Wyoming Traffic Stops

[Double00]

I keep hearing rumors of people with CO plates getting pulled over in WY. Anybody hearing this or had any experience?

[buffalobo]

Heard a few rumors, no first hand knowledge.

Have been to Casper once and Gillette once since first of year and no issues with State Patrol or air traffic control.

lobbed from my electronic ball and chain

[BPTactical]

Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska, Utah, New Mexico, Iowa, South Dakota, Oregon all well documented cases of CO plates being pulled over and shaken down.
I have even seen CSP with occupants sitting on the guardrail tossing the car.


Thank you Amendment 64

[Rabid]

It has been reported in the news a few times but i do not personally know anyone that has been pulled over.


http://youtu.be/sEeyvxR-J1E

[TheWeeze]

If anything they may profile just a little and pull someone with CO plates over for something they'd normally let slide.

Drive safe, don't give them a reason to pull you over, and you'll be just fine.

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[Dave]

When my wife was on detail in Boise she saw a few news pieces on their state highway patrol being sued by someone from Pagosa with CO plates on their car who was pulled over at a rest stop in ID and accused of having pot. When we visited her dad in AZ in Feb he mentioned there are stories around that CO plates will get pulled over by smaller town PD's and sheriffs and tear the car apart looking for pot.

http://kdvr.com/2014/03/28/colorado-man-files-suit-idaho-state-police-accused-of-license-plate-profiling/

[Double00]

If anything they may profile just a little and pull someone with CO plates over for something they'd normally let slide.

Drive safe, don't give them a reason to pull you over, and you'll be just fine.

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My thoughts exactly

[BushMasterBoy]

Oh they can find a "reason"...

[kidicarus13]

The short term solution is pretty simple: Exercise your 4th Amend Right and just say NO.

[Lex_Luthor]

Looking for pot? What happens if you happen to have an evil assault magazine in the car?

[Robb]

Yes, they're looking for pot. Mags are legal in WY. Maybe if they're really zealous they could give you a hard time if the mags in your position had a date stamp after July of last year.

[newracer]

Oh they can find a "reason"...

Like not having your turn signal indicator on for long enough before switching lanes.

[KevDen2005]

Looking for pot? What happens if you happen to have an evil assault magazine in the car?

Wyoming won't care if you do

[Colorado_Outback]

So heres a hypothetical..

Your legally CCW'ing in another state when you get pulled over. You politely notify the officer that your carrying and he pulls you out of the car to secure your weapon. Can he legally search your vehicle at that point?

[Irving]

Not unless he makes something up.

[USMC_5-Echo]

I went on a road trip recently and was pulled over and received a speeding ticket in both Kansas and New Mexico for going 8 over. Never had a speeding ticket in 20+ years of driving and now I get 2 within 8 days of each other. I'd definitely drive the speed limit and follow all laws when out of state.

[Colorado_Outback]

Cell phone video is your friend.

[brutal]

I guarantee that if you are called in for allegedly throwing a soda can at some local WY dickhead tool MF that repeatedly fucked with you while you were towing, WY state patrol will pull you over and fuck with you.

Or so I've heard...

[ruthabagah]

I was recently in SD, rapid city, and was warned by several local friends/acquaintance to stay below the posted speed and to not park my car over night on Main Street because EVERYBODY knows that you can find pot in CO licensed car....

[Ronin13]

So heres a hypothetical..

Your legally CCW'ing in another state when you get pulled over. You politely notify the officer that your carrying and he pulls you out of the car to secure your weapon. Can he legally search your vehicle at that point?
No. Not without PC or a warrant. You lawfully CCWing doesn't constitute PC.

[Dave_L]

I drove to Manhattan, Kansas a few weekends back. No problems at all. Had cruise set at 80 mph the whole way. I was even in a Subaru. Haha.

[kidicarus13]

I went on a road trip recently and was pulled over and received a speeding ticket in both Kansas and New Mexico for going 8 over. Never had a speeding ticket in 20+ years of driving and now I get 2 within 8 days of each other. I'd definitely drive the speed limit and follow all laws when out of state.

They can't fill the coffers with warnings!

[thvigil11]

Staters down here love catching ya'll coming south over Raton Pass. Not much else for them to do around here until after dark. That's when the domestics start.

[BlasterBob]

Staters down here love catching ya'll coming south over Raton Pass. Not much else for them to do around here until after dark. That's when the domestics start.

A couple/few time each month, I drive the DAV van from Raton down to the VA Hospital in Albuquerque and always set cruise at 77 MPH (+2 over)..
At that speed, it's rare for me to pass ANYONE on the I-25 between Raton and Albq., but always have a huge number of NM folks passing me like I am parked. The CO State cops seem to be finally capturing many many speeders from NM and TX here on our side of the I-25. [blaster]

[wctriumph]

I have been pulled over four times in WY with GA plates and zero times with CO plates. I don't know anyone from CO that has been pulled over without cause and searched.

[cstone]

I few days ago I drove from southern Maryland, through Pennsylvania, WV, OH, IN, IL, KS into CO. No traffic stops were involved and I was driving a 2005 Ford Taurus bearing CO plates. When I set the cruise control it is usually about 8 miles over the posted unless I'm on a smaller road.

I avoid Iowa. For some reason, even pre-64, I got pulled over by someone every time I went through Iowa. Only once did a IA Patrol officer cite me for 10 over, and after signing the ticket, I asked him about chasing me through a group of IA tagged vehicles as we all were moving at the same speed. This was with my wife and kids in the mini-van. He then threatened to write me an inspection ticket for the dealer's plastic tag frame obstructing my plate. I told him I would wait while he writes the unenforceable out-of-state inspection ticket and he sent me on my way. For some reason, my family and I seem to always draw a fishing expedition in Iowa [Flower] It normally ends after the third or fourth time I ask them if they are finished and ask them to let me know when I'm free to leave. Sometimes it takes a few of them quite a while to realize that they really don't have enough PC to get into my vehicle. If we are going through Iowa, we take plenty of water and snacks just for the roadside picnics in the car while the PoPo gather and confer. [PoPo][PoPo][PoPo]

[HBARleatherneck]

My house in Wyoming is about 98 miles from my house here. I didnt even see one LEO the entire way there or back. Actually I think I only saw maybe a dozen vehicles from here to there and maybe the same coming back. They must not be looking for Colorado plates the way I go.

[Great-Kazoo]

My house in Wyoming is about 98 miles from my house here. I didnt even see one LEO the entire way there or back. Actually I think I only saw maybe a dozen vehicles from here to there and maybe the same coming back. They must not be looking for Colorado plates the way I go.

They don't ticket horse back riders.

[SideShow Bob]

Stay very close to the speed limit if you are EB on 1-70 for at least 100 miles either side of Hayes KS. Been pulled over and warned for 8 MPH over twice, once before and once after. The super troopers must have had allergies, they both were sniffing pretty hard when I opened the window to converse with them. No problems going WB.
Being big, black and loud must attract their attention........ Truck that is......

[TFOGGER]

Funny story about KS State police: When I was much younger and living in Georgia, I came home to visit my parents in Lakewood. My beer of choice at the time was Henry Weinhart's, which wasn't available in GA at the time, so naturally I stocked up on it to take back with me, to the tune of about 6 cases of the stuff. I didn't want to put it in the back of the pickup for the drive back to Savannah, as the forecast highs were in the 90s pretty much all the way back, so I stacked 'em up in the cab/passenger floorboard. I left Denver about 6 at night, figuring to drive across KS in the dark and avoid the worst of the heat. About 2:45 the next morning, I got stopped for 87 in a 65 in KS. The Trooper naturally wanted to know what the hell I was doing with all that beer in the passenger side of the truck, so I told him. He told me it was probably illegal to do that, but it was only 15 minutes to the end of his shift, and he wasn't gonna try to figure out what to charge me with. I was immediately apparent that I hadn't had anything to drink, so he told me to slow the hell down until I got out of that county, and let me off with a verbal warning.

[clublights]

Simple answer .....

Audio record/video record and the phrase " I do not consent to any searches officer"

[ben4372]

If you have nothing to hide.........I'm not trying to be a hard ass...........Why are you acting so nervous? Funny how not illuminating a bulb can change your life. Where's Wallace when we need him? Me thinks they have take our freedom.

[10mm-man]

They don't ticket horse back riders.


Best one yet Kazoo!! [ROFL1][ROFL2][LOL]

[RYAN50BMG]

I was in WY for the MG/Cannon shoot near Casper with no problems. Of course, my loaded down Blaser does'nt scream down the road.

[USMC_5-Echo]

They can't fill the coffers with warnings!

Unlike many out there, I owned up to the fact that I was speeding (no matter how ridiculous) and paid the fines in full. The cops even kind of seemed surprised that I wasn't raising a fit.

[Buff]

Spent last week at my uncles place west of Med Bow Wyo, I got on US 287 and was running 79-80ish popped over a rise to have a Carbon County Sherriff coming at me. He turned on his light bar and pointed down, turned off the lights and kept heading west. Back in April heading back from Nebraska just east of the I-80 / I-76 interchange two Neb Hi-way Patrol had a car pulled over on the eastbound side, one was searching the car and the other had three kids in the ditch watching them. The car was a small import, tinted windows and two of the kids had Tie Die T's and all had flat billed hats. I'm in my 50's, drive a Ford SD Crew Cab, I'd say there was some profiling going on

[Ronin13]

There's a good chance I'm going camping in WY this weekend, odds are I'm taking the Dodge 1500 with normal CO plates (as my BMW has the CO US Army plates- I'd assume less likely to be stopped for stop and sniffs)... I'll report back if I get stopped and asked if they can search. Of course having 2 rifles, a shotgun, and 2 pistols might mitigate any pot searches if they ask if I have any weapons in the car.

[Buff]

There's a good chance I'm going camping in WY this weekend, odds are I'm taking the Dodge 1500 with normal CO plates (as my BMW has the CO US Army plates- I'd assume less likely to be stopped for stop and sniffs)... I'll report back if I get stopped and asked if they can search. Of course having 2 rifles, a shotgun, and 2 pistols might mitigate any pot searches if they ask if I have any weapons in the car. If you're going up US287 into Laramie hold it under 68mph, the Hi-way Patrol watches that stretch of hi-way pretty close due to the traffic and accidents, also it appears they're adding two more lanes from the state line to Tie Siding.

[Ronin13]

If you're going up US287 into Laramie hold it under 68mph, the Hi-way Patrol watches that stretch of hi-way pretty close due to the traffic and accidents, also it appears they're adding two more lanes from the state line to Tie Siding.
No problem, I don't speed much anymore- especially in the dodge.

[sniper7]

Jeez, not a single guy mentions you just need to outrun them....

[thedave1164]

We went to MN a month ago, the only cars we saw pulled over in NE were CO plates, one was being searched when we drove by

[kawiracer14]

Jeez, not a single guy mentions you just need to outrun them....

That's what I have a sportbike for! Hard to carry a lot of drugs on that though....

[Jer]

Wife was pulled over traveling through Wyoming to Nebraska last week for speeding. Was let off with a verbal warning and sent on her way. Not a single question about anything other than the usual. To me this sounds like a media outlet trying to get ratings through more fear tactics & succeeding.

[Irving]

First thing out of your mouth if you get pulled over should be, "So what's the bag limit on Colorado tags around these parts? "

[Colorado_Outback]

First thing out of your mouth if you get pulled over should be, "So what's the bag limit on Colorado tags around these parts? "

Ill be using that one given the opportunity. haha

[Goodburbon]

I've been pulled over 5x in the last year or so.

WY. I was following a local (who was pulling away from me) on a small back road middle of nowhere outside Pinedale. Sheriff pulls me over, not the local who was going faster. He Didn't really harass me. No ticket. Just warned me for going 5 over. I thanked him, we were on our way.

SD. Cruise was set for +3, cruise let it roll away downhill. The officer Didn't harass me, asked if I had a weapon. When I said yes, he said "cool, that's allowed here" he admitted he caught me rolling downhill, didn't sweat it too bad, warned me,I thanked him, he went on his way.

CO. 35mph leaving town. School zone.(high school). I was obeying posted speeds, forgot about the zone. Waved to cop as I passed, he pulled me over and asked why I was going so fast...I suppressed my natural reaction, thanked him, and went on my way. $250 ticket and my insurance is up $400/year.

TX before pot law. My speedo was off, I had cruise set for 78 in a 75, pulled over for 81. I thanked him, He warned me and I went on my way.

TX after pot law. Trooper headed in opposite direction whips a u turn, pulls me over for "dirty license plate on rear". Proceeds to grill me with a barrage of questions.
Where you coming from?
Where you headed? Oh, the oil rigs, those boys love their dope, you bringin em some? Got any pot? Those oil boys love their meth, you sure you're not running them some?


The kicker? I drive the speed limit to +7, do my best to obey posted limits in towns. Hardly ever drive +7 (at night, open straight road, no traffic) mostly I drive +2 to +3. I'm constantly being passed by people in city limits, yet I'm the guy who gets pulled over. 5x in a year.





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[Jer]

I've been pulled over 5x in the last year or so.

WY. I was following a local (who was pulling away from me) on a small back road middle of nowhere outside Pinedale. Sheriff pulls me over, not the local who was going faster. He Didn't really harass me. No ticket. Just warned me for going 5 over. I thanked him, we were on our way.

SD. Cruise was set for +3, cruise let it roll away downhill. The officer Didn't harass me, asked if I had a weapon. When I said yes, he said "cool, that's allowed here" he admitted he caught me rolling downhill, didn't sweat it too bad, warned me,I thanked him, he went on his way.

CO. 35mph leaving town. School zone.(high school). I was obeying posted speeds, forgot about the zone. Waved to cop as I passed, he pulled me over and asked why I was going so fast...I suppressed my natural reaction, thanked him, and went on my way. $250 ticket and my insurance is up $400/year.

TX before pot law. My speedo was off, I had cruise set for 78 in a 75, pulled over for 81. I thanked him, He warned me and I went on my way.

TX after pot law. Trooper headed in opposite direction whips a u turn, pulls me over for "dirty license plate on rear". Proceeds to grill me with a barrage of questions.
Where you coming from?
Where you headed? Oh, the oil rigs, those boys love their dope, you bringin em some? Got any pot? Those oil boys love their meth, you sure you're not running them some?


The kicker? I drive the speed limit to +7, do my best to obey posted limits in towns. Hardly ever drive +7 (at night, open straight road, no traffic) mostly I drive +2 to +3. I'm constantly being passed by people in city limits, yet I'm the guy who gets pulled over. 5x in a year.


You don't like getting pulled over? Don't speed.

[Colorado_Outback]

You don't like getting pulled over? Don't speed.

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[Jer]

http://www.adweek.com/files/imagecache/node-blog/blogs/captain-obvious-hed-2014_0.jpg

ROFL

[Irving]

The rental reps in my office were just telling me that after a few complaints of cars getting tagged by drug dogs and searched down in Texas, they just send the cars on one-way trips up to Northern States with less check points. Customers will get excited when they randomly get upgraded to a Caramo or something.

[ruthabagah]

You don't like getting pulled over? Don't speed.

That's why radar detector are for.... Haven't been pulled over once since I started using one 6 years ago.

[Aloha_Shooter]

There's a good chance I'm going camping in WY this weekend, odds are I'm taking the Dodge 1500 with normal CO plates (as my BMW has the CO US Army plates- I'd assume less likely to be stopped for stop and sniffs)... I'll report back if I get stopped and asked if they can search. Of course having 2 rifles, a shotgun, and 2 pistols might mitigate any pot searches if they ask if I have any weapons in the car.

Reminds me of my road trip back from FL (with an overnight stop at Anniston, AL) when I retrieved my gun collection from the friend who had been storing it for me while I was overseas. Back of the Explorer was stacked with about a dozen M-1s, two 1903A3s, several Winchester 52s, several Mossberg 44USes, an M-1A, Mossberg 500, several pistols, and cases of 7.62 and .30-06 ammo. I had blankets over the top so as not to alarm people that passed me on the road but I made dang sure I wasn't going over the speed limit ...

[rbeau30]

My beer of choice at the time was Henry Weinhart's, which wasn't available in GA at the time, so naturally I stocked up on it to take back with me, to the tune of about 6 cases of the stuff. ... He told me it was probably illegal to do that, but it was only 15 minutes to the end of his shift, and he wasn't gonna try to figure out what to charge me with.

Bootlegging. :-D

♪♪♪♪

The boys are thirsty in Atlanta,and there's beer in Texarkana
and we'll bring it back no matter what it takes
West bound and down, 18 wheels a rollin'
a'we gonna do what they say can't be done♪♪♪♪

[Jer]

That's why radar detector are for.... Haven't been pulled over once since I started using one 6 years ago.

I'm going on over 2x that length of time w/o a ticket since I started using radar detectors. If I get pulled over and get a ticket I sure as shit will know why I got one too though & won't post on forums acting clueless.

[jonny450r]

Been to Casper 3 times this past year and never got pulled over and didn't really see anything different. However going to Liberal, Dodge city and Garden City KS working in the meat packing plants, the workers see the CO plates and tend to ask me if I have any weed or if there's way they can get it across the border. Always fun telling them obscure ways they can and the "border check point" you have to go through now, complete bull shit but it's fun screwing with morons.

[2XS]

I had the same experience as the above poster. Went to Casper over the memorial day weekend did the speed limit didn't drive crazy and had no problems at all. Saw cops all in the other lanes opposite of our direction of travel. With all the hype I was half expecting to have to port like I would driving a semi and get a shake down but no such issues.

[Goodburbon]

That's why radar detector are for.... Haven't been pulled over once since I started using one 6 years ago.

I have one, useless. False signals all the time, so its wadded up in the boot.

Dont misunderstand me captain obvious. I dont mind being pulled over if I deserve it, I TRY not to deserve it, stuff happens.

sent from my fone!

[Jer]

If you buy the proper one (read: no false alarms) & use it properly (read: let someone else speed a ways up in front of you) your likelihood of getting a ticket reduces dramatically.

[Colorado_Outback]

They have been playing the crap out of this ad on pandora.

http://www.golakemac.com

Come on Colorado, promise we wont profile you [ROFL1]

[Aloha_Shooter]

Trapster on your smartphone.

[ruthabagah]

If you buy the proper one (read: no false alarms) & use it properly (read: let someone else speed a ways up in front of you) your likelihood of getting a ticket reduces dramatically.

Yep. What he said. First thing to do in our state and vicinity: disable K band EXCEPT in State or National parks.

[duke_39a]

I got pulled over this weekend for doing 73 in a 65 on my way back from Rapid City. Very polite officer. Got a ticket, no mention of my Colorado plates or drugs. I was having such a good day I really didn't mind that much. I was definitely speeding and got caught. No excuses. I was carrying but didn't advise him. Not sure what the law is in Wyoming. But frankly, I don't pose a threat and there's no way he's searching my vehicle. If for some reason he did get permission for a search I would inform him.

[Clint45]

Happens a LOT in a few small towns in Texas. Edibles, extracts, tinctures, concentrates, and hashish are all felony charges, even for a miniscule amount.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

What are the laws in WY, ID, UT for carrying a legal CCW and being pulled over? Do you have to inform in those states? I've been looking around and it seems that is detail that isn't usually catalogued in CCW reciprocity tables. Got a trip planned for the summer.

[Jer]

Happens a LOT in a few small towns in Texas. Edibles, extracts, tinctures, concentrates, and hashish are all felony charges, even for a miniscule amount.
Idiotic.

[hatidua]

I'm up in WY at least once a month and have never been pulled over in that state. I suspect my habit of driving like the elderly has something to do with it.

[Clint45]

Idiotic.

Think that's idiotic? Get caught in Texas with a few hash brownies, they weigh the brownies and charge you with that amount of hash. Some college kid is in the news facing LIFE imprisonment over a tray of hash brownies right now.

[cofi]

Here is my favorite radar detector mine had paid for itself many many times over

http://www.valentine1.com/

[Double00]

Drove to Devils tower then Sundance and Deadwood. Only saw one WY Highway patrol car in 2 days.

[bnred9]

Just got back from a long road trip to Lake Sakakawea. We saw a number of State and county cars but had no issues.

[Stone83]

Only timeI got pulled over was when I have more than 2 sheep in the bed of my pick up,
and taking them back into CO....
[sheepshagger]

[StagLefty]

Only timeI got pulled over was when I have more than 2 sheep in the bed of my pick up,
and taking them back into CO....
[sheepshagger]

Bring back older sheep and you'll be okay :D

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[cstone]

Just drove to San Diego and back. Not only did I not get stopped, but there just aren't many living things to interact with in the Mojave. Anyone who has driven from Twentynine Palms through Amboy to Needles knows what I mean [Coffee]

[hurley842002]

Just drove to San Diego and back. Not only did I not get stopped, but there just aren't many living things to interact with in the Mojave. Anyone who has driven from Twentynine Palms through Amboy to Needles knows what I mean [Coffee]

Good to know, I'll be heading there next month!

[blacklabel]

I'm up in WY at least once a month and have never been pulled over in that state. I suspect my habit of driving like the elderly has something to do with it.

I drive the speed limit in town, usually 2-3 under on the highway. I need to get my front plate put back on but even then I've only been pulled over for that once in 3 years.

[beast556]

I just drove to los Angeles and back with no issues at all. Saw a ton of state troopers in Utah sitting on the sides of the road. Tons of chp in cali also.

[us1911]

On I-70 through kansas last Sunday there were large signs claiming a drug checkpoint ahead with drug dogs in use. No checkpoint, but the signs were just before an exit -- Idiot trap??

[SideShow Bob]

On I-70 through kansas last Sunday there were large signs claiming a drug checkpoint ahead with drug dogs in use. No checkpoint, but the signs were just before an exit -- Idiot trap??

And let me guess, you stopped and picked up trash from the side of the highway for the next 10 miles.........[LOL]

[Irving]

On I-70 through kansas last Sunday there were large signs claiming a drug checkpoint ahead with drug dogs in use. No checkpoint, but the signs were just before an exit -- Idiot trap??

Yep. They pull over people who pull off and do a u-turn.