The only South Carolina state trooper I ever dealt with was years ago when we saw a car go off I-26 near Orangeburg and roll over into a ditch right in front of us. The two people in the car, a young USAF airman going back to Charleston AFB and his wife, were uninjured and the four or five cars’ worth of bystanders who had pulled over (me included) had gotten them out without incident.
So here comes the trooper, howling up the shoulder at a solid 75 mph...slams on the brakes to slow down, veers *right* off the shoulder onto the sloped and wet grass embankment, passes all five pulled-over cars ON THE EMBANKMENT DRIVING SIDEWAYS AT 30 MPH, guns it back up onto the hard shoulder slinging dirt, and screeches to a halt. He then proceeded to rudely dismiss all of us who offered ourselves as witnesses to what happened. I wasn’t impressed, though in fairness, he was quite young and looked like he was pretty new at the job.
Now I’ve dealt with Virginia troopers a few times, growing up there. They’re very professional. They’re very polite. And no, they’re not going to let you out of that ticket.
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Mass troopers, all attitide.
PA, total pros.