Cops and sequentials
3rd Gear Member
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 702
From: Cali
[QUOTE=jrockgts197;6699705]
And my favorite.......
7. It looked like I was racing from a stoplight.........wait for it...................
against a freaking dump truck!!!!!!!!!!QUOTE]
I had the same thing happen except i was racing a mini van i guess.......
And my favorite.......
7. It looked like I was racing from a stoplight.........wait for it...................
against a freaking dump truck!!!!!!!!!!QUOTE]
I had the same thing happen except i was racing a mini van i guess.......
5th Gear Member
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 4,204
From: Tampa
3 years and no bother for me... I have been pulled over for speeding a few times too.. everytime I have signaled my merge to the shoulder and also placed my flashers on once I was stopped. Cop said nothing about the lights... That would have been in both New Mexico, Texas, and Florida... Yeah, im a cop magnet. 
5th Gear Member
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,552
From: Redding, CA
I have not been pulled over for sequentials yet, but I have been pulled for:
1. It "looked" like I was going too fast.....
2. It "sounded" like my car had no catalytic converters on it (it does)....
3. Spinning wheels at a stop light (was the primered Jetta beside me "racing"
me from the light) the cop said it had to be me.....
4. It looked like my inspection sticker was expired.....
5. It looked like my tags were expired.....
6. It "looked" like I floored it merging onto the interstate......
And my favorite.......
7. It looked like I was racing from a stoplight.........wait for it...................
against a freaking dump truck!!!!!!!!!!
I hate VA cops, worst I've ever seen. I haven't gotten a ticket for anything and it mostly seems they just want to search the car and then talk about what I've done to it, but no mention of the sequentials yet. I'm sure that will be next. Be very careful if you come to the Communistwealth of Virginia. I can't wait to get back to North Carolina. Sorry for the rant.
1. It "looked" like I was going too fast.....
2. It "sounded" like my car had no catalytic converters on it (it does)....
3. Spinning wheels at a stop light (was the primered Jetta beside me "racing"
me from the light) the cop said it had to be me.....
4. It looked like my inspection sticker was expired.....
5. It looked like my tags were expired.....
6. It "looked" like I floored it merging onto the interstate......
And my favorite.......
7. It looked like I was racing from a stoplight.........wait for it...................
against a freaking dump truck!!!!!!!!!!
I hate VA cops, worst I've ever seen. I haven't gotten a ticket for anything and it mostly seems they just want to search the car and then talk about what I've done to it, but no mention of the sequentials yet. I'm sure that will be next. Be very careful if you come to the Communistwealth of Virginia. I can't wait to get back to North Carolina. Sorry for the rant.
5th Gear Member
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,552
From: Redding, CA
Not to go off on a tangent here, but it would be interesting to see what the age break-down is for those getting stopped for these silly things. There may be snow on the top (gray hair) but there's still a lot of fire down below and I've occasionally tried to see how fast I could get from a stop to the speed limit in front of a cop just to see if they'd stop me and they look but never bothered. There have been other "almost an infraction" that I've received a good look over, then they just pull away. Is it age or luck?
5th Gear Member
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 4,552
From: Redding, CA
Cops often will pull over a car just to check the driver and then give a lame excuse for the pull over. They have the right to pull you over any time they want in every state.
There are certain parts of town where a cop could find some sort of illegal activity in about 1/2 the cars on the road. Could be he's just playing the numbers.
There are certain parts of town where a cop could find some sort of illegal activity in about 1/2 the cars on the road. Could be he's just playing the numbers.
Integrity is more important than any arrest or citation.
I would put the number closer to 90% of the vehicle on the road. There a California Vehicle Code with 40,000+ laws on it that are made to be enforced. There's almost always a reason a vehicle can be stopped.
Criminals have the court technicalities, cops have the vehicle code.
2nd Gear Member
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 495
From: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Im 18 and have never been pulled over for my sequential tail lights and ive had mine for 2 years and i put them on when I was 16. I also get fallowed to school multiple times a week by a cop.
4th Gear Member
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 1,172
From: Maryland
I agree with other here..... A cop shouldn't pull you over and say it's because of your tail lights. My 2010 came stock with sequential tail lights. It's 100 percent legal. Granted, a cop can pull anyone they want over at any time for any reason, but to say it's because of sequential tail lights is stupid. That's like pulling over a Volvo for the sequential lights that are on the driver and passenger mirrors (turn signal lights on the mirrors that came stock on my wife's Volvo). That would never happen because it's a Volvo. When you drive a car like a Mustang, a car that draws attention everywhere it goes, then you run the risk of getting on the radar of a bored cop. That's a risk I'll take any day. If you get pulled over the golden rule is BE POLITE. It goes a long way. The second you start arguing with the cop you will lose every time.
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Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,952
From: Clermont, FL
3 years and no bother for me... I have been pulled over for speeding a few times too.. everytime I have signaled my merge to the shoulder and also placed my flashers on once I was stopped. Cop said nothing about the lights... That would have been in both New Mexico, Texas, and Florida... Yeah, im a cop magnet.
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Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,952
From: Clermont, FL