Most interesting conversation with a cop

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 12:14 am

Had a really interesting conversation with the cop as i going home tonight, they pull me over 1 min from my place. Is a long read, but you guys would love it.

Me:"Good evening office, how r you"

Office: "Good good mate, nice car you got there, but you got to keep it in the speed limit"

Me: "I doubt it i was speeding, i know is 60km zone here, & i've got 2 speedo, so i know i wasn't speeding"

Office: "Coming buddy we both know you were speeding, but i won't give you a fine this time, you were doing 70km"

Me: "I don't think so, i never speed here, especially i only live down the road, where i'm going to speed, how far can i go??"

Office:"Doesn't matter, i'm just here to do a random breath test"

After I past the breath test

Office: "Can you open your bonnet mate"

Me: "Sure"

The cop took 15mins looking/digging every tiny corner

Office: "You know i can get you into real trouble for what you done to your car mate"

Me: "Really? i doubt it"

Office: "Come out of your car & i show you"

Cop shine the torch toward a round object

Office: "what is this, i doubt this is a standard issue"

Me: "You right officer, this is a car alarm, which isn't a standard issue, but it was an requirement for my insurance company"

Cop face turn red

Office: "So what is this thing here then?"

Me: "This is a fuse for my car stereo"

By now I just want to laugh my head off, i just have to hold back. Cause if he open my boot, he would of though my digital Cap is a bomb

Office: "Gosh i'm like a dickhead hey, but i'm nice, so i won't book you for speeding ok & your car is very nice, i like what you done to it"

Me: "Thax"

And I drove off

veilside · Post by **veilside** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 12:21 am

LMAO. Nice one

I had a cop tell me that I had the nicest Supra he had ever seen, just after I got my FTO. I pointed to my Mitsubishi sticker across the top of me windscreen and he still didn't get it...

DZYRME · Post by **DZYRME** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 12:50 am

Once I got pulled over by a cop, and the officer asked me what car it was. At the time, I had the huge airbrushed FTO sticker along the rear quarter panel.

I stuck my head out of the window, and pointed to the "FTO" sticker. I said, "Its a FTO Mate, Isnt it obvious?, I cant print it any bigger"

The cops face went red. All he could reply with was, "Smartarse"

akumi · Post by **akumi** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 2:43 am

yeah i noticed dat most cops don't know a lot of cars!!! how come? they just know V8s??? hahaha maybe the new generation will be better.

mrx · Post by **mrx** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 6:45 am

A week ago I had a run in also. The cop pulled me over, asked me about a dozen times if it was my car, took my license and did a check. He then did the whole RBT thing, which was fine, warned me against speeding, which I wasn't, but that he would "not book me for that this time".

However, and this is absolutely gospel, the funniest bit was when he told me that I had gone through an orange light. The obvious question:

"I'm not being smart here, but what is wrong with that?"

"It's illegal."

"Really? Has that changed recentl?"

"No. It has always been like that. It is the same as going through a red light."

But you know what? He didn't book me for that either. He also checked the car out, ground learance, tyres, lights etc. No problems. But what next - orange light cameras?

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 9:09 am

akumi wrote:yeah i noticed dat most cops don't know a lot of cars!!! how come? they just know V8s??? hahaha maybe the new generation will be better.

Actually i found that is the young one who "Try to proof themself" & ask you millions of questions that are going no where & try to defect you but don't know whats wrong or how.

While the older cop, they know most people are just cruising & sometimes give some lean way, if you do speed a bit e.g. 65km in 60 zone (Vic had this stupid law that they can book you over 3km)

Anyway I know I wasn't speeding, & lots of cops just make up that "You were speeding but i let you off this time" So they can check out what car that we are driving. I had the exact same thing when i had my other cars, but at least the cops back then was honest & said "I just want to know what car this is, looks great"

Theremin · Post by **Theremin** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 6:06 pm

After shorting my battery

I tried driving to a mechanic to get the alternator looked at because it wasn't charging. I didn't make it. The car came to a stand still at at some lights outside a major shopping centre. This was on a Sunday afternoon and I caused some havoc.

I was waiting for a tow-truck when a cop car pulled up. It was the one time I was glad to see a copper, because I thought he'd get the traffic back under control. The copper winds down his window and yells to me: "Looks too good to break down!" Then winds up his window and pisses off!!!

I can laugh about it now, but it was not funny at the time!

tommy · Post by **tommy** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 12:56 am

a cop pulled me over to have a conversation with me about his job..=/

xiang · Post by **xiang** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 1:34 am

tommy wrote:a cop pulled me over to have a conversation with me about his job..=/

hahah.. have some tea and biscuits aswell

IND38T · Post by **IND38T** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 7:01 pm

hahaha the only conversations i ever get with cops is them telling me not to speed and then giving me a fine.... for some reason they never look to fondly with a bunch of asians in an import hehe lol

on a lighter note.... though it was not an encounter with a cop i had, i was cruising along the streets of livo going home from wherever i cant remeber when i was stuck at the lights...there i sat grooving to the tunes of my music when this old man sticks head thru my window an says:

"nice car mate! how much you pick it up for?" there i sat thinking WTF?

"i got it for 18 and its an FTO..."

"my son's looking for a car i might get him this one" and then a piece of bread falls out of his mouth and into my car!

then he left and i just speed off ....

tommy · Post by **tommy** » Sat Sep 04, 2004 8:40 pm

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hahaha the only conversations i ever get with cops is them telling me not to speed and then giving me a fine.... for some reason they never look to fondly with a bunch of asians in an import hehe lol

on a lighter note.... though it was not an encounter with a cop i had, i was cruising along the streets of livo going home from wherever i cant remeber when i was stuck at the lights...there i sat grooving to the tunes of my music when this old man sticks head thru my window an says:

"nice car mate! how much you pick it up for?" there i sat thinking WTF?

"i got it for 18 and its an FTO..."

"my son's looking for a car i might get him this one" and then a piece of bread falls out of his mouth and into my car!

then he left and i just speed off ....

HAHAHA!! thats disgustin LOL!!!

xiang · Post by **xiang** » Sun Sep 05, 2004 6:44 pm

HAHAHAHA !!
wtf.. how random

GWIDO · Post by **GWIDO** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 11:39 am

This is off the subject a bit but...
My mate was cruisin along in his old falcon ute the other night on the way home from work, suckin down his first beer (ok I know thats wrong) when bugger me he goes througha booze bus. He blew over as he was just drinking a beer, so they took him in for questioning.
Well he's watchin the cops out the bus window and one of em gets into the falcon to move it, but without any luck. This big fella comes over, jumps in and has a go too, but still no joy. Well a third, even bigger cop jumps in and by this stage my mate is thinking how useless the others were, cause its just a four speed falcon, you know the type your mum used to drive...
bugger me dead if that cop is a useless f*cker too.
Well in all 6 cops tried to drive the car and couldn't and the funniest thing is this 18 year old chick, rookie cop with a size eight figure jumps in and drives it off the road no worries. Go figure?
Well at the end of the day my mate got let go cause he blew almost zero after ten minutes but the car got a sticker cause the cops are useless, not because it is hard to drive, just cause it is an older car with no power steering.
The moral of the story...
WAIT TILL YOU GET HOME TO HAVE YOUR FIRST BEER!

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 12:06 pm

Not so long ago I got caught doing 1?3 (I'll leave the question mark there, to avoid publicly admitting an exact speed, but lets just say it EASILY would have been loss of license).

The cop came to the drivers window and straight away was on me with their "attitude test". I completely submitted to the cop, agreed with what he said and showed remorseful emotions. At this point he began to loosen up a bit.

He then went around to check my license plates and rego sticker, which I hadn't replaced. When he came back around to my window I showed him that I had the new rego sticker but that I hadn't put it on yet. He then asked me about my personalised registration. I explained to him that it was my nickname and told him that it was a bit embarassing, but went on to tell him how the nickname came to be.

Anyway, after around 5 mins of chatting with him and having a bit of a laugh about the number plates and nickname he said to me "you seem like a pretty nice bloke and you tell a good story, how 'bout I just book you for not having the correct rego sticker on the car?".

Needless to say, I thanked him, stuck my new rego sticker on, and drove away with a $50 fine instead of a $300 fine + loss of license!

I'm not proud of what I did and nor can I boast of my actions, as ultimately it was up to the cop as to what he charged me with, but I will say that passing the attitude test is the most important thing, and sometimes it pays to have something minor wrong with your car so they can let you off with a lesser offence

In the cops own words, he said "this is too big for me to not do anything, I have to at least fine you for something". From now on I always have something minor wrong with the car, just in case

FTO338 · Post by **FTO338** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 1:03 pm

I agree attitude is very important, but it also takes two to tangle, if the cop is trying to be "smart", then thereâ€™s no way u going to avoid anything. What I find are those young cops "normal constable" are the one that usually cause trouble. They always try to "proof themselves" or try to be "Mr. Authority"

I had the similar incident like ruchi had mention before, as I was having a go with a "V8", but the senior constable didn't give me a fine, we just chat about the mod on the car, & he does know what his talking about too.

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 1:07 pm

Agreed Kev, the cop I got was a more "mature" person who didn't need to proove himself.

xiang · Post by **xiang** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 9:20 pm

all ways seems to be the young cops that try to act big.
oh well what can ya do..

sometimes some female cops can be pretty lenient, but then the young cop comes in and acts macho..

GWIDO · Post by **GWIDO** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 12:51 pm

yea the younger ones and the chicks can be a bit upity bu they can be quite good too.
One day on the freeway doin 120ish this celica came floggin up behind me and started tailgating. Well needless to say she went back to fourth, three quick lane changes through traffic and he was left in the smog....

So i looks across and theres a D car with lights flashing in the right lane and another car between us. Look down and I'm doin 170ish (fark)... hit the anchors and head for the emergency lane, the cop did the same.

I explained what had happened, he explained he was in a hurry and let me go. Dont think he could actually proove my speed though as he was on his own...

Besides, imagine the look on his face

he was loving it. Cops live for this shet as long as its not too dangerous to the public.