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To: Sergio
"On the Highways the State Troopers will sometimes be going 5 MPH below the posted speed limit, and every driver that can see the patrol car will slow down to that speed. I have no issue passing the black and white as long as I am at the posted limit."

I did that one time. As soon as I got past the cop he zoomed across three lanes and got right next to me - about a foot from my door. I looked over at him, confused, and he jumped in behind me - about a foot from my bumper - and turned on his headlights, spotlight and flashing lights. Thus blinded, I pulled to side of the road. The cop got out a loudly berated me for being so "disrespectful" as to pass him. He them wrote me a ticket for 5 mph higher than my cruise control was actually set for. That extra 5 mph was actually the lowest ticketable speed. He wrote on the ticket that I sped past him and looked at him (which was actually me looking terribly afraid and confused when he almost side swiped my car).

That little bit of cop ego cost me $90 and a morning in court.

348 posted on 05/16/2007 5:37:59 AM PDT by T.Smith
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To: T.Smith

WOW! Exact. Same. Thing. happened to me on I-5 just South of Bellingham WA some 20 years ago. Exact same thing down to every detail. Cop was a jerk.


351 posted on 05/16/2007 5:42:58 AM PDT by SW6906 (6 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, horsepower, guns and ammunition.)
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To: T.Smith
Damm, sorry to hear about that. I guess I’ve been pretty lucky thus far.
368 posted on 05/16/2007 6:48:57 AM PDT by Sergio (If a tree fell on a mime in the forest, would he make a sound?)
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To: T.Smith

The best advise is never to do anything that would antagonize an LEO, especially if you’re not black or Hispanic. If they do stop you, be exceedingly polite and ignore any provocation or insulting remark on the LEO’s part. Like it or not, that’s the way it is.


392 posted on 05/16/2007 9:36:58 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: T.Smith

Things like that are why I keep considering installing a dashboard cam in my cars.


396 posted on 05/16/2007 10:32:34 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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