Yes, my friends -- I received a ticket for SQUEALING TIRES! As you probably know, a 348er couldn't squeal his tires if he tried... and that's an absolutely silly thing to do to a Ferrari in my opinion. As some of you might know, I drive like an old man, so of course I was not speeding. The cop pulled me over just for the heck of it. He sat me in the car for about 20 minutes. Apparently he was looking through his manual of violations searching for some violation he could stick me with! I thought he was going to come back with about 10 moving violations, and he comes back with SQUEALING TIRES??!! I'm grateful he didn't give me moving violations, but jeez... WATCH OUT GUYS FOR THE SQUEALING TIRES PATROL!!!
David I have seen you drive, sqealing tires??!! I know that did not happen, the cops really have it out for you, you sure thats not a moving violation though?
I asked the cop if this was a moving violation and he said, "that's up to the judge." The cop verified that I wasn't speeding, so if it's reckless driving it was reckeless driving under the speed limit (which was 40), and that of course is absurd.
So if he's found guilty, do we all need to carry WD-40 to spray our tires as we pass through Dix Hills to prevent squeaking/squealing/chirping?
Reminds me of JDB in the New England section who got a reckless driving ticket for hard braking at a red light.
I CAN TOP ALL OF YOU MY DAD GOT A TICKET SOME YEARS AGO FOR GET THIS.......... SLOW WINDSHIELD WIPERS.. THE COP SAID THEY WERE NOT WORKING SUFFICENTLY.. MY DAD IN LONG ISL, WENT TO COURT, AND WON. BRUCE
When you drive a high profile car it seems like you become more of a target for these things as I have recieved many of these bogus violations over the years. I dont know if these tickets are sparked from zeal or just some sort of profiling because you do not look like someone with the means to drive a car of this caliber.
cop can give any tix he wants, u gonna win in court if it s a BS one. and yes, there is such violation, sort of like "speed contest", which means u did not speed, but u drove in a manner that's not appropriate or necessary.
Squeeling tires? lol... Maybe this will be the new thing for this year. Last year I think we all got no front plate tickets.
LMAO! Babylon! I remember that place. Went to the beach out there over thanksgiving last year. Freaking 50+mph wind. All the sand got stuck in my hair..and with gel...yeah that was fun. POS east coast beaches!
Not only would I go to court, I'd file a complaing with his supervisor, file harrasment charges and take the cop to small clains court (not yet sure on what grounds, but if he can get you for tire squeeling...). But that's just me. I fight tickets that I deserved, BS tickets really tick me off. Good Luck, Art S.
Dave - You gotta let them know that you can be MORE of an annoyance to them, than they can be to you. That will get them to leave you alone!! Back when I was in high school, I had golf practice after school at 3:00. School got out at 2:30, I would shoot to my house, grab a snack, and take my dog for a walk, grab my clubs and shoot back up to school. By the time I would get back up to school, all the good (legit) parking spots would be taken, so I would get creative and park wherever I could. I would always get a parking ticket. So, after accumulating a few of these and paying them like a sucker, I decided to become a royal pain in the ass of the cops. Next ticket I got, I tried to pay for it IN PENNIES!!! Not rolled up and counted nicely pennies, but a grocery bag about 1/3 full of loose pennies!!! I went to hand it over to the clerk at the Darien Polie station, and she looked shocked!! She said to give her a minute... Well, she then came out from behind her desk, accompanied by the sargent. The sargent starts giving me this **** about how I'm being mean and blah blah bs. I told him that I had gotten this ticket for no good reason, and that I found it to be absolute BS. The sargent then asked me if I would kindly wrap the pennies up in coin rolls. I said that I would just because I had gotten my message across. Next day after practice... everyone else's car had a ticket except mine.
Dave, I got a friend who lives on your block. Michael Kiviat. He's at 21 Calumet. I live at the exit before you. Off of Wilmington. Gary
1) u can never be more annoyance to cops than they can be to you. i will not understand why would anyone p1ss them off enough, to have them stationed outside of house daily to nail you on everything. thats plain stupidity. EVEN if you never did or will do anything wrong. 2) usually u dont get to pay those tix with cash.
thast what i thought always have the priviledge to mail in the parking ticket checks maybe diff for ferrari owners i got no F car..just a lowly commoner
Times may have changed since then... this was back in the early 90's, and in a peaceful small town like Darien. My ride at the time was the old family truckster... a 1980 Chevy malibu wagon (nickname was the Battlewagon!). It's probably different now in NYC, Chris. Ryan - Do ya need more smutt?? Hell you're in LA!!! Land of smutt!!! 84% of all domestic porn is made in LA ( San Fernando Valley! ). Enjoy!!