I was first pulled over for failure to use turn signal which is bs i did use it.I was driving from west acres going east to stamart pulled in to stamart and the cop flipped on his lights. The cop asked if i knew why i was pulled over.I told him no. He told me then that i didn't use my blinker to turn south on 34st. I then told him that i didn't and why should i have to since it's a turning lane only.He then told me he was confused and i didn't use my blinker changing lanes into the turning lane.BS

A few days later i was pulled over for not merging for an officer that had someone else pulled over.I had no idea this was a law. So sure i deserved the ticket. Do i think i would have been pulled over if i didn't have the altezzas.No considering about 20 cars did the same thing while i was pulled over for the 5-10 minutes.

I ended up buying another car and have since removed the altezzas and have yet to be pulled over. I even drove my car this last weekend with no exhaust and past cops without getting pulled over but it now looks completly stock. So i think there is profiling of speed racer cars.LOL

tweak wrote:
isn't there some kind of limit on how long a cop has to sight someone for a violation, or can the legally wait 20 minutes before they decide to stop the guy while he's in a parking lot and write him up for something that happened almost half an hour earlier?

I believe you could have argued in court that he couldnt be 100% sure it was your cars doing that driving and have it thrown out. Im pretty sure the only way that could stand up in court would be if he had your license plates when you commited the crime and then caught you later. Otherwise you most likely would have been able to get those charges dropped too.

97Cav wrote:
i wish i could remember half the tickets i got, i'm thinking to ask the State DMV for a copy of my driving record.
thats gonna be a LONG list Frietag.. hehehe like 10 pages... jk

Stormwalker wrote:
Wow, the original poster was trying to make a thread on if people are getting ticket due to the new ordinances in Fargo and such, and instead everyone posts up their life stories on tickets since they started driving.

This thread got off topic real quick.

another one, back in april(there was still sand on the roads, my tires had shit for traction), me n a buddy were sitting at town and country shootin the shit for about 15 minutes when a cop(with tourettes haha) pulled behind us and lit us up. he said he saw us take off from a stop light, spin our tires(on sand) and that he was sighting us for exhibition, speeding, and drag racing. long story short we got the drag racing dropped, but the speeding and exhibition cause me to lose my license for 2 weeks in may, then in july i get a letter from the state saying i was losing my license again for a month FOR THE SAME TRAFFIC STOP.

the moral of my story, isn't there some kind of limit on how long a cop has to sight someone for a violation, or can the legally wait 20 minutes before they decide to stop the guy while he's in a parking lot and write him up for something that happened almost half an hour earlier?

mark that down as a ticket

a different ticket that pisses me off is when i got a ticket for "failure to control my vehicle" on a icy street where there was atleast 2 other accidents the same day (i checked the police dispatch logs later that night). i wasnt even driving my talon so apparently he was just a normal asshole to everybody cop

SVTLightning wrote:
passenger side, very observant for the low numbers around here
i forgot about that, i guess i could throw in 5 spoke svt rims while im at it

ted

Note the car in the sig, I also have a Mustang tattoo. Of course I'm gonna notice that. FOrds rule, but that's another thread.

ted

i can relate to 2 stories. i wasn't modded but still almost exhibition driving. racing ticket on 32nd ave. in fargo that was a 300$, that hurt...but atleast i won the race, heh. but bone stock then..

then the day of autovations got a 160$ ticket for driving kevins civic back and forth for work..mind you didnt want to waste my gas in my car cause i had a full tank for hte drive to the cities. Some asshole cop came from a side road by skateland, flipped his lights, pulled into acme tool crib, i got the whole lecture- No front license plate, OK yea i see that. No seat belt- YEa i see that, Im not goin highway speeds here. No Exhaust/muffler-No shit. I hope you heard that. all of that totaled to 160. Sure it sucked ass but atleast while he was lecturing me, i was scratchin my sack and he goes "DONT SCRATCH YOURSELF WHEN IM TALKING TO YOU"

i felt good about that haha.

if any of you were there with me the night i got the ticket, i will let you know the court date, and if you can make it, it would be greatly appreciated.

i was driving a red 99 lightning. note for those of you who dont know what it is, a red f-150 regular cab stepside box different front facia and its low to the ground, oh yeah, and it has 400hp

SVTLightning wrote:
i am curently fighting an Exhibition driving ticket with the FPD.

the first night i was out with some of the fargostreet guys i got pulled over on Univerity?? (nope the other one way that goes north). anyways, NOT GUILTY. aparantly a 99 ford lightning doesnt come stock with a supercharger, or so says the judge. whats wrong with a little charger noise, i dont see anything illegal about it. anyways, my next court date is in october i think. i better find out

That's a little bit of bs. It'd be worth it to go all out and try to get ford lawyers out here. Not that that will happen, but if it's stock, it is a distinct possibility.

the first night i was out with some of the fargostreet guys i got pulled over on Univerity?? (nope the other one way that goes north). anyways, NOT GUILTY. aparantly a 99 ford lightning doesnt come stock with a supercharger, or so says the judge. whats wrong with a little charger noise, i dont see anything illegal about it. anyways, my next court date is in october i think. i better find out

I got pulled over @ Devils Run last year for having a loud exhaust (its a musclecar show.....EVERYONE has loud exhausts) and he ended up writing me a ticket for no front plate instead (Again...car show, noone had a front plate). Both things I was guilty of, but it still sucked. The city cops didn't write one fricken ticket all weekend, but this guy (highway partolman Jody Skogen) wrote 26....all bullshit/minor stuff. I got asked about my tint as well....and I don't even have tint.

I was driving the Supra out to Fleet Farm to pick up some tools or some crap. I was driving normally, obeying the speed limit, not messing around. I had noticed some dipshit run through a red light shortly before this cop gets right on my ass. He follows me from 32nd Ave to the Fleet Farm entrance where he finally flips on the lights. I pull over, and he comes up with this smart ass attitute... Cop: "do you know it's illegal to not have a front license plate" Me: "yep" Cop: "you need to roll up your windshield so I can check the tint" Me: "what?" cop: "roll it up so I can check it" (mind you I had been driving with the passenger window down) So he checks the tint and of course it's illegal. So he says he's gonna write me up, he goes back and writes everything up, comes up and hands me the ticket (still acting like a smart ass) tells me I can go to court or pay the ticket. Then he turns and walks away... I stuck my head out the window and said "Have a nice day".

This should be a way for us to track what they are actually doing so we know if we have to change exhaust or what not...

I was reading the ordinace and one thing is even the little stickers I have on my windows I could get a ticket for obstruction or something like that... if they want to get hard core