Mongo

...smoking the reefer.



"Hell for 20 bucks I'll call him a chicken f**ker"

khalloudy

Don't worry too much... last week i got tagged doing 78 in a 40, got me a criminal speeding ticket. It was after midnight, and i disconnected the oil return at the intake, and i just wanted to check if there is a lot of oil sucking with vacuum above 4k. Since i have an automatic S4, it will go to 2nd, and guess that puts you at 70-85mph. I did the run on a 5 lane road next to my house because i did not want the car too warm so i can touch the engine. Cop did not care and he was a total *** on a total power trip. At the end, i explained to him that next time, if i see him parked, all he is going to see is me blazing away disrespectfully (unlike being polite, pulling over and explaining), HE WILL NEVER CATCH an S4, and he better recognize. There are ******* cops outthere that are on a total power trip, others are pretty nice, so i will not judge... but come on, it was a momentary acceleration - not speeding, and after midnight on a 5 laner with nobody there - i was being a good civic citizen - so wassup. Douchbags

Sincerely,

SharkSkin

The local donut shop was probably out of his favorite fat pill. Or his girlfriend(If he has one) isn't giving him any. A-holes like him give cops a bad name.

Mongo

ah well it's over. My cousin tells me stories about these guys. They are the first to run away when there is a stand off and gunfire. There's a guy that is another sheriff that is an airhead at his station; they were called to a standoff with some drunk-coked up Austrailian guy in a shanty shooting everywhere. He refused to go out there. My cousin went out with just a shotgun that has absolutely no kill range at 75 yards with 7-pellet buck.

fabric

Aw crap.

Gretch

You ran into a dick head.....not all cops are like this, in fact my experience is the majority of them are not, especially the country side ones. The city cops are more likely to be swaggering dick heads with average, at best, IQs......you ran into one of those. You did the right thing. Keep your cool, be polite and volunteer absolutely zero information beyond the basic factual answers to questions the *** clown actually asks.

Warren928

You were just overdue for a ticket. I hadnt had one in 2.5 years, then last night my grace period ran out. 83 in a 65 on the interstate in NY. Good thing he didnt clock me an hour before doing 120. I knew it was coming, just a couple weeks ago I got a warning for the exact same speed. I think its like the lottery, when your time is up then you get a ticket, and the more you drive / faster you drive, the closer the interval is of when the tickets happen.

bott63

Speaking from the other side....

Unless it's a traffic cop, 90% of the time, a good respectful attitude will get you out with a stern warning in the situation described in the beginning of this thread.

Sometimes cops have bad days, just like everyone else... However, if you're living on the edge doing 70 in a 40, there's not much chance you'll get a warning. A good attitude will however make the difference of a misdemeanor vs. felony. In CA, anything more than 25mph over the posted limit qualifies for felony reckless, and immediate impound of your ride....

heinrich

Likely very true where you are, and DEFINITELY true in my old home town where I grew up ..... but in Seattle, definitely not. The rule here is, IF they stop you, you WILL get a ticket. It's that simple. So I've learnt my lesson. I hold onto my dignity, no apologies, no "sir", no "ya got me" ... hand him the paperwork, sign his document and send it on to a lawyer.

Normy

I got pulled over a few months ago in a company chevy suburban while driving from Detroit to Oscoda, Michigan. I was out in the middle of nowhere 10 PM on a Friday night. The reason: the tail light was broken. When I got out of the car and looked...on the side of the tail light was a crack and a hole about the size of a quarter. No ticket; the Michigan county sheriff deputy told me to tell my company ["Kalitta Air" writen in large white letters across the side of the truck...] to fix the light.

Yeah right! I'm sure they were all over it as soon as I dropped the car off in the hangar parking lot!

I was with my flight engineer, and the only thing we could come up with, since the damage to the light was just barely visible to the rear and the light worked anyway was that the deputy was out looking for drunks. He was pretty much in a hurry to get us going on down the road.

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m21sniper

Which is exactly why i dont live in the PEOPLES REPUBLIK OF KALIFORNIA.

Felony for speeding?

An incomprehensible thought to this freedom loving Pennsylvanian.

It's literally like two different countries.

928SS

if he wanted to be a dick, he could have done a heck of a lot more to you and just let you sort it w/the local courts. the loud thing is a flag, as are tinted windows, stickers, wide tires, extra lights, loud music - all red flags in our golden state's new 'war on street racers'. (guess it didn't work w/the enzo and benz in malibu though). and they are supposed to ck out everyone they come into "contact" with.

I ran across a LEO (law enforc. off.) forum where a cop got really hammered for not cking out a speeder and letting them go cause they were nice. "could have been a bad guy", "WTF is wrong w/you??", "deriliction of duty, you should be fired - what happens if they are wanted/armed, and kill another cop/citizen?", "if they are being too nice, something is wrong/they are hiding something/it's a red flag", etc, etc. and don't forget the revenue perspectives - gotta earn that new car/raise if you want it. add in all the "wars" on street racing, drugs, terror, gangs, bad taste, etc it's friggin insane - and these guys are so paranoid and keyed up they are becoming a menance to society themselves (ie the recent iraq vet shot in a traffic stop, etc).

lot of other factors in play too, like unchecked power in the hands of amaturs. I got jumped by 2 LAPD "gents" on BICYCLES in the SFV 3 wks ago. jokers (how else could they get that duty?) rolled up to me at a stop sign that I was observing while behaving - cause I saw them way in advance... told me car was a bit loud. I responded "it's got new cats, mid muffs and a rear reasonator and just passed smog, so it shouldn't be that bad" (sound familiar?).

then they asked me if my car was fast. you have no idea how hard was to refrain from, you bet - I just out ran a couple dumbass cops on mountian bikes during a street race in a school zone, or aha, practicing for detective w/trick questions, eh genius??!! in fact, I thought I was pretty good only responding, "nice thighs, but could you ever catch any moving vehicle other than a horse and buggy?"

then they asked for my license and the s hit the fan. now IMO, I was clearly not a candidate worth scrutiny in a neighborhood that probably had 20 crack and gang houses within an easy pedal. add that I'm nearly 50, clean cut, was wearing a custom tailered suit and tie/super clean classic car - a total conservative cracker. they had plenty of crime scenes to ck out under their noses instead of wasting time on me (and wasting my time w/stupid "trick" questions the 1 time I hadn't done anything wrong for 3 whole contigous blocks). so I suppose I was a bit indignent and apparently their egos/authority had been challenged by lite humor - and in our land of the free, that alone is now apparently justification to detain and harass.

so our astute concerned crime stoppers w/tan legs and unchecked authority spent the next 15 min checking my entire car out from bumper to bumper as I tried to repair their little egos w/lots of sirs and kiss *** so they could feel good about having little peckers/crappy jobs/ whatever. they looked under the hood, inside the car, ran my ID, etc while taking turns giving me a complete friggin interrogation (where do I work, live, etc) and a lecture on public safety/theres too much crime today, etc

ironicly, I saw no less than 10 gang bangers, underaged kids in low riders go by (1 car smelled like cheech and chong were driving), all while our genius crime stoppers focused on me. what a total farce.

they finally gave up when they realized I wasn't bin ladin driving Christine or thought they had reprogrammed me because I was so docile. so as I started her up again, (and regained my indignity w/a vengance) I asked/taunted: "so if you arrest someone, do you put them on the handlebars or make them sit on your seat and hold on to you? hahahhaha". the big one leaned toward my window and frowned like he wanted to bite me, the other was speechless. probably couldn't believe I'd be dumb enough to mess w/them again after all that reprogramming and intimidation (I know, no surprise to most that know me). then I sped off just to antagonize them for the encounter and to celebrate escaping unscathed. (I'm so glad I did a stroker and not a blower - I suspect that my shark would be in an impound in pieces otherwise)

the next guy probably got strip searched or beaten for jaywalking while some underage girl got gang raped in a house on the same block...

so relax - we are at war, and it's all for our own safety.

me go drink now.

m21sniper

928SS, you are the man.

bott63

You got "checked out" because you stood out like a SORE THUMB! Are you really that naive? Clean cut, well groomed, (caucasian?) tailored suit, driving a very clean, flashy LOUD 928 in a gang infested neighborhood full of crack houses?

Cops usually initiate a traffic stop such as yours, when they see someone that "doesn't belong" in the neighborhood. Typically when someone like YOU drives through the hood, they are looking to buy drugs. Unfortunately, they usually get robbed, shot, killed, or get carjacked in the process. These stops usually result in the car getting safely escorted out of the danger zone. If you haven't heard, bike patrol and foot patrol are usually tied to community policing. It has proven EXTREMELY effective in reducing crime in selected neighborhoods.

Try not to knock something you don't know much about... The presence of those cops may have saved you from getting carjacked

Ease up on the cop bashing! Someday you might have to call upon those jokers with tan thighs when you roll up to your house and find a bunch of thugs doing a train on your wife and daughter...

With your smart aleck banter, I wouldn't be surprised if you get speeding tickets for going 2 mph over the posted limit!

m21sniper

You forgot repo men(that's me).

And electricians.

And outside salesmen.

And realtors.

And computer repair guys.

And home healthcare/hospitality professionals.

And general contractors.

And, etc, etc, so forth.

I've never been shot or carjacked(though of course it is a real possibility which is why in Pennsylvania there are a couple million of us with concealed firearms permits). In fact i have found that repoing in the hood in my silver 928S is quite the hit with the natives.

They love it.

But hey, do you think it would be OK if we exercised our RIGHT to pursue happiness- even if it's in a bad neighborhood- without BREAKIN' OUR FREAKIN' *****???

It would be a real PITA if we had to up and revolt just so we could drive through our own cities without the gestapo(that's right- i said gestapo) hassling us.

The behaviour of a select group of overzealous cops make it very hard to be on thier 'side'. And it's a real friggin' shame.


And wait three hours for you to not show up.

Or we could just exercise our right to armed self defense and defend our own homes like free men and not some freakin' sheep that need a donut eating protector.

Most cops can't shoot for a damn anyway. You'd probably hit the women by accident(more than once).

Cops get a bad rap because there are a lot of cops that deserve a bad rap.

Of all the people i repo my favorites are Cops. Even more than drugdealers.

Cops.

To Cop in Pajamas on his front porch at 2AM: "Well gee, i wish i could help ya out pal, but im just doing my job. Hook her up Joey!"

End of rant.-