Not all Cops are Bad Options

[Random_Stranger]

I just got pulled over again on the same street as before, but this time up north more where the speed limit is 35mph in a small section and 45mph on either side. I did 50 to get around a car after making a yellow light thinking the car was going at speed limit, instead it was actually going 25mph. So I look in my rear view and see a sheriff behind me. I pull over and he was like "What's up? You know what the speed limit is? " I said "45mph?" he was like "35 in that section, were you in a hurry?" and I was like "Kind of". He said that a CHP officer was watching me and had him pull me over. So he was going to let me go with a warning and I was like "For real?! OH thank you! No one has ever done that before." and then he asked if I had any warrants or anything, I know you shouldn't talk to police but he seemed real cool and I told him how I got a ticket on that street a few weeks before and that I got an extension to have it taken care of middle of this month and it is due on the 1st. He asked for my ID and then the CHP officer pulled up on the other side of the parking lot. He was like "Yeah that's the guy right there. LOL By the way, nice ride." and I was like "Man, thanks so much" and he let me go.

This never happened before, and yes I am dumb for making the same mistake twice and such, but this is my testimony, not all cops are bad.

[jcaron9gt4]

He was breaking the law, speeding. The cop pulled him over, and that makes him a bad guy? Since when does doing your job make you a bad guy?

And your comparison does not relate at all.

OP, You got pulled over, he let you go...okay? I've got let go so many times but I fail to find the need to share with everyone every time I get pulled over.

This post has been edited by jcaron9gt4: May 10, 2009 - 11:06 AM

[crankyelbow]

He was breaking the law, speeding. The cop pulled him over, and that makes him a bad guy? Since when does doing your job make you a bad guy?

And your comparison does not relate at all.

OP, You got pulled over, he let you go...okay? I've got let go so many times but I fail to find the need to share with everyone every time I get pulled over.

If my job was government sponsored...

and it was to hunt down and kill you.

would I be a good guy?

yes I'm working from extremes to put things in perspective

No harm no foul... but harm is no less harm because its government sponsored.

How would you feel if *I* pulled you over because I thought you were going too fast, and then because I'm such a "good guy" let you off with a "better not do it again". I would obviously be an asshole for even trying.

And thats the point. Badges and titles are irrelevant - we are people and thats it.