Cars, Cops and Transportation: The smell of freedom

The smell of freedom

By ThatNewCarSmell - 01/10/2014 16:53 - United States - Carlsbad

Today, I held my bag of burger and fries out the window while driving, to preserve that new car smell. Not only did I hit a pothole and lose my lunch, I got pulled over by a cop who suspected I was either littering or tossing drugs when I saw him. FML

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You deserved it 45 702

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By Man in car - 11/10/2024 12:00 - United States

Today, I got pulled over by a cop car. As I was fumbling for my license and registration, I handed the officer a half-empty bag of Doritos I’d forgotten was in my glove box. He thought I was trying to bribe him. FML

I agree, your life sucks 176

You deserved it 297

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By Anonymous - 28/11/2021 13:59 - United States - Fredonia

Today, I got pulled over for a broken taillight. When I rolled down the window, the cop asked me if I was smoking crack. When I told him I didn't do drugs, he didn't believe me since he could detect a foul odor coming from my car. I'd just passed gas big time. FML

I agree, your life sucks 1 181

You deserved it 190

By Anonymous - 10/10/2009 21:43 - United States

Today, I made the decision to quit smoking while I was driving in my car. So I took my pack, crushed it and threw it out the window. I felt triumphant about this change I was making in my life, until the cop I didn't know was behind me gave me a ticket for littering. FML

I agree, your life sucks 11 988

You deserved it 46 117

Potholing

By limpdick9 - 19/11/2014 18:44 - United States - San Francisco

Today, a cop car was tailing me. I was scared, and trying to avoid any tickets, I drove straight through a huge pothole rather than swerving to avoid it. The cop pulled me over and insisted I was intoxicated, because, "anybody in their right mind would've dodged that pothole." FML

I agree, your life sucks 35 496

You deserved it 7 185

Anger management

By Manuel Gearbox - 12/07/2021 18:01 - South Africa - Cape Town

Today, I drove a different work vehicle, one with the cupholder right behind the gear lever. After multiple accidental attempts at changing gears with my Coke bottle, I threw it out the window in a temper. I then got busted for littering. FML

I agree, your life sucks 216

You deserved it 1 654

By fatty magoo - 29/07/2014 18:20 - United States - Kirkland

Today, I was pulled over for distracted driving. I'd been eating a donut. Let's just say the officer didn't appreciate being offered one. FML

I agree, your life sucks 44 300

You deserved it 15 981

By goodgrief - 05/03/2013 05:08 - United States - Rio Rancho

Today, I parked next to a police officer's car in a bad part of town. When I got out, I saw a bag of pot on the ground between the cop's car and mine. When I pointed it out to him, he insisted it was mine and interrogated me to the point of tears. FML

I agree, your life sucks 41 527

You deserved it 4 945

By Anonymous - 06/12/2010 19:11 - United States

Today, I was smoking while driving. A cop pulled me over and asked if I knew what I did wrong. I thought he could smell the tobacco, so I decided to just admit it. As it turns out, I was going well over the speed limit. FML

I agree, your life sucks 7 317

You deserved it 39 804

What he is thinking?

By fishyrael - 12/11/2019 01:00

Today, I was on a long road trip and I really had to pee. With no rest stop for miles and night having fallen, I decided to pull over on the side of the highway and pee in a fast food cup. A cop knocked on the window to see if everything was okay, while I was mid-squat. FML

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You deserved it 298

By Anonymous - 20/08/2015 17:25 - United States - Houston

Today, I was driving home. I desperately needed the bathroom, so I was speeding a little bit. A cop pulled me over and gave me hell. He said he'd heard my story a hundred times and didn't believe me. I couldn't hold it and ended up marinating in my own piss while he ran my plates. FML

I agree, your life sucks 24 081

You deserved it 2 846

revan546 24

Wednesday 1 October 2014 22:38

Why didn't you just open all the windows? It wouldn't smell that bad..

justtheotherguy 12

Wednesday 1 October 2014 22:39

well at least your car is still smelling new & that's what matters

Comments

chihirolorc 1

Thursday 2 October 2014 14:37

I made this account just to comment on this post. Honestly, you should have gotten way more than a cop thinking you were littering. Holding something out the window necessarily means that you were driving with one hand and hitting a pothole clearly means you were distracted from it. So basically you potentially endangered someone else's life over a stupid "new car smell." Forget the YDI button, you got off way too easy, and I hope you reflect on it in the future.

itooamscrewed 10

Thursday 2 October 2014 14:43

Why not just roll your windows down?

nin10doadict 9

Thursday 2 October 2014 17:37

Bad luck, but I actually hate the new car smell...

CarlosDanger 12

Thursday 2 October 2014 20:22

Ydi for being petty.

Thatguy334 7

Thursday 2 October 2014 20:55

New car smell stinks anyway. Sounds like you got what was coming for being pretentious

auctiongirl 10

Thursday 2 October 2014 22:20

Get a zip lock Baggie for your lunch.

InTheMagic 3

Friday 3 October 2014 1:50

Who does that to their food it'll go cold give a shit about the car clean it later or air it out whatever

mattyiscool123 26

Friday 3 October 2014 3:08

That wouldn't make you lose your new car smell

squarecircles 13

Friday 3 October 2014 5:44

What's so wrong with burger and fries smell? It would probably compliment the new car smell perfectly! Come to think of it, if you put the two together you could have a new car freshener scent called "drive through extraordin-air" or something like that.