What happened to the cop thread

[Matts94Z28]

Originally Posted by snakeplissken

No.

You're shitting us.

Dead serious. T'was my first real ticket back in 2004. A friend and I were leaving work (Old Navy) to get some food. As we were sitting in the holiday traffic next to Wild Wing he decided to turn my stereo on and blast the hell out of us with some bass. It scared the shit out of me and I immediately turned of the amp as a reaction. When this happened it sounded like I damaged a speaker, so I cut it back on and turned it up for maybe 30-45 seconds... all was good.

Next thing I know I have a bald guy in a leather jacket standing next to me in the road!! He told me to pull over and wait for him, so I did. He pulls up in his cruiser and told me I was getting a noise violation for excessive music or something like that. So we get to court and both approach the bench to tell our story. I pled guilty if course, but what really appalled me was this officer claimed he heard me from inside of halloween express! How on earth would he be able to get to his cruiser and get behind me during the last week of October if that were true?

The judge cut the ticket in half, but asked me why I felt the need to have the ability to play music so loudly. I had no real answer for this. That was a good chunk of change for me back then.

Oh and almost everyone in the court room that day was pulled over by this officer on rivers.