Today, my car died on a major road, a cop pulled over to help, he offered to jump me, while doing so because my battery was so dead he told me to put the gas on the floor, I did and my car roared to life, he then pulled me over five feet from where my car died to give me a ticket for a loud exhaust. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after my car died a mile from my house, I huffed, puffed and pushed it back to my house off the street, so I wouldn't get a ticket overnight. After getting it towed to the shop in the morning, I got a call telling me they put gas in it for me and it starts up fine now. FML
Today, a guy's car broke down in my street, so I helped him push it into my driveway, checked his car out, and gave it a jump start. He thanked me, then as he went to pull out, he instead smashed straight into my car. FML
Today, my friend's van ran out of gas on an expressway off-ramp. After pushing it to the shoulder, we walked to a gas station and got a can of gas. We got back to the van to find that the battery had died from leaving on the lights and hazards to avoid an accident. FML
Today, while I was driving, a police officer jumped out from the sidewalk and into my lane. I slammed on the brakes so I wouldn't hit him. He then gave me a ticket for "obstructing traffic." FML
Today, I went out to my car only to find my battery had died the night before. With the wind chill, it was -20°F outside. With the hood open, and jumper cables in one hand, I tried to flag down a passing motorist for help. A man in a truck slowed down, sarcastically waved at me, and kept driving. FML
Today, a cop almost rear-ended my car, slammed on the gas with no warning, swerved around me, flipped me the bird, then cut me off and then drove a full ten miles under the speed limit. When I changed lanes to overtake him, he pulled me over for road rage. FML
Today, I crashed into a pole on purpose as a cop pulled me over for speeding. I figured the officer would feel bad for me and that the cost of fixing my car would be less than a ticket. He gave me one anyway. FML
Today, while driving on the tollway my car overheated and died a few yards from the toll booth. I then had to wait, crying, in my smoking car for a patrol guy while cars moved around me. He had to push me through the toll and the lady in the booth said she felt sorry for me but still took my $3. FML
Today, I was driving to a gas station because I'd noticed I was almost on empty. Literally a block away from the gas station, my car broke down in the middle of an intersection, and I had to push my car to the side of the road, only to be questioned by police for "suspicious behavior." FML
Today, I picked up my car from the repair shop, drove two miles, and ran out of gas. I then walked to get gas, put a gallon of gas in the car, and tried to start it. The battery was too weak to start the car, and died on the spot. FML
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AlexV_fml 0
AHHH WHAT A JERK!! i hate cops lol FYL
xClarkGable 0
People who hate cops usually just say that because they've been caught doing something wrong. There's nothing wrong with cops.
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floresntadolecnt 0
#28 it sounds like you just live in a shit neighborhood if even the cops are doing drugs. Join in on the fun and stop bitchin ;]
R3TH0R 0
and with the whole "loud exhaust"; they can pull people over due to the safety hazard and noise pollution. why a cop wouldn't (and really couldn't) pull over any type of motorcycle is that the noise is from the engine not the exhaust, take the hood off a car and they'd be just as loud. also as #52 said about the quotas, its more that they need to keep track of if they go way under or way over. also #34 is a dumbass... doesn't know how to spell "cop" and hates all of us who don't enjoy the power-trips that the majority of cops have. also the police foundations and the people that work there aren't all cops... (just calling him out on that)
DONTbEMO 0
I'm sure they ticket is cheaoer than having some tow truck coming out and jumping your car Plus noise violations are no big deal i get them all time for my system.. It comes with having aftermarket parts on your car.
V8pwrdz28 0
#38, im a mechanic and yes a battery can die while driving... but it also means the alternator is bad hence the battery not charging... OP, loud exhausts rule btw.
Compassion_fml 0
I'm guessing it wasn't the battery that died, but rather the alternator.
audiogasmic 0
haha that sucks, some cops are real assholes but you gotta think they have a job to do.
rob8625 0
What a dick
genius_man16 1
#56 If the noise from a motorcycle is from the engine why can you get mufflers that make it about as quiet as car? How is having a loud muffler a safety hazard anyway? That makes no sense. Pollution i get, but hazard? Do people forget to use their steering wheel within the vicinity of a loud car or something? wtf?
MrAdventure 1
Loud's Loud. I hope that was because there was a problem with your exhaust, not because you bought an aftermarket fart can exhaust. If you've never had an exhaust pipe break in front of the muffler, it's loud enough to cause headaches, if you have the right car :)
johndorian06 0
This one would totally happen to me. I have a '69 Mustang with no muffler right now. It has a 302 engine and has recently started dying at random times...I feel for ya.