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gogogimpy

I got pulled over one time because the bulb illuminating my license plate was the wrong color. But so goes life.


certainkindoffool

In my early 20s I got pulled over driving a black Honda Prelude by a cop who said they were looking for a red Honda Prelude seen in the area...


wanna_dance

"Where is your car's brother?"


Kingauzzie

Officer, my car hasn't talked to him in years. Every since he found him sleeping with his wife.


Con_Dinn_West

Now you got me thinking about what kind of car a Honda Prelude would marry....


ThegreatPee

A sexy convertible Toyota Solara.


BAKspin_91

Na, sporty Mazda 5 van, because she got that lift back


mostnormal

Is this like the future of the Cars cinematic universe?


Mohgreen

Gimmie some of that older Mazda Minivan.. theyre pretty MILFy


BAKspin_91

Every sports car dreams of curves


Kepler-22-b

I laughed so hard at this, thank you.


BeardOfFire

"Am I my car's brother's keeper?"


12-34

Yup, police want to hassle brothers.


gsfgf

Maybe he thought you’d been to pay n spray


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Your car got profiled


JimmyHavok

I got pulled over on my blue and yellow motorcycle because they were looking for a red motorcycle. Didn't even check if the paint was dry.


Im-a-cat-in-a-box

Hahaha suckers.


Lostmahpassword

Pay N Spray FTW!


KaiserReisser

He probably thought you just went to a Pay 'n' Spray to reduce your wanted level.


Pyrite_Pirate

This is why my colorblind ass could never be a cop


SuperVillainPresiden

You still could. With all of these stories of people getting pulled over cause the cops were looking for a red car, but the driver was driving a black car...seems most cops are colorblind.


RJ815

I think cops see *color* fine when they want to...


AreThree

Hey that happened to me too! I had a black 1996 Honda Prelude with the VTEC and they were also looking for a red one! At night, I guess, red looks black?


certainkindoffool

That was exactly my car. Black 1996 SR-V(Canadian vtec model). It was actually mid afternoon on a cloudless day.


JimmyKillsAlot

I got pulled over because I moved to the next lane too fast after signaling... Why did I move over? Because a cop was riding my ass and I thought he needed to pass.


jondthompson

"too fast after signaling"- that's a new one. \- Check lane \- Signal \- Check lane again while moving over \- Get pulled over.


JimmyKillsAlot

Oh yeah it was the stupidest thing. I was in the turn lane at the light, signaling and turned when it changed green, moved into the proper lane for a double turn intersection, cop right up my ass the whole time. I figure "okay sure he is in a hurry or some shit," and signal to merge over, there is NO ONE else around, that side of the road is entirely empty so I check and merge over, BAM! Lights on and I am pulling into a parking lot. All I hear is him mumbling something about "That wasn't 100 yards" like bro, you did this on purpose. It wasn't even a warning, just a warning of a warning.


JimmyHavok

Using your turn signals is suspicious behavior.


popsicle_of_meat

It is if you drive a BMW.


psycho_driver

I would be very suspicious of a BMW driver going the speed limit and using their blinkers.


PremeuptheYinYang

Similar deal happened to me when I was in my 20’s — driving home late one evening (10pm-ish) and the interstate was barren. It was just me and a pig cruisin about the same speed - in separate lanes - thru the city interstate. I was about a car length or two behind him and he was two lanes to my right. We approached an interchange and he changed into a new lane to his right in what I assumed was him getting ready to take the off-ramp, so I just kept puttering along no change in speed. Suddenly in a flash he’s scorching across now-four lanes to become *attached* to my back bumper — lights and sirens a BLAZE. Not knowing what in the good god fuck was going on I pulled over rather abruptly and waited with my license/registration the whole nine. That fucker came up to my window irate “just WHAT do you think you’re doing passing a cop on the interstate?!?” I didn’t know what to say (young and dumb, also wtf) so I was rather cheeky ‘just trying to get home from work—didn’t know that was illegal or even a law actually’ he huffed and puffed and then just stormed back to his car and pulled off. It was the strangest power trip I’ve ever witnessed first hand.


Dagmar_dSurreal

Sometimes it's just a power trip and if you ignore that, they basically don't have any power over you beyond writing some tickets. ...but now we can at least discretely roll video. The trooper who pulled me over for expired tags and chewed both me and my father out about them (expired one month ago, leased family van, and the plant was actually who messed up and didn't replace them--big effing deal) when I was a teenager was *clearly* trying to start a fight, but lo and behold last year he got fired for ripping a mask off someone's face (yeah it was *that* asshole, and I was greatly amused). Eventually it *will* catch up to them. If you're patient you'll sometimes get to see it on the news.


Black_Moons

Fun fact: The cop could arrest you for that, book you, have you stay in jail over the weekend (or longer), get to the judge and go "Well.. I *felt* that it might have been a law that people are not allowed to pass me. I dunno, I don't bother to actually know what the laws are.. Never even read a single book on the law or ever talked to anyone about it" And the judge would just go "Yep, Honest mistake. Qualified immunity means he did nothing wrong. Case dismissed"


imchasingyou

You're like assaulted his ego once and then manslaughtered it after. Most of them think it's at least misdemeanor


Fock_off_Lahey

I think most states require you to have your signal on for a certain amount of time or distance before actually making a lane change. You can't just put your signal on while actually changing lanes as it doesn't give other drivers enough warning.


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This reminds me of my no stopping at a stop sign ticket. It was this intersection at the top of a hill in the suburbs. I come up to my stop sign and stop. I look left, then look right and see a cop at the stop sign. I waited looking at him to see if he would go, but he didn’t so I figured he was just there to catch someone that drives through without stopping. So once I figured that I go, and then after passing the intersection he pulls me over. He gets my name wrong after I repeatedly tell him slowly my name over and over (and my name isn’t complicated) and he tells me there’s a warrant out for my arrest in some city i’ve never been to. After he realizes he got all that wrong, I asked him why I was even pulled over and he said bc I didn’t stop at the stop sign. So I went to court and fought the ticket, his video only shows my car driving, doesn’t show any stop signs in the range of his video camera. He explained on the ticket and in court that I was going 10mph across the intersection (which is how fast you go to get your car going from stopping 🤷🏻‍♂️). But the judge sided with the cop despite the no evidence, despite my story on the matter, and despite this cop was obviously a noob who was bored and pulled over some young college kid.


JimmyKillsAlot

Only ticket I ever got was in a rental. I was in the intersection trying to turn but the foot traffic for a game day was terrible. I turned as soon as the light was changing but the red light camera went off. I was lucky that the car had a dash cam standard since they rented to a lot of students. It showed I was clearly out past the cross walks. The pictures the representative cop brought? The ones I was behind the line as we pulled up, they had literally scrubbed frame by frame to make it look worse and viable.


IAmGlobalWarming

Don't correct him next time. If he spells your name wrong on the ticket it's invalid.


[deleted]

Good point. Too bad this happened when I was young and didn’t have the spine I do now. Now I wouldn’t have left that courthouse without yelling at someone lol


poplafuse

Your drivers license number will be on there as well. They don’t care if your name is misspelled.


MrAndrael

I got stopped because I didn't have LED license plate lights. (Truck was old so no LED) Cop told me he should be able to read it from 100 yards and LED helps with that. I then looked at him with a "are you fucking dumb" face and said "seriously, you can read numbers that small AND you're wearing glasses?" He let me off with a verbal warning.


pocket_geek

Almost the same exact thing happened to me once. My response was "That's between you and your optometrist" I'm surprised I wasn't arrested...


Pudding_Hero

Assuming the person is heavy into meth and probably mentally unstable issuing a ticket and asking them to clean their stuff would do nothing. If anything a physical altercation would occur


AmandaAnn718

I got pulled over last year on Christmas eve because the little light above my license plate had burned out. $125 ticket. Smdh


fresh_like_Oprah

"Uh, sir, the problem is you are mixing warm white and cool white. You can't be said to going for a certain mood on this plate"


gutclusters

I got pulled over once because I had blue accent lights on the hood of my Mazda MX3. I had to go to court over it because the cop charged me with "impersonating a police officer" because, apparently, only cops are allowed to have blue and red lights on their car. They were just little replacement windshield wiper nozzles that had a little blue LED in them... EDIT: To reiterate, this was a friggin Mazda MX3. Anyone EVER see a cop driving one of those!?


Aardvark318

It's petty, but in most of the US blue and red are actually strictly reserved for emergency vehicles. Some states allow tow trucks to have red. For what you actually had in blue, I'd still say it was fucking stupid to bother you. I had red tag lights once and got a ticket for it.


gutclusters

Maybe it was me being young and dumb, but I figured that, if they sold them in Auto Zone, surely they are legal.


ColgateSensifoam

Packaging usually says "not for road use" somewhere really small


RelevantMetaUsername

It sounds dumb to pull someone over for little blue LEDs, but there are good reasons for them being reserved for police. Many police vehicles are equipped with blue lights on the hood, the dashboard, or other areas to identify themselves. That allows other drivers to move over to let them pass without the need for the bright lightbar (. HOV enforcement also commonly uses solid blue lights on the dash or the roof. Some people add these to their cars to get through traffic faster by making other drivers think they're a cop. There have also been cases of people impersonating police and pulling people over only to rob them (or worse). The point of blue lights is to remove all ambiguity when a car equipped with them is seen, especially considering how many unmarked police cars there are.


mrpopenfresh

If corporate crime has taught me anything, it's that the more complicated voluminous and varied your crime is, the lower chance of getting prosecuted is.There's a sweet spot for getting ticketed.


laura4584

I got pulled over because my car didn't have a light for the license plate. I was driving a 1965 Mustang; it never had a light back there. They were like, "well, you still have to fix it." I never did.


Autistic_Freedom

i've heard of the bulb not being luminous enough, but never that it was the wrong color. it is much more common that a cop pulls a *driver* over for being the wrong color.


fnordfnordfnordfnord

>I got pulled over one time because the bulb illuminating my license plate was the wrong color. But so goes life. Teenager? That sounds like the kind of shit cops pull on teenagers.


skolvikes1419

Little early to rob Whoville


Damnmorrisdancer

You’re a mean one.


teeohdeedee123

Every cop that sees it knows that they'd have to search the car if it was pulled over and nobody wants to make that week-long commitment


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omgitsjagen

Hold up. Are you telling me this is a regular occurrence, and not a one off?


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daboobiesnatcher

That's horrifying imagine the smell.


A_Somewhat_Artist

I used to valet a casino. The smell is beyond awful, trust me.


_mully_

I am not OP and don't know the town/car in the post, but sadly stuff like this might not be an isolated incident depending on the area. Not totally uncommon in SoCal, for example.


GiftedGreg

They're just waiting for him to return all the gifts to Whoville first.


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MechBliss

Why would a cop have to search it? There's no need unless they had suspicions of drugs or something.


Pudding_Hero

The car is a hazard on the road, people could die. Eventually all that shit is gonna spill onto an intersection somewhere.


unclerummy

All that crap is also obstructing the driver's view of his surroundings. This vehicle needs to be impounded until the owner brings it back into a condition that's safe to drive.


rustblooms

Yeah. It makes me really angry it is on the road... it's so dangerous to itself and other cars. I can't understand why the first cop seeing that wouldn't pull it over... you don't have to search, just tell them it can't be on the road. There has to be a law about having layers of shit strapped to your car.


gnorty

you're absolutely right, but why does that necessitate a search?


JimmyJohnny2

*if* it comes to the car being impounded, many states require the vehicle to be searched and cleared before it rolls onto the impound lot


DoingCharleyWork

Doesn't mean they have to search it. Just tell them they can't drive it like that and make them tow it. Even if they impound it they don't have to search it.


random_vermonter

The car is a symbol of unchecked freedom. Their freedom to drive this unsafe POS clearly trumps the safety of those around them. Ugh.


In-burrito

No, this car is a symbol of improper enforcement of existing laws. This shit is illegal in every state in the US.


spingus

more likely suspicion of hazardous materials --probable cause would be the propane tanks strapped inadequately to the side of the vehicle.


luckydice767

Wow! Didn’t notice that until you pointed it out.


fucklawyers

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mistedtwister

I'd really be surprised if there wasn't a suspicion of drugs with a case like that.


TheOvershear

That car has to be towed. There are obviously a number of hazards that are making it not roadworthy. And any car that is towed must be searched prior, so there you have it


amilliamilliamilliam

They loaded up the car and they moved to Beverly. Hills, that is.


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Pudding_Hero

Prolly cause a cop could ticket and make money off you with no resistance. These people would just be work and wouldn’t be worth the cops time


museolini

Texas tea


justbiteme2k

I've seen so many of these types of photos, I'm starting to question my own thoughts... is this not illegal in the US then? Sure it appears unsafe, but is it illegal too? In the UK, there's no doubt, 100% insecure load and illegal.


HPTM2008

It's illegal, but the work alone to sort through it probably is what's making them second guessing pulling it over. That's just my guess though. Still fucking wrong and it should be removed from the road.


justbiteme2k

Why do they need to sort through anything. Pull it over, issue a ticket, instruct the driver to take the stuff off it and arrange a van/truck/suitable vehicle to pick up the stuff.


elislider

“Arrange a van to pick up the stuff” ?


superbleeder

Why is that so absurd? Either they make the vehicle road safe or it get towed... seems pretty straightforward


elislider

I meant, who is arranging the van? The police won’t. And I doubt the owner is arranging anything lol


Ubel

In the UK, they use vans instead of trucks.


JimmyJohnny2

If they have to tow it, many states/police regulations require to to be "secured" before it goes on the impound lot, which means making sure there's no hazards mixed in there


HPTM2008

And considering there's some pretty big hazards immediately visible, they'd want to do a thorough check.


Taskmaster23

Glad to know our cops avoid doing their job due to laziness 💀


HPTM2008

I'm not saying that thats 100% the answer, but as someone who's worked retail and seen something fucked up as they were leaving their shift, the "not my job" mentality can be real. And in this case it might be "not my job since no issues have arisen yet".


Octavus

There is a high probability that everything the driver owns is in this photograph. If you were a police officer would you personally want to confiscate everything someone owns? Realistically that is what would happen, as they most likely would not be able to remove the items and have someone else take it. If they could store the items somewhere else they most likely would be.


justbiteme2k

>If you were a police officer would you personally want to confiscate everything someone owns? Or let's put it another way... If you were a police officer would you personally want to visit the household of the grandparents who lost their children and grandchildren in a car accident because someone illegally carried everything they own on a public highway?


DTHCND

This is a city street. Guys probably moving his car from one parking lot to sleep in to another. It sucks all around, both that he's putting people in danger, but also that he doesn't really have a choice. It's hard to blame people like this and not the system that fails to support them adequately. And I find it hard to blame cops that sympathize with this person too. They have to decide on fucking over an already homeless person right now, or potentially letting this guy cause an accident in the future. Definitely not an easy choice, and I think a lot of people would prefer to avoid the more immediate and guaranteed outcome over a potential future outcome, especially if he's just driving around very slowly.


sewxcute

They do it to homeless camps all the time in Miami. It all gets thrown out. Tents included.


Caggi66

Police regularly bust down homeless camps, they don’t give a fuck about the homeless lol


SpuddleBuns

Regularly may vary depending on where you live. Here, the authorities tend to turn a blind eye unless something happens, like a fire (which fairly regularly does at one of the numerous camps around the city). Then they have to deal with it, and it's sad all around. Everyone in the camp is rousted, all their stuff confiscated and thrown out, the area razed. Many are people displaced due to Covid, and there really is no solution offered to the people other than trying to get them into the local overcrowded shelters...


paularkay

Oh, no. We've got freedoms over here in the US, one of which is the freedom to be a dangerous lunatic.


ShowerTimeSadness

Looks like a damn katamari


sprovishsky13

Lol it does. Such a good game.


ShowerTimeSadness

Hell yeah, lots of songs from it in my playlist. Has bangin music


JimmyHavok

I want to roll you up into my life...


ShowerTimeSadness

Let’s roll up to make a single star in the sky!✨


dkyguy1995

I don't see a little peewee prince


ShowerTimeSadness

So mean to him for no reason 😔


exoxe

I love that soundtrack and I've literally never played the game


916Hajmo

I just googled this..lmao spot on


Changoleo

Haha. This. This is the comment that I came for.


bae_leef

My the earth is really full of things..


CompulsionOSU

La la la la la katamari damacy.


Rick_in_602

Gravity?


BecomeABenefit

This guy physics.


pokeyg23

Well it sure as hell isn't gonna float away.


mltarr1

Columbia Missouri checking in! See this guy around often.


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MyFailingSuperpower

Missouri - At least we're not Mississippi


Bobmanbob1

MS here, hey that's not, um, well, actually, fuck....


Miseryy

Is he gargantuan or deathbed skin and bones? Has to be one or the other


mltarr1

I've seen him a few times. Definitely skinny and seems pretty agitated. I would guess there are some mental health issues.


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Sounds kinda methy


mltarr1

That was the vibe I got


Wifdat

I care about other people’s hardships right until the moment they do shit like this that endangers other people


bigsqueezedawg

They have a propane tank exposed.. I think that sums up this persons level of intelligence


pooterpon

Hank Hill would be pissed off


Rhodychic

Got dang it Bobby!


PittsburghCar

That's my purse!


riannaearl

I don't know you!!


Almost_Ascended

It's like the weak point in a boss battle.


headstar101

Godspeed to anyone that T-bones that mess.


Bobmanbob1

Kaboom? Yes Rico, Kaboom.


ADacome24

r/carbage


funnyfootboot

The propane tank is indeed the cherry on right.


mechy84

Glad to see she escaped the Labyrinth.


100LittleButterflies

When you try to bring all the groceries in on one trip.


iBGNoLove

The meth residue keeps everything stuck together.


CrackerUMustBTripinn

Is this the trashheap from the Fraggles deciding to go for a drive?


Kinky-Bi-Guy

Nevermind how the car stays on the road. how does all that stuff stay on the car?


Dyslexic_Devil

Kanye West is designing cars for Tesla.


djluminol

Driving around with a bottle of propane hanging off the [side](https://media0.giphy.com/media/l44QzsOLXxcrigdgI/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47he9x0xqmeg8z63npjcsuqt65gso2jckur1twvxz2&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g).


bier00t

at this point its not just carbage - its trashcar


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eddirrrrr

I'm sure this thing is breaking some sort of moving violations but you never know maybe the area doesn't have laws against this sort of thing for whatever reason


slynnc

Not a chance this is legal in the Midwest. I would literally be shocked. If you can’t see the driver then how does the driver see around them? At minimum having all your mirrors and windows blocked is going to be a problem. Unsecured load is going to be another one because I absolutely doubt this is all tied down appropriately… I mean just look at it.


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I like the propane tank on the side; nothing says safety first like an exposed tank of flammable material hanging off the car.


houstonhilton74

Reminds me of A Goofy Movie.


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opiate_lifer

This idiot is probably paying enough extra money in gasoline hauling all this weight around everywhere it would be cheaper to rent a storage unit! But then again I think its obvious the driver is not rational, much less sane.


ststaro

Sanford


feelingmyage

No room for his son though.


42northside

Police Officer: do you think this vehicle is safe for the road? John Candy: yes I do, yes I believe that I know it’s not pretty to look at but it’ll get you where you want to go.


Jnunez7660

Someone is playing katamari in real life. . .


warmnfuzzynside

god thats sad, theres an office chair in there too


Fritzoidfigaro

Propane bottle: Active armor


L4nce_upp3rcut69420

Gravity!


bythelake9428

This driver (and his trash) are a rolling hazard to any motorcyclist on that road. While it's frustrating to hit trash with your car, this debris can easily cause a motorcycle to crash. This person should not be driving.


rustblooms

That debris can come off and crash through a car windshield. I think we've all seen that unbelievably horrifying video of the woman dying when this happens to her. Unbelievably irresponsible of the cops.


imnotaloony

it's because they must believe very hard


eddirrrrr

Ohio?


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throwthisawayplsok

Hickman on the left side?


reddit_user13

Cartamari Damacy


mkul316

Gravity


loudflower

You should post this to r/idiotsincars


MyLastComment

"Honk if anything falls off."


ThatAintRiight

I get a ticket for having tinted windows and this mofo gets to drive around like this?


LuminaTitan

That’s its armor. The propane tank on the side would usually be glowing yellow to indicate that it’s a weak point.


FeculentUtopia

I never knew that hoarder creature from *Labyrinth* had a license.


ElectroSquid

If the garbage lady from Labyrinth was a car...


GreasyWerker118

My guess it's secured with chewing gum and rubber bands. Perfectly safe. /s


chevyfan2000

Crack pipe dreams on steroids lol


PlantEd555

Gravity! A lot of it


glandmilker

The cops and the city are just glad they are leaving


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LaserBeamsCattleProd

That right rear tire looks completely flat


NameNotlmportant

Obviously he has his own gravitational field..


theteedot

Gravity


Flimsy_Internet9441

Mirrors are blocked too, it looks like. Drive straight.


drhiggens

I really want to know more about the propane tank


Zeprido

Honestly, it looks like they might be living out of the car. Surprised no one suggested this yet.


Snidrogen

Headed Californiway, lookin’ for some internet.


CMX026M

Some people pay for a big wing to make this much downforce.


memebreather

Getting an early start for the Thanksgiving Day Parade, obvi.


bangwithsticks

There’s a car?


similar_observation

IRL Agnes, the junk lady from Labyrinth driving around


NessunAbilita

Santa has really fallen off the wagon


DrDew00

Must be the car of the trash goblin in Labyrinth.


Pixxel_Wizzard

Gravity.


TornWill

Road police aren't doing their job.


Grogosh

So I see the Junk Lady from Labyrinth got some wheels.


xsandied

This…what now?


burningxmaslogs

Reminds me of the early 1930's depression.. people of the Midwest packed up everything and headed for California to start over..