^^
that's pretty easy to agree with when you've only been driving for a couple years.
before i had my driver's license... i decided to take my mom's car out for a joyride. i was 15, only had a learner's permit. late at night, picked up my friend... and then got pulled over. smart, right? i didn't actually do anything wrong aside from driving without a license, but i was told i was going to be pegged foooooooorrr...
driving without a license
reckless driving
reckless endangerment
running a red light
... and something else, i don't remember. but all that happened was my mother was called to pick me up and that was that.
1st ticket - the volume of my exhaust (which wasn't that loud AND totally legal). went to court, judge threw it out.
2nd ticket - failure to yield the right of way. chick nearly totalled my car when she hit my front end in an uncontrolled intersection. judge said it didn't matter how fast she was going or how far into the intersection i was, she was on the right. :facepalm:
3rd ticket - failure to stop at a stop sign. totally my bad, i was in a hurry and no one was around.
4th ticket - a fix it ticket for my expired tags.
aside from the times that resulted in tickets... i've been pulled over six times for a burned out headlight. five in spokane, WA, and once in san francisco (with expired tags! still no ticket! WIN!).
once for speeding, but no ticket.
once for turning into the the outside lane when making a left turn. he was just checking for drunk drivers, so that was it.