davidnclearlaketx

You got that right!

CentralCoaster

Biggest thing I see down here is ricer body kits falling off on the freeway.

Also unsecured loads, mattresses, ladders, pipes, couches falling off trucks on the freeway causing accidents. Try hitting a fiberglass ladder on the freeway at 70mph.

Dunno if it is, but this stuff should be one of CHP's top priorities.

c4cruiser

I'm not too suprised about this type of activity given the DuPont/Ft. Lewis area. I would have expected that behavior from the DuPont police rather than WSP but I guess there are over-zealous Troopers too. Tumwater (WA) police are another example of over-zealous officers. Most all of them have the uber-tactical look like shaved heads, sunglasses and appar to spend all of their off-hours at local gyms.

Bogus is right about reporting heavy-handed acts by some LEO's. Here in WA, the WSP is very serious about how their Troopers act and how they treat the public.

I did just that a number of years ago. I was on my way to work one day driving on I-5 when a WSP car passed me doing a good 100+ with no lights or siren and weaving in and out of traffic.

When I exeited the freeway the patrol car was there waiting for a light so I rolled my window down and honked at the two Tropper inside. I asked them why they were going so fast with no lights and then simply exited the freeway. The guy in the passengetr seat told me that he didn't think they needed a reason to go fast.

So I took the plate number and called the WSP Headquarters and reported what I saw and what was said to me. Two weeks later I get a phone call from an Assistant Chief of the WSP who told me that the two troopers were called into the Chief's office, got absolutely hammered by him and their actions went on their permanent records. Turned out they were late for a meeting!

He askd me if I wanted a personal apology from them both in front of the WSP Chief. I said no and the fact that the incident was handled was enough at that point.

kdf1986

I put my front license plate on just for the reason of this thread. I dont need any extra reasons to give the police to pull me over. Without a license plate, they could pull me over just because they can.

With a front license plate on, I figured I removed some of the possibility for added agravation.

kdf

CentralCoaster

I called in on a San Luis Obispo Police unit before and reported his erratic driving to dispatch. Weaving through city traffic, no lights/siren, cutting off me and other cars and running a red light. I followed him to see where he was going, and got his car number. Dispatch said they would have a chat with him.

You know damn sure he'd have pulled me over if I was driving like that.


He was headed to the local taco shop.

So few people probably call this stuff in, that I bet they take it pretty seriously when one actually does, especially if you're not the first to report the guy.

dchildress

You have a good point Coaster. I know my tint is illegal, my taillight covers (when I run them) are illegal, and my horn does not blow so I do my fair share of hustling when I get pulled over. In my area of Kentucky cops were cracking down on lowered cars and lifted trucks. If a cop wanted to be a real jerk, he could write me for improper equipment for the tint, the lowering, & the covers.

PBnf

If he lives in your neighborhood you should try and bump into him when he's not at work. Then try and gage if he thinks he's the neighborhood cop. If he is, I'd tell him he's just a cop and not the mayor.

Repzard

He just wanted to check out your Vette

Teddydog

Sorry, guys, I didn't mean to post this and then disappear.

I'm not really that pissed about this, it just rubbed me the wrong way. I know that cops have a difficult job and I'm not knocking them in general. Since he didn't (really COULDN'T, the way the intersection is layed out) see whether or not I had stopped , he should have assumed that I had. NOT the other way around.

Rob

DDSLT5

Perfect response!

Road Agent

nitecruizer

Sort of reminds me of a police story. The car made a Texas Stop (just slowed down real slow) and continued on. The Police Officer stopped him and told him of the violation. The motorist could not understand what the problem was. The Police Officer politely told him several times but the motorist could not understand what the problem was, after all he had slowed down. The Police Officer drew his baton and started wacking the motorist over the head and said "Do you want me to slow down, or STOP" Immediately the motorist understood what the Officer was trying to tell him and said "STOP">


CRUIZER

Repzard

X2

A lot of those out here in Mass.
And the great thing is when they try to race my Cobalt SS\SC
I love laughing at them as i fly by them.

Honda-h are torqueless and slow as S*** and they think they're fast because they add a big *** wing and a FART CAN ...PSSSZZZZZZ -Fart ...



I guess they dont know about the Cobalt SS\SC too much whats under the hood .... Chevy is taking over the TUNER market now

I put Gas in my car not RICE

Ps i got hasseled already in my Cobalt because of these POS honda-h
So i agree with poster of thread cops hassel you because of the car you drive

my .002

jhammons01

sheesh! Ha!

ruffneckxx

There are two cops that live across from me in my apartment complex. A townie and a sheriff. No worries, everyone in town knows my car because it wakes up half the town when it starts (small town). I'm just glad there's a couple other c4's around to throw off the fuzz. Seriously, though....anyone dumb enough to speed or some other moving violation in a small town in the south deserves a ticket

CentralCoaster

Anyone with that for an avatar deserves a ticket.

McKVette

When I had mine(had 2 from age 18 to 23) I found as long as I wasn't doing anything wrong.... They(and I really don't like cops...no offense officers in here, just how i've been treated in the past)

Like I was saying I've been pulled over for slightly over the speedlimit where the cop actually admired the car, and said "I'm sure its hard to keep this thing under the speed limit" and let me go (only happend 1time)

Allthough when I was younger, and use to drive more.....lets say "harder" when I'd get pulled over they would do the calculation of

Young + Vette = I hate you and am going to give you every ticket I can

I was up to 13 points in 2003, all in one year!

Now I'm at ZERO O oooooo Yeaaaa

What I hated more was being "younger" and getting the "whats that your daddy's car" or "did your daddy buy that for you"

Where in reality I busted my tail to pay for the car myself...

my .02

silver86

ruffneckxx

No love for the Hoff

84number2083

That CAN work the other way for you though....a few years ago I was stopped by a cop in the village for speeding (I think I was probably going around 40 in a 30 just exiting the 30mph zone). The cop was pretty friendly so after he ran my license and registration he came back to the car and asked if I had painted it because the reg. said black and the car was/is grey. I told him it was the original color and the reg. was wrong (which it is) and took the opportunity to ask if he could "give me a break....sir?". He said "too late, I've already started writing the ticket and I don't see any other violations". I said "um, I don't have a front plate".....he walked around to the front of the car then said "I'll be right back". I thought...oh no, is he going to give me 2 tickets now or did I get lucky?.....well, he came back with a ticket for no front plate...a $25 fine! woohoooooo! I thanked him multiple times for that ticket!