I have two stories, but they are so similar and close together they are practically one! Nothing too serious though.
Was spending the weekend at a college i didnt go to, but had friends that were at. A few of my closer stoning buddies from my college had friends at the same college so we drove down together, of course ready to party. We have a great time, and on our way home the 4 of us decided that we were gonna smoke a blunt and hot box my car since it was such a nice sunny day. The roads we have to take are pretty country roads, with small towns here and there, but usually no cops. I decided I would go about 65 even though the speed limit was 55, there were never cops! Well this day what do you know we just finish the blunt and not even 30 seconds later a cop going the opposite way as me pulls a u turn. I knew he was coming for me so I immediately rolled down all of the windows, and told my friends a cop was gonna be pulling me over so they wouldnt be freaking out and everything. Luckily we all had on sunglasses so he couldnt see our eyes, nor did he ask us to take them off, the only thing I was worried about was the smell. Once the cop came up to us he asked for my usual information and as I gave him my license and registration, i notice my insurance is expired by literally 2 days! I explain to the cop that I havent had time to receive my new insurance card from home yet in hopes he wasnt a dick. Come to find out, my license plate cover could have been fined, he got me going 68 in a 55 and he could have towed my car for the insurance, but decided to warn me on all of them and let me go for the day with nothing more. We had more than an ounce in the car when you combine all of our weed together, plus a couple backpacks full of beer and we weren't 21 at the time,talk about a relief!
The very next weekend the same 3 other guys and I are driving to a near by town to go to a hole in the wall burger joint, you know, the best kind. It was night time and pretty dark, we once again hotboxed my car but just with a bowl instead of a blunt. Now mind that I just got nearly caught a week before this so I was driving my absolute best, going the speed limit and everything, so when we left the food joint and started smoking I wanted to continue with my cautious driving. As you can imagine I was pretty confused and scared when I see cop lights come on behind me right after we had finishd our after dinner bowl.
As I pull over and stop my car, I remember that my friend had put his bowl in my glove box where all of my information had been, so I told him to grab that as quickly as he could and right after he grabs it and closes my glove box a flaslight beams into my car from his side, we forgot about the possibility of partners! I immediately get nervous thinking we were screwed, but in true stoner style I acted stupid when he asked me if I knew why he stopped me. Turns out I blew right through a stop sign and he asked me if I could see it. I told him that since my lights were dimmer than normal I hadn't, otherwise I would have stopped. He ran my information and luckily let me off with another warning. I was expecting a ticket thinking I couldnt get so lucky! But hey I guess the stoner gods were watching over me or something because just a couple of warnings when we could have got a lot worse!
I have since learned, I always carry a pack of cigarettes in my car now so that if I get pulled over I can spark that up or since I don't smoke cigarettes I have a friend that does smoke spark up if possible. Cops just ask me to step out of my car while I smoke or they don't come as close to my window. Haven't been pulled over since, but I still want to be prepared, don't want the third time to be a charm for mr bacon!