How many times have you been pulled over

[lakercat]

In honor of me being pulled over by the lovely Scott County Sheriffs Department. I have been pulled over a total of 16 times in my lifetime. Six times in Scott County, six times in Fayette County, and three times in Jessamine county, and once in California. Have had a total of 30 run-ins with police, but zero arrests.

1. 11/26/2003 - Torrance, CA - no seatbelt (passenger)
2. Sometime in early 2006 - Football Stadium Parking lot - Fayette County - First learning to drive and was scared to death. It was so bad, police wanted to know what we were doing, and let us go after we told them I was learning to drive
3. 11/01/2006 - Arby's by UK Campus - Fayette County - No headlights - first week driving
4. 12/06/2006 - Nicholasville Rd - Speedway across from McD's near New Circle - Fayette County - License Plate light was out
5. 09/04/2007 - E Lowry Ln - Fayette County - California Roll through stopsign (TICKET GIVEN)
6. 11/20/2017 - Cherry Blossom at US 25 - Georgetown Scott County - Running Red light (TICKET GIVEN)
7. Sometime in 2018 or 2019 - Georgetown Scott County - Pulled over for allegedly rolling through stopsign - warning
8. 01/21/2021 - New Circle Outer Loop at Versailles - Fayette County - Speeding (TICKET GIVEN - LEGIT)
9. 03/14/2021 - Brannon Crossing - Jessamine County - Apparently ran stop light after camping in the woods for three days with almost no sleep - I really don't remember doing it, but cop was cool, gave me a warning and told me to go home (which I did)
10. 08/07/2021 - US 27 - Jessamine County - Cop tailgates me from Edgewood Drive - pulls me over at Elizabeth Drive in Nicholasville (4.5 miles - high beams + tailgate - switched lanes multiple times - reason was for "speeding" - tried to read plates - gave a warning - I changed plates because some of the paint on the old plates was peeling)
11. 02/28/2022 - US 68 - Jessamine County - Cop tailgates me from Catnip Hill to 1/4 mile from Wilmore Road (KY 29) - Again, 4.5 miles - tailgate with high beams - "speeding", but officer was "trying to read my plates" - I had gotten a new license plate after #10 - "warning" was issued)
12. 08/23/2022 - Pulled over at checkpoint on Lemons Mill Rd at Lisle Rd - Scott County
13. 05/03/2023 - New Circle Road - Inner Loop at OFP Fayette County - Cop was on on-ramp at OFP exit (TICKET GIVEN - LEGIT) - knew I was screwed
14. 10/08/2024 - Lemons Mill - Scott County - Tags expired - 8 days past due
15. 10/22/2024 - Lisle Road - Scott County - Tags expired - 22 days past due (got them renewed the next day - busy with work - out of town between stops)
16. 02/14/2025 - Lemons Mill - Scott County- Speeding (TICKET GIVEN - NOT LEGIT) - Turned left from a complete stop from Lisle Rd - 1,210 feet from where LEO was positioned. LEO said I was going 50 MPH, radar at 1,076 feet - that means I went 0-50 in 134 feet (<3 seconds). There was a car behind me that was speeding that was going straight on Lemons Mill (from Newtown - speed limit drops from 55 to 35 at Lisle Road), but turned off. LEO did not provide speed that I was traveling until I had to ask for it. I was 100 feet behind car in front of me - he said the other car was going 44 MPH. The 6 MPH difference would be 9 feet per second - in 11 seconds, I would have rear-ended the car in front; it took 16 seconds to get to where the LEO was positioned. Gonna fight it in court.

Scott County has hired 3-4 patrol just to issue citations. I work in Scott County; otherwise, I would never set foot there unless I'm driving to Cincy. All of these dates are from memory and I believe are all correct.

 

[BBCARDS4ME]

If I had to guess I'd say at least 20 times...Mostly speeding and once for rolling thru a stop sign...Only managed to talk my way out of 2 of them....Mostly in Florida....I even once was pulled over by a horse patrol for speeding thru a park...The horse was tied up to a fence and the officer was dismounted holding a hand held radar. He jumped out in front of me and gave me a tix for 35 in a 15 zone! I even got a tix coming back from paying a tix! I had to take a drivers safety course to keep from losing my license for having to many points.

 

[drew_ukfan]

Twice. Once in Arizona and the other time up by Alexandria. No tickets

 

[Col. Angus]

I dunno 9 or 10. Gotten 5 speeding tickets. Been let go a bunch. Pulled over once on mistaken identity with 3 other cop cars pulling in with guns drawn because I was driving the same kinda car in the general area of somebody just reported as spray painting the wall of a school.

Cept it wasn’t me.

 

[WildcatFan1982]

Twice for speeding but only one ticket. A couple of times for expired plates but got those taken care of before they mattered

 

[LineSkiCat14]

"Officer, do you have time for a quick chat over Steph Curry?"

 

[Kaizer Sosay]

 

[UKWildcats1987]

I think 3 times.

1 ticket in high school by state trooper for 55 in a 35 and he claimed I tried to hide lol maybe he was right. I was scared and panicked. Father and I were able to convince Judge that was not the intent and he dismissed that.

Once on Thanksgiving for going like 47 in a 40 because city cops are anal. They let me off with a warning.

Once going 70 in a 35 on my parents country road. Somehow the old sheriff let me go without ticketing me.

All these are like easily a decade plus to 20 years plus n the past. Knock on wood.

 

[JonathanW]

Probably 5-7 times over 39 years of driving.

 

[vhcat70]

- Two tickets in Cincy in 70's
- Once in Wilder - part time cop worked with Dad so no problem
- Tick in Nova Scotia
- Tick in Crescent Springs money grab before state court system reform
- Once in rural Michigan doing around 90 on a state highway. Got let off I think because he didn't want to deal with my 80 years old Mom & Aunt.
- Once in France but it was just a documents check
- maybe another one or two

 

[Rebelfreedomeagle]

The best I can remember is four. The first two were reckless driving and I deserved a ticket but was let go.
The third was in my twenties going more than 20 over in a company vehicle. The cop let me go and that has stuck with me.
The fourth was 20 years ago to let me know that my registration sticker was missing but I had already paid it. Side note: that cop was really nice and was killed in the line of duty a couple of weeks afterwards, so that one’s pretty memorable too.