Talking to cops

[Byrthnoth]

Politely refuse to answer this without just bypassing the answer part and going into excuses:
"Hello son... do you know how fast you were going?"

I'm sorry, I don't. I was distracted .... (Tyche defense here).

You don't have to admit to knowing you were committing a crime, and it's impossible to prove you knew something. There's no need to just blatantly avoid the question.

[rog]

Saying you don't know when you do is the same as refusing to answer.

[Byrthnoth]

Giving a negative answer is the same as not giving an answer, got it.

waaaaaaait, that doesn't make sense at all

[aurik]

This was covered in the video: don't give a negative answer. Don't answer.

[Feedmenow]

How about an adjective answer if he persists?

"Not too fast, hopefully."

[aurik]

If he persists just stop answering. You do not need to and are not required to talk to the police.

[Fhqwghads]

I love all you guys with the whole "if you're not guilty you have nothing to hide" attitude. It's people like you who are most likely to become victims of the system. Have fun with that.

[Melena]

I love all you guys with the whole "if you're not guilty you have nothing to hide" attitude. It's people like you who are most likely to become victims of the system. Have fun with that.

I'm not (insert whichever race is getting persecuted today) that + the agency I work for = If I don't do anything dumb I have nothing to hide.

[jmc]

Officer > "do you know how fast you were going son?

Driver > "not fast enough if you were able to catch upto me"

You guys should try it out sometime

Spoiler: show

and no, I will not pay the speeding citation you receive.... Or any other citations you will receive from the pissed off trooper if you say this lol

[SephYuyX]

Has anyone tried to use ASL and see what the cop does?

[ZarakiKujata]

Has anyone tried to use ASL and see what the cop does?

I'm tempted to learn some ASL just for this purpose. OR get an international driver's license and speak only in Russian and see what happens.

[jmc]

Depends on the offense, for ASL it would probably not change anything.

Officers always carry field logs on them (which are just notebooks), so you would communicate via pen and paper instead of talking.

As for other languages, that gets tricky. For serious offenses we get translators over the phone, or over the radio. Not so serious offenses, probably just let them go.

[SephYuyX]

Mmm, didnt think about the writing part.. Maybe fake not being able to write lol. Though im sure DLs are rquired to state such things, so the officer would just have to request to see the DL, and gameover. Would be funny to see how the international DL would play out though.

[aurik]

He doesn't have to be able to communicate with you to cite you or arrest you.

[Obev]

Has anyone tried to use ASL and see what the cop does?

Read this and thought the cop's response would be "32/M/outside your car window."

[chiyio]

That's the best you can do? What kind of third grade intellect do you think you're dealing with here?

I'd assume the cops?? sorry ,I just thought that was funny. Most police don't go into the profession because of their intellect.

not attacking you or anything, just thought it was funny because of the topic at hand.

[jmc]

I'd assume the cops?? sorry ,I just thought that was funny. Most police don't go into the profession because of their intellect.

not attacking you or anything, just thought it was funny because of the topic at hand.

[chiyio]

sorry jmcgarrell, didn't mean to hurt your feelbads

was just making a joke, my father was an officer for a while and he's one of the smartest people I know.

[jmc]

sorry jmcgarrell, didn't mean to hurt your feelbads

was just making a joke, my father was an officer for a while and he's one of the smartest people I know.

Naw, I actually thought it was funny because it is kinda true for me I guess. Goto college for a few years, and decide to enter a career field that my degree does absolutely nothing for. lol

[archibaldcrane]

The point about speeding is that 95% of the time they've got you on radar - your answers are irrelevant for the "facts" portion of the ticket.

The key in that situation is the "getting off easy" portion, which is up to the whim of the officer. He doesn't need your confession, he's just doing the script. If you try to fuck up his script by not answering or whatever, it doesn't make his day happier or his job easier or his disposition to you more pleasant, and those are the things you need for leniency.

Now, if you're prepared to fight the radar in court if you get a ticket and don't want to "admit" to the crime, great, be silent or whatever. But most of the time you're done for at that moment unless he gives you a break. Tyche's "I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention" is fine, and then a sincere "if you could just give me a warning I'd really appreciate it" is your best shot.

For real crimes though, keep your fucking mouth shut, refuse any search request, ask for a lawyer if you're in custody, and assume everything the cop says is a lie.