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Old January 5th 05, 02:44 PM
Furious George
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jaybird wrote:
> > So the cop passes the truck and pulls over to the right. I'm then

ready to
> > pull
> > over behind him when he hits the brakes and I have to swerve back

over to
> > the
> > left. I too hit the brakes as I know better than to pass a state

trooper.
>
> Holy crap, I'm surprised you didn't cause a wreck. There's no law

saying
> that you can't pass a state trooper.
>
> > Eventually we both slow to about 55 mph clogging up both lanes of

traffic
> > (only
> > 2 lanes in my direction). He then rolls down the window and waves

me to
> > past.
> > Going about 50 I slowly pass him. He then flashes the light and

turns them
> > off.
> > At that point I guess I should have hit the brakes and pulled over

a few
> > cars
> > back, but I went by and the second I pulled over he hit the lights

and
> > pulled me
> > over.

>
> Get over already.......
>
> >
> > So I can find no where any mention of a pacing ticket where the

speeder
> > was
> > never in front of the cop.

>
> All you have to do is match the speed of the vehicle; it doesn't

matter
> whether it's from the front or behind.
>
> > I know its difficult to get out of a pacing
> > violation, but I've got to think its a lot more difficult to

maintain
> > distance
> > when you're in front of someone. I should note it would seem like

he was
> > on a
> > mission since 10 minutes after we left he had pulled another driver

over.
>
> Of course he's on a mission, it's called traffic enforcement. Why

would you
> feel the need to make a note of it?
>
> > Also
> > the fastest I could have possibly went was before he made those

crazy hand
> > motions which I guess would have meant that if he paced me then if

I had
> > pulled
> > over to the right I wouldn't have gotten a ticket. Not to mention

the fact
> > that
> > all the cars in front of him must have doing the same speed. I

mentioned
> > that to
> > him and he said they were just using the left lane to pass slower

traffic
> > in the
> > right. When I asked then what I was doing, he said "What do you

want me to
> > do,
> > I'm a state trooper?" That makes a lot of sense. So do I have a

legitimate
> > case
> > or should I just plea down (I already have a court date).

>
> A legitimate case of what? It's a nice bedtime story but you never

told us
> if in fact you were speeding or anything specific to the charge. All

I got
> out of the story was a bunch of unneccesary babble about some lane

changes
> and clogged traffic.


So you admit this boy was DWW (Driving While White or Driving With
Wallet). The time you spend on traffic shakedowns could be better
spent protecting us from darkies. What do you have against white
people?


>
> --
> ---
> jaybird
> ---
> I am not the cause of your problems.
> My actions are the result of your actions.
> Your life is not my fault.


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