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550spyder · 04-13-2007, 04:08 AM

can you get a ticket from a city police officer when you are on the freeway or highway?

04-13-2007, 04:15 AM

Sure you can.

Hugh D · 04-13-2007, 04:37 AM

as long as youre in the city.... yeah!

550spyder · 04-13-2007, 04:40 AM

ok then i got lucky this morning

04-13-2007, 04:44 AM

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Originally Posted by 550spyder

ok then i got lucky this morning

Sometimes being "lucky" is better than being good!

Hugh D · 04-13-2007, 04:49 AM

what happened, 550?

I got lucky the other night, too.... was going 45 in a 30... no front plate... expired registration. Cop went right past me.

(I usually don't speed.... and I now have front plate and good registration)

550spyder · 04-13-2007, 05:39 AM

3 am on the way to work drove by a los alamitos police suv going 95.by the time i knew it was a police vehicle i was past him.

aren040 · 04-13-2007, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by 550spyder

3 am on the way to work drove by a los alamitos police suv going 95.by the time i knew it was a police vehicle i was past him.

I hope that was an emergency and that you dont usually got to work at 3AM. How fast were you doing if you shot past him at 95?

-aren

dharrisonwu · 04-13-2007, 07:32 AM

You certainly can get a ticket, although, most municipal police officers don't unless its blatant.

You see, police officers are peace officers and as a peace officer, you have powers throughout the State of California.

Brucelee · 04-13-2007, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Hugh D

what happened, 550?

I got lucky the other night, too.... was going 45 in a 30... no front plate... expired registration. Cop went right past me.

(I usually don't speed.... and I now have front plate and good registration)

Expired reg will get your car towed.

Good that you took care of that.

Got insurance too?

SD987 · 04-13-2007, 08:25 AM

In Cali I wouldn't consider getting ticketed on a freeway by a municipal officer to be unusual. However, I've never seen a police SUV working traffic. That would be about as unlucky as being pulled over by a marked K-9 unit.

Hugh D · 04-13-2007, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Brucelee

Expired reg will get your car towed.

Good that you took care of that.

Got insurance too?

Dang... I don't know about California, but cars don't get towed for expired registration in Texas... unless it's some extreme, unusual circumstance. Usually it's just a nice fine.

The only reason I didn't have it is because my dealer was waiting for the plates to come in... there was really nothing I could do but carry around my purchase order for the car and say "hey, I bought it 5 weeks ago"... luckily I never had to do that.

As far as insurance goes... I'm not stupid. I bought that before I even had the car in my possession.