I’ve had a radar detector for as long as I can remember, and yes, I’ve still gotten pulled over plenty...usually at night with their handy dandy instant on while on lonely two lane roads.
Now I almost always unplug it, pull it down and throw it in the console before I ever stop. I always have my license and insurance out, radio off, and interior light on if at night. I generally ask for a warning since I have a CDL, and honestly 9/10 times they’re cool cool and give me one. I couldn’t begin to tell you how many times I’ve been stopped doing 90+ and drove away with a warning, however, if they don’t that’s fine too, it’ll just cost me a few hundred to have a lawyer take care of it. I’m an adult and I chose to speed, so I really can’t bitch about getting popped.
Case in point...tonight.
Coming into a literal one light speed trap town, I’m slowing down already, see his blacked out ass (which I do not agree with), check my speed (on my GPS enabled radar detector) which say 38mph. I am down to the speed limit when I pass him, but I see his Brahe lights and reverse lights flash and know what’s up. He trails me for a few seconds and this is when my radar goes off for the first time, followed by red and blues.
I pull over just like I always do...light on, radio off, license out...but left the radar up, but muted. Officer creeps up and says “reason I stopped you was I clocked you at 42”. Hmm. While I’m handing him my license I ask, what did you clock me with?? He says he got me with his rear radar. I said, that’s funny...this didn’t go off until you were tailing me as I point to my dash. He replies “hmm...guess you better get a new one”. At this point I already knew I was getting a ticket as his attitude came off like he could be a real prick. I say well sir, that IS a new one, and one of the best...I’m sure it would have gone off had you actually turned your radar on.
He comes back with a ticket and starts to go through his shpeal and I interrupt and ask if I can see the radar...he looks at me like how DARE I ask that, and tells me no. He continues on with his rambling, and I interrupt him again (he’s starting to get pissed) and tell him that I’m pretty sure that if I ask to see it, he has to show me, and he snaps back “well, here’s the deal. I’m not letting YOOUU in my car!” As he goes back to rambling. I interrupt again (now he’s really getting pissed, face turning red type shit while I’m giving him the ‘I can do this all night smirk’) and ask well then where is the proof I was speeding?? He says it’ll be in his body cam footage that I can request IF I want to contest it, to which I reply: you bet your mother ****in ass I’m contesting this bullshit. He goes back to rambling. I interrupt yet again and ask if it’s indicated on his computer when he activated his radar. He rolls his eyes and takes a deep breath then tells me that I’ll just have to request it from the chief. I’m laughing while signing the ticket.
As he’s telling me to slow down and to have a nice night I unpause the radio and drown him out, think about a burnout but decide against it.
My 0-30 time was good in that loud ass **** you diesel kinda way.
So. Think he turned it on? Do they have to show you if you ask? Thoughts?
Obligatory pic..
Now I almost always unplug it, pull it down and throw it in the console before I ever stop. I always have my license and insurance out, radio off, and interior light on if at night. I generally ask for a warning since I have a CDL, and honestly 9/10 times they’re cool cool and give me one. I couldn’t begin to tell you how many times I’ve been stopped doing 90+ and drove away with a warning, however, if they don’t that’s fine too, it’ll just cost me a few hundred to have a lawyer take care of it. I’m an adult and I chose to speed, so I really can’t bitch about getting popped.
Case in point...tonight.
Coming into a literal one light speed trap town, I’m slowing down already, see his blacked out ass (which I do not agree with), check my speed (on my GPS enabled radar detector) which say 38mph. I am down to the speed limit when I pass him, but I see his Brahe lights and reverse lights flash and know what’s up. He trails me for a few seconds and this is when my radar goes off for the first time, followed by red and blues.
I pull over just like I always do...light on, radio off, license out...but left the radar up, but muted. Officer creeps up and says “reason I stopped you was I clocked you at 42”. Hmm. While I’m handing him my license I ask, what did you clock me with?? He says he got me with his rear radar. I said, that’s funny...this didn’t go off until you were tailing me as I point to my dash. He replies “hmm...guess you better get a new one”. At this point I already knew I was getting a ticket as his attitude came off like he could be a real prick. I say well sir, that IS a new one, and one of the best...I’m sure it would have gone off had you actually turned your radar on.
He comes back with a ticket and starts to go through his shpeal and I interrupt and ask if I can see the radar...he looks at me like how DARE I ask that, and tells me no. He continues on with his rambling, and I interrupt him again (he’s starting to get pissed) and tell him that I’m pretty sure that if I ask to see it, he has to show me, and he snaps back “well, here’s the deal. I’m not letting YOOUU in my car!” As he goes back to rambling. I interrupt again (now he’s really getting pissed, face turning red type shit while I’m giving him the ‘I can do this all night smirk’) and ask well then where is the proof I was speeding?? He says it’ll be in his body cam footage that I can request IF I want to contest it, to which I reply: you bet your mother ****in ass I’m contesting this bullshit. He goes back to rambling. I interrupt yet again and ask if it’s indicated on his computer when he activated his radar. He rolls his eyes and takes a deep breath then tells me that I’ll just have to request it from the chief. I’m laughing while signing the ticket.
As he’s telling me to slow down and to have a nice night I unpause the radio and drown him out, think about a burnout but decide against it.
My 0-30 time was good in that loud ass **** you diesel kinda way.
So. Think he turned it on? Do they have to show you if you ask? Thoughts?
Obligatory pic..