I was pulled over for doing 20 over and got away with just a no seatbelt ticket (i did have a seatbelt on though). you see, I hit 5000 miles and the little needs oil/maintenance required light started blinking. So I hit the hazard lights and sped away to the nearest auto-shop. HAHA.....sigh........that was dumb........
You got lucky. The no-seatbelt ticket is a standard ploy by a cop who pulls you over for something worse, is basically letting you off, but has to give you something. What did you say to the cop to get him to let you off so easy?
The truth. That I am a young driver and that I had no clue what the hell the blinking light meant, and that I wanted to get to the auto shop as fast as possible to see if it was a serious problem. Turns out I just needed oil, and he let me know that. The fact that I had EXACTLY 5000 miles on my odometer didn't hurt either. I had never been pulled over before. I have never been in an accident. That was my only driving infraction.