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What to do when you get pulled over by the police
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> wrote in message
... > Please express your honest opinion to this question, using the letter > that matches your answer. > > QUESTION: You are driving along and get pulled over by the police. > It's 3am, there is no other traffic on the road, and you just had a > few beers but are not really drunk, however, you are likely over the > legal alcohol limit. I would never put myself in that situation. I do not drive when I have been drinking. It's common sense not to drive when you are not up to it, for any reason (be it alcohol, lack of sleep, or whatever...). It also courteous to other motorists and passengers, as when you drive when you are incapable of driving safely you are not only risking yourt own life but that of everyone else on the road. Sure, you can accept the risk of driving drunk and perhaps getting hurt or killed, but no one else accepted the risk of being hurt or killed because _you_ decided that risk was acceptable. It's just plain reckless. In any case, when I am stopped I will let the officer talk, only politely saying hello or answering any questions he has, or I will ask what I did if I genuinely have no clue why he stopped me. If the officer decides to be friendly I will talk to him as a friend, such as when they have asked about my cars ('67 and '68 Galaxie's). Cory |
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Cory Dunkle wrote:
> > If the officer decides to be > friendly I will talk to him as a friend, such as when they have asked about > my cars ('67 and '68 Galaxie's). Jesus, is it legal for cops to pull people over just to ask them personal questions? -- Cheers, Bev xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "I'm not proud. We really haven't done everything we could to protect our customers. Our products just aren't engineered for security." --Microsoft VP in charge of Windows OS Development, Brian Valentine. |
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"The Real Bev" > wrote in message
... > Cory Dunkle wrote: > > > > If the officer decides to be > > friendly I will talk to him as a friend, such as when they have asked about > > my cars ('67 and '68 Galaxie's). > > Jesus, is it legal for cops to pull people over just to ask them personal > questions? No, but I've gotten out of two speeding tickets for having a classic car the cops liked. At least that's my theory, being as how they cut me a break and asked about my car. Nice guys they were, very friendly. The one cop I believe had a Camaro project (hethan! ). But anyhow, back to the point. Cops can stop you at any time for any reason. If you are obeyinmg all the laws you are suspicious (no one obeys all the laws, so you must be DUI or hiding something), and if you're breaking any laws, well, you're breaking the law. Nice how that works, huh? At least for the cops it is... Cory |
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"Scott en Aztlán" wrote:
> > > wrote: > > >Cory Dunkle wrote: > >> > >> If the officer decides to be > >> friendly I will talk to him as a friend, such as when they have asked about > >> my cars ('67 and '68 Galaxie's). > > > >Jesus, is it legal for cops to pull people over just to ask them personal > >questions? > > It must be - people over on the Corvette forum tell stories of being > pulled over just so the cop could check out their new C6. Do they like it? I think I would find it difficult to not yell YOU ASSHOLE at him if a cop wasted my time for something like that. Hey, whatever happened to jayb^H^H^H^Hnever mind. -- Cheers, Bev ------------------------------------------------------------------- "There is nothing wrong with it and I didn't do it and, my gosh, well I guess I just remembered I did...sort of...but it wasn't my fault...because my staff didn't tell me...and I was very busy meditating on the issues and besides I thought I was in Cleveland." -- Meg Greenfield |
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"Cory Dunkle" > wrote in message ... > "The Real Bev" > wrote in message > ... >> Cory Dunkle wrote: >> > >> > If the officer decides to be >> > friendly I will talk to him as a friend, such as when they have asked > about >> > my cars ('67 and '68 Galaxie's). >> >> Jesus, is it legal for cops to pull people over just to ask them personal >> questions? > > No, but I've gotten out of two speeding tickets for having a classic car > the > cops liked. At least that's my theory, being as how they cut me a break > and > asked about my car. Nice guys they were, very friendly. The one cop I > believe had a Camaro project (hethan! ). That happened to me when I had a '59 Cadillac Sedan d'ville, I got pulled over in Portland (OR) on I-5 he told me he clocked me at 80 in a 55, I told him my speedometer was bouncing back and forth, and that I had just gotten the car. He told me to "put my money into the car and not the county" and let me go after looking over the car. I figured it made some sense that highway patrol guys might be into cars, they spend all day looking at them.. Bernard |
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On Wed, 18 May 2005 19:55:38 -0700, Scott en Aztlán
> wrote: >On Wed, 18 May 2005 13:49:38 -0700, The Real Bev > wrote: > >>Cory Dunkle wrote: >>> >>> If the officer decides to be >>> friendly I will talk to him as a friend, such as when they have asked about >>> my cars ('67 and '68 Galaxie's). >> >>Jesus, is it legal for cops to pull people over just to ask them personal >>questions? > >It must be - people over on the Corvette forum tell stories of being >pulled over just so the cop could check out their new C6. I had a friend in high school who rolled his Toyota pickup with the lift job and oversized tires (imagine that!) - he said he was trying ot avoid a deer. He then bought an old (70-something) Corvette and mounted the body on the pickup's chassis. He said he got pulled over just so a cop could check it out. The only thing the cop told him was that he'd have to re-aim the headlights, but it was daytime when he was pulled over, so how could the cop know the headlights needed aiming? |
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