what's the best ticket you've ever received?

[trax1]

When I was about 17-18 I didn't get the ticket, but got pulled over for no front plate, when the officer told me this is why I was pulled over I told him I know it was there earlier, maybe it fell off, luckily I decided to ask if I could take a look myself, so I get out of the car and walk to the front, and what do you know, there's my plate clear as day in the front of my car, the cop still ran my name and everyone else who was in the car with me though, which I thought was kinda BS.

[68Wooley]

Driving home from a club one night, I got pulled over in central London. It was female cop on her own and there were four of us in the car so the first thing she did was call for back up. Next thing I know there's about 5 cop cars surrounding us. I get out the car and answer the usual "is this car your's" questions after which I enquire as to why I'd been pulled over.

Her response was - and I quote - "I saw a bottle of water on your rear parcel shelf and I always associate that with drugs". 

At this point the 5 carloads of additional cops start looking a bit sheepish, but she insists on breathalyzing me (I hadn't touched a drop) and searching me, my friends and the car. Eventually, and much to her disgust, she finds nothing and is forced to let us go.

[Captfish]

Got pulled over the other day Cause the a cop thought my window tints were too dark. went like this:

Cop: Afternoon sir may I see your Lic, registaratiom and proof on insurance.....
Me: OK *I get it out of glove box and hand to the officer*
Cop: Do you have any idea why i pulled you over?
me: No. Why?
Cop Your window tints are too dark. Thats illegal!
Me: Oh, I'm pretty sure they are legal. When I had them installed I specifically  asked for "Legal Tints"
Cop: Hmmm, No those are Obviously illegal! you know people will tell you one thing and do another, I'm sure the installer put darker tints on. I'm going to have to Check them with my meter.
Me: OK, but I am pretty sure they are legal.
*I roll my window half way up*
 *So he sticks his little meter on there  holds it for a second then pulls it away to reasd the screen, and gets a pissed off look.  He stares at the screen for a second more, then looks at the car, back at the screen. Then puts the meter back on the window but further forward then before. Checks it. slides it back to a diffrent spot checks it again.*
Me: Are the legal?
Cop: *mumbles* They are legal. wait here.
*He walks back to his squad car for what seemed like forever and comes back.
Cop: I'm giving you this written warning for these tinted windows sign here
*I sign*
Me: are my tints illegal?
*he hand me my warning*
Cop: No, Have a nice day.
* he turns and walks off
* I drive away confused 

[ScottyK]

  I have had numerous stops, only a couple of tickets, the most memorable my roomate and i were coming back from Bozeman MT ( 160 mi ) from Billings.....11:00pm at night my roomate says " there is a cop behind us." i just looked at him and said shut up, he responded "no seriously."  So i look in my rear view mirror and sure enough blinking headlights and the red/blue party lights.   I pull over and the officer who was a MHP walks up and and does the usual......"Do u know why i pulled u over?"  i say "probably speeding."  He then goes to his car then comes back about 10 min later and goes "heres your ticket....i clocked u at 94, the speed limit is 75."  i then asked....."were u sitting off the over pass, because i never passed you and i didn't see any other cars going the opposite direction." he was like "yep, i had to hit about 110 to catch up, BTW your last name is Kostelecky right?" i was like ya....why? he then asked if was related to a FORMER patrolman with the same last name....i told him that was my DAD, he then sat there for bout 30 mins talking about how my dad taught him during accident recreation school.  long story short.......still got the ticket, 40bucks.

 

[Bodhi]

got stopped doing a 122 in a 50 on a highway west of here.  Road block that I saw a mile + away.  When the cop that radioed it in caught up, I'd been stopped for about 5 minutes. 

Just over a $1000 and loss of license for a year.   

[uptown]

I got 20 some tickets in a span of about an hour once. But the 120 in a 15 was the killer

[Dux]

...my roomate says " there is a cop behind us." i just looked at him and said shut up, he responded "no seriously."  So i look in my rear view mirror and sure enough blinking headlights and the red/blue party lights.   I pull over...

You needed a passenger to tell you there was a cop with blinking headlights and red/blue party lights behind you...?

[DMBEAR]

Only gotten one ticket ever: tail light out 

Ya'll get breaks for two reasons....left and right. 

[texasmom]

Ya'll get breaks for two reasons....left and right. 

Breaks hell, that ticket was $75

[zoozoo]

got a ticket for parking in the wrong spot at the gym when the parking lot was full lol

[zoozoo]

See Rule #6

[mtnman]

Well, I didn't end up getting ticket out of it, but last fall I had an interesting encounter with law enforcement.

It turns out that if you're a long-haired, bearded, hippie-lookin' guy who drives at a reduced speed around the airport at the state capitol, pulling into all of the out-of-the-way nooks and crannies, repeatedly stopping to use your binoculars, repeatedly going back for a "second look", and periodically tossing (gently) a small rectangular package out towards the fence before speeding away, and parking in a somewhat concealed location to watch that package, it draws the attention of airport security, who notifies the local sheriff.

It may have made a difference that the military uses that airport too?  Not sure...

And I ended up with the Sheriff's business card, and an agreement that if I needed/wanted him to swing over and flash his lights to keep traffic clear of me, to just give him a holler, hehe!

No ticket, but the Sheriff seemed to think I was pretty "cool".

[SSgtHam]

Got pulled over the other day Cause the a cop thought my window tints were too dark. went like this:

Had one almost exactly like the first 1/4 of your story the other day.  Was driving along, minding my own business, and saw a cruiser pull up aside me in the next lane, then back off, pulled behind me and lit me up.  So, I pull over into a near parking lot, and the cop comes up.  Conversation goes like this:

Cop: Afternoon, you know why I pulled you over today?
Me: No, sir, no idea.
Cop: Your front windows have tint on them, that's illegal.
Me: Oh, really?  This is my dad's truck, I'm sorry.
Cop: Can I see your license, registration, insurance?
Me: *I hand him my license, go to get my registration and stuff*
Cop: How old are you?
Me: 16.
Cop: *slight pause* I'm just gonna let you go.  Next time, just pull off to the side of the street, not the parking lot.  Have a good day.
Me: Thank you, you too.

Mind you, I didn't even give him my registration or anything.  He just...let me go.  I think he wanted to see who was driving more than the windows.  My dad got that window tint put on a few years back, and this is the first time it's ever been a problem.  He was a nice guy, though.  *sigh*  I just think the cops up where I live have nothing better to do.  First time I got pulled over, by the way.  Yay me.

[trax1]

Double chambered bong

No, it would have been heroin that she was most likely thinking of.

[Anodizer]

You get a ticket for uncut lawn? 

I would get tickets every week then.. 

Be glad you don't have lawn police......