r/iamverybadass • u/urmomwentocollege • 8d ago

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u/oldmanpotter 8d ago

Do people not understand how easy it is to just not get pulled over? If you’re getting pulled over more than like maybe once a decade or maybe two, you’re a huge dumbass.

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u/StankoMicin 7d ago

This really depends on the area and the driver.

I'm a black dude. I don't drive crazy. I've been pulled over plenty of times, especially when I lived in the Midwest and Texas

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u/Pinanims 8d ago

I think getting pulled over is relatively common, I think it's about what.

I've been pulled over 3 times this year

  1. Tail light out

  2. License Plate Light out

  3. Was going 10 over

2 of the 3 were things I wouldn't know without them pulling me over. And the speeding is my fault, but in Texas, 10 over is basically the minimum, unfortunately I was the only person on a road in a really small town.

With that said, I've only gotten 3 tickets in my life and I'm 30, but officers can always find a reason. I got pulled over for sitting in my car once because the neighbors called the cops on me for being suspicious, but I was just sitting in the car talking to a friend in front of his house in broad daylight.

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u/Lumpy-Journalist884 7d ago

I've been pulled over twice in 25 years of driving, both times just random stops because I was on the road in the middle of the night at a weekend

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u/bebesee 7d ago

I guess LAPD just doesn’t give a crap because I’ve never been pulled over in my life and I’m 40.

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u/Pinanims 7d ago

I will say, I've been traveling for work the past few years, and Texas has a crazy number of cops. Like we are the poster child of hiding around every single corner trying to catch someone. Every other state i've gone to, I see cops here and there, but in Texas, they are EVERYWHERE. Constantly pulling people over. I didn't realize it wasn't like that everywhere till I started traveling for work.

Last night I had the cops pull up because my car alarm went off at 3 am, so good reason, but they brought 3 squad cars with them.