Cop question for Gaffer
So, since you were a cop back in the day, I gotta ask!
What was the most bullshit excuse ever given to you after pulling someone over for an infraction?
I've given a few whoppers over the years with mixed success; probably the least successful lie I ever told was when I packed up the family and drove from Fairbanks to Valdez (about 350 miles) on a day trip.
The kids and wife were getting cranky by the time we were almost to Valdez, and there's a nice straight bit of roadway right as you get 10 miles out of Valdez. I bumped up to 70 out of boredom in a 55 MPH zone, because we'd been doing 40 for the last 30 miles due to extreme corners, hills and ice, and saw the Suburban coming toward me with what looked like a ski rack on top his rig. Everyone in Valdez has a ski rack on top their cars, turns out it was a cop with the new (back then) low profile lights so I never bothered slowing down.
He pulled me over and I jabbed my thumb to the back seat of my truck and told him my son (2 years old) was getting potty trained and he was about to have an accident... I thought my odds were good at getting off with this story.
He looked at my son, and nodded and said he'd write that ticket as fast as he could to help do his part! LOL I think that was a $180 ticket.
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Originally Posted by chloe
oh my !!!
