How Commenting On Jalopnik Got Me Out Of A Speeding Ticket

Kinja'd!!! by "Blue 2000" (blue-2000)
Published 09/15/2017 at 12:27

Tags: SR20 ; Old School Oppo ; Clearly Not Real
STARS: 26


Kinja'd!!!

So guys, I get pulled over this morning on my way to work. I’m doing about 102 in a 65 zone. As soon as I saw the trooper, I see that he is beginning to put the cruiser in drive... SHIT!!! So I pull over and get my info ready. He comes up and gives the usual “Do you know how fast you were going?” I told him I wasn’t really looking but I’m sorry. He asked me a weird question...

Cop: “Are you dc8822?”

Me: “What?”

Cop: “Are you dc8822, you know, Owns an AP1 S2000, now wants a Terminator Mustang?”

Me: “Ummmm.... Yes. Are you a jalop?”

Cop: “Oh ya. It’s my homepage in the cruiser.”

I couldn’t believe it. I’m not going to let his handle go in case he wouldn’t want me to, but he let me go. Jalops are awesome. I love this place and it just goes to show that even a small chat area on a random website can create the feeling of community. We talked for like an hour. I was late to work just because I bull shitted with him for so long. Anyway, thought you guys would think it’s funny.


Replies (30)

Kinja'd!!! "Jagvar" (Jagvar)
09/15/2017 at 12:29, STARS: 11

This takes me back. Whatever happened to SR20, anyway?

Kinja'd!!! "E90M3" (e90m3)
09/15/2017 at 12:30, STARS: 0

Heard he was on oppo+ for a while. I think snapundersteer knows him personally.

Kinja'd!!! "CB" (jrcb)
09/15/2017 at 12:31, STARS: 5

Oppositelock: A People’s History.

Kinja'd!!! "E90M3" (e90m3)
09/15/2017 at 12:31, STARS: 3

This needs to get shared to the FP ASAP!

For those of you who don’t get the SR20 reference.

Kinja'd!!! "For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
09/15/2017 at 12:32, STARS: 1

Snap knows everyone

Kinja'd!!! "d15b" (d15b7)
09/15/2017 at 12:32, STARS: 1

Now you should just drive “with the flow of traffic at a reasonable pace”.

Kinja'd!!! "Wacko" (wacko--)
09/15/2017 at 12:36, STARS: 1

next time he wont let you go, since you just said you bull shitted with him.

Kinja'd!!! "Ike" (untitledcarshow)
09/15/2017 at 12:39, STARS: 1

He don’t know me!

Kinja'd!!! "Ike" (untitledcarshow)
09/15/2017 at 12:40, STARS: 7

So you did know how fast you were going. And you LIED, you lied to one of us. SHAME! SHAME! Shame

Kinja'd!!! "Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)" (6speedhaven)
09/15/2017 at 12:40, STARS: 0

Now he’ll definitely ticket you next time when he sees this!

Kinja'd!!! "AfromanGTO" (afromangto)
09/15/2017 at 12:41, STARS: 0

Who is that?

Kinja'd!!! "For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
09/15/2017 at 12:42, STARS: 0

The user mentioned in this post: http://oppositelock.kinja.com/1814890784

Kinja'd!!! "Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever" (superchan7)
09/15/2017 at 12:45, STARS: 0

This takes me back to my IRC days in college. We had an anime meet and the first thing that happened was that everyone attempted to identify each other by username. Nobody knew anyone’s real name.

Let’s just say I’m glad I did not have a pervy creepy username.

Kinja'd!!! "E90M3" (e90m3)
09/15/2017 at 12:47, STARS: 1

This guy.

Kinja'd!!! "BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo" (bluemazda2)
09/15/2017 at 12:49, STARS: 0

I’ll just leave this here.

Kinja'd!!!

Kinja'd!!! "The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock" (jukesjukesjukes)
09/15/2017 at 12:51, STARS: 1

It’s like at Cars & Coffee. I was walking around came back to the Juke & I overheard a person say “That’s the Crazie Kanucks Juke”. Then I walk up & press lock of my fob & the horn goes off. Then to the guy & say “I’m The Crazie Kanuck”.

Kinja'd!!! "AfromanGTO" (afromangto)
09/15/2017 at 12:53, STARS: 1

He had the harambe missing the eclipse post.

Kinja'd!!! "shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
09/15/2017 at 12:55, STARS: 1

It’s amazing how small the world can be sometimes.

Kinja'd!!! "Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
09/15/2017 at 13:05, STARS: 1

#oppodiscount

Kinja'd!!! "415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
09/15/2017 at 13:06, STARS: 0

Lots of CHP Marines, I’ve been let go maybe three times with a Semper Fi and on your way.

Kinja'd!!! "Klaus Schmoll" (klausschmoll)
09/15/2017 at 13:35, STARS: 0

He’s on oppo+, if his postings are to be believed he sells high end cars now, and is an avid collector of expensive sneakers and watches, but I can’t really trust his shit anymore.

Kinja'd!!! "Klaus Schmoll" (klausschmoll)
09/15/2017 at 13:37, STARS: 1

Kinja'd!!!

History repeating itself!!!! Now, let’s wait for the banhammer.

Kinja'd!!! "BeaterGT" (beatergt)
09/15/2017 at 13:39, STARS: 1

Makes me feel kinda old.

Kinja'd!!! "Blue 2000" (blue-2000)
09/15/2017 at 13:43, STARS: 1

Yup. I can’t believe that’s its been six years.

https://web.archive.org/web/20110708030951/http://jalopnik.com/5817568/how-commenting-on-jalopnik-can-get-you-out-of-a-speeding-ticket

Kinja'd!!! "BeaterGT" (beatergt)
09/15/2017 at 14:03, STARS: 0

Hopefully I can stick with the random commenter status.

Kinja'd!!! "notsomethingstructural" (notsomethingstructural)
09/15/2017 at 14:11, STARS: 1

you are my favorite kinja asshole

Kinja'd!!! "For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
09/15/2017 at 14:12, STARS: 0

Kinja’s behavior makes us all irritable >:(

Kinja'd!!! "notsomethingstructural" (notsomethingstructural)
09/15/2017 at 15:01, STARS: 2

uh, yeah, kinja the platform, def not kinja the users.

and im a crabby asshole too, I meant that as a compliment. i only did this once this month:

Kinja'd!!!

Kinja'd!!! "For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
09/15/2017 at 15:06, STARS: 1

I just had someone tell me a few minutes ago that the Soviets brought universal suffrage and that Vladimir Lenin was the Russian Alexander Hamilton. Kinja works in mysterious ways.

Kinja'd!!! "Manwich - now Keto-Friendly" (manwich)
09/15/2017 at 15:50, STARS: 1

Kinja'd!!!