lol, i can't believe i read it all.

 

I enjoyed the story, thanks!

-Steakboy

 

I enjoyed your story but, you know if you continue, you will get busted at some point. I wish you the best of luck though.

 

Same here. Thats 10 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

You are way lucky you didn't get a ticket. I would of wrote you one.

 

Living in Houston as well, I can tell you that that incident got recorded as such, you won't get off next time.

On the other hand, I'm glad to hear that there are at least 2 more Cops out there that are willing to hear you out.

I got an HPD officer in trouble for lying [using physics to prove that he lied] so I'm pretty sure I'm a marked man.

 

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He knows his luck is up. He almost didn't partake in drinking with friends later that week because he was so paranoid the cops would show up (the neighbor had threatened to call them on us before).

I'm waiting for the day he ends up in jail, and crossing my fingers that they don't confiscate or damage his car.

 

nice story, i wish the cops up here were like that! i got asked if i have been drinking and driving, when i was parked in the mall parking lot, we have some dumb cops around ST louis

 

It's bad dharma too! And since you know so much about Karma you would know that Dharma takes effect in your current life

 

It's simple: I paid X amount of money for these tires, expecting them to last me Y amount of days. Due to the roadtrip, I had to buy new tires even though there were ~60 days left of use on my old ones.

X/Y was the dollar amount of tread wear I had expected to pay per day.

Since I was trashing them ~60 days earlier than I expected, I felt like I was letting (X/Y)*60 dollars go to waste.

Exactly...
...wait, I thought you said you didn't understand...

I'm not quite getting a "deal," I just feel like I'm getting my money's worth.

I always am.

You're both right and wrong. Yes - I want to drive around like a maniac. It's fun! Our cars are fun to get crazy in. But I'm still a very saftey-minded guy. I know it may not sound like it when I post about tickets for serious violations, but I really don't go crazy every time I get in my car. I just have the unfortunate luck to have been caught 2 of the 3 or 4 times I decided to have a little fun.
No - I really WAS trying to shred my tires. I love lateral G's. I love the attention the car gets when it takes a hard turn at breakneck speeds. I love everything about having all 4 tires in complete control while the lateral g's smash me into my door or center console. I don't know how to drift or powerslide or fishtail or anything like that - nor do I like it. I have friends that love that ****, and I've been in the car with them, and the feeling does not appeal to me. The only time I like having my back end sliding all over the place is when I'm in a FWD car on a dirt road.
I generally don't buy tires until they're showing thread. I'm the kind of guy who uses something until the bitter end. None of my combs have all their teeth. My computer barely meets the minimum requirements to run any new games that come out. I will not go grocery shopping until every morcel of food has been consumed. I'm an overly-frugal person. Everything to me is measured in dollar amounts. There was still some money left on those tires, and I refused to throw money away.


Take a belt sander to money? I don't think so. In my mind:

Money is to spending as treds are to wearing

I wanted those tires to be properly 'spent'



As I told the cops: I never said it was a 'good' or 'smart' idea... just 'an' idea.

 

Maybe in your part of Texas. Here in a Lubbock we still have the same old same old Officers patroling the streets.

I'm more likely to see lightning strike twice than see a Constable in this city. I've seen 2 Sheriffs out of 30 or so regular patrol cars.

And the cops here are a bunch of ********.

I remember one time my registration and inspection were expired, I had JUST lost my wallet (You can search my thread posts I actually made one about it being stolen lolz), and so get my inspection re-done I needed my license, which I kept in my wallet. So I was in the middle of getting a new license, and I figured I'd wait to do Inspection when I do registration because I'd rather get up early 1 day than 2 to get both taken care of.

So I get pulled over merely 5 days before I get my license in the mail, and I'm ticketed for not having a License or Insurance (Kept behind my DL), and expired inspection/registration.

I had to sit in the back of the cop car and sweat it out because I had no way to "identify" myself as "who I was claiming" to be. Which is understandable, but he described my attributes from his computer in his car after I gave him my DL# since I have it memorized, Male, 5'9, Brown Hair, Brown Eyes, Caucasian. I guess it didn't help that the address on my DL is from my parents house since I use to live there when I got it. I completely BLANKED on it and man oh man that just put the final nail in the coffin. He was getting ready to take me in to be finger printed to verify who I was, then I said can't you just look at my driver record? It's total ****, I can even tell you all the moving violations I've had. So I began to list off every single one I've had (and believe me, it's pretty bad. I got in a lot of trouble back in the day when I had my Trans Am), so he looks it up and is scrolling down the list as I ramble on for a minute or two, then he finally says "Well...that's true your driving record IS less than perfect." I guess then he believed who I was and wrote me up for 4 tickets after I explained everything that had happend, why I was missing my wallet and why I hadn't gotten to take care of my tags. I even showed him the receipt for the 200 dollars I paid to have the broken through window replaced and he STILL gave me all 4 of them.

Well good-fking-game Mr. Police Officer. Because 5 days later I got all of them dismissed after waiting in line for almost 2 hours. No income for you now mister, HAHA!

On-Topic: I agree with you, I'd want to trash my tires too. There's two reasons we don't do it. Police, and having to buy new tires.

you're getting new tires anyway, and as long as you do it without an officer insight, I give you full promission to drive like a bat out of hell

 

Hope the 3rd time won't be a charm!

 

I've had to deal with cops like that, too, Shini. I think there are just some cops out there who decide that they're going to give somone a ticket as soon as they turn on their lights, regardless of what the driver has to say.

I had a cop chase me in an ambulance all the way to the hospital after an accident just to give me a ticket for not having insurance. I told him that I had a copy on me, but he just walked away and said "The ticket's already written - dismiss it in court."

Win some, lose some, I guess...

 

I feel retarded after reading this thread......

 

No Rangers?? That would be wicked if your last name was Walker...then you'd HAVE to be a Texas Ranger!!

 

good work.

 

you really gotta cut that **** out. that's TWICE that you SHOULD have gotten a ticket.

 

I'll say it again: everyone is getting the wrong impression of me.



I DRIVE SPIRITED 100% OF THE TIME.

I USE MY TURN SIGNAL 100% OF THE TIME.

I NEVER STREET RACE.

I NEVER REV AT OTHER CARS.

I NEVER ACKNOWLEDGE CARS THAT REV AT ME.

I SPEED A LOT ON OPEN ROADS, BUT NEVER NEAR TRAFFIC.

MY DRIVING MANTRAS:
--AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, AS SLOW AS NECCESSARY
--ONLY TAKE A RISK WITH YOUR CAR WHEN IT'S THE ONLY CAR AT RISK.







While I'm sure that my getting off these past two incidents had a lot to do with luck, I think at LEAST 20% of it can be attributed to my ability to explain to the officers that my behavior, while admittedly dangerous, wasn't "irratic" or "reckless." Both times I had picked a safe location to perform a once-and-done "stunt" - what the officers witnessed was not a display of my normal driving habits.
I'm assuming that since cops deal with B.S.'ers and liars on a regular basis, they can pick up on someone when they're truely being honest. I guess they picked up on that, were having a good day, liked the car, liked me (maybe?), and decided to take a chance and let it slide.


I know I come off as an ******* behind the wheel since I've got a new "story" to tell every month, but the reason for that isn't I only get pulled over once a month, it's because I only do something stupid once (or twice) a month!

 

Allow me to use my special CrackerJack Bullshit Decoder Ring:



I speed 100% of the time

I secretly want to get a reckless driving ticket



It's okay to break the law if I'm by myself (or with an ex-girlfriend in the car)

I drive recklessly whenever I can, unless there's traffic and I need to slow down.
Driving like an idiot is okay if I think I'll only crash MY car. (yeah, because "accidents" never happen)

 

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I'm glad we're all on the same page now

 

Haha!

Great story man. I truly enjoyed the long version, and even after reading it, the short version made me chuckle. Nice work.

So now you've got 2 strikes on ya... how about we go for a full arrest, or at least shots fired for the 3rd one.

 

Oh yeah... sorry. My responsible 30 yr old, married, homeowner, business professional self was SUPPOSED to respond by pointing a finger at you and saying "SHAAAAAAAME!"

I don't condone insane driving, but I also don't think this guy needs a complete lecture. None of us bought these cars with dreams of "doing the speed limit".

 

didn't you induce a ricer behind you once into crashing into the median? sure his own damn fault but uhm yea shenanigans on these two points

 

You need to take a defense driving course.

 

Well, technically, he's being honest. He doesn't street race. In that incident, he took a turn at high speeds and the ricer tried to do the same. While he may not have thought they were racing, I'm sure once the ricer saw his car, the green flag waved in his mind. I'm not agreeing with what he did by any means, but I also won't say the ricer didn't get what was coming to him.

And when I ride with him, he doesn't speed in heavy traffic, and rarely does in moderate traffic. So, while his claim might not be entirely accurate, for the most part, it's true.

 

Cause who gives a **** about exs? You've had your fun, now they're useless.