Strategies for When Getting Pulled Over by a Cop

What I do, as soon as the cop starts telling me what I did wrong. (or asking me if I know what I did, to which I of course I answer No!)

I make it as if I am getting a lecture, I ask all sort of questions like, wow, I always thought that it was permitted to turn on red if I am in the intersection.. (just make sure not to admit the violation)

I got pulled twice, Once it helped (just had to listen to a lengthy driving course. the other time the trooper smiled and said here you go and there was the ticket..

Never admit anything. Talk as little as possible. This way you’ll have the best chances in court. Once you admit, it’s hard to fight in court.

ZK: Do you suggest a guy should give that a shot, to see if it works for him?

I have only once in the 26 years that I am driving ever been pulled over, B”H. And the cop was totally out of line to stop me (and he KNEW it). He tried to intimidate me into being ticketed (had not started to write it yet), but when I confronted him oh so respectfully, with the fact that I was aware of the law and had not broken it, he knew I had him. He gruffly muttered something about being careful, school has started, etc, to which I sweetly replied, “Thank you. I always try to be.”

whats wrong with this questions?

keep in mind, never admit anything.

I was one speeding on the freeway (if you call dricing 70 MPH on an empty 8 lane freeway speeding..) state trooper stopped me.

asks if there is any reason for my speeding, to which I replied that I am very sorry (silly, sorry for what?!) and i dont have any reason.

i tried to explain, that since we were going downhill, it could bet that I did not realize that I was speeding.

he smiled, retreated to his car, returned a few minuted later with a ticket.. smilingly he handed it to me, told me to drive safely.

I checked the ticket, on the back it stated. that I admited that I was speeding.

.. it defenatly gave the lawyer an excuse to charge more!

Goq, listen to what 2cents and derech said because its accurate. I did the same thing once and learned my lesson. The cops aren’t into the teshuva thing of “viduy b’peh” (verbalising ur wrongdoing) rather they use it against u and write it on the ticket that u admitted to the “crime”. In fact with me, it went like this..

Do u know why I stopped you?

Yes, I’m sorry I was speeding

How fast were you going?

Around 80

Oh, well I clocked you at 76

(Cut)

And then he wrote me a ticket for 76 and at the bottom prints “driver said he was going around 80” now what?

So never admit anything.

Check the Mishpacha article this week.

That article was about an attorney that fights tickets.

Dont think that he will reveal to many tricks on how NOT to get a ticket, it is in his interest that you DO get the ticket!

So this fellow I know who is from rural British Columbia (and a blazing awesome cook! Made the best mexican food I ever did have, C&G inclusive.) has a brother who was driving in some rural area late at night, and gets pulled over for something or another.

So the mountie asks him whether he has been “drinking.” “Yup.”

So the mountie arrests him and takes him all the way to the nearest town with a hospital, and gives him a blood test. The blood test comes back clean.

So mountie has wasted all this time, and confronts him: “You said you had been drinking!”

Brother says, “You didn’t ask me what I’d been drinking. Been drinking coffee, I have.”

There’s a section on what to do if you’re caught. Many of them were actually repeated here.

And he works in Monsey, so if it had been in the Front Page or something, I’d be nervous, but this is outside his circle of potential clients for the most part :).

On youtube there are some very good videos about what to do and not to do if your pulled over or cops want to search you or your house. Also theres a video about never talking to the police (and when he says NEVER, he means it!). Very informative stuff! Check it out…

Nad, never break the law, of course! (But even if you NEVER, NEVER do ANYTHING wrong, you can still get pulled over._

Chris Rock has some excellent tips on how to deal with a cop when you get pulled over. Look it up on youtube.

Chassidishe-“As Avi K says. People who commit traffic offenses and then try to talk / lie their way out of getting a fine are despicable.

It’s bad enough that they violate traffic laws in the first place. But then, instead of facing up to it and admitting their wrongdoing, to discuss methods to ‘trick’ the cop into not giving you a fine…. is REPREHENSIBLE.”

-I mean dude, these things happen. Sometimes your just moving with the flow of traffic on an open highway. The fact that the limits are Ridiculously low such as 45 on a highway, doesnt mean it isnt safe to drive 60 or 70 when there is such low traffic. Besides there are so many traps that are designed to catch you. So lets not be naive.

Show him your Tifilas Haderech card and tell him its your Israeli license.