years of driving. 4 were justified and 3 were no bother at all.
One incident when i was pulled up in Chelmsford was fairly odd - i understand why they pulled me, i was in a newly leased S3(mine) and i had been driving up and down the same stretch of road a few times (i was trying to get into a petrol station but the queue was out onto the road and it was single lane, i didn't fancy it but i could see it moving quite quickly so i thought i'd circle a few times until i could get on the forecourt)
They said my behaviour matched what drug runners do, which is fair enough. He then went on to tell me, "because i have a hire car that looks more dodgy" - i explained that it was a lease car, which is a little different, i'm not renting it for the day, i have it for two years, my details are on file and registered to the plate etc. He didn't agree.
they called for backup (i was on my own..) and in the end i had one unmarked focus st (the one that pulled me to start off with) 2 marked patrol cars and a van. They spent 25 minutes (taking turns) to go through the car, i asked at one point if they could close the drivers door while they were searching other parts as it was pouring with rain and my door card was getting soaking wet, i tried not to be argumentative but i get it probably sounded that way.
they just didn't get that i was 'out for a drive' - surprising how many people don't understand. it was a miserable wet sunday evening, the other half was at home watching some Celebrity dancing on x factor stars crap on the tv and i fancied some fresh air.
in the end the original officer came right up to my face and said, "i don't believe you were just out for a drive, i think you are selling drugs and have been lucky that you sold your last lot before we pulled you"
he did seem disappointed he couldn't find anything. They didn't give me any paperwork (i thought they had to for the search?) and let me get on my way. I spent 30 minutes when i got back home hair drying the drivers door card :/
4 times in 20+ years of driving. 4 were justified and 3 were no bother at all.
One incident when i was pulled up in Chelmsford was fairly odd - i understand why they pulled me, i was in a newly leased S3(mine) and i had been driving up and down the same stretch of road a few times (i was trying to get into a petrol station but the queue was out onto the road and it was single lane, i didn't fancy it but i could see it moving quite quickly so i thought i'd circle a few times until i could get on the forecourt)
They said my behaviour matched what drug runners do, which is fair enough. He then went on to tell me, "because i have a hire car that looks more dodgy" - i explained that it was a lease car, which is a little different, i'm not renting it for the day, i have it for two years, my details are on file and registered to the plate etc. He didn't agree.
they called for backup (i was on my own..) and in the end i had one unmarked focus st (the one that pulled me to start off with) 2 marked patrol cars and a van. They spent 25 minutes (taking turns) to go through the car, i asked at one point if they could close the drivers door while they were searching other parts as it was pouring with rain and my door card was getting soaking wet, i tried not to be argumentative but i get it probably sounded that way.
they just didn't get that i was 'out for a drive' - surprising how many people don't understand. it was a miserable wet sunday evening, the other half was at home watching some Celebrity dancing on x factor stars crap on the tv and i fancied some fresh air.
in the end the original officer came right up to my face and said, "i don't believe you were just out for a drive, i think you are selling drugs and have been lucky that you sold your last lot before we pulled you"
he did seem disappointed he couldn't find anything. They didn't give me any paperwork (i thought they had to for the search?) and let me get on my way. I spent 30 minutes when i got back home hair drying the drivers door card :/
Twice early on in my driving career.
Once in 1992 for doing 40 in a 30. Let off after a chat.
Once in 1995 for speeding and without due care by an unmarked car. Doing 58 in a 40 on the A30 dual carriageway between Staines and Heathrow airport along with all the other traffic. An overflowing right turn break in the central divider caused traffic in L2 ahead to come to a standstill, so I indicated in good time and moved into L1 to pass the blockage before returning to L2 to take the 3rd exit at the upcoming Bedfont roundabout. I was stopped and shown video of my driving, which I did not consider to be without due care at all. Ended up going to court where I received 4 points in total. I still have a copy of the video on VHS somewhere. You can hear from the video commentary that they were going to pull someone else for speeding since everyone was doing the same speed, but switched their attention to me when I performed my undertake. Dammit! Never been stopped or had points since.
Once in 1992 for doing 40 in a 30. Let off after a chat.
Once in 1995 for speeding and without due care by an unmarked car. Doing 58 in a 40 on the A30 dual carriageway between Staines and Heathrow airport along with all the other traffic. An overflowing right turn break in the central divider caused traffic in L2 ahead to come to a standstill, so I indicated in good time and moved into L1 to pass the blockage before returning to L2 to take the 3rd exit at the upcoming Bedfont roundabout. I was stopped and shown video of my driving, which I did not consider to be without due care at all. Ended up going to court where I received 4 points in total. I still have a copy of the video on VHS somewhere. You can hear from the video commentary that they were going to pull someone else for speeding since everyone was doing the same speed, but switched their attention to me when I performed my undertake. Dammit! Never been stopped or had points since.
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