Wreck

You know I was cruzing tonight around the Manhattan Beach area in California and noticed cops where pulling cars over left to right. I am guessing it is the end of the month and they have to fullfill their ticket quota. Anyways, I would say most of the cars they pulled over had Rims.

You people with Rims out there, do you noticed you guys get pulled over more often?

Wreck

E55 KEV

Cops profile driver. It depends on your age and race!

JamE55

Is this something new? Never heard of this? Maybe i should take off my rims?

Tezta

Please Jam for the love of god do not take off the rims!! As for the cops pulling over people, I've never had any problems with any police when i lived in cali, and i had a red SLK slammed with chrome Carlsson 1/5's

mleskovar

Are you sure they were cops and not fashion police?

JamE55

okay Tezta

Putting them back on... LOL!

Ice 9

I get puled over all of the time I know it's not because of my Rims

shtatc

Here in Phoenix, police by ASU..down Mill Avenue sit in the median with laptops. They watch cars go by...and if you go by more then a certain amount of times, they type your plate # in the laptop, see if you have a record/outstanding tickets/etc/etc.....if you dont, they call a nearby police unit and you get pulled over for illegal cruising....nice way to make a few bucks.

604_kpEscoba

i have a black benz still stock rims and police like to gimme looks like "hmm i wonder what he does" cuz i look so young
just the other day a cop followed me in china town it was weird....

JamE55

Maybe they like you!? lol!

Wreck

Careful when you drive around Monterey Park and Alhambra James. They like to pull over fixed up cars, but then again the people they pull over are people with loud exuast and people wearing their hats backupwards. So I guess the cop preceive them as punks.

I don't have an exuast, but I do wear my hat backwards. I haven't got pull over in my benzo yet.

Mucker430

i'm all stock except my 430's lowered abit. gettin into my car with some buddies - they wanted to check out my new system. just then, unmarked cruiser pulls up besides us. we wave & they just leave man, why don't they go look for criminals instead of checkin up on some guys with their toys!

djamer

I dont know how the cops behave in other parts of the country, but in the mostly conservative state of Virginia, here, they are rat *******s. Racial profiling is very common here especially in the suburbs.

If you're black, or look different and you are driving a expensive car, forget about it. I am south asian and 26yrs. and i have been pulled twice, and no ticket given..Having rims, yes..that will attract attention. Beware, young fellas.the rats are out there, the only thing is to keep your cool and follow the rules..it's unfortunate, but a reality..

djamer
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JamE55

Thanks for the tip Wreck! Last time i was there at D2 checking out their stuff i was all stock but now gotta be careful.

thanks again!

E_Corleone

just be smart. who cares if you get pulled over again and again if you dont have anything in your car to worry about the cops findin'. just ride clean in the benz and have another few cars for "errends".

ive never, ever been pulled over in my benz, but im only 21, always wear jewelry, listen to rap, ride low in the seat, and usually have a bad attitude, so i know if a po did stop me, i would get searched and f'd with for sure. thats why im extra careful when driving my C. however if i tinted the windows, i bet i would get pulled over real quick, cops are d'ks for that around here.

on the other hand i also drive a '99 corolla that looks like every other car out there on the road and i have been stoped in by cops and never searched, because that car doesnt look suspious.

like people said, it is all politics, depending on race, cops mood, time of month, city limits, lots of things, but the best rule of thumb is don't be ridin' hot if your ridin' hot, know what i mean...

psun786

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Originally posted by Wreck


Careful when you drive around Monterey Park and Alhambra James. They like to pull over fixed up cars, but then again the people they pull over are people with loud exuast and people wearing their hats backupwards. So I guess the cop preceive them as punks.

I don't have an exuast, but I do wear my hat backwards. I haven't got pull over in my benzo yet.
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Thanks for the tip Wreck! Last time i was there at D2 checking out their stuff i was all stock but now gotta be careful.

thanks again!

believe it or not~ i actually get pull over much less (never) in my new MB than my old civic even i had full tint all the way around and no liscense plate (front/back)~ by the way, i live in LA too

PS. D2 has the best skill~ w/ 2nd best price

Wreck

Got pulled over in my Benz for the first time.

After helping my friend move to Playa Del Rey, I was crusing on PCH heading to the 105 freeway and a motorcycle cop saw me and made a U-Turn, almost killing himself in the proccess. He was determined to pull me over and speed up, caught up to me (I wasn't speeding), and I pulled over.

Then I got a ticket for no front license plate. In my mind, I told myself cool, it's just a fix it ticket. He could have given me a ticket for my tint. Thank god he didn't.

I was just a little upset that he made all that effort to pull me over and not pull over the dude in the Honda Civic reving next to me wanting to race.

JamE55

Wreck

Sorry to hear that man. But put it this way it's not the worse thing that can happen to you and your 55!

mmgrad

that really $uck$... even a fix it ticket costs money. I don't see why they would bother spending the time to pull someone over just for a fix it ticket.

Wreck

Well I put my front license plate on. Kind of sad I had to drill 2 holes in the bumper, but I can live with the way it looks now.

Got the ticket written off from a sheriff friend of mine, but I still have to spend the time to go to clerk office and pay a 15 dollars administration fee.

JamE55

I think they have a quota that they have to meet.

JamE55

Can't you just put your license plate on your dash?? Just curious. I've seen some cars that don't want to put license plate in front of their cars either but instead put it on their dash is this ok too??

At least you got the ticket written off.

SteveChod

I got chrome 19s on my clk and get pulled quite often..The way I look at it is that its the price you have to pay to drive a phat car. So what you should all do it just face the facts and donate some money to the Police or FOP. When they pull you over they'll be more likely to let you off for stupid little things like no License plate or the car being too low. The fact is that they do have to write tickets to people so they can keep making money, But why would they write you a ticket if they already see that you donate a few bucks a year to them. Thats what I do and 99% of the time it works.

bagwell

I had a friend that was a cop...cool guy...he said he would routinely pull over kids that looked like punks, gangsters, etc...anyone that looked like trouble to him.....which is a good thing...I don't want idiots like that on the streets.

604_kpEscoba

im wondering if they are suspicious would they try to dig deeper
into why a kid is driving a nice car?
and u peeps that drive phat cars do they ask u what u do for a living?