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I was pulled over the other day for using the right improved shoulder to make a turn...aparently you can't move to the right shoulder to let people pass on left...


Anyways I was on my way home and got stopped. I pulled my jeep into the walgreena with bexar county constable behind me lights and all. I had a kel-tec pf-9 in a box on the floor board ready to send in after the firing pun fell out of it after 200 rounds (that is another story). I wasn't carrying on me. When the I kept my hands clearly on the wheel and handed my DL and CHL to the Officer. He asked if I was carrying and I said not but there is a broken 9mm in a UPS box on the passenger floorboard. He smiled and said ok let me write a warning up and you'll be out of here in no time. I took my warning and headed home un-eventful.

Thats the problem with the Keltecs. My 380 broke a firing pin, the factory fixed it and I sold it cheap.

fannypacker wrote:Thats the problem with the Keltecs. My 380 broke a firing pin, the factory fixed it and I sold it cheap.

Not to get off topic.. but when I called Keltec they say causally oh that happens all the time... you have life-time warranty.

Matthew2000tx wrote:

fannypacker wrote:Thats the problem with the Keltecs. My 380 broke a firing pin, the factory fixed it and I sold it cheap.

Not to get off topic.. but when I called Keltec they say causally oh that happens all the time... you have life-time warranty.

And I was thinking about getting one of those...

The life-time warranty is nice'n'all, but I'd prefer it if they didn't break "all the time" in the first place.

Matthew2000tx wrote:I was pulled over the other day for using the right improved shoulder to make a turn...aparently you can't move to the right shoulder to let people pass on left...

I'll try and remember to look this afternoon if no one else finds it, but I thought I read a statute that said moving to the right on the shoulder was okay to let others pass. However, you also said you were stopped for using the shoulder as a turn lane. I think that is still a no no. Moving to the right to allow others to pass may also depend on the type of road and other factors.

Dave2 wrote:

Matthew2000tx wrote:

fannypacker wrote:Thats the problem with the Keltecs. My 380 broke a firing pin, the factory fixed it and I sold it cheap.

Not to get off topic.. but when I called Keltec they say causally oh that happens all the time... you have life-time warranty.

And I was thinking about getting one of those...

The life-time warranty is nice'n'all, but I'd prefer it if they didn't break "all the time" in the first place.

Sorry to diverge off-topic more: I am also on the verge of picking one of these up. I have read reports of problems, but was under the impression that many had been addressed with model modifications. I will have to dig into this a little bit more now. Thank you.

Kel-Tec PF-9...

ok... now that we are officially off topic:

Bought it new in May.... used 4 times at range. 50 shots each. Cleaned after each use.. we'll kept. I liked the size of it... nice and small. It was very accurate but i kept accidentally ejecting the mag. We'll it was great to conceal but when it had 250 rounds through it I clicked the trigger and the pin fell out the back! no warning at all. The lady at Keltec said... "oh yeah that happens occasionally we'll fix it". She was very very causal about it and that just doesn't seem to be weapon I'll trust for my CHL.

OK... lets get back on track. If you have anymore questions PM me... lets keep this thread on track.

Matthew2000tx wrote:I was pulled over the other day for using the right improved shoulder to make a turn...aparently you can't move to the right shoulder to let people pass on left...

It's a good thing he likes CHL's because he was dead wrong in pulling you over.


§ 545.058. DRIVING ON IMPROVED SHOULDER. (a) An operator
may drive on an improved shoulder to the right of the main traveled
portion of a roadway if that operation is necessary and may be done
safely, but only:
(1) to stop, stand, or park;
(2) to accelerate before entering the main traveled
lane of traffic;
(3) to decelerate before making a right turn;
(4) to pass another vehicle that is slowing or stopped
on the main traveled portion of the highway, disabled, or preparing
to make a left turn;
(5) to allow another vehicle traveling faster to pass;
(6) as permitted or required by an official
traffic-control device; or
(7) to avoid a collision.
(b) An operator may drive on an improved shoulder to the
left of the main traveled portion of a divided or limited-access or
controlled-access highway if that operation may be done safely, but
only:
(1) to slow or stop when the vehicle is disabled and
traffic or other circumstances prohibit the safe movement of the
vehicle to the shoulder to the right of the main traveled portion of
the roadway;
(2) as permitted or required by an official
traffic-control device; or
(3) to avoid a collision.
(c) A limitation in this section on driving on an improved
shoulder does not apply to:
(1) an authorized emergency vehicle responding to a
call;
(2) a police patrol; or
(3) a bicycle.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.