Posted on 02/03/2003 1:16:14 AM PST by Flyer
Two weeks ago the exact same thing happend to me... Only I was in Williamson County, TX. It cost me $7500 to get out of jail, (couldn't get a bondsman to post bond because I was from out of state), $360 to get my truck out of impound, and 30 hours in jail. The officer pulled me over for failing to signal a lane change as he pulled out in front of me on the interstate. Let me go with a warning, and pulled me over again about one mile down the road with a K-9 unit behind him. This time I was pulled over for weaving. On business, and already late for a meeting, I also told the officer I would prefer him not to search through my SUV stacked high with equipment, suitcases, and tools. The next thing I knew I was cuffed and off to the local barn yard so Goober and Cleatis could tear my truck apart and forget how to put it back together. They didn't know why my SUV had been undercoated. I guess there is not much snow and ice in Williamson County. Their drug sniffing dog scratched up all four doors and fenders, and the two "Fishing Buddies" left their blue "reeling" gloves and tackle box ("evidence") in the back of my vehicle. I'm now out about $8000 and awaiting a court date that will never be set to be reimbersed for my bond. I'm also anxiously waiting for the $160 in cash that is "to be mailed to my residence." With my estimate for new paint on my vehicle, along with two new door panels and switches, their "Fishing Trip" has cost me about $10,000. And I never did hear the dog bark...
Thanks for another fishing story.
Haven't been stopped in years.
ol' hoghead
I hope you don't do that on busy roads, and cause traffic to back up.
I'm not to the point yet where I'm going to jeopardize *my* safety or the safety of other Americans simply to follow some bureacratic edict.
Haven't been stopped in years.
Partially due to your driving policy (personally the time that costs me is worth less than paying a ticket once in awhile), and partially due to chance.
"They" can stop you anytime you please. Half the times I've been pulled over in my life, I was doing *nothing* unlawful.
In case you should ever find yourself in that situation, you should read "You and the Police" by Boston T. Party. It's a bit outdated, but there is still a wealth of info there.
Ol' hoghead
When I see anybody approaching my 6, I move over to the "emergency lane" and let them by. Unlike the rest of Texas, I have all day to get there and back. I'm not a rolling roadblock.
That's one of the things I miss about Texas (I used to live out there).
Folks were much nicer on the roads, and they would move into the lane on the should to allow faster driver to pass. And the faster driver would wave as a sign of appreciation.
I was on both sides of that on many occasions.
Drivers here in Florida suck.
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