Wait untill you get stoped for twice over the limit. I was told I was going to jail. If i moved he would hit me with the stun gun. For speeding? Ended up with just two tickets. Got out of both of them.
Glad you only got a warning.

 

You may have been profiled, but when the cop left, you were driving a Corvette, and the other guy wasn't.

Gotta keep the perspective.

 

I appreciate the replies and I am not overly worked up about it now that I slept on it. He could have meant anything with his loosing it comment and that is the truth, and for street racing a beat up smoking RODEO? I was just trying to get out of his exhaust fumes.

There are some great Police Officers out there, but there are a small handful that get you thinking...How did he get on the force? I continue to think that once I retire from the Navy I want to be an officer of the law, or state trooper and make it up to my vette buddies, by pulling over everything but the CORVETTE!

Take care folks and hope to see Stu and Chris next Saturday!

Micah

 

...now that would have been a stunning development...

 

Well ironically........I had a cop named Jordan ticket me, I fought it and he sat there bold face in court and lied. I said to him after court, with a christian name like Jordon, you would think the truth would be a part of your life.

I carried that bad experience for a long time and had a real distaste for the police force.

My grandfather was a volunteer police dispatcher back in the 50's and taught me a lot about right and wrong. To honor him I joined the volunteer police department in our town. My contribution pales in comparison to what my grandfather did.

Having now "worked" with police I have come to beter understand a lot of what they go through. This in no way justifies a bad cop. There are bad cops just as there are bad doctors, and bad drivers and bad kids.

But what I look at is, I didn't let the incident taint my entire life with a hatred toward cops. Instead, my grandfather's positive influence was the anchor I used to create a relationship with cops.

In summation, I could have remained bitter and resentful but I used this bad experience to try to make a positive out of it. There will always be "bad" people in our lives. It's how we deal with them that will develop our character in the long run. I now have police friends that I respect, and respect me and my Corvette and know not all Corvette owners are A""holes". Maybe the next time one of our cops pulls a Vette over, maybe the officer will think of me and let the Vette owner off with a warning if the situation warrants it. The break you received today on a ticket may be the result of a Vette driver that respected the law, and didn't always disrespect it.

If you speed, expect a ticket. Be grateful for a warning. Just my .02.

 

Wow, weird encounter to say the least. I'm glad it worked out in your favor Micah.

Paul

 

How many points do you guys have on your licenses? I am guessing it depends on which state your in...but i hear about this traffic school if you get a few tickets? Here in Canada, well at least in Quebec, the cops are much less harsh it seems than the ones in the states.....

 

Yep, you did get profiled. Time to start wearing your uniform when you drive good buddy!

 

Well, I am not bitter towards the guy, just thought there were a lot of variables not covered, but I did drive away without a fine and that is "OKAY" with me. He probably just wanted to check out the car and that is cool with me.

Micah

 

You say your Passport didn't go off?
Did he say he clocked you with radar or was he just pacing you and didn't even have radar on his car. Jut curious how safe one feels with a radar on board and yet every know and then someone gets pulled over and the unit never even gives a chirp.

 

He said he clocked me, there is no way in this scenario that he paced me, because we had just left a stop light. He didn't ask for my drivers license, registeration or insurance card and this is the only thing that had me questioning the entire situation. As I mentioned before, the RODEO next to me was all over the road, speeding through a residential and industrial area (cop was behind us at least a 100 yards - I know this now because of the headlights) and I got pulled over, this is the only reason I say I was profiled. Oh well, all is done and I got a warning.

 

I beat he had you sweating

 

You dang right!

 

Sounds like he was either bored or a Stang owner....

 

I've been in the same situation and this is the best advice to take to heart.

 

Three months after getting the Z06 and only being in Indiana for 5 months my wife and I were coming home from a festival in Downton Evansville. I took a back road just to see the scenes. I was following a truck who was all over the road. I slowed, he slowed and then sped up in the passing zones. I got to a road I knew would take us home and waited until the truck was partly in the intersection before putting on my turn light and starting to turn. He cut right in front of me and started swerving throwing up rocks. Next passing zone I passed him and just as I did there in the driveway of his home is a county LEO. I didn't think much of it and was already slowed back down at a stop sign when I noticed a set of lights flying up on me. Once throught the intersection he stayed right on me. Once I rounded a corner he threw on his lights and pulled me over. He first thanked me for slowing down or he wouldn't have been able to catch me, only doing 45 to pass and then back down to 35 speed limit. Took my license, reg and ins to the car. I explained about the truck swerving but he didn't want to hear about it. About then the truck passed us and was all over the road in front of us. 15 minutes later he comes back and gives me two tickets and a warning, one for passing in a no passing zone, one for squealing my tires, and a warning for speed. The wife couldn't stop laughing at me when we were pulled over, she said she'd never seen me as polite and courteous before. I went to court to fight them but the LEO never filed them with the court so the clerk signed a note to the affect and I left.

 

Roll your cartoon "eyes" all you want. As I said earlier I have personal experience and, judging from some of the postings to this thread, others have also. You seem to have a background as a police officer. Has every officer you have been associated with been honest? If so, this would be a first in any profession.

I have a relative who is chief of police in a small town in a mid-western state. How he ever got that job completely baffles me. This person enjoys hurting people and animals. He is 6'4" tall and weighs 250 pounds. He is a borderline psychopath and I pity any person he stops who even looks at him in a strange way. I grew up with him and he would just as soon tell a lie as tell the truth.

This is one reason why some of these proposed laws allowing the state to confiscate your car for street racing are so absurd. Imagine that your car can be taken solely on the word of a single police officer! Utterly rediculous. I don't think such a law would ever stand up to a legal challenge.

 

Micah,

This may sound rotten but I always carried (and still do) my military ID in a place where the LEO had to see it when he checked my DL. That kept me from more than a few tickets.

BTW, I still haven't installed the rockerarms but as soon as the springs and pushrods get here,,,,watch out!

Robert

 

some cops lie,boldfaced ones too.makes one feel real powerless.in my younger days,riding the NYC subway,an officer stops me from boarding a train,pulls me aside and tells me" i saw you jump the turnstyle" i told him,you did not,because i didnt( i didnt) he insists that he did see me,brings me upstairs to the token booth and asks the booth clerk was it me ? she told him no,not him. i said to him,you saw me sneak me in,huh. he gives me the look of death,and im glad there were witnesses around,still sticks with me

 

I don't know about you losing your car. Its possible. The constitution prohibits seizure of your stuff but you see if everyday. This country is going to he##.