Posted on 09/19/2010 5:47:12 PM PDT by Redcitizen
In what he calls an "educational video" that's widely circulated on YouTube, comedian Chris Rock offers advice on what to do when you get pulled over for a traffic violation.
"Obey the law" he says. "Stop immediately" and "stay in your car with your hands on the wheel." Finally, "if your woman is mad at you, leave her at home. There's nothing she'd like to see more than you getting your [you-know-what] kicked."
It's a dead-on spoof of a hard truth: Respect authority. If you don't, you increase the odds of a pricey ticket.
(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...
Many cops think they can make up the law as they go.
If you had informed this kook you were carrying, he would have had you sprawled out on the highway and taken your gun.
Gee thanks. You tried so hard on making a good rant.
A close relative..at a very youthful age...driving a 454 Chevelle..spent a long night after being pulled over by a LEO in an American Motors product...which had steam and smoke coming from a practically blown engine after a very long pursuit..occasioned when the LEO spotted him blowing past at a very high rate of speed while traveling the opposite direction. When asked if he knew why the officer had stopped him..seeing the steaming pile of junk in the rearview mirror..he replied “you needed a lift?”
Most cops and many posters here will tell you that you should always tell a cop that you have a permit and are carrying.
I think it is none of their business and also think their being informed that you have a permit is a despicable practice.
My gun or just about any permit holder is no danger to the cop unless he is also a criminal. In fact my gun could be a benefit to him if he is shot by a criminal while on the road.
I have said a couple of things that really should have gotten me in trouble but they didn’t. The first time I rolled down my window and said “hurry I have a migraine headache and I am about to throw up”.
The other time I rolled down my window and said “I am so glad to see you I am very lost”.
Both of those stories are true, the headache was because I had been up all night with my 5 year old with a broken arm in traction in the hospital. The other time I really was lost and I guess he took mercy on me a poor lost idiot.
Excellent story. Thanks for sharing. =) Makes me wish my car was like that.
No I didn’t try hard , I just copied it from another thread. I am of few words.
My book review of War and Peace would be as follows:
The French lost.
Again
Thank goodness there are understanding cops out there.
One time I got pulled over for not stopping at an intersection. I told him there was no stop sign which was true. He said it was the entrance to a driveway. I was of the opinion it was a street. He let me off with a warning.
My wife informed me you can’t have Christmas without milk, so at 1:00 a.m. Christmas morning I’m heading back from the gas station with a gallon of milk and blew threw the local speed trap at about 10 mph over the limit.
As soon as I hit it, I knew I was going too fast but red lights started flashing before I could slow down. I kept my hand on the wheel as he came up to the car and maintained a calm demeanor. He asked me why I was out so late on a holiday, I was a little tired and told him that I had been informed you can’t have Christmas without milk.
He looked at me and asked if I was really out that late getting milk. I replied that yes in fact I was getting milk and heading home. He looked at me and said, “show me the milk.” I reached down, pulled up a gallon of cold milk, he wished me a merry Christmas and advised me to get home, there were a lot of drunks out.
That was the one and only time I ever got out of a ticket. I received a ticket for doing 2 mph over the limit in that same town on a previous occasion.
When I was 16, me and 6 friends were packed into a car, cruising slowly down the usually teenage drag in the small town we grew up in. All of a sudden this middle aged fellow in suit steps out into the road and starts yelling at us about something, driving too slow and tying up traffic I think. My friend that was driving pulls over as if he is going to speak to the fellow, then when he walks up toward the car, my friend gives him the bird and floors it. What my friend failed to notice, was the "fellow" was a well known local bigwig and a member of the town council at the time. Even being as young and stupid as I was, I knew this probably wasn't going to end well.
Sure enough about 10 minutes later the flashing lights appear behind us. At this point we are begging the driver, Dave, not to say anything stupid, he was intelligent, but had a reputation for being a huge smart ass and having little respect for authority. While we were all panicking, he was just grinning and telling us to be cool. We pull over, and one of the local police comes up and shines his flashlight in our window. "I've had some serious reports that you boys have been causing trouble." "Trouble? Us? What sort of Trouble?" my friend Dave asked in the most innocent tone you could imagine. "Well, you gave someone the finger..." "The finger?" Dave Responded in feigned confusion. Then as if something occurred to him he said, "Ohhh, you must mean the guy in the suit downtown!". "Yes, the one you flipped off." the officer responded. "Oh, I didn't flip him off, I just did this" Dave then proceeded to fly the bird 6 inches from the officers face. The officer was totally silent for about 15 seconds then said, "Son, that's flipping someone off." "Really?!? Dave responded, "I didn't think it was considered a rude gesture unless you crossed you arm and made and upward thrust motion, like they do in those cop movies. I always wave at people and point at things with my middle finger." At this point the cop is looking at Dave like he is trying to decide if he really is a total moron or is just jerking him around. Thankfully, after what seemed like an eternity he incorrectly came to the conclusion that Dave wasn't jerking him around, gave us a brief "be good and drive safe" speech then drove off.
At this point, all of us in the car started breathing again. We were sure after Dave's performance, we would be taking a trip down to the station. All at once, we began yelling at Dave, wanting to know what in the h_ll had possessed him to tell the cop he didn't know what flipping someone off was. Dave, just laughed and said he didn't know it would work, but it was worth it for the chance to fly the bird 6 inches from a cops face and get away with it Scott free.
Reminds me of an old "elephant joke":
"What do you call a ten foot tall monster that has long arms and long claws and big teeth and breaths fire?"
Answer: "Sir."
... Doesn't always work, but it's your best chance.
Does it work if you say it in Spanish?
apillar:
Whoa. You got off way better than al baby.
al baby:
what were you doing if I may ask that resulted in 8 people being handcuffed?
That is funny, :-)
A pricey ticket? That’s so 20th century.
Now in the 21st century, you risk the chance of a “justified” use of violent force (beating) or execution...
It’s a busy devided highway through the center of town. Some of the cars were passing awfully close; I thought he would get clipped by a mirror.
It was nothing but common courtesy and common sense.
It is a confession that they are looking for. They write your answer down on their paperwork. This is to thwart any attempt of yours if you try to go to traffic court to get the ticket dismissed. Judge will say, ‘but you admitted to it during the stop.’
So, say you don’t know why you were stopped. They are not trying to be your buddies.
“There’s good cops and bad cops.”
Yup. Still more good cops IMHO, but more bad cops than there used to be.
“I try to keep my default assumption as the cop I’m dealing with is a good cop.”
Nope. So I’m even more polite and respectful in my (few) encounters. Count to date: 4 good cops, 1 very bad cop. Fortunately, the bad cop was a city cop, and a statie nearby stepped in. Firmly. (Hint: The statie didn’t threaten to arrest me...)
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