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.

[jason]

i find it funny how i can cruise with the flow of traffic doing about 80-90mph on highways around here where the limit is 55mph - go past all sorts of police, but yet, one gets pulled over for having fog lights (correctly aimed too) on when its not foggy out...

edit: but yes, i agree that most cops are pretty cool with stuff - you usually have to be doing something wrong for them to even bother with the hassle of pulling you over

This post has been edited by jason: May 11, 2009 - 9:30 AM

[crankyelbow]

i find it funny how i can cruise with the flow of traffic doing about 80-90mph on highways around here where the limit is 55mph - go past all sorts of police, but yet, one gets pulled over for having fog lights (correctly aimed too) on when its not foggy out...

edit: but yes, i agree that most cops are pretty cool with stuff - you usually have to be doing something wrong for them to even bother with the hassle of pulling you over

exactly...

Law enforcement is absurdly out of hand...

Cops are better suited for domestic disputes and changing tires... and giving directions.

When any man decides to put his ideals upon another man forcefully, problems arise. When a man discusses his problems with another man, solutions may be met.

Fines are not the solution... they only continue a vicious cycle which has created the situtation we are in (along with taxes). The solution is not fines, the solution is education. Inform people about traction limits, braking distances, slalom speeds etc etc... WHY they should drive a certain speed... in the end we all win through education... in the end we all lose through oppression and ignorance.