It’s not very amusing when it happens to you, but let’s be honest, one of the most amusing sights in the world is watching somebody try to get out of beating a traffic ticket. They try every trick in the book and none of them work. And they end up with more trouble than they know what to do with. See if some of this doesn’t sound familiar to you.

You’re stuck in traffic and you simply run out of patience. So what do you do? You pull onto the shoulder and ride it for a few miles until some officer pulls you over. Then what do you tell him? “Well officer, my car was overheating so I just wanted to get off the road as quick as I could.” Of course the cop can see that there isn’t a darned bit of steam coming from under the hood. This is NOT the way to beat a traffic ticket.

Or how about this one? You’re pulling up to a corner. It’s about 5 in the morning and there’s nobody on the road. You’re come to stop sign and figure since there is nobody around, why not just ease on through it? Of course 30 seconds later, a cop is pulling you over. He tells you that you have run a stop sign and you say one of two things. Either, “I didn’t see it” or “But I came to a complete stop officer.” He doesn’t buy either of these.

And then there is the classic one where you’re not driving straight and get pulled over for reckless driving or something like that. You give the cop a look straight in his eye and say something stupid like, “Officer, my mother just died and I’m really upset. I should not even be on the road.” To that, the cop issues you a summons and you’re toast.

Okay, so what do you do? Well, you know what NOT to do. But…if you want to know how to beat a traffic ticket…of any kind, every time…in my signature is a review of a great resource that will have you beating every traffic ticket you ever get.

Just use it wisely. And please…never tell dumbass lies to a cop.

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