Welcome to the forum TyHoe.Kythas wrote:Welcome to the forum! There's a ton of great info and great people here.
I've only had one LEO contact here, and that was getting pulled over for speeding. While the CHL didn't get me out of the ticket, the cop did put me down for a speed slower than I was actually going so I could take defensive driving. I can't say if the CHL came into play on that, or if he did so simply because I was courteous.
Carry away. I haven't had a single negative experience carrying since I've had my CHL.
I've bee in the DFW area since 1987 and had my CHL since 2002. I have yet to be required to display it to an officer, so I'm not sure of it's magical powers. Don't do anything that would increase your chances of needing to either and you should be just fine.
Kythas, I have never had an officer cite me for the actual speed I was travelling. I think I've only received 4 speeding tickets in my life. Maybe 5. However, for two of them I wasn't speeding and one of those I wasn't even on the road the officer claimed I was speeding on. For the other 2-3, I was also given a break and the officer documented a lower speed by maybe 4-5 mph so that I could take defensive driving. Maybe it was a favor and maybe it wasn't. Maybe it was a favor for not trying to elude them and maybe it was to entice me to not take it to court so they wouldn't have to go either. IDK