What's the most ridiculous citation / incident you know of?

pheasantplucker · #1 12/20/11, 09:07 PM

I was telling my youngest daughter this the other morning. I have a friend who years ago lived on a one way street in Columbus Ohio. He got home from work one day and was parallel parking his car. A police officer issued him a citation for going the wrong way on a one way street, because in the process of parking, he put it in reverse and was going the wrong way! My friend went to court to protest and it didn't do him any good. He was found guilty and had to pay a fine. Can you believe it? It's true.

Old Vet · #2 12/20/11, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by pheasantplucker

I was telling my youngest daughter this the other morning. I have a friend who years ago lived on a one way street in Columbus Ohio. He got home from work one day and was parallel parking his car. A police officer issued him a citation for going the wrong way on a one way street, because in the process of parking, he put it in reverse and was going the wrong way! My friend went to court to protest and it didn't do him any good. He was found guilty and had to pay a fine. Can you believe it? It's true.

Around here You can run a stop sign or just about anything else without a ticket. I was following a Sheriff deputy and we both ran the stop sign. You can see both ways and can tell if there is a car coming. The law around here is very friendly and knows that we all know where he lives and what time he is on duty.

MO_cows · #3 12/20/11, 09:20 PM

The worst one I heard of, that I believe to be true, was a couple of girlfriends out one night. The one who wasn't driving had quite a bit to drink. On the way home, something goes wrong with the car. I think it had a flat. The driver walked to find a phone and get some help. The passenger stayed with the car. (This was before the days when everyone had a phone in their pocket.) Along comes a cop and says the disabled car is not clear off the roadway and needs to be moved. When the passenger moved the car a few feet to comply with the officer's demands, she got a DUI.

HeelSpur · #4 12/21/11, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by pheasantplucker

I was telling my youngest daughter this the other morning. I have a friend who years ago lived on a one way street in Columbus Ohio. He got home from work one day and was parallel parking his car. A police officer issued him a citation for going the wrong way on a one way street, because in the process of parking, he put it in reverse and was going the wrong way! My friend went to court to protest and it didn't do him any good. He was found guilty and had to pay a fine. Can you believe it? It's true.

I would of ended up in jail over that, its ridiculous.

Ozarks Tom · #5 12/21/11, 05:37 PM

I can tell you about the craziest non-citation I know of.

A Texas hwy patrolman pulled me over outside Witchita Falls for doing 20 mph over the limit. While sitting with him in the patrol car, as the officer was writing the ticket, his pen ran out of ink. He said "Mr. -------- this is your lucky day, slow it down".

True story, if I'm lying I'm dying.

wmsff · #6 12/21/11, 05:44 PM

Perhaps it's been fixed, but when I was living in Oregon a cop told me cars were legally required to have windshield wipers but not required to have a windshield.

sisterpine · #7 12/21/11, 05:47 PM

I have actually let people out of tickets for that very reason...another reason was because a priority call came over the radio and I had to leave.

I once got a citation while I was a cop for turning left prior to noon. Was in my POV. Apparently when I began my turn it was 10 seconds before noon by the cops clock (not mine of course lol). By the time he got me stopped it was 3 minutes after noon. He still wrote me a ticket. Was a highway patrol rookie with a training officer.

Kmac15 · #8 12/21/11, 11:21 PM

Sisterpine, the same thing happened to my son while turning left in a school zone.
DH has gotten warning for... having a tag that was due to expire in 30 days (no kidding) having a vanity frame on his license plate, going 55 in a 55. It was amazing that he has not had any stops or warnings since he took the tundra cover off his truck. Seems it was the same type of cover and truck that the local "green growers" uses. It didn't help that he works 2nd shift at the hospital and is driving home at 1am.

Callieslamb · #9 12/21/11, 11:24 PM

getting a ticket for 27 in a 25 mph zone. $125 My odometer said 24.

emdeengee · #10 12/22/11, 05:47 PM

My friend rides her bike everywhere. A couple of years ago a pedestrian stepped off the sidewalk right into her bike sending her and her groceries flying. She cut her leg very badly and was taken to hospital. A policeman came to the hospital to get her statement and told her not to worry he had chained her bike to a lamp post. After she got stitches her boyfriend picked her up and drove her to where her bike was chained. Her groceries were still on the road but now crushed into the tarmac by passing traffic. To her surprise there was a bylaw ticket attached to her bike - for littering.

My little city earns between $180,000 and $250,000 a year in littering fines.

acde · #11 12/22/11, 06:05 PM

Daughter in law was asked to sit in front seat of patrol car while it was running and had loaded gun in reach while cop talked to my son who was driving. Cop had no clue both son and dil are in law enforcement.

InvalidID · #12 12/22/11, 06:16 PM

My uncle was mowing his lawn in Bangor Maine, riding lawn mower. He was drinking a beer while mowing, d'oh! So his front tire touch the sidewalk as he was turning and he got a ticket for DUI. Fortunately the judge thought it was ridiculous and threw it out.

I got a disturbing the peace ticket in New Hampshire (Hampton Beach) during the 4th of July fireworks for yelling live free or die. (State motto) $50, judge said yelling after dark was disturbing the peace. Might have a warrant in NH, as I've never paid that one, and I never will.

HeelSpur · #13 12/22/11, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by InvalidID

My uncle was mowing his lawn in Bangor Maine, riding lawn mower. He was drinking a beer while mowing, d'oh! So his front tire touch the sidewalk as he was turning and he got a ticket for DUI. Fortunately the judge thought it was ridiculous and threw it out.

I got a disturbing the peace ticket in New Hampshire (Hampton Beach) during the 4th of July fireworks for yelling live free or die. (State motto) $50, judge said yelling after dark was disturbing the peace. Might have a warrant in NH, as I've never paid that one, and I never will.

We had a guy this past summer get thrown in jail for riding his mower down the road to his next mowing job, but he was telltale drunk.

EasyDay · #14 12/22/11, 06:42 PM

Lovin' this thread!

Keep 'em coming... y'all are cracking me up!

snoozy · #15 12/23/11, 12:29 AM

I once got a ticket for running a stop sign on my bicycle back when I was in college. Of course, there wasn't a soul around, except for a cop hiding. I contested it, saying that if we bicyclists are supposed to follow the same rules as cars, then we should have the same rights as cars, which in reality we do not. Judge thought it was most amusing, and let me off with a warning.

Meanwhile, when I got back to my car which I had driven downtown so as to not be late, I had a parking ticket on it.