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.

 

[funKYcat75]

Once for suspected DUI. Not drunk, just tired with dried out contacts after falling asleep at the gal’s house.

Second time for rolling through two for-way stops. Deserved that one.

Third for speeding on the way to a wedding in Ohio. Questionable. Cop was clocking on one side of a hill and the others waiting on the other side.

 

[CaptainBoogerBuns]

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.

A Toyota man

 

[AmericanDragon]

I got pulled over once for speeding, 49 in a 35. I never saw the sign for speed limit reducing to 35. All my fault though obviously.

2nd and only other time was a BS setup. I was in the left turn lane at a light with a yield on green. There was only one vehicle going in the opposite direction straight thru the intersection. After the light turned green, that car wasn’t moving. I waited like five seconds, and they still weren’t moving, so I went thru the intersection and a cop pulled me over for failure to yield the right away.

 

[WildcatFan1982]

Does it count if I was at a complete stop waiting for someone to come out of a bar when the cop flipped his lights on and said I ran a red light? And when he shined the flashlight right in my face and asked me I had been drinking and I truthfully said no and he said ‘ok I’ll let you off with a warning’ and then left? Cuz that’s exactly what happened my freshman year when I picked my brother up from Redmons

 

[Bill - Shy Cat]

Six speeding tickets. As a teenager in the late 1970’s, I was on the interstate driving the speed limit at night. The car behind me got on my bumper. After about 30 seconds, I increased my speed to just under 80, to get some separation. The vehicle behind me turned on its blue lights. I was pissed! As the cop was making his way to my window, I reached under the seat to put in a heavy metal song into my 8 track player. The cop thought I was reaching for a gun. He slammed his pistol up against my head!! After seeing the 8 track tape in my hand, he lowered his pistol and said I scared the Hell out of him. Told me to always keep my hands on steering wheel when a policeman pulls you over. After I explained to him why I speeded up, he let me off without a ticket. I realized that I was stupid and very lucky to be alive thanks to that policeman.

 

[berniecarbo]

Six speeding tickets. As a teenager in the late 1970’s, I was on the interstate driving the speed limit at night. The car behind me got on my bumper. After about 30 seconds, I increased my speed to just under 80, to get some separation. The vehicle behind me turned on its blue lights. I was pissed! As the cop was making his way to my window, I reached under the seat to put in a heavy metal song into my 8 track player. The cop thought I was reaching for a gun. He slammed his pistol up against my head!! After seeing the 8 track tape in my hand, he lowered his pistol and said I scared the Hell out of him. Told me to always keep my hands on steering wheel when a policeman pulls you over. After I explained to him why I speeded up, he let me off without a ticket. I realized that I was stupid and very lucky to be alive thanks to that policeman.

That is very true. There are good cops and bad ones, but they are all just like us. They have the same doubts, prejudices and fears that we have. They want to go home healthy when their shift is over. Seeing your hands is very important. Why make an already nervous man with a gun even more anxious?

 

[the nail at the foul line]

I had a guy that I worked with and when we would go places at work he would speed everywhere. He tailgated everyone. I asked him one day how many tickets he'd had in his life? He was in his late '60s and he said "I've never been pulled over."

I don't get it. I've been pulled over way more times than him and didn't drive near as fast.

 

[lakercat]

A Toyota man

There are more businesses in Georgetown than Toyota; I have never worked for Toyota or its contractors

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Only a few times, almost all of them in my early 20s.

But a recent time I got pulled over, I was just getting back from a day trip to IKEA with my wife. 2.5 hours each way. Getting back when it's dark out, and im probably 10 minutes from home. Most of the drive home was in the dark cause it was dead of winter.

I get pulled over and the cop asks where I'm coming from. Told him I live just near by and I'm coming back from IKEA.

Cop: They have Ikeas around here?
Me: Ah no, it's actually down in Jersey.
Cop: You drove down all in one day?
Me: (sheepishly) Yep.
*Cop looks at my wife next to me with the flashlight*
Cop: ... so you get anything good?
Wife: yeah we got me a new desk, a new dresser, these lamps, some bins, etc etc
Cop: well sir, it seems you had a long enough day as is, just get home safe.

THE COP FELT SO BAD FOR MY LIFE THAT HE LET ME GO! Lmfao.

 

[55wildcat]

A guy was speeding, and a state trooper was right on him to stop, but the guy would not. After several miles in the chase the guy finally pulled over. The trooper came up and ask the guy why he did not stop, to which the guy replied " my wife left me for a police officer, and I thought it was him bringing her back"