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re: If you get pulled over, do you answer seemingly innocuous questions?
Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:09 pm to southpawcock
Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:09 pm to southpawcock
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If you get pulled over, do you answer seemingly innocuous questions?
Such as:
Where are you coming from?
Where are you headed?
While at LSU, me and the boys got pulled over doing 67 in a 60 (I-12) at 11pm or so. (BRPD protecting the other two cars on the road).
The cop probably thought he had an easy DUI case but tonight was not his night. As I was going to convey a level of pathetic he couldn't handle.
"Where are you headed?"
"Walmart"
"For what?"
"To buy the new Mario Kart for GameCube"
"You're free to go"
Then we got hammered back at the dorm.
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 2:11 pm
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Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:11 pm to southpawcock
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Who ever said anything about being rude?
Yeah, that's not going to get you anywhere. However, the only reason cops ask questions are to get someone to offer up something that they may be able to use against you. Another couple of questions is the do you know how fast you were going or how many have you had? Never incriminate yourself and answer those and if they ask you to exit the vehicle, always shut the door.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:14 pm to southpawcock
I will be honest, most of the time I just try to be as pleasant as possible and have even gotten into some conversations with some because I assume for the most they are dealing with assholes on a daily basis.
Keep in mind when I get pulled over I know it is for something minor like speeding or stop sign missed. Pretty much has always ended in a warning, with the exception of those damn speed traps in north louisiana nowhere parishes.
I dont feel like it would be productive to be passive agressive or try to prove a point for something as minor as a traffic violation, that is if your goal is to go home with no ticket and move on like it never happened. If you have another goal then I guess you do you
Keep in mind when I get pulled over I know it is for something minor like speeding or stop sign missed. Pretty much has always ended in a warning, with the exception of those damn speed traps in north louisiana nowhere parishes.
I dont feel like it would be productive to be passive agressive or try to prove a point for something as minor as a traffic violation, that is if your goal is to go home with no ticket and move on like it never happened. If you have another goal then I guess you do you
Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:15 pm to Indefatigable
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If you want to make the encounter less pleasant and ensure that the officer looks for every excuse to write more things on the ticket, or hold you while he scrapes the barrel for PC or warrant searches, sure.
Except he cannot legally do that. As in.. prolong the stop. The warrant search is running your license. It will show up then. But holding you for "scrape the bottom of the barrel for PC" is not legal.
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 2:16 pm
Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:18 pm to ThePoo
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I dont feel like it would be productive to be passive agressive or try to prove a point for something as minor as a traffic violation, that is if your goal is to go home with no ticket and move on like it never happened. If you have another goal then I guess you do you
You can be nice, pleasant, and also exercise your rights. It takes nothing to be nice... but you don't have to volunteer any information outside of what is needed for the stop.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:20 pm to southpawcock
I live on a dead end street off a state highway, couple of years ago a parish deputy followed me after I made the turn and pulled me over because I had a tail light out, unbeknownst to me. Fine
But then I start getting the “where are you going?, where have you been tonight?, who is that in the car with you? Is that your wife” questions and I politely told him none of that was any of his business and to please give me my ticket if he was going to do so.
he let me go. I’m middle aged, white, yes that was my wife and I could see my house from where we were stopped, and he could obviously see that I lived on that street from my drivers license.
there was no reason for the questions or for me to be under suspicion of anything other than a tail light bulb being bad
But then I start getting the “where are you going?, where have you been tonight?, who is that in the car with you? Is that your wife” questions and I politely told him none of that was any of his business and to please give me my ticket if he was going to do so.
he let me go. I’m middle aged, white, yes that was my wife and I could see my house from where we were stopped, and he could obviously see that I lived on that street from my drivers license.
there was no reason for the questions or for me to be under suspicion of anything other than a tail light bulb being bad
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:29 pm to CleverUserName
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You can be nice, pleasant, and also exercise your rights. It takes nothing to be nice... but you don't have to volunteer any information outside of what is needed for the stop.
It is my right to answer their questions as it is not to answer. My experience tells me not being difficult gets you a warning. In fact I can think of at least 2 occasions where telling them where I was coming from and where I was going got me out of the situation
As mentioned, this is for something like a traffic violation. In this instance if it is your goal to "express your rights" by not answering questions then do it, if your goal is to not get a ticket, then perhaps try a different approach
I just approachthe situation how I would want to be treated if I were a cop and wanted to go home and the work day to just be over.
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:33 pm to southpawcock
I always see paranoid shite like this and some of it is maybe good advice but at the same time I have pretty much zero police interactions in my daily life.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:34 pm to Lonnie Utah
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Respectfully sir/mama, under the constitution, that information is irrelevant to this interaction. Thank you."
And now it’s their personal mission to inconvenience you as much as possible.
But by all means be unnecessarily difficult.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:36 pm to southpawcock
Never been asked those questions.
If i get stopped, it’s for speeding and i just give my stuff to them and get a ticket and then go on my way.
Never had a bad interaction from an officer
If i get stopped, it’s for speeding and i just give my stuff to them and get a ticket and then go on my way.
Never had a bad interaction from an officer
Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:38 pm to CleverUserName
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Except he cannot legally do that. As in.. prolong the stop. The warrant search is running your license. It will show up then. But holding you for "scrape the bottom of the barrel for PC" is not legal.
You say that, and it’s legally correct in the abstract, but there are indeed plenty of ways to extend the stop while you fish for an excuse to search the car or people in it.
It happens ALL the time, and the stops are not thrown out.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:40 pm to ThePoo
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I will be honest, most of the time I just try to be as pleasant as possible and have even gotten into some conversations with some because I assume for the most they are dealing with assholes on a daily basis.
I have gotten off a few tickets for inspection stickers and speeding by being respectful
the only time i've been a mildly agressive was when a cop mangham louisiana acted like he won the super bowl after pulling me over. frick those little speed trap towns.
The other time was a cop tried to write me for 20 over on i-10. I was like "no sir, cruise control was at 79"
"well boy that is still speeding"
Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:40 pm to southpawcock
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I saw an interesting video recently where a lawyer says the best way to handle this is to say "Officer, here is my license, registration, and proof of insurance. I am going to exercise my right not to answer any of your questions, am I free to go?"
My algorithm is filled with great videos of people doing this. And it usually ends with them getting their windows busted out and getting arrested. Usually by some dumb sovereign citizen.
There is no point in trying to prove you know the law more than a cop to a cop.
Just give them your license and registration and answer a few questions and be on your way. So dumb to make a routine traffic stop more than it is.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:42 pm to Indefatigable
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Refusing to answer questions is only going to slow you down at best.
It will also prevent anything I say from being used in a court of law.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:44 pm to Dawgfanman
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It will also prevent anything I say from being used in a court of law.
Nothing anyone says on the side of the road for a routine speeding stop is ever going to appear in court
And besides his radar and his testimony wins unless he doesn’t show anyway. But like I said, feel free to flex for no reason. You’ll be there longer, and you’re definitely getting the ticket now.
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:45 pm to southpawcock
I’m as boring and upfront as possible. I was inevitably speeding and say “sorry, officer. Yep that’s too fast. I was speeding.”
I still get a ticket 75% if the time but wgaf I’m just ready to get on with my business (which is why I was speeding in the first place)
I still get a ticket 75% if the time but wgaf I’m just ready to get on with my business (which is why I was speeding in the first place)
Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:51 pm to southpawcock
Cops lie and make stuff up. It's getting harder now for them to lie since more of the cars have cameras and they have body cams. They just can't say you crossed a solid line or you swerved. But, it also means that if you did do something wrong they have you.
They can still say they smelled weed or alcohol or you seemed under the influence. It's still very subjective.
You can say "I'm going home or I'm going to Jackson or I'm going to the store." The tricky stuff is when they ask "where have you been." If they have you on camera leaving a place that could get you in trouble you have to be careful.
Never trust a cop unless you need help from one. Many of them are looking for ways to get you in trouble and if they've had a bad day you are really fricked.
They can still say they smelled weed or alcohol or you seemed under the influence. It's still very subjective.
You can say "I'm going home or I'm going to Jackson or I'm going to the store." The tricky stuff is when they ask "where have you been." If they have you on camera leaving a place that could get you in trouble you have to be careful.
Never trust a cop unless you need help from one. Many of them are looking for ways to get you in trouble and if they've had a bad day you are really fricked.
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 2:52 pm
Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:52 pm to Indefatigable
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Nothing anyone says on the side of the road for a routine speeding stop is ever going to appear in court And besides his radar and his testimony wins unless he doesn’t show anyway.
Answering the “where are you coming from” with a restaurant or bar will always lead to the “have you had anything to drink” and that can and would be used against you depending on the answer. I wasn’t talking about a routine speeding stop (I don’t speed). I was talking about a traffic stop that starts with questions that are obviously police fishing for info to use against you, which is what “where are you coming from/where are you going” are.
This is like the people who do roadside tests. Why? To prove to the cop you aren’t drunk? How often does that not lead to arrest anyway. If you are not drunk, don’t take the walk the line tests, wait on the chemical/breath test. Those tests are just to make you look stupid on video for court.
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 3:04 pm
Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:53 pm to southpawcock
Never answer questions, especially now with Flock camera's when they first pull you over and run your tags they can see where you've been at all day by pulling the Flock info.
If they are asking questions always state "I don't answer questions and request a lawyer present"... also never give them consent to search or seizure of your car or property. They'll probably do it anyway but your lawyer will get it thrown out if not done properly.
If they are asking questions always state "I don't answer questions and request a lawyer present"... also never give them consent to search or seizure of your car or property. They'll probably do it anyway but your lawyer will get it thrown out if not done properly.
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 3:10 pm
Posted on 8/17/26 at 2:57 pm to BabyTac
Gotta hide those stolen fishing rods in the back seat before the cop gets to your window
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