[autotech4dallas]

Five years ago, a buddy of mine got a $300+ ticket for going 40 in a 25mph speed zone and I was like, "goodness, son!" It was all I could say, lol.

[copsRcrap]

Originally Posted by stiffnecked

I used to sit in my marked patrol car within sight of a 4-way stop sign. Everyone could see me. Wasn't hiding or anything. People would look at me and still run the stop sign. Had one guy wave at me while rolling through. Had another guy make it all the way through the intersection before he saw me. He slammed on his brakes and backed up. Then just looked at me for a full 20 seconds before taking off again. He got a ticket for running the stop sign and illegal backing.

Some people think it's not a big deal. I've worked 5 fatality accidents that were all caused by someone running a stop sign. They are there for a reason.

What do you have to say about a T-section stop sign where you must stop anyway? What would you say if a person pulls off the street where they live everday several times a day, onto a 60 mile an hour higway, from a very similiar T-section and stop sign? In fact the T-sections are identical in that they both have a stop sign but you have to stop past the stop sign to get a clear view of traffic, and they both require you to turn onto a high speed road, either left or right.

I do this daily, several times a day just to leave my home. People are creatures of habit. It would be automatic to me to stop at an identical T-section and look both ways first.

Yet, I was stopped by a cop and told I didn't stop completely at the sign which is crap, because I did. It was a 90 degree turn, I had to stop anyway, stop sign or not. It's almost impossible to turn 90 degrees without coming to a stop first. Then I was given a seat belt ticket, and........ I won't ever drive without a seatbelt! I'm terrified of being thrown through the winsheild. The cop even saw that my child was still wearing a seat belt in the back, but couldn't put 2 and 2 togther and figure out I'm a seat bealt wearer, and I just removed it to reach into my glove box to get info for the cop!