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I just got pulled over.

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notfred

Lifer
So, I just got pulled over on the freeway, in a 65mph zone. This is how things went:

Officer knocks on passenger window
I roll down the window
officer says "I pulled you over cause you were going a little fast, about 84-86"
I say "I didn't realize I Was going that fast, I know I was over the speed limit, but didn't think I was gonig quite so fast.
officer says "can I see your driver's license?"
I hand him my license.
officer asks "Where you headed tonight?"
I say "I jsut dropped off a friend in Sacramento and I'm headed back to Davis"
Officer asks "Have you had anything to drink tonight?"
I say "Nope."
Officer says "can you do me a favor and follow my finger with your eyes"
he moves his finger, I watch it.
Officer hands me my license and says "Slow down a littlw, and be careful pulling back out into traffic"

That was the whole thing, took 2-3 minutes, tops. That's what I want to praise the CHP for. I've been pulled over by the CHP before: sometimes they've given me a ticket, sometimes (like tonight) they haven't. Either way, they always get straight to the point. They either give your your ticket, or your warning, and send you on your way. I have NEVER been asked to step our of the car by the CHP. I have NEVER had the CHP ask to search my vehicle, which seems pretty common in other states. I was pulled over in Nevada for speeding, and got asked a bunch of bullshit questions for 20 minutes that had nothing to do with my speeding infraction. A friend of mine was recently pulled over in Texas and was stopped for over half an hour while the police did a detailed search of his car. I've never gotten any of this BS from the CHP, and even though I still get kinda pissed when I get a ticket, I'd much rather get it in this kind of a straightforward manner than with a bunch of BS and unwarranted suspicion.
 
wow, 20 over and he let you off. I guess they have more important things to deal with on the Fourth...

It is nice when they get to the point.
 
good for you

i actually got a ticket last month but was speeding so i wont bitch about it.
now i drive like an old man - cant afford insurance hike from another one.
 
Originally posted by: jagec
wow, 20 over and he let you off. I guess they have more important things to deal with on the Fourth...

It is nice when they get to the point.
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On the 4th, there are so many drunks and people trying to shoot cops with roman candles, speeders are the least of their problems.😛
 
You give the CHP B.S. praise, all because they didn't give you a ticket. Though you said they have in the past, I doubt you wrote a post praising them afterward. The stuff that you mention *shouldn't* normally happen to a person. That's like saying "I praise my mom for feeding me when I was a kid". It's part of their job description. Anything beyond that (ie searching, dumb questions) is just bad cop.
 
Originally posted by: sygyzy
You give the CHP B.S. praise, all because they didn't give you a ticket. Though you said they have in the past, I doubt you wrote a post praising them afterward. The stuff that you mention *shouldn't* normally happen to a person. That's like saying "I praise my mom for feeding me when I was a kid". It's part of their job description. Anything beyond that (ie searching, dumb questions) is just bad cop.
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Well, then there are a hell of a lot of bad cops out there.
 
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: sygyzy
You give the CHP B.S. praise, all because they didn't give you a ticket. Though you said they have in the past, I doubt you wrote a post praising them afterward. The stuff that you mention *shouldn't* normally happen to a person. That's like saying "I praise my mom for feeding me when I was a kid". It's part of their job description. Anything beyond that (ie searching, dumb questions) is just bad cop.
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Well, then there are a hell of a lot of bad cops out there.
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There are a hell of a lot more good cops out there.
 
I got pulled over again tonite on the way home from a party, I guess I cut the cop off at a light. Two cop cars pull me over, he asks why did you cut me off, and I said how did I? He said "You were in the turn lane" and I replied " I swore it wasn't a turning lane". Then he cracked up and said get outta here.
 
Originally posted by: bradruth
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: sygyzy
You give the CHP B.S. praise, all because they didn't give you a ticket. Though you said they have in the past, I doubt you wrote a post praising them afterward. The stuff that you mention *shouldn't* normally happen to a person. That's like saying "I praise my mom for feeding me when I was a kid". It's part of their job description. Anything beyond that (ie searching, dumb questions) is just bad cop.
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Well, then there are a hell of a lot of bad cops out there.
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There are a hell of a lot more good cops out there.
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I'm jst saying, if questions like "MInd if I take a look in your car?" and "Who's this person in the passenger seat?" make a bad cop, that makes a lot of bad cops.
 
the best part about having a BBQ at your house with all the alcohol .....

you don't get pulled over walking from the backyard to your ROOM!


CHHERS!
 
Originally posted by: notfred
I'm jst saying, if questions like "MInd if I take a look in your car?" and "Who's this person in the passenger seat?" make a bad cop, that makes a lot of bad cops.
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If anything that'd make a *good* cop. Sounds like sygyzy said "yes" to those questions one too many times. 😛
 
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: bradruth
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: sygyzy
You give the CHP B.S. praise, all because they didn't give you a ticket. Though you said they have in the past, I doubt you wrote a post praising them afterward. The stuff that you mention *shouldn't* normally happen to a person. That's like saying "I praise my mom for feeding me when I was a kid". It's part of their job description. Anything beyond that (ie searching, dumb questions) is just bad cop.
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Well, then there are a hell of a lot of bad cops out there.
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There are a hell of a lot more good cops out there.
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I'm jst saying, if questions like "MInd if I take a look in your car?" and "Who's this person in the passenger seat?" make a bad cop, that makes a lot of bad cops.
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A lot of times if you say, "Sure" it defuses the situation & allows the officer to consider you're not a threat to public safety.
 
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
A lot of times if you say, "Sure" it defuses the situation & allows the officer to consider you're not a threat to public safety.
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But people don't realize that by saying "no" the officer can't legally search unless he has another specific reason.
 
Originally posted by: bradruth
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
A lot of times if you say, "Sure" it defuses the situation & allows the officer to consider you're not a threat to public safety.
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But people don't realize that by saying "no" the officer can't legally search unless he has another specific reason.
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Agreed, but since I don't have anything to hide, I se no reason to give the officer an excuse to look for something to allow the search. Worst I've done recently is pull the radar detector & chunk it in the passenger footwell anyway (& that was a more than a couple of years ago)😀

I'm coming up to the great state of ND this week, gots a family reunion in Bismarck.
 
same thing happened to me earlier. driving thru the bay bridge to get home and a cop followed me for a mile or so then finally flashed his lights after the end of the bridge. said i was "weaving". I probably did as i was looking at him every few seconds. did the little follow-finger test and let me go. good think i didn't tell him i had two beers, but that was over 4 hour period.
 
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