Thebobo
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Which is funny, because cops blow by other traffic all the time with no lights or siren.
Laws for thee, but not for me!
I rarely see one use a turn signal when changing lanes.
Which is funny, because cops blow by other traffic all the time with no lights or siren.
Laws for thee, but not for me!
I rarely see one use a turn signal when changing lanes.
The average speedometer has at least 10% tolerance...
Which is funny, because cops blow by other traffic all the time with no lights or siren.
Laws for thee, but not for me!
I am at roughly 14 for 14 for getting pulled over and receiving warnings.
If you act respectfully, you will get respect back.
I don't know how this can be true unless you are a cop or family member of one.
I've been pulled over 8 or 9 times in my life. I got a ticket every time. My demeanor is very polite and calm. I make sure all my windows are rolled down, engine/music off, keep my hands visible and non-twitchy, and I even go out of my way to use proper honorifics ("yes officer Smith", "no deputy Jones", etc...). So yeah, super polite. I still don't know what it's like to get off with a warning. But I was guilty in every case except one so I didn't complain and just paid the tickets.
Not always. I've gotten condescending lectures several times. That isn't respectful. You're already giving me a ticket, you won, I feel pain as is.
And one time a cop kept rephrasing the question "How many warrants do you have out for your arrest?". I'd answer "none", so he said "Which counties were your warrants issued in?". This went on for 3 or 4 questions. He was basically communicating the following: (1) He has judged without facts that I'm a criminal (2) He knows without facts that I'm a liar about #1 (3) He knows without evidence that I'm so effing stupid that all he has to do is rephrase the question enough times and I'll be tricked in to admitting #s 1 and 2. I was calm at the time but that guy's attitude really pisses me off now when I think back on the incident.
Another odd encounter that reminds me of above is when I lost some personal property that was identifiable as mine at a store. I was contacted to retrieve it at a police evidence room (the guy who took it got arrested later with the item in his possession). When I got there, the cop in charge of the evidence room asked "where were you arrested?" I told him that I wasn't arrested and I told him the story of my lost property. Then he immediately asked "when were you arrested?" I then explained to him that I have never been arrested and repeated the story. So he retrieved the item before he handed it to me asked if I was sure I didn't have anything else on me when I was arrested. I was VERY confused why he did that and felt pretty disrespected. Anyone have any ideas why he'd do that?
many or most people don't, or if they do then they turn on the signal after already initiating the movement, missing the point. People...
many or most people don't, or if they do then they turn on the signal after already initiating the movement, missing the point. People...
Not a single cop in my family. The last time I got pulled over was weak probable cause (apparently i drifted in the late when taking a sip of my coffee, pretty sure that didn't happen), it looks like a sgt was training someone on how to pull something over. He asked about my car and my cat that was in the car; nbd. Time before that I was pulled over for wrong plate on wrong car (had 2 cars at that time), twice in one night. Before that cops rolled next to me, motioned at me to roll my window down and told me to slow down.
Do you have a criminal record? Drive a $500 beater like every person ever arrested on COPS the tv show? Clearly cops will be more apprehensive of you do. I would bet what's happening is that the previous resident of your current address has a colorful history, so when they run your plate they assume you're the colorful character.