Excuse you used to avoid a ticket

MamaJAM wrote: Question #4 -
What is the most unusual excuse you've used to try and keep from getting a ticket? ...and... Did it work?

MamaJAM replied: **knock on wood** I have never been pulled over....so I've never needed any 'excuses'.

But -- my MIL is constantly being pulled over.....she's had a few whoppers - but here's my favorite:

MIL runs right through a stop sign about 2 blocks from her house.
Cop pulls her over and approaches the car.
Cop says - "Ma'am do you realize you didn't stop at that stop sign back there?"
MIL says - "Oh _that_ stop sign...I _never_ stop at that stop sign." (Yes she was serious.)
The Cop actually laughed so hard he just couldn't give her a ticket...though he did warn her that next time he wouldn't be so nice.

ftr -- She STILL never stops at that stop sign.

TeagansMom609 replied: I have only been pulled over for speeding once. I was caught on the Atlantic City expressway doing 110 and told the officer who was NOT too happy with me, that the reason I was driving so fast was because I was really tired and just wanted to get home quickly. It did not work. He searched my car, and made me get out and do a sobriety test on the side of the highway in the freezing cold. Luckily my Dads a lawyer and went to court with me and got me out of the ticket. I would have lost my license.

C&K*s Mommie replied: That was a good one~~ even if it were not an excuse, but the truth.

I have only been stopped once for speeding (TY God), in Georgia for speeding- doing 92 in a 75. I did not give excuses but the truth. The car (which was a friends) maxed out around 80 (according to the speedometer) he said he clocked me at 92 in a 70 zone. I also told him I was dozing off, which I was, I fall asleep while driving at night. He gave me a near $400 ticket (it went to $409, plus a suspended license, cause I did not show up in court in GA & did not pay the ticket till years later when I learned of the suspended license I was driving on )

The other three accidents were because of naivety of being an inexperinced driving or not seeing the people. No excuses, just truth when the cops showed up.

Kaitlin'smom replied: Yes I have only been pulled over once, back when we had a red z-24 I was NOT speeding when I heard the lights I am thinking what the heck did I do. Then it hit me front license plate (required in Ohio). So the snotty offcer approaches me and asks if I know why he pulled me over, i said well probably for the missing front license plaste, he (in a very snooty tone) said yes, and I will have to write you a ticket for it, I said sir I was told not to replace it until my plates were up for renewal by another police department. He said Oh really and who told you that well I gave him all the info and said call them, he said you bet I will well I waited while he did this, I was so mad if I get a ticket that other police dept is gonna pay. He finally came back handed me back my stuff and said dont let me see you here again until you get that plate or I will give you a ticket. I bit my tounge and said yes sir (okay it was a bit snotty but he attitude SUCKED). So thats my one and only time for being pulled over.

coasterqueen replied: Been pulled over a few times, no excuses given, never got out of one.

Insanemomof3 replied: I got pulled over once after James and I got into a fight. I was bawling my eyes out, ran a yellow/red light. It turned red right as I was going through. The cop pulls me over, I start crying some more. He asked if I was ok, I started going off about how men were so cruel. He told me to slow down, go to my sisters and not drive until I was under control. LOL No ticket.


Another time, I was driving along, (I was young...and bad) my friends and I were smoking pot in my car. I got pulled over. The car was FULL of smoke. (All windows were UP). So I roll the window down, and the cop got blasted with the smoke. He asked if we were smoking pot (DUH) and I said yes officer. He said he would look the other way if I got out and smoked with him! I was like..ummm ok. So I shared and he let me go. THAT was crazy.


Another one...I was newly pregnant with my daughter. My ex and I had one car so if I needed the car I had to take him to work in the mornings. This one particular morning, we were running late so I decided to skip my morning pee and do it when I got back. I was DYING on the way home and was going 44 in a 30. I was a block from my house when I got pulled over. The cop came up, I said follow me to my house (told him how close we were), let me pee, and you can give me my ticket. He looked at me funny...I told him I was newly pregnant. So he followed me to my house and gave me a warning. LOL He told me to slow down. He laughed at me.

Kaitlin'smom replied:


thats all I can say

CAMSMOM1 replied: Insanemomof3 Posted on Jan 30 2006, 12:12 PM


I had the same thing heppen to me when I was in high school. Ok, I was a wild and rebellious teen, who wasn't? We were smoking weed on a side street off of my neighborhood. I was with a guy friend of mine. So we're were smoking and the officer comes up. He rolled down his window and there was a cloud of smoke in his face. My friend tried to deny that we were smoking pot, hello...it was pretty obvious! And then he looked at me and said, "Aren't you Annie? Captain Ralph daughter???" (My Dad is the Captain of the Fire Dept.) "Um, yes...(criying) are you going to tell my Daddy?" And he said he was letting me go because I would be an embarrassment to the Fire Dept and to our town. Thank God my Dad never heard that story, and I didn't get a ticket! (Just for the record, I don't smoke pot anymore )

The other time was when I was going 65 in a 45 zone. The officer pulled me over and said, "I've been following you with my lights on for a mile....why didn't you pull over?" "Um, I didn't see you or your lights!" "Turn down your radio," he told me." And then he asked why I had been speeding, "I'm running late for my birthday dinner. My families been waiting for me at the resturant. I'm sorry, I never speed." (lies, lies, lies...ok the dinner was true, but I always speed) And so he let me go, and told me to drive with my radio turned down and be more observant! Ha! I couldn't believe I got out of that one! But I was kinda fllirty!

I always speed, and thank God....no tickets yet!

Insanemomof3 replied: Forgot to add in my post earlier, I don't smoke pot anymore either...I would NEVER ever ever ever touch that crap again. Or anything else. Just didn't want anyone to get the wrong idea.

gr33n3y3z replied: knock on wood never had a ticket yet prolly just very lucky

jcc64 replied:

For REAL?????????? That is the craziest cop story I've ever heard!

Insanemomof3 replied:
I swear, that really happened. He was nuts. In the town I lived in we had TONS of cops that kept their confiscated (sp?) drugs. I was friends with a kid of a cop, and he did that all the time.

3xsthefun replied: I have never been pulled over or ever gotten any kind of ticket *knock on wood*

C&K*s Mommie replied:
I was thinking that Denise got very lucky, things like that only happen in the movies. But I guess she is proof they happen in real life, too!

A&A'smommy replied:
YES those things really do happen... we have quite a few crooked cops in my town too. I have been lucky so far I haven't been pulled over!!

jcc64 replied: I don't doubt for a second that there are lots of drug using cops out there- but the fact that they would do it in front of a civilian -in uniform and on the job, that is just OUT THERE!

huggybugboy replied: Ive been pulled over a few times, only had one ticket I think the funniest one was when I went through a red light and actuallly almost hit the cop. I was actually stopped at the light to go left and when the people next to me started going, I did too, only to realize too late that the light was red. Anyway when I realized what I had done, and that there was a cop right there I just pulled myself over before the cop had even turned. I thought for sure I was going to jail. He said, "you know you almost hit me? you could have killed me!" I was practically on the verge of tears and I said "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I swear I saw the light turn!" Anyway, miracle upon miracles, he let me go. I was shaking so bad.

My3LilMonkeys replied: I have only been pulled over once. I was doing smtg like 50 in a 35 and I told the cop the truth - my speedometer was broken and I could only guess at how fast I was going. He lectured me about proper maitenance and still gave me a ticket.


DH has only been pulled over once - 3 days before Madison was born, so I was HUGE. The cop came up to the car and DH tried to tell him I was in labor. I was so angry that he got pulled over I told the cop that I was not in labor even though we really couldn't afford the ticket.

luvmykids replied: I said I was late for a wedding rehearsal and he said "Good thing it's just the rehearsal, because it's gonna take me a minute to write this up and you're going to be even later."

MomToJade&Jordan replied: Let's see. I have been pulled over at least 4 times in my lifetime. I used to be quite the speed demon, not so much now that I have kids.

One time I got pulled over coming home from the movie. My brother and I went to see Twister and you all know how rollercoaster like that movie is. We were talking and I wasn't paying attention and there they were in the middle of the median. Well I got pulled over and I was very honest with them and smiled. Got off with a warning. We pull away and my brother goes. How did you do that? LOL!!!!

Let's see another time I was driving home from Pensacola after spending the weekend with DH. The first few months of our Marriage I was trying to finish at FSU and he was in tech school. Well this was maybe 2 days before my first m/c. I was trying to make it to my spanish class on time and a State Trooper pulled me over. Well I just busrt out in tears. The guy felt sorry for me and instead of giving me a speeding ticket he gave me a $43.00 no seat-belt ticket. Yes I had my seat-belt on, but he saw that I was in distress and didn't want to make it worse.

The last time I got pulled over it was while I was pre-eclampsic. I was leaving Bethesda and the traffic was really bad. This guy in front of me pulled out of the line to go out and got into the turning lane ahead. There was about 5 feet of the other lane before you could actually get into the turning lane. I was tired and wanted to get home so I did them same thing. Well I was the one who got pulled over. There was no one coming I made sure. Well anyway he asked me why I was there that day. I was like well I'm very pg and I'm being monitored for elevated BP. I'm glad I had gotten it done before I got pulled over because my Bp would have been threw the roof. Anyway I got off with a warning for that one too.

~~*Missi*~~ replied: I heard of a friend that told a cop she was speeding and ran lights because she had to get home to go potty and it was peeing LOL

Sadly it worked

holley79 replied: Pulled over, not me. Excuses NO WAY.

Ok for real. I have been pulled over more then my share. I have only had two tickets out of all those times though. One for speeding and the other for following too closely.

There was one night I was driving and went through a yellow light that turned red on me. I got pulled over. As the officer walked up to the window I had my hands down the front of my shirt and was hopping around in the front seat screaming, Get it out, Get it out. He asked me what the problem was and I told him a spider fell down the front of my shirt. (This excuse only works when you are wearing a low cut shirt and have lots of cleavage. LOL) Well I got out of the truck and shook out my shirt really good and acted visibly shaken. He asked me if I was ok and I told him that I think I was. I asked to borrow his flashlight, which he handed me. I "double checked" my shirt and guess what, NO SPIDER.

He asked me why I ran the redlight and I told him I was so sorry. Right as I got to the intersection the spider dropped down and scared me and when I looked up the light was turing red. I laid it on REAL thick. Well I didn't get a ticket and he was getitng off shift in 30 minutes so we went to dinner.

Those were the days. LOL

Rileysmom replied:
That the excuse I planned to use while I was pregnant, but I never got pulled over, so I didn't get to use it.

MommyToAshley replied: I used to be bad about speeding when I was in college and worked full time. The two consumed about 85+ hours a week... and I was always late to one or the other. I did get pulled over a lot but I got out of about 90% of the tickets.

One night I was coming home from work about 2am and I still had to study for a test. I was sitting at a red light that was taking forever, and there were no other cars on the road. (I didn't see the cop sitting in the corner parking lot) So, I turned. The cop pulled me over and I asked him why he pulled me over (even though I knew) He said you ran the red light. And, I said "it doesn't say no turn on red" And he replied, "you made a left turn" He laughed and let me go.

I am a very cautious driver now, and I am lucky that I didn't injure myself or anyone else when I was younger. I hope to teach Ashley to be a safe driver... I shutter at the thought of her being behind a wheel when I remember how bad I was in my late teens/early 20's.

kimberley replied: i had an accident when i was 8mos pg with jacob i was making a right off my street and the first lane had all parked cars so i kind of edged around the corner waiting for a break in traffic to go. well i saw an opportunity and accelerated but stupidly left a pop on the dash that came flying at me so as i tried to catch it, i rear ended one of the parked cars. i was charged with careless driving. big fine and points i fought it in court, pleading not guilty.

months later i had my day in court. they tried to get me to settle before trial but i didn't want to pay any fine. the young female crown attorney made my case for me lol. she asked where i was going. i said church. she asked what happened. i told her i had strong, painful braxton hicks and went to pull over and accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake bumping the parked car. she said "you expect this court to believe that your pain was so severe that it would cause you to do this???" i just smiled and her and said "YES!". the judge asked if i had anything to add in my defense. i said under the definition of "careless driving" the mitigating circumstances did not fit that definition and therefore i am not guilty. the judge agreed!!! the whole court room applauded after she said "not guilty".

Hillbilly Housewife replied: no - i don't drive.... lol

but dh has gotten pulled over - we had to pay a ticket for having expired tags - it was my mother's car, but it stll shows up on his record.



dh has a tendency to get tickets...for speeding... but he always goes to court to try and fight them... 80% of the time the cop doesn't show up so then he doesn't have to pay the ticket.

mckayleesmom replied: I have never gotten out of a ticket. I got 2 tickets within 24 months and in Illinois they suspend your licence for that for 30 days...Well I had just moved and didn't know that little ditty...I got pulled over again and they arrested me because my licence was suspended. Went to court and got it all taken care of and guess what? A week later I got arrested AGAIN because they forgot to enter my court info into the computer system..... .

Anyways...I do have a friend that tried to tell a cop that his steal toed boots caused him to speed.....