What do police & judges see on driving records?

[Maple50175]

I don't know what police and judges see. I can only attest to the DMV's computers but they show everything! I sent in a ticket once to fight and they said I never did and sent me a letter to pay. So I had to go to the DMV in Worcester to ask for an appeal date for the ticket.

So when they were going through the computer to find which ticket they were showing me the screen. It had every ticket/warning I have ever gotten ever. They even made a little fun of me cause there was 5 pages of them they had to scroll through. Almost all of these tickets I was found not responsible in court but they were still in the system. My guess would be police and judges see the DMV's database for violations.

I have you beat and can prove it. I'm on 6 pages now. everytime I get pulled over they go " wow I have never seen a driving record like yours" i'm like yeah you guys like to profile my car, which leads to tickets or illegal pull overs.

[The Snowman]

Are we playing mine is bigger than yours? I went to pick up mine in NH and they told me it was too long for them to print while I waited so it had to be mailed to me. I received 27 pages. There were at least 3 violations per page. Even my lawyer was shocked. This was over 10 years ago. I was looking at jail time for 3 Driving without a license offenses. I ended up paying $100 and getting my license back because only one cop showed. The other two didn't show up. Since then I have got maybe 3 tickets well spaced out.

Remind me never to ride with you. Your driving luck sucks!

[Garandman]

I have you beat and can prove it. I'm on 6 pages now. everytime I get pulled over they go " wow I have never seen a driving record like yours" i'm like yeah you guys like to profile my car, which leads to tickets or illegal pull overs.

Civic. Way to absorb.

[boloson]

i'm like yeah you guys like to profile my car, which leads to tickets or illegal pull overs.

yea i'm sure that's the reason u get pulled over

[Garandman]

yea i'm sure that's the reason u get pulled over

I believe him, actually.

A young engineer at work had a '99 Mustang GT. He said he got pulled over almost every time he came home from Boston as he looked too young to own the car. He once got stopped five times in one trip. No tickets but lots of attention.

In Boston slammed Civics are everywhere. Add some dark tint and you're a magnet.

[Sportygurl131]

ive gotten out of all my tickets

[jwm2k3]

In Boston slammed Civics are everywhere. Add some dark tint and you're a magnet.

Im not saying all...but EVERY single stupid slammed civic Ive seen driving around is generally driving like an ass...might have something to do with the profileing.

Just saying...dont wanna attract the cops? Dont drive like an ass and dont drive a car that everyone else drives like an ass.

[nhbubba]

I have a hard time believing warnings show on system in cruisers. My supporting evidence is pretty thin, but here it is: Recently I've been pulled over on the same stretch of the same road 3 times and somehow been given a warning all three times. Once in a cage I've since traded, once in the new cage, and then finally on the bike. All three times they've asked me about my record, gone back to the cruiser, and then let me off. At this point I'm pretty sure two run ins were with the same officer. I'm convinced the saving factor for me has been the different vehicles.

I can't believe they'd have let me go if the saw I was a dumbass on the same stretch 3 times in a row.

In other news, I now refuse to use that road ever again. 30MPH limit my arse!

In Boston slammed Civics are everywhere. Add some dark tint and you're a magnet.

Young engineer I work with has this issue with his Accord. One issue is the dummy keeps tinting it.

[Garandman]

//Young engineer I work with has this issue with his Accord. One issue is the dummy keeps tinting it.

If I were a cop and had a reason to stop those cars with tinted windows, they'd all be face down on the sidewalk or looking at a muzzle. Because limo tint is clearly illegal and what are they trying to hide?

So compared to me, most LEO's show admirable restraint. I learned long ago that red cars, tint, and loud exhausts are all "Arrest Me" homing devices.

[rice_rocket]

I'm sure I've said this before.. but profiling exists.. and that's why I don't own my Mitsubishi Evolution anymore. In the 3 years I owned it I got pulled over literally every 3 weeks. Not guilty of a SINGLE ticket, but it was just ruining my mood and time. At one point even the magistrate apologized to me, but said they were still "doing their job". BS. If there is a valid reason I'm driving like an ass, then pull me over. Stock ride height, stock spoiler, stock wheels, stock lights.. call the Evo a ricer but stock externals is stock. Some even wouldn't believe me when I kept a brochure in my car!

[nhbubba]

Because limo tint is clearly illegal and what are they trying to hide?

Oh, I agree.. to some extent. And then I see the other side to some degree too. He doesn't have 'limo' tint, it is somewhere in between. There are plenty of other cars out there that ship from the factory with darker windows. But his isn't factory either. As a tinkerer, I can relate. I'd try it, but then one ticket is all it would take for me to rip the stuff off and go stock. At this point I think he's an idiot for pushing the subject, and I've told him as much. I should add he probably gets some of the attention for his race and age too.

Greeting every modified car owner muzzle first is juuust a tincy bit overkill. That and police would wear out an awful lot of holsters.

That said, I adore my grey, turbocharged five-door wagon. It is practically invisible. Just don't look too closely at my 'amber' corner markers. I've considered putting some of those silly stick figure family stickers on, even though I'm unmarried with no kids.

[Garandman]

The wierd thing about tint is that light trucks are exempt. So a minivan can have dark-tinted side windows, while if it was classified as a sedan it would not.

[TheIglu]

In the town I work in, the tint on the cruisers are so dark on the side windows that the only way to know if a cop is sitting in the car is to look through the front or back windshield.

[duganc1717]

According to a local LEO friend written warnings only show up as your plate being "run", they cannot tell why the plate was run or if a written warning was issued.