Top 5 Ways To Get Pulled Over by the Cops: Its easier to get pulled over than you think. All you need to do is commit one of the five violations weve listed below. For even faster results, try combining two infractions at once. Many drivers find this very effective. Actually, the real reason for this list is to stop you from being pulled over by the police. By seeing driving behavior from the traffic cops point of view, you can avoid encounters with the law. A little extra awareness could help you keep points off your driving record and keep down the cost of your car insurance. Three police agencies and two independent traffic experts loaned their expertise for this list of the most common traffic stops. There were some minor variations in opinion, depending on the police agency. But this list shows you the things to watch out for if you want to avoid unwanted contact with the boys (and girls) in blue. 1. Speeding. This was on everyones list, and the reason is simple. The faster you go, the longer it takes to react to an unexpected situation, whether its a pedestrian stepping into the street or another car making an unexpected lane change, says Detective William Bustos, officer in charge of the Los Angeles Police Departments traffic detectives. Braking distances also increase as speed builds, and it takes about 120 feet for a vehicle to stop when its traveling 60 mph. Speeding is common in Bustos jurisdiction, the San Fernando Valley, which has 230 square miles of mostly wide, straight streets. As recently as the early 2000s, the area attracted frequent street races that played like scenes out of The Fast and the Furious and its sequels. People are driving faster than they did in the past, particularly on the freeways in the busy area of south Los Angeles, notes Edward McElroy, a California Highway Patrol officer. People seem impatient; their commutes are longer than ever before, McElroy says. CHP officers write tickets, particularly for speeding,...
Posted on: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 17:20:10 +0000
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