If you’re going to get a speeding ticket in Utah, I would highly recommend doing it in Sandy so you can go to Officer Colton’s traffic school class. I went on Wednesday and it was both educational and entertaining.
Did you know that if any part of your car, including the front bumper, is inside an intersection when the light turns red, you’re not running a red light? That includes cars in the left turn lane at an unprotected signal. It drives Ben crazy when more than one car turns after the light turns red, but as long as they’re already partially in the intersection it’s completely legal.
Did you know that most cops in Sandy don’t pull you over unless you’re going at least 13 mph over the speed limit, except in a school zone? And they always drop the ticket to 5 mph over. They’re nice like that.
Did you know that ticket quotas are a myth? No police officers have a certain number of tickets they’re supposed to write each month.
Did you know that you’re twice as likely to get in an accident and four times as likely to break traffic laws while talking on your cell phone and driving than while driving drunk? Officer Colton said, “So what’s the point of that story? Drive drunk.”
I’m sure all police officers have different opinions about this one, but Officer Colton said that honesty was the key to getting out of a ticket. If you know what you’ve done wrong and give him your excuse(s), he’ll usually just give you a warning. If you make him laugh with your excuse, he’ll skip the warning and send you on your way. How to ensure a ticket? Crying. If you’re a man and you’re crying, he’ll get you for everything he can—not wearing a seatbelt, talking on a cell phone, missing a tail light, etc. Crying doesn’t help.
I hope I only get pulled over by Officer Colton from now on.
Friday, August 10, 2007
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6 comments:
What did you do to get the ticket?
THat's exactly what I was going to ask.
Ah, memories...remember the good ol' days when we carpooled and you got pulled over. That was fun.
My ticket says I was going 5 over in a 40, but now you know that I was going at least 13 over. Look, it was downhill!
Ahh, Trish. The good old days...I swear I was only going like 66 mph that time in the carpool lane. That was definitely NOT Officer Colton.
This is so great; I've had traffic school in Provo, Orem, and Pleasant Grove...I guess I have yet to speed in the right place. ;) Kim, please tell me where you get such sweet blog templates! bethanyjackman@gmail.com Unless you create them yourself?
One time Troy was driving without a license and the cop just gave him a warning because he made the cop laugh.
Another time Ben and I were driving with his mom (to your wedding, maybe) and a cop pulled us over, and started to write a ticket, but then we just started chatting with him and he decided not to give us a ticket. He said that we were the first nice people he'd talked to in a while.
So, that's some supporting evidence for your conclusions.
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