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Saw my buddy get pulled over last night and it hit me different
I was riding shotgun with my friend Mark in Austin when a cop lit us up for going 5 over. He gave Mark a warning and let him go, but then I remembered when I got a $180 ticket for the exact same thing two months ago on the same street. Why does one driver get a pass while another gets the book thrown at them for the same minor speeding?
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spencer_gonzalez11mo ago
Getting let off feels totally random depending on the cop's mood that day.
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kai_burns731mo ago
You said 'totally random depending on the cop's mood that day'... man that hits. Last week I got pulled for rolling a stop sign and the cop just told me to slow down and let me go. Two days later my buddy got a ticket for the exact same thing, same intersection. It's like they flip a coin sometimes... makes you wonder what they're even looking for when they pull you over.
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wright.leo1mo ago
Why does everyone assume it's random though? I've gotten out of tickets plenty of times but it's always been because I was respectful and didn't make excuses. Maybe your buddy was a jerk about it or had a worse record. Cops have body cams now and have to write reports explaining why they gave a warning versus a ticket. If they let everyone off it looks bad on them when their stats get reviewed. Might not be a coin flip, might be you just don't see the whole picture.
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