got pulled over AGAIN!PART 2, DAMN MONROE POLICE DEPT. Options

[easternpiro1]

well i was on campus to return a tag frame to my soror (im in a frat and she's in our sister sorority zeta phi beta) i had her tag frame for the longest and i called her to find out where her car was. i go to place the tag on, u know unscrew and rescrew simple. i get in my car, and by the time i get out of the lot, i hear someone shout PULL OVER DAMMIT! to my amazement, there was a cop holding onto my car! he spoke aggressively and said i got yer plate # so dont get cute. i pull over (in the middle of the street he didnt want me to move.) next he asks me where's your little buddy at? u guys were seen stealing plates. OH MY GOD! i was pissed off! i explained to him what i was doing and that whoever called the cops on me was misinformed or partially blind aint that something? they let me go and dont even apologize...what an arseface....


just thought i would share a strange story.


PART 2...not even 2 weeks later....
i got pulled over by a cop in monroe for my tint!! AND I KNOW my tint is legal! it just appeared darker cuz it was cloudy outside... the cop only glanced at my car (goign in the opposite direction) turned around and pulled me over! he was admiring the paintjob as he got out of his car (putting his grubby fingers all over the car, then he introduced himself and accused me of having improper tint. he put a machine on the window and it said 30 and he insisted the back window was darker cuz he couldnt see thru it. i tried to tell him u can usually see right thru but he was undetered. he asked about the paint job and gave me a warning.


not that im ungrateful for not getting a ticket, but GOD!! if he just wanted to look at my car he could have found a better alternative!! GOD I HATE MONROE NORTH CAROLINA *##^@ RURAL AREA... /another visious rant by easternpiro....

This post has been edited by easternpiro1: May 9, 2006 - 12:47 PM

[GT4WRC]

Always amuses me that we only hear one side of the story when someone gets pulled over. And 9 times out of 10 they are never doing anything wrong
While there may be Police out there with the wrong attitude, how you handle the situation when you are pulled over more often that not has a huge beraing on whether you end up with a ticket.
Don't try to be smart or agressive - you will not win. Just be polite and almost submissive and most of the time they'll respond in kind. But start arguing with them and try to make them look dumb and you're on a hiding to nothing.
So many times there are threads started where people complain about the police and how they are harrassed by them, the Cops are all pigs and have nothing better to do, everyone heates them etc... but I wonder how many people, when they are in trouble, actually change their attitude and call on the police for assistance?
This is not directed at anyone in particular, so no need to get all defensive - just something to think about. I have only been stopped once in the last few years. Police officer said I was speeding but had no proof. I just said that I was sorry if I had been, but was on my way back to work where I was need for an urgent case (I work in the OR). I wasn't speeding, but trying to argue the point wouldn't have helped. He simply said, okay, but keep your speed down and off I went. My age probably has a lot to do with it, but remember that there are a lot of youngsters out there who do drive like complete morons all the time putting other road users at risk. And Mr Policeman isn't going to know that you're not one of them.
Gary