Timeline for Is it okay to admit to the police that you were speeding? Are there any benefits?
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| Jun 16, 2023 at 17:05 | comment | added | Andy | @nasch I'm pretty sure that "sorry" is never counted as a confession... in Canada. | |
| Jul 13, 2022 at 20:36 | comment | added | nasch | You can also apologize without confessing to anything. At least I would hope "I'm sorry officer" could not be counted as a confession in court. Just whatever you do if they ask if you know why they pulled you over say "no". There can be no benefit to answering otherwise and you might confess to something the officer didn't even know about. | |
| Jul 13, 2022 at 18:33 | comment | added | o.m. | @Buffy, might work, might not work. Hard to know in advance. | |
| Jul 13, 2022 at 18:00 | comment | added | Buffy | I've done this, apologizing, and avoided a ticket and even a formal warning. Just a conversation and a reminder to pay more attention. | |
| Jul 12, 2022 at 21:53 | comment | added | Perkins | Note also that it might prevent him from getting nosy and finding the body in the trunk. :D On the other hand, in some places a confession might mean that then he's entitled to suspect you of pretty much anything he pleases, so it may lead to him searching further looking for more tasty fines... All depends on the officer in question really. | |
| Jul 12, 2022 at 13:28 | comment | added | Daevin | Doesn't even need to be remorse; honesty itself is sometimes enough. When I was a kid, I was pulled over, clocked at 25km/h over (speed limit was 60 on one side of the light I was trying to get through, 50 on the other lol). I was honest that I knew I was speeding and why. The cop said he appreciated the honesty and knocked it to a lesser charge that was a smaller fine, no demerit points, and wouldn't affect my insurance. | |
| Jul 11, 2022 at 5:25 | history | answered | o.m. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |