I thought you buy cars for the way they look and reliability, not cause your gonna speed, I drive a Z and I go the speed limit, but then again thats cause if I got a tticket there goes my insurance so I have to be carefull. so your saying when someone goes to look at the Z they are thinking "Great this car will suit my speeding needs"? if you drive a Z doesnt mean you have to speed, or race. I mean yeah if its an empty road or semi empty road its one thing but i dont think its worth it, so f*ck that **** are you gonna tell me i should sell my Z cause I dont speed? no your not so dont tell people they should have gotten something else jus cause they dont speed, too many people crash and kill inocent by standers, this **** is rediculous

Peace!

 

not trying to **** you off but I dont see why you should speed jus cause you have a Z, its a car, not a space ship. You can speed all you want, but dont judge people by if they dont speed, or dont expect every Z owner to have the "need" to speed, thats why they made the track, you can go as fast as you want there

 

well said. just because we have a z doesn't mean we treat the street as our own personal track. How would you like to be that idiot in a red z that flipped over the 101 freeway. hey i'm not saying I never speed but I try to make sure that very very light traffice to none. Last thing I want to do is be liable for any damages. Work too hard for what I have to lose it for doing something extremely stupid in a few minutes.

 

I know what you mean...

 

I've gotten a no front plate ticket from a TPD.... but nothing else.
I had straight pipes and passed a TPD... was fine.
My tails are smoked but no complaints from CHP or TPD.


....SO FAR.

 

A traffic cop?
In any case, what do you usually look for in giving a ticket or pulling a person over?

 

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^^^ meaning?

 

The most obvious thing is traffic violations; the type of car is irrelevant.

There are many times when you will see a police car parked, monitoring a particular area for specific violations. I would typically sit at areas I knew to be high violation areas. The offenses I would generally concentrate my attention on traffic signal and passing on the shoulder violations.

If I were doing a moving patrol I would concentrate on drivers that fail to keep right on multiple lane highways (blocking the left lane), erratic and careless driving, equipment and registration violations. In short, the emphasis was on the type of violation, not that particular car.

After stopping a car the decision to issue a ticket is based upon the severity of the violation, the driver's attitude and demeanor, contents of the car (if you have a radar detector and get stopped for a non-speeding violation your chances of getting a warning are slim) and previous driving history.

I have never worked with anyone that targeted a specific make or model of vehicle.

 

So are you suggesting that we yank down our radar detectors as soon as we notice a dirty copper behind us? I may do this now that you've enlightened me with the potential of getting more than a warning from a dirty copper.


Don't mind the "dirty copper" thing, that's just what I call Pigs.








j/k

 

this thread reminds me of that wack song i hear on the radio every day on my way to work. "they see me rolling... they hatin'... something something tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty"

the way you drive, the way your car looks or sounds, the way YOU look in your car, all play a hand in stalking-cops.

 

I'd pull over every dude that plays that song. Then I'd say, "I have a reason to believe that you're riding dirty sir, could you please step out of your vehicle". Of course I'd tell them I'm kidding and that they can go on their way.

 

When I had my Z, I used to get pulled over for my exhaust (Invidia with test pipes) about once per month. Just realize that if you have a loud exhaust/illegal tint/no front plate/overlays/harnesses instead of belts, or any number of other performance and visual mods the cops in southern california likely WILL give you some static. Usually though, theyre pretty cool if you are too. I had a cop pull me over for exhaust, overlays, AND seats (sparco) and ended up letting me go because I promised him I would take the overlays off (which I did).

 

Also keep in mind that road cops are on patrol. Part of the mission of patrol is to be a visual deterrent.

Cops also like to catch criminals. Many good criminal arrests begin as traffic stops. Many times legitimate traffic stops are made for minor violations. This gives the officer an opportunity to check the car and the occupants. Timothy McVeigh, the Kansas City bomber, was identified and caught as a result of a motor vehicle stop for an equipment violation. Most times these minor violations are handled with a warming (unless the driver and/or passenger develops an attitude), because the real goal is to check the person.

If you are a property owner you would be happy to know that towns that have a police force that engages in aggressive traffic enforcement have low crime rates.

 

 

DM4:
Just wondering.... Are there any particular time frame where you guys are focusing on certain violoations? For e.g., would you be looking for car pool lane violators only for one week, not seat belt violation in another, etc.?

 

To some degree yes. If there is an obvious violation at any given time I would respond accordingly.

I would concentrate on shoulder violations during evening rush hour and weekends with shore bound traffic

Thursday, Friday and weekend nights are good for DWI arrests.

Morning and evening rush hour, lunchtime and Friday nights are good for traffic signal violations.

During the day, between the rush hours, I always found it worthwhile to run the highways looking for equipment, inspection, licensing, and registration violations. These are the stops that usually yielded good criminal arrests.

During passes along the highway I would always take some time to drive through the parking lots of the businesses along those roadways.