1st Ticket

[Drunken Monkey]

Like I said. While true, the people that go this route all drive away with a ticket. And I don't need you to say anything anyway. If I did I wouldn't have stopped you.

I've always had great luck with the three Cs

Courteous (Why be rude? The officer is just doing his job, and I was the guy doing something wrong, not him)
Contrite (Yes, I am actually sorry that I'm making the officer write a ticket)
Confess (Yes, I was doing something dumb)

And not to contradict you, you can still do the 3Cs while not specifically admitting what you did wrong.
"Yeah, I was being an idiot/agressive/having too much fun" is usually sufficiently confessional, without actually admitting guilt.

[hbliam]

I've always had great luck with the three Cs

Courteous (Why be rude? The officer is just doing his job, and I was the guy doing something wrong, not him)
Contrite (Yes, I am actually sorry that I'm making the officer write a ticket)
Confess (Yes, I was doing something dumb)

And not to contradict you, you can still do the 3Cs while not specifically admitting what you did wrong.
"Yeah, I was being an idiot/agressive/having too much fun" is usually sufficiently confessional, without actually admitting guilt.

Good post and I agree, you don't have to admit guilt to be "honest' with the Officer.

[He Man]

how about with traffic cops?

Im pretty sure theres a different set of rules with them cause ive been in a car as a passenger and heard them tell the driver "i dont wanna hear it" or "too bad" they seem to be a different breed.

[Statler]

how about with traffic cops?

Im pretty sure theres a different set of rules with them cause ive been in a car as a passenger and heard them tell the driver "i dont wanna hear it" or "too bad" they seem to be a different breed.

I know you just got a ticket you are very unhappy with, but there's a big difference between the discussion going on here and your comment.  knock it off please.

[He Man]

I apologize if i was being offensive in anyway, but it is a legitimate question. If hbliam, which, to my understanding is an Police officer,, says that hes more prone to give a ticket if someone keeps it shut then if they were to just honest, is it the same etiquette for traffic cops?

If that's inappropriate to ask, the feel free to delete both of my post.

[ab]

I wondered the same too.  Why was your remark/post considered offensive?  It just seems that the topic of  is a blasphemy. Sounds ridiculous to me frankly speaking!

[dbran1949]

On-Line traffic school, so easy a monkey in a sack could do it.  In CA it is all about the money, they make it pretty easy so you are not inclined to clog up the court system.

I always thought it would be kind of cool, if everyone in the state, just for one month, drove the speed limit. The lost revenue would be staggering

[Drunken Monkey]

I wondered the same too.  Why was your remark/post considered offensive?  It just seems that the topic of  is a blasphemy. Sounds ridiculous to me frankly speaking!

We have a "no cop talk" rule around here (to go with the "no politics, no religion, no inflammatory comments" rules)

It tends to make tempers flare and it's never fair to paint any group with a broad brush. Law enforcement & speeding tickets just seems to pop up more often than most for some strange reason on this forum  

[ab]

We have a "no cop talk" rule around here (to go with the "no politics, no religion, no inflammatory comments" rules)

It tends to make tempers flare and it's never fair to paint any group with a broad brush. Law enforcement & speeding tickets just seems to pop up more often than most for some strange reason on this forum  

[hbliam]

We have a "no cop talk" rule around here (to go with the "no politics, no religion, no inflammatory comments" rules)

It tends to make tempers flare and it's never fair to paint any group with a broad brush. Law enforcement & speeding tickets just seems to pop up more often than most for some strange reason on this forum  

The rule came into being because of the dozen or so cops that are members (or were) of the board. The comments were offensive to us as a group and as members of the board I believe the admin (DML) decided we had as much of a right to feel comfortable here as anyone else.

I didn't think he mans post was out of line. I can't speak for all cops just for myself.

Traffic specific cops (motorcycles for instance) are more prone to write you a citation as that is their main function: traffic enforcement. And no it's not for revenue generation ( at least around here). Our captains look at reports of collisions and if there is an increase of accidents at intersections due to someone running a red light they tell us to write more red light tickets. If I am monitoring a red light for those type of violations due to that direction your chance of getting out of the citation are fairly slim.

[nfwb11]

If that's the case I'm cool with it.  While I'd prefer not to shell out a few hundred bucks for the fine, the lack of points and an insurance hike are more my concern.

[somegirl]

I've always had great luck with the three Cs

Courteous (Why be rude? The officer is just doing his job, and I was the guy doing something wrong, not him)
Contrite (Yes, I am actually sorry that I'm making the officer write a ticket)
Confess (Yes, I was doing something dumb)

+1

[Popeye the Sailor]

+1

Liar. You totally skip the 3C's and go straight to the 36C's. Total abuse.

[Drunken Monkey]

Liar. You totally skip the 3C's and go straight to the 36C's. Total abuse.

Stop sexually harassing that poor lady! Oh wait, that's no lady, that's your wife. 

[Statler]

HeMan,  the question was absolutely fine and in keeping with the thread.  It's the editorial comments I am trying to steer away from, that's all.  I should have been more clear.

And as allways, it has nothing to do with anyone being offended.