Was just remembering the time I was pulled over by a San Antonio cop. This happened over a year ago. He got me for speeding (11 MPH over the limit) and I see him out there all the time setting up a trap. H walked around my car and asked me "what kind of car is this?". Kind of makes you feel good knowing that our car is so rare that even a cop has no idea what it is. I guess he couldn't read either because it says Crossfire on the back!

 

Exact same thing happened to me last year!
Got pulled over for no front plate, cop gets out of car, asks for my license, tells me why he pulled me over & then strolls on back to his squad looking all the time at the car.
About 5 minutes later comes back & hands me my license, tells me not to worry, he's not going to fine me for the plate & then asks me "what kinda car is this?"
Sooooo..........did he pull me over for the plate & just to satisfy his curiosity??

 

Were you driving it like you stole it?

 

Last time I got pulled over for not putting me new stickers on my plates the cop asked me. I said with a smile "Its a Crossfire... I debadged it!"

 

I got pulled over last Thursday by the highway patrol. I was doing 7 over. The officer was suprisingly nice. I always pull far off the road. He gave me a warning, thanked me for my courtesy, and said nice ride as he gave me my warning.

 

What highway and what part of Texas? Was it DPS or an actual highway patrol? Just curious. 7 MPH over on a highway is BS.

I got pulled over in San Antonio rush hour traffic for not using a signal to merge on the highway crawling at 5MPH. A nice guy in a Jag behind me waved me in so I didn't bother with my signal. Next thing I know further down the road I see lights in my rear view mirror. It was DPS and I just got a warning.

I have family (brother...etc) that are police and I have all the courtesy badges and cards you can imagine. Never got pulled over as much as I do in my Crossfire. It must be a cop magnet.

 

No, man, just doing a gentle 30mph down a river road relaxing after lunch. The cop had a "trainee" with him.
Actually I've been pulled over twice for no front plates - never ticketed.
I mean what the heck?

 

He identified himself as highway patrol. I didnt pay that much attention I was just pissed at first cause I thought I was going to get a ticket. It was in Comanchee county just as I was approaching the town of DeLeon. As far as I know the speed limit was still 70. I thought I had the cruise on about 75 but he got me 77. BS I know, but it could have ended alot worse.

If you want to hear some real BS, you wont belive this story. I am diabetic so I always carry spare needles in the car. My Jr. year of highschool me and a buddy of mine were out crusing in my mustang after a football game. It was around 11 PM and the speed limit is 65mph at night. I was doing 70 and noticed lights behind me. I stopped asap for them. It was two highway patrol. One immediately started grilling me on what we were doing. I gave them my liscense and registration, wasnt good enough. They asked us both out of the car. My friend has a speech impediment and they thought he was drunk. My friend gave the cops no reason at all for them to think that. They immediatly put him in cuffs and forced him into the ditch. They took me over to the patrol car. They searched me and asked to search my car. I said go ahead. They found the needles and over $300 dollars cash (it was payday). To them I was a drug addict going to buy some heroin.

Back then I used to paint ball alot. So I had plastic cylinder canisters in my trunk. They were secured in a belt you use in paint ball turnys (to relode your gun faster). I explained all this to them but I was accused of using them to store cocaine (seriously). The only thing (illegal) they found was a half pack of cigarettes (I was 17). I got ticketed for speeding and for having drug paraphanelia and got a long yelling at about how they were doing me a favor by not taking me to jail. I was sent on my way.

I was so pissed off, you cant even imagine. This was my first time ever dealing with police by the way. The next day I got a lawyer, took a drug test, got a letter from my diabetic doctor, and contested it in court. It was an easy win for me, only cost me $700. This was near the Somerville, Bosque county line.

 

That is an unbelievable story. With police officers in Texas they are either really nice or really A-holes. I lived in Dallas for years and had plenty of experiences with the cops. One time I was driving downtown following my boss to an event. Came up to an intersection where the stop light was out. Drove up next to a parked cop car and SLOWLY rolled through the intersection looking both ways to make sure nobody was coming. Next thing I know the cop pulls me over. He said I ran through a stop sign. I said I drove through a traffic light that wasn't working properly... I didn't see a stop sign. I look in my rear view mirror and there it was! A portable stop sign in the middle of the road. He was installing it and placing it in the road as I was passing through the intersection. I couldn't see it because it was on the other side of the cop car. The stop sign was short and the cop car was blocking my line of sight. He let me go but if he wrote me it would have been a cheap shot!