What are your experiences with getting pulled over by law enforcement?

Typically things go well until they see the spanish name on my driver's license.

I got pulled over on I-310 in St. Charles Parish for speeding even though I was driving 60 and the vehicle on the side of me was passing me and was well over 60. Trooper jumps out onto I-310 and waves me over. I roll down window and explain to him he had stopped the wrong vehicle.

He said give me your license and I told him my wallet was in my back pack. The back pack was in the front passenger seat. I reach over for the backpack and the officer yells at me to stop and I look towards him and he has his gun pointed at me.

Told him I don't own any weapons and he said give me the bag. So, I hand him the bag and he goes through it and finds my wallet and hands bag back to me. Proceeds to walk to his car with my license, proof of insurance, registration. SOB wrote me a ticket, which I paid as I did not have time to appear in court.

Every time I pass on I-310 and see him parked on side of road I shoot him the bird.

Polite and respectful goes a long way. You will still get the ticket but your chances of being tazed go down considerably.

Always respectful and reasonable. However I've never been let go or given a warning. This really pissed me off when I got a ticket near tigerland for an illegal left turn but I had 6 drunk people in my truck as I was the dd. He knew I was the dd and doing a good duty...still got the ticket.

Act respectful and friendly. Simple as that. Gotten 1 ticket in 15 years. Most cops are pretty chill.

I have only received two tickets in my life.


Rest of the times I was let go with a warning.

Being a chick AND a nurse has perks. Couple times I was let go I know it was cause I was a chick. Other times I had my scrubs on and was leaving or going to work....once I told them where I worked at (and they saw my work id)they let me go and told me to either go home and get some rest or to have a good shift.

Deserved it everytime. Officers were always professional.
Only fun was a state trooper pulling me over because he though I was drinking a beer. It was just a root beer so he kind of looked embarrassed

I was pulled over once for going 30 in a 20. He got me just as I turned off of a highway onto a residential street. He tried to tack on being in a school zone although it was during the summer, and I wasn't actually in a school zone. That would have doubled the fine. He also gave me a ticket for a busted tail light even though I had it covered with the tape. I thought you couldn't get a ticket if you had it covered but whatever. When I went to pay it the clerk said that she didn't know what the cop was on about with the school zone stuff since I wasn't in one, and she took it off the ticket. It was about a $300 ticket. It would have been about $600. For going 10 over.

The other time I got pulled over was by unmarked drug police in Kenner. We pulled up to a 4 way stop. I was on the left. The SUV was on the right. I pulled in front of him. We went about a block or two, and saw flashing light so I pulled over. They never gave us cause for being pulled over. They pulled us out of the car, patted us down, searched our pockets, and without permission searched my truck. Of course they found nothing. Then they gave us a lecture about drinking and driving (we had a case of beer in the car but had not been drinking) and let us go with a warning. A warning for what? I have no idea.

I was pulled over when I was in school at LSU for having expired brake tags. He ran the registration and commented how the car was registered in my own name unlike a lot of other students then let me go with a warning. He was pretty nice and reasonable.

Those are all 3 times that I have been pulled over. Mixed bag. I tried to be polite each time. I get nervous whenever I deal with them, even if I am doing nothing wrong.

Stopped at a roadblock and ordered to get out with hands up at the muzzle end of several shotguns and handguns. My car and I vaguely fit the description of a murder suspect. After a search and a few questions I was told I can roll on.