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  • Can I get a surprise ticket in the mail?

    In all of the years that I've been driving, I have never gotten a ticket. Last night I drove like a moron, and should have gotten one, but I didn't (luckily). I was going down this road at like 95mph and it was dark out. I thought I saw a car ahead of me (although there wasn't one) so I skid on my breaks. I went from the left lane all the way to the right lane (the back half of my car was up on the curb and the front half was on the side of the road, facing the opposite direction down a one way street because when I was skidding on my breaks the car turned). Immediately the cop came driving up to me. He came over and did the whole "Do you know how fast you were going?" routine and I replied with "Yes" and "I made a mistake, I know that I shouldn't have been driving like that". He asked for my license and registration, of course. I hand it to him, he takes off to his police car for about five, maybe ten minutes. Comes back and asked me to step out of the car. I get out and he asked me if I was drinking. I said "No". He said "Well, your eyes look kind of glassy". I said "Well, I don't know why... I didn't have anything to drink". He asked me where I was coming from. I said "Taco Bell". He asked me where I was going. I said "Dunkin Donuts". He said "You were coming from Taco Bell and now you're on your way to Dunkin Donuts??? Were you smoking then?". I replied with "No, I was only going to Dunkin Donuts to get coffee". He said "Well, there was a 24 hour Dunkin Donuts by that Taco Bell that you just came from". I said "I know, but the doors were locked anyway... maybe they were cleaning, I don't know, but the doors were locked". He told me to get into my car and see if I could drive it. I get in, start it up, and drive it off of the curb and turn it around so it is facing the right way on the one way road. I pull it to the side now and get out. I asked the cop "What should I do now?". It was late and I could barely hear him, but he said something like "I just want you to get home". He didn't write me a ticket.

    My question being, if he didn't hand me a ticket while he had me pulled over, does that mean that he could have written it up and was sending it to me in the mail, or there was no ticket at all? I only ask this because I was driving like an idiot and cannot believe that he didn't write me up anything.

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    Re: Can I get a surprise ticket in the mail?

    Well I would think it depends how things work in your area, but if that happened here I would say you got away with it. The only times we get tickets in the mail are for parking tickets and photo radar, if you get pulled they always give it on the spot.

    So I think you may have got lucky, maybe appealing to his love for donuts was your saving grace.


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    • #3
      Re: Can I get a surprise ticket in the mail?

      Originally posted by IcedMocha
      My question being, if he didn't hand me a ticket while he had me pulled over, does that mean that he could have written it up and was sending it to me in the mail, or there was no ticket at all? I only ask this because I was driving like an idiot and cannot believe that he didn't write me up anything.
      He would definately tell you if you were going to get a ticket, although they do have up to 6 months to write it up and give it to you. Most likely he checked to see that you didn't have any warrants out, and was nice enough to let you go.

      I got pulled over on my bike (I mean I pulled over for the police), one of them estimated I was about 150km/h the other estimated over 200km/h. I don't look at the speedometer so couldn't confirm (don't ever confirm with a number). They just said I would know by the end of the day if I would get a ticket - luckily they weren't a traffic unit and didn't bother.
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      • #4
        Re: Can I get a surprise ticket in the mail?

        wait....you hit your brakes because you THOUGHT you saw a car, but there wasn't one?

        No offense man, but....that is horrible...I mean, Ive driven after smoking more times than I could count with a calculator, but I've never lost it that bad...Gotta steer clear of that nose candy dude!
        Last edited by James; 10-06-2004, 05:18 PM.
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        • #5
          Re: Can I get a surprise ticket in the mail?

          Originally posted by Canadian Turbo
          Well I would think it depends how things work in your area, but if that happened here I would say you got away with it. The only times we get tickets in the mail are for parking tickets and photo radar, if you get pulled they always give it on the spot.

          So I think you may have got lucky, maybe appealing to his love for donuts was your saving grace.


          Welcome to the boards!!
          I think you are right. I have never had a cop let me go after being pulled over and then mail me a ticket. He probably just wanted to make sure you weren't drunk.

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          • #6
            Re: Can I get a surprise ticket in the mail?

            Originally posted by j'aime ta femme
            wait....you hit your brakes because you THOUGHT you saw a car, but there wasn't one?

            No offense man, but....that is horrible...I mean, Ive driven after smoking more times than I could count with a calculator, but I've never lost it that bad...Gotta steer clear of that nose candy dude!
            So, you condone driving in an altered state?

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            • #7
              Re: Can I get a surprise ticket in the mail?

              Originally posted by VWfolyfe
              So, you condone driving in an altered state?
              That's horrible I can't believe that anyone would do that sort of stuff

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