gah! Cops this weekend are annoying me!

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Nitemare

Lifer
Feb 8, 2001
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Had a similar incident only no ticket.

I'm in the right hand lane of a two lane highway. Speed limit is 55, I'm going about 63, not hardly any other cars on the road. Some ahole is coming off a cloverleaf to merge into my lane. I could tell that he wasn't paying a bit of attention and sure enough he starts to merge right into me. I immediately went to the left lane to avoid being sideswiped and kept on going, not slowing down or anything. I realize half the population can't drive for sh!t so nothing really phases me now.

This ahole car speeds up gets right behind me, and I'm like Ohh sh!t, it's an unmarked cop. I slow down more to piss him off so he will go around and stop tailgating me and instead he turns on his lights. I pull over at the next service road and deputy dog(Old fat...boss hog type) walks over to the car. I already had my window down but that's it.

His first words "Jesus Christ. You are driving like a maniac. How did you get a license?"

"Same way as you did officer", I wait for an indication that he detected sarcasm or realized how stupid he was driving.

He with a dumb look "You must have been going 80 mph"

Me, "No actually I was going 55-60 because I'm in no real hurry. I might have sped up a little to get out of the way of a merging car that wasn't paying attention to oncoming traffic. I'm pretty sure I even had time to put my left hand turn signal on before I shifted lanes."

Clueless: "If I wasn't off duty, I'd right you a ticket for careless and reckless"

Me, "Alrighty then....Can I go now?"

He frowns and just walks over to his car.

I take the opportunity to switch the radio station from classical to rap, because I know old white cops hate that crap and drove right by him waving.
 

Otaking

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I'm thinking he was going to try to bust you up for something other than speeding...
 

Svnla

Lifer
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Originally posted by: chambersc
i'll do a looksie but it's your right as a motorist to ask to see the radar detector and his "i wasn't using one" is no excuse and i would suggest you ask for his badge number and name if this ever happens next time.

A few years ago, an unmark cop pulled me over and said I was speeding while I know for sure that I wasn't. I asked to see the his radar and he said "either you sign this ticket or go to jail". What an A**HOLE. Most cops are good but some are such ego maniacs and stupid.

Edit: One more thing, I hate it when cops are complainning about how they are short hand and this and that but they have more than enough cops set up speed traps :disgust:
 

Otaking

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Originally posted by: Svnla
Originally posted by: chambersc
i'll do a looksie but it's your right as a motorist to ask to see the radar detector and his "i wasn't using one" is no excuse and i would suggest you ask for his badge number and name if this ever happens next time.

A few years ago, an unmark cop pulled me over and said I was speeding while I know for sure that I wasn't. I asked to see the his radar and he said "either you sign this ticket or go to jail". What an A**HOLE. Most cops are good but some are such ego maniacs and stupid.

Edit: One more thing, I hate it when cops are complainning about how they are short hand and this and that but they have more than enough cops set up speed traps :disgust:

So.. you were forced to take the ticket?
 

Svnla

Lifer
Nov 10, 2003
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Originally posted by: Otaking
Originally posted by: Svnla
Originally posted by: chambersc
i'll do a looksie but it's your right as a motorist to ask to see the radar detector and his "i wasn't using one" is no excuse and i would suggest you ask for his badge number and name if this ever happens next time.

A few years ago, an unmark cop pulled me over and said I was speeding while I know for sure that I wasn't. I asked to see the his radar and he said "either you sign this ticket or go to jail". What an A**HOLE. Most cops are good but some are such ego maniacs and stupid.

Edit: One more thing, I hate it when cops are complainning about how they are short hand and this and that but they have more than enough cops set up speed traps :disgust:

So.. you were forced to take the ticket?

Yes, I surely didn't want to go to jail and I was pretty sure that cop wasn't joking around. Anyway, I went to court, talked to the DA and judge, and took defense driving class. So I paid the court cost <$50 or so> and the class but no point and no jacking up insurance premium.
 

Yossarian

Lifer
Dec 26, 2000
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Originally posted by: Nitemare
This ahole car speeds up gets right behind me, and I'm like Ohh sh!t, it's an unmarked cop. I slow down more to piss him off so he will go around and stop tailgating me and instead he turns on his lights. I pull over at the next service road and deputy dog(Old fat...boss hog type) walks over to the car. I already had my window down but that's it.

yeah that's a good plan. shens on your responses too.
 

Nitemare

Lifer
Feb 8, 2001
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Originally posted by: Yossarian
Originally posted by: Nitemare
This ahole car speeds up gets right behind me, and I'm like Ohh sh!t, it's an unmarked cop. I slow down more to piss him off so he will go around and stop tailgating me and instead he turns on his lights. I pull over at the next service road and deputy dog(Old fat...boss hog type) walks over to the car. I already had my window down but that's it.

yeah that's a good plan. shens on your responses too.

No, they give sheriff's deputy jobs to basically any friend of the sheriff that hasn't been convicted of murder and has at least a GED...like the only qualifications here...

I'm sorry, but most janitors are more intelligent. They are really that dense.