Pages: 1

 

2006-12-28 04:14:29
MagikTrik
yes.....but your still gay
+138|6809|Pittsburgh, PA USA
I can usually say I know my way around the law but not in this case. Traffic Laws i know next to nothing about so I need some help, please.
About an hour ago I got a ticket for high-beaming a cop when he was pulling somebody over. I get kinda mad when I see the police messing with hard working folks like myself & I was heading out @ about 5:30am when I saw a police cruiser that had pulled over a work truck with ladder racks.....if you see a beat up pickup truck with ladder racks & tool boxes driving at 5:30am the guy is gonna be going to work 95% of the time, just let him be.
Anyway I was driving towards the two vehicles on the opposite of the road & I saw the officer walking from his car to the truck & for some dumbass reason I just instinctively high beamed the fucker. If I would have taken the 1 second to think about it I wouldn't have done it but I didn't think. So i didn't think anything of it, went to the lumber yard, got my stuffs & headed back home. Around the same place I originally saw him he was hiding on the side of the road (probably trying to catch speeders) & when I drove past he pulled out & pulled me over. The ticket said some silly ass reason like "Interfering with a motor vehicle investigation" & it's gonna cost me $500.
Did i really do anything illegal or was he just pissed? I mean seriously all I did was high-beam the guy, isn't $500 a little steep? So if anybody knows anything about traffic laws could you please tell me if I was actually breaking the law, I don't have access to law books anymore so I can't look it up.
Would really appreciate some input.

Sorry if this is a little hard to understand, it's still early & I'm rushing around a bit.
2006-12-28 09:39:37
ncc6206
=BIG= BAD AND UGLY
+36|6917
Depends on the state.  There are two offense you can get charged with in Texas for what you did. The first was failure to reduce high beams when approaching a motor vehicle from front 500 feet and rear 300 feet. The second is the same as what you were charged with Inerference with a traffic stop (verbal or physical) I take it since you use high beams to blind the officer you were charged with the higher offense of physical.  Please nolo contende and as for deferred ajudication (spelling?) which is the honest way or use as a defense to the prosecution you were under the impression you had your high beams on and attempted to lower your high beams. It took you a moment to realize your mistake and you immediately reduced your beams upon realizing your error.  Things should go well with this second method if you dont mind fibbing.  Either way I hope you have a good clean record because that welll may be the deciding factor.
2006-12-28 12:57:50
MagikTrik
yes.....but your still gay
+138|6809|Pittsburgh, PA USA
wow thank you very much. That helps alot, I guess I'm gonna try telling them I thought my high beams were on & I tried to turn them off. It doesn't specify verbal or physical but if there is a difference in Pennsylvania I'd assume it was the physical one too.

ncc6206 wrote:

.....Either way I hope you have a good clean record because that welll may be the deciding factor.
About my record......ummm, well it's not exactly clean but that's a whole different story

Thanks for the help. I really do appericate it.
2006-12-28 13:04:47
S3v3N
lolwut?
+685|6957|Montucky
Also by keeping your high beams on when passing a police officer you give them probable cause to pull you over to check for, *drum roll* DUI.

And by some odd fucking reason did you not notice the red and blue OR just blue flashing lights atop of the cruiser?

*edit* its just me, but i could give a fuck less if you have your high beams on me while i'm walking back to my patrol vehicle, for a good reason, You've just made me more visible so i won't get my ass run the fuck over.

Last edited by S3v3N (2006-12-28 13:07:43)

2006-12-28 13:16:59
MagikTrik
yes.....but your still gay
+138|6809|Pittsburgh, PA USA

S3v3N wrote:

Also by keeping your high beams on when passing a police officer you give them probable cause to pull you over to check for, *drum roll* DUI.

And by some odd fucking reason did you not notice the red and blue OR just blue flashing lights atop of the cruiser?

*edit* its just me, but i could give a fuck less if you have your high beams on me while i'm walking back to my patrol vehicle, for a good reason, You've just made me more visible so i won't get my ass run the fuck over.
They can breathalize me all they want, it was a bit too early to be drinking
And I saw the lights, i knew it was a cop & that's why I did it (although that could possibly make the top 10 stupidest things I've ever done list).
I didn't think it would be all that big of a deal either, I figured maybe he just thought I was checking to make sure nobody was in the road but he seemed to know i did it on purpose.
Yes it was very immature, yes it was stupid, no I wouldn't have done it if I had actually taken the 1/10th of a second to think about it.
It's like cursing out loud when you stub your toe.....it just kinda happened.

And for the record he was walking towards me so my high beams went in his face (although they really aren't all that bright anyway). I kinda felt like it was the vehicular equivalent of sticking your tongue out at somebody. There wasn't any physical harm intended, I just let him know i didn't approve of what he was doing

I dunno, it was dumb & now it's costin me a good bit of money
2006-12-28 13:21:25
S3v3N
lolwut?
+685|6957|Montucky
Hhhmm.. if he didn't have his top flashers on then he can go fuck himself.

Bum Deal Dude.
2006-12-28 13:28:08
misconfiguration
GURU
+86|6834|Indianapolis, IN
I would tell them you were looking for the officer, isn't 5:30 am early, tell them you were searching for him because of fear of causing a traffic accident.
2006-12-28 13:29:48
Locoloki
I got Mug 222 at Gritty's!!!!
+216|7078|Your moms bedroom
Why would you interfere with a cop doing his job. The person he pulled over could have just robbed a place, might be an illegal immigrant, might have an outstanding warrant, could be a most wanted fugitve. cops are fucking pricks so i try not to get mad but i'd rather let them fuck with some other guy and not me., i pulled my car out of storage and got 150 dollar fine for my car not being inspected (which expired during storage) and i didnt realize it, he could have given me a warning, but i guess he was having a bad day cause he gave me the ticket. I also just got a parking ticket for parking on the side of the road outside of my house where i park 10 months out of the year (winter parking ban) $25 even though there is no snow, but if snow was forcast i would have moved it
2006-12-28 13:33:11
D6717C
Anger is a gift
+174|7071|Sin City

Dude, you have to realize that by hitting that cop in the face with your high-beams, you are making it more dangerous for him as he walks up on that car. I am a cop in Vegas, which i'm sure will get me flamed by all the cop haters (and that's fine), but not only does that keep him from being able to see the vehicle he stopped, but he is also lit up and a much easier target if the driver wants to get out and start shooting. You don't know the reason he stopped that truck, so it isn't really fair to judge as to why he was pulled over. Contrary to a lot of opinions here, most cops don't just "fuck with hard working people"........I work in a specialized unit, but I always just let regular people go, unless they are major assholes. I only fuck with people that need to be fucked with, like dope dealers, sex-offenders, ex-felons, you know.......people that need the attention. Bottom line is, it's fucked up to do something like that, because even if you hate cops, that guy would give his life to save yours........even though you are a complete stranger.
2006-12-28 13:47:17
MagikTrik
yes.....but your still gay
+138|6809|Pittsburgh, PA USA

D6717C wrote:

Dude, you have to realize that by hitting that cop in the face with your high-beams, you are making it more dangerous for him as he walks up on that car. I am a cop in Vegas, which i'm sure will get me flamed by all the cop haters (and that's fine), but not only does that keep him from being able to see the vehicle he stopped, but he is also lit up and a much easier target if the driver wants to get out and start shooting. You don't know the reason he stopped that truck, so it isn't really fair to judge as to why he was pulled over. Contrary to a lot of opinions here, most cops don't just "fuck with hard working people"........I work in a specialized unit, but I always just let regular people go, unless they are major assholes. I only fuck with people that need to be fucked with, like dope dealers, sex-offenders, ex-felons, you know.......people that need the attention. Bottom line is, it's fucked up to do something like that, because even if you hate cops, that guy would give his life to save yours........even though you are a complete stranger.
No, no, no please don't get the wrong idea. I really do like cops, seriously. I mean it sucks when I get in trouble for something but if I'm able to get in trouble for it I shouldn't have been doing it anyway. I like knowing they drive through my parents neighborhood everyday & shit like that. Las Vegas is very far away from Pittsburgh, PA & while I'm sure if you say you don't fuck with normal people then you don't but they really, honestly seem to here. Btw your a cop in the drunkest, most drugged up city in America....god bless you, seriously
Anyway like I said it was dumb & I wasn't thinking, just reacting to what I saw (and no Locoloki, we don't get illegal immigrants here, it's a bit of a hike from the border, and no there really isn't anywhere worth robbing at 5am & no you really can't speed away from or towards anything with 6 huge ladders on your rack) which looked to me like a cop fucking with a guy that was just trying to get to work. Maybe he could have been going a few miles over the speed limit but he couldn't have really been speeding because it's a thin, curvy road with absolutely no light besides the moonlight.

This wasn't meant to be a "look at what I did, I'm cool" thread. More like an "I fucked up, can i do anything about it" thread.
2006-12-28 14:20:01
D6717C
Anger is a gift
+174|7071|Sin City

MagikTrik wrote:

D6717C wrote:

Dude, you have to realize that by hitting that cop in the face with your high-beams, you are making it more dangerous for him as he walks up on that car. I am a cop in Vegas, which i'm sure will get me flamed by all the cop haters (and that's fine), but not only does that keep him from being able to see the vehicle he stopped, but he is also lit up and a much easier target if the driver wants to get out and start shooting. You don't know the reason he stopped that truck, so it isn't really fair to judge as to why he was pulled over. Contrary to a lot of opinions here, most cops don't just "fuck with hard working people"........I work in a specialized unit, but I always just let regular people go, unless they are major assholes. I only fuck with people that need to be fucked with, like dope dealers, sex-offenders, ex-felons, you know.......people that need the attention. Bottom line is, it's fucked up to do something like that, because even if you hate cops, that guy would give his life to save yours........even though you are a complete stranger.
No, no, no please don't get the wrong idea. I really do like cops, seriously. I mean it sucks when I get in trouble for something but if I'm able to get in trouble for it I shouldn't have been doing it anyway. I like knowing they drive through my parents neighborhood everyday & shit like that. Las Vegas is very far away from Pittsburgh, PA & while I'm sure if you say you don't fuck with normal people then you don't but they really, honestly seem to here. Btw your a cop in the drunkest, most drugged up city in America....god bless you, seriously
Anyway like I said it was dumb & I wasn't thinking, just reacting to what I saw (and no Locoloki, we don't get illegal immigrants here, it's a bit of a hike from the border, and no there really isn't anywhere worth robbing at 5am & no you really can't speed away from or towards anything with 6 huge ladders on your rack) which looked to me like a cop fucking with a guy that was just trying to get to work. Maybe he could have been going a few miles over the speed limit but he couldn't have really been speeding because it's a thin, curvy road with absolutely no light besides the moonlight.

This wasn't meant to be a "look at what I did, I'm cool" thread. More like an "I fucked up, can i do anything about it" thread.
Thanks for the blessing.....

What did the cop say when he stopped you? Did he call you out on it for doing it on purpose? And if so, what did you say your reason was for having them on? That will make a big difference if you want to take it to see a judge, to try to reduce the fine (which is what I would do). Worst case scenario, go in there and tell them that you did something stupid, and you realize that it was dumb and you won't do it again. They like that kind of shit.
2006-12-28 14:35:01
FFLink
There is.
+1,380|7129|Devon, England
Is that your actual BF2 name?

Wow...
2006-12-28 14:42:13
BeerzGod
Hooray Beer!
+94|7008|United States
Technically you could end up paying that fine because of what you did, because technically it could be considered interference. However, shit like this would never hold up in court. All you have to say is that it was 5:30AM, you were tired, and you thought you had been driving with your high beams. When you realized you had them high, you changed them back quickly. If for some reason you are hit with that fine even after that, then get a lawyer and appeal because this is a pretty stupid reason to ticket someone. I high-beam people a lot without realizing it, especially late at night or early in the morning.
2006-12-28 14:48:54
ncc6206
=BIG= BAD AND UGLY
+36|6917
Well he did it and he regrets it. He states it over and over again.  Give the kid a break we all have made worse mistakes than that. The point is to find a way to ease the pain before he appears in court for his crime.

 

Pages: 1

Board footer

Privacy Policy - © 2025 Jeff Minard