Do you know why I stopped you?

[Moses]

I was thinking about some of the classic responses to that unwelcome inquiry after a traffic stop.

One of my favorites;

Officer: "Do you know why I stopped you?"

Driver: "You smelled the donuts?"

What are your favorites?

[rcecale]

Officer: Do you know why I stopped you?

Driver: Okay, I'll play your stupid-a$$ game...why did you stop me?

Randy

[Gogar]

Cop: "Do you know why I stopped you?"
Dude: "uhhhhh. no."
Cop: "Well, I clocked you at 73 in a 55 back there."
Dude: "Oh *****. Thank Goodness. I thought it was for the pot for a minute."

[fingpilot]

Do you have any idea why I stopped you?


Well, it could be for any one of a number of things......

[Dueller]

A police officer pulls a man over for speeding. As the officer approaches the car he can see that the man is very anxious about something.
"Good afternoon Sir. Do you know why I stopped you?"
"Yes, officer... I know I was speeding--but it is a matter of life or death."
"Oh, really? How's that?"
"There's a naked woman waiting for me at home."
"I don't see how that is a matter of life or death."
"If I don't get home before my wife does, I'm a dead man."

[Hugh R]

I got stopped several times 35 years ago in the DB4 when I was in the USMC in North Carolina, the cops saw a young kid driving it and assumed I was a drug dealer or it was stolen. One time that I got stopped (I wasn't really speeding much) and the cop says "Son, you were going about as fast as you could in that thing weren't ya?". And I said, "Sir, if I was going as fast as I could, we wouldn't be having this conversation right now".

[legion]

LEO: Do you know why I stopped you?

Me: Boredom?

[bigchillcar]

"the dude abides..man.."

[svandamme]

"sorry man, i don't swing that way, but i'll take it as a compliment..."

[legion]

LEO: Do you know why I stopped you?

Me: OH MAN! What did you eat? That breath is LETHAL.

[p911dad]

Funny you should ask.. On Tuesday I took the 911 out for a little cruise to inspect some of the larger projects in my territory, so.. after getting some discount Indian gas(.30 discount-no tax), I was heading for the barn after a successful tour, everything looked good, sunny day, feeling mellow. The trooper was sitting on a bridge over the Xway, in a car without the lightbar, didn't notice him until I was under him!
He comes blasting down the ramp and is on me in seconds. He asks me" Do you know why I stopped you" so I says "no, not really Trooper". He says "My laser showed you at 78 in a 65 at a distance of 865', sir" So I tried to blame my just rebuilt speedometer, but he doesn't buy it. Crap! So he gave me the ticket, and I took it to the family attorney to fight it.
Here's my question: would a Valentine One alerted me in time to slow to 72 or so?

[Gogar]

Why do you think that 72 would help? If he wants to, he will.

[red-beard]

78 in a 65, he must have been having slow day...

[p911dad]

The "limit" around here seems to be somewhere around 75, I certainly found the upper limit. We never hear of tickets on rural xways under 75. I was actually really surprised to get one at 78, as the traffic was moving near that speed and I just happened to get choosen-yeah, maybe he was bored, that is a lonely stretch of road for sure(I86 west of the I390 split)

[wreckersteve]

Do you know why I pulled you over?

Yes. Do you know why I ran the stop sign? As the officer stands in the rain.

[unimog406]

LEO: do you know why i stopped you?
me: I thought YOU were supposed to know that

[URY914]

I didn't pull over, *********. I ran out of gas.

[masraum]

Originally posted by gmeteer
Here's my question: would a Valentine One alerted me in time to slow to 72 or so?

Veeeery unlikely. You're unlikely to get enough warning with ANY laser detector. I'd think (based on research) that your only good option is a laser jammer. The Blinder Xtreme is a laser detector and jammer. It has the detector to let you know the first time you get hit. You then slow down and turn off your jammer and they get a good reading.

[pwd72s]

The best response is nothing. "Do you know why I stopped you?"
Say zilch. Smile, hand over registration, license, and proof of insurance. Oterwise say nothing.

What ever you say WILL be used against you in a court of law...should you decide to contest the ticket.

[alf]

Originally posted by pwd72s
The best response is nothing. "Do you know why I stopped you?"
Say zilch. Smile, hand over registration, license, and proof of insurance. Oterwise say nothing.

What ever you say WILL be used against you in a court of law...should you decide to contest the ticket.

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