[mrduder]

you might have seen me pulled over today on the 405. it was the most absurd traffic stop I think of ALL TIME! pulls me over and asks why he pulled me over. I'm like, I have no idea officer??? it's bumper to bumper traffic and I'm not going more than 5mph.... he says I wasn't wearing my seatbelt. I was like, ummm.... yes I have been wearing it! he tells me he doesn't want to hear it. he says he could see the whole logo on my shirt before he pulled me over and once I actually pulled over the seatbelt was now covering it. I'm like, sir, I have to practically turn around to grab my seatbelt. my windows are down and you would have seen me turn around to grab it. did you see me do that?! he tells me to stop talking and he doesn't want to hear it and to give him my license, registration, and insurance. so I do. before he walks away he asks, "what's the deal with your license plate saying murderer?" hahahahaha I'm like, sir.... it says mr DUDER. I showed him my ring finger. I have Duder tattooed on my ring finger and my wife has Mrs. Duder tattooed on hers. it's dumb, I know, but it's our thing because I don't always wear my wedding ring because of my job. hahahaha. don't judge me. so he takes my stuff, goes to his car and runs my info. comes back and is like, well today's your lucky day cuz I'm just gonna give you a warning. hahaha I guess I'm lucky I didn't get a ticket for absolutely no reason??? I think he used the seatbelt thing as an excuse to pull me over to find out about my license plate. I bet he felt pretty dumb after that. hahahaha

[colossians323]

Thats what happens living in socal Maybe you should take that as a sign and tell this State to FO, and quit paying tax dollars to support this insanity

[m3rxn]

Good story. Mr. Duder

[Sergm3]

I take it you have front license plate and no tint. I don't get warnings just bunch of fixing and speeding tickets. Your plates are funny thou I could see why he pulled you over it like that.

[mrduder]

Originally Posted by Sergm3

I take it you have front license plate and no tint. I don't get warnings just bunch of fixing and speeding tickets. Your plates are funny thou I could see why he pulled you over it like that.

actually I don't have a front plate! hahaha and I have my windows tinted too! the fronts aren't super dark so you can still see through them, but you can definitely tell they're tinted. but I had my windows down cuz I just had the hex tune today and wanted to hear that burble =)

[dzvero]

Cool story

[shahano]

Hahaha.... Maybe change ur plate to just DUDER so that it doesnt happen again.

[Mark1966]

I am just glad to hear your traffic cops are as stupid as ours, I thought here in the UK we had the monopoly

[mrduder]

Originally Posted by shahano

Hahaha.... Maybe change ur plate to just DUDER so that it doesnt happen again.

I just thinks it's hilarious. you have to have some big balls to advertise you're a murderer hahahaha

[kanvas]

I'm surprised it wasn't the Irvine PD harassing you

[mrduder]

Originally Posted by kanvas

I'm surprised it wasn't the Irvine PD harassing you

it was. well highway patrol in Irvine anyways

[Chopstick217]

I actually think I saw you being pulled over, was it before the Jamboree exit on the 405?

[mrduder]

Originally Posted by Chopstick217

I actually think I saw you being pulled over, was it before the Jamboree exit on the 405?

yep

[chillindrdude]

I hate to pull the race card....but were you DWB?

[srfr13]

Stay out of Malibu Lebowski!

[mkoesel]

Wow, yeah that guy has major issues.

That would almost be like me giving you an infraction for not using caps and paragraphs properly. I would never do that though, no matter how strong the urge might be.

[gtron]

Originally Posted by mrduder

you might have seen me pulled over today on the 405. it was the most absurd traffic stop I think of ALL TIME! pulls me over and asks why he pulled me over. I'm like, I have no idea officer??? it's bumper to bumper traffic and I'm not going more than 5mph.... he says I wasn't wearing my seatbelt. I was like, ummm.... yes I have been wearing it! he tells me he doesn't want to hear it. he says he could see the whole logo on my shirt before he pulled me over and once I actually pulled over the seatbelt was now covering it. I'm like, sir, I have to practically turn around to grab my seatbelt. my windows are down and you would have seen me turn around to grab it. did you see me do that?! he tells me to stop talking and he doesn't want to hear it and to give him my license, registration, and insurance. so I do. before he walks away he asks, "what's the deal with your license plate saying murderer?" hahahahaha I'm like, sir.... it says mr DUDER. I showed him my ring finger. I have Duder tattooed on my ring finger and my wife has Mrs. Duder tattooed on hers. it's dumb, I know, but it's our thing because I don't always wear my wedding ring because of my job. hahahaha. don't judge me. so he takes my stuff, goes to his car and runs my info. comes back and is like, well today's your lucky day cuz I'm just gonna give you a warning. hahaha I guess I'm lucky I didn't get a ticket for absolutely no reason??? I think he used the seatbelt thing as an excuse to pull me over to find out about my license plate. I bet he felt pretty dumb after that. hahahaha

He got behind you and was all like "Tattoos and a murder plate?! This guy's going down." *cherries*

Originally Posted by colossians323

Thats what happens living in socal Maybe you should take that as a sign and tell this State to FO, and quit paying tax dollars to support this insanity

Socal is so weird. You can drive fast as hell but then get pulled over for a plate cover or turning left into a shopping center parking lot because double yellow on an empty back side road. At least that's been my experience since moving here.

I somewhat agree but depending on where you are in socal, what's better?

[RM7]

Originally Posted by mrduder

you might have seen me pulled over today on the 405. it was the most absurd traffic stop I think of ALL TIME! pulls me over and asks why he pulled me over. I'm like, I have no idea officer??? it's bumper to bumper traffic and I'm not going more than 5mph.... he says I wasn't wearing my seatbelt. I was like, ummm.... yes I have been wearing it! he tells me he doesn't want to hear it. he says he could see the whole logo on my shirt before he pulled me over and once I actually pulled over the seatbelt was now covering it. I'm like, sir, I have to practically turn around to grab my seatbelt. my windows are down and you would have seen me turn around to grab it. did you see me do that?! he tells me to stop talking and he doesn't want to hear it and to give him my license, registration, and insurance. so I do. before he walks away he asks, "what's the deal with your license plate saying murderer?" hahahahaha I'm like, sir.... it says mr DUDER. I showed him my ring finger. I have Duder tattooed on my ring finger and my wife has Mrs. Duder tattooed on hers. it's dumb, I know, but it's our thing because I don't always wear my wedding ring because of my job. hahahaha. don't judge me. so he takes my stuff, goes to his car and runs my info. comes back and is like, well today's your lucky day cuz I'm just gonna give you a warning. hahaha I guess I'm lucky I didn't get a ticket for absolutely no reason??? I think he used the seatbelt thing as an excuse to pull me over to find out about my license plate. I bet he felt pretty dumb after that. hahahaha

You should file a complaint.

[Wolf 335]

Next time you get pulled over for some nonsense, immediately request that a supervisor vehicle attends the scene as you feel you are being harassed.

Let the cop know you are going to video tape the whole incident and that you will file a complaint. They don't like any complaints on their records, it looks really bad.

Your story reminds me of a time I got pulled over by some young cop that was on a power trip.
Pulls me over and says:

Cop: You were speeding excessively, I had to go like 120 to catch up to you. (It's a 70km/hr zone)
Me: I wasn't speeding. You were stuck in traffic as I saw you in my rearview. In order for you to catch up to me the law of physics requires you to speed up over my traveling speed.
Cop: You wanna be a smart ass.
Me: I'm gonna be late for an appointment, I wasn't speeding, can I go now.
Cop: Say you were speeding and ill let you go.
Me: I wasn't speeding
Cop: Ok, I'm gonna give you a ticket. Say you were speeding and you can go.
Me: Call your supervisor here, you're on a power trip and now you're harassing me.
Cop: No problem I'll call the super. (goes to the cruiser)
Comes back after a minute
Cop: Supervisor is busy at the moment, you're free to go.
Me: Roll up my window, put my shades on and drive off (while saying you fcuking moron)

[KingOfJericho]

I had a similar one as well.

I was driving to work at about 7am and I habitually bite my nails when I drive. Nobody else on the road and I drive by a cop who pulls right out. I was shocked.

Cop: Do you know why I pulled you over?
Me: No, sir.
Cop: You were talking on your cell phone.
Me: No, I was not.
Cop: Yes, you were. Give me your phone.
Me: (digs phone out of pocket)
Cop: (pretends like he know how to look up my last call)
Me: I can assure you I was not on my cellphone, officer.
Cop: Were you talking on that blackberry? (points to my old school iPod classic)
Me: That's an iPod...
Cop: Well you were speeding too so do you want a ticket for the cellphone or the speeding?
Me: What? I wasn't speeding, sir.
Cop (now visibly agitated): WELL YOU'RE GETTING A TICKET FOR ONE OR THE OTHER SO YOU PICK!!
Me: I don't think I should get a ticket at all because I wasn't doing either one of those things.
Cop: I'll be right back.
Me (sticking my head out the window as he's walking to his cruiser): How fast was I going, exactly?
Cop: EXCESSIVE SPEED!
Me: ????????
The cop then turns around, walks back to my window and throws my stuff back in my car and says "SLOW DOWN!" and walks away.

It was so fucking awkward. It's ok dude, you made a mistake... just admit it and let us go on with our day. Thinking back, I can see how it probably looked like I was on my phone but I wasn't. No ticket, just this mediocre cop story.

[RocketBoots]

3 things:

First, you should have shown him your middle finger, not your ring finger

Second, you have to change your plate to "MURDERer" now.

Third, if you had the GTS/CP seat belts, with the ///M-bling seat belt stripe, this whole situation would have been avoided.

Life lessons

[AIRPOWER]

I had a equally weird encounter with the Politi (Dutch Police) recently as well.

I got onto the highway and at the entrance ramp notice 2 motorcycle cops and a cop van sitting off the side of the road right at the ramp. I was like ahhhh speed trap somewhere so I take it easy. about 3-4 kilometers down the road, this numb nut is trying to pass me on the right (illigal over here) so I momentarily get on it and maybe go 20 klicks over the speed limit of 130 KMH. I was then just driving the speed limit minding my own business and I saw a motorcycle cop behind me and then pull up next to me and then in front of me and motioning me to get off at the next exit (they pull you over by moving in front of you in the NL). So I get off getting ready to pull over and he just keeps going, motioning me to follow, exit after exit, on this other highway, down this street, etc. Until he starts to pull in over by the Ikea we have here in a parking lot that has 50+ cops/20 or so cop cars, cones set up and they direct to park between the cones. I was actually relieved because for a while there I was thinking this is a fake cop and getting ready to peel away from him before his buddies jack my car somewhere.

I ask the cop what's going on and he says we are looking for bad guys and you have a really expensive car and they want to know how I can afford it. I whip out my Diplomatic card and ask if that will suffice. He says yes but asks I will submit to a breathalyzer, I tell him I haven't had a drink in a month and that thing picks anything up it's amazing. Well it read 0 and they let me go. As I was leaving they had all these modded cars and other performance vehicles all in the lot.

Weird experience to say the least and one I will never forget.