Originally Posted by Chris L.
Well, I think reading your post this morning jinxed me......I was just on I-70 cruising along below the speed limit & passed a HP that had someone stopped on the side of the road. As I passed "SHE" turned on her lights & pulled me over......"failure to yield".......I guess it's a law that in that situation you have to actually get over to the next lane....I usually do....I can't really recall if there were other vehicles inhibiting me from doing that or not......Guess I'll just pay the road tax. I must admit....that was the best looking HP officer I've ever seen!!!!!!!!!
Here in TN they call that the Move over law. There are signs posted every few miles reminding people about it. You're the first person I know of that's gotten a ticket from it though.
Originally Posted by blackcrossfire07
I say our cars are cop magnets and you say they are not. The fact is they are! I am living proof of that. Both of my speeding tickets were for 11 over on the interstate. I do that every day in my jeep and go right past the troopers taking radar... and NEVER get nailed. Every morning they are almost in the same place on the side of the road. They NEVER pull me over. One of these mornings I will drive past the same trooper at the same speed with my crossfire and you will see what happens.
I will say doing 50+ over the limit rules out "cop magnet" in that situation but our cars are cop magnets.
The fact is this.... our cars attract attention. Cops don't mean to single us out but they do because our cars are very different and attract attention.
You can't claim an opinion as fact. You get pulled over because you're breaking the law. I can't believe I'm saying this, but if you don't want to get pulled over don't give them an excuse to. This is coming from someone who has had 4 tickets this year. Everyone of them my fault since I was breaking the law.
so lets go over what we've learned today,
1. If you want to decrease the likelihood of getting pulled over by the cops don't break the law.
2. My opinion is not the same thing as a fact.
3. Your opinion is not the same thing as a fact.
Now if we need to we can go back to that elementry school that failed you and see if you can get a refund.
Originally Posted by Ringmaster
No. Gotta pay the court costs no matter what. I don't know if you were in Kansas or Missouri when you got the ticket but I would read exactly what the "failure to yield" law states. I know I pass a sign on I-35 in Kansas all the time that says move over OR slow down. Never heard of anyone actually getting cited for that unless perhaps you were too busy gawking at the Trooper and almost hit her.
Here (TN) it means if you've got a free lane next to you, you must move over. Otherwise slowing down is enough.