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What Are They Saying By: Jayson Nakasone Spy 409b/Fall 98/G10 |
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| Lane Fly | MrKablooey | Daniel J Stern | Drew Boils | michaels@thesolutioncenter.com |
| kingsnake | Mr. Fun | Rexven | OOOO | Alan J. Claffie |
Argh! On my way home today, I noticed an unmarked police
car right behind me (easy to spot in GA as they are
Ford Crown Vic's with the state flag front license
plate). He came up behind me at a stoplight, and I recognized
him immediately. I drove about 1/2 mile to my turn at
exactly 55, and the whole time the cop was <1 sec.
away from me. I made my right turn, and then an immediate
left onto the road I live off of, and the cop followed me. The
limit on this road is 35, so I tried to stay there, but
it's ridiculously slow for the road/conditions, so
I edged up to about 40. The cop is riding my rear
bumper and staring right at my mirror, even though I'm going OVER
the limit. Finally I just turned off at the first road
I saw, and he doesn't follow me. It seemed to me that
the cop was forcing speeders; if you're below his
comfort speed he tailgates you and if you're above it he tickets
you. What a guessing game. Was he just in a hurry or actively trolling
for victims? Has this happened to anyone else?
It seems like there is an abuse
of power from officers all over. I believe that this happens on a daily
basis to people around the world. It's a shame that such people have
the power to abuse and invade our rights. This happened to me on two occasions
and it's a stressful situation. Driving along on the brink of getting
a ticket and figuring out how to pay for it and the list goes on and on.
One was actually helpful because he did stop me because my registration
had expired on my aunt's car. He didn't give me a ticket, but helped
my aunt and I out on getting a ticket with the next officer.
That's a case where going 32-35 mph would have been a blast just to keep the arrogant asswipe fuming.
This person seems to be enraged with the actions of this officer. If the officer does tailgate for no reason but harassment, then this person has a right to me angry. I do agree with this man too. If the officer was tailgating the person and in a hurry, following the legal speed limit would turn the officer's harassment on himself. This could actually teach the officer to evaluate his morals and the oath he took as an officer.
I disagree. Speed limit =3D MAXIMUM
permissible speed. Accepting statutory minimum speeds
if any are applicable, special conditions may dictate
driving SLOWER than the posted limit--even ask a cop.
It sounds as though the cop in question was generating a special
condition
in which driving 18mph would have been arranted. Also coming to
COMPLETE stops at all stop signs and counting to 3 before proceeding
away
from the stop sign in a cautious and conservative manner...
--Daniel
This brings up a good point with the intentions of officers. Some people think the worst of officers and I'm one of them. I guess I was on the receiving end of harassment since I can remember. I also don't agree with a lot of laws that are made and enforced. Officers can force people to walk into what they want. If they follow close and make a visual statement that they're following, the driver will be cautious not to break any moving violations. They even have the power to tag people who drive too slow. Now some states are passing a subjective law about ticketing things that seem aggressive.
That's a case where going 32-35 mph would have been
a blast just to keep the arrogant asswipe fuming.
No, because if you are going under the speed limit,
you are suddenly guilty of "weaving." I do
like to play the exact-speed game, though. Say you're going from a 55
zone
to a 45 zone, as soon as you hit that 45 sign, mash the brakes.
By
the way, police are allowed to tailgate. Crown Victorias with those
super high-performance tires they have on there (note
the sarcasm) allow
them to stop shorter than
any other car on the road. The same goes for the
handling
superiority. That is why cops can choose a speed at which they
wish to drive.
Drew Boyles
The sarcasm of this person is justified by the discrimination many citizens face. We pay the officer's salary and they have more privileges than the everyday citizen. I guess that the station feeds the public their reasons why they can drive the way they do, even though they are breaking laws. If in pursuit or emergency, fine. But, not because they're late for dinner. I don't believe they deserve the recognition of public servants when so much people are wronged each day.
Don't forget all the in depth training they do to learn
how to drive these
superior handling/stopping machines! I have seen/known
cops with about as
much driving knowledge/skill as a teenager just getting
his/her license.
There was a police woman about a year ago in my state
that had never driven a
large car, but within a month or so on the force she
was in a *hot pursuit*,
high speed chase. Needless to say she lost control of
her car (I think it was
on a turn) and totalled it.
This person is also angry at the law enforcement. He is filled with sarcasm and will only say negative things about officers. It is true that officers aren't trained properly in the things they do with cars. I can only imagine where the state finds the money to repair all their vehicles they treat like bumper cars. So in the end, they taxpayer pays for the cops, their damage to property, the crooks they catch, and their time in prison. America the beautiful.
On Wed, 16 Sep 1998 22:31:28 -0500, "Drew Boyles"
<abb6@ra.msstate.edu> wrote: >By
the way, police are allowed to tailgate. Yep.
Cops are allowed to do just about anything they damn well
please.
Just ask Rodney King. (Los Angeles, 1992)
This person gives another example of law enforcement abusing their power. I also get angry when I see them taking advantage of their position. He is obviously furious like many others who have been harassed and fed the lies to the public justifying their reasons for their reckless driving.
The state police used to do this all the time out here. They don't seem to do it as much lately. I think it's related to their IQ. The dumber they are the more likely they are to use such shithead tactics.
I can say that this person is fed up with the officers in his city. He only uses harsh negatives that describe his position with the law. I agree that officers are morally wrong to use tactics to issue tickets for whatever reason. Some say that they have to make a quota, some say the more tickets given out, the more funding their department gets from the state. It's funny that he uses their IQ level as a derogatory remark because it doesn't take a brain to be an officer. Most officers I know choose that way because they couldn't handle college. Whatever the rumors, everyone knows that it's fairly easy to become an officer.
Hit the brakes, scream that you thought you saw a kid running out into the road (you did say residential area) and then collect from a serious lawsuit for your immense pain and suffering due to the officers ineptitude. States have deep pockets. :) Btw, I hate lawyers!.. I just hate power-tripping pinpricks even more..
This person seems like a cunning fellow who knows how to make the law work for him. This person is also filled with anger and irritation when hearing abusive cops. There is nothing to do, if you can actually accuse the officer, none of his colleagues will be against him. I think they call it the blue wall or something on that line. It hints wrong when states to set up funds for compensation of wrong doings on the officers part. Why else would they need such funding for compensation if it were not frequent events going on.
He wasn't in a hurry obviously. Otherwise he would have turned on his flashers and went on his merry way. He was trolling for speeders. Brake test him, and sue his sorry ass for your pain and suffering, like other posters have said.
I agree that the officer was not in a hurry or he would have turned on his blue lights and went on his way. I don't see any reason for the officer to tailgate someone if they are not breaking any laws. Why not stay in a highly speed prone area and tag them as they come instead of harassing someone and maybe missing the real law breakers. The writer also is fed up or irritated with the law enforcement that obviously harass people.
Whenever a policeman (or suspected policeman (serves em right for buying Crown Vics)) gets behind me it's "Bore The Cop" time. 5 MPH under the posted limit oughta give the good officer some indication that I'm a safe and sane driver just going about my business. One night on a 3 hour trip coming home from Thompson speedway I had the same Mass. State trooper wind up behind me on three separate occasions. I'd slow down, he'd tailgate for a while but I wouldn't speed up for him. Passing lanes came up and he blew my doors off, was quickly out of sight, and I was back to my typical speed (not that I drive fast, but I do go over the limit). If the cop gets aggrivated at me for my obeying the law, well, that's his problem. As long as I'm not doing anything ticketable (weaving, trying to defend passing maneuvers, etc.), he has no choice but to wait for a passing lane (or not in some cases) and then he's off on his merry way and my near-perfect driving record is still intact.
I do wonder why officers do what they do. When caught behind you they get angry and show road rage with his aggressive passing. How can anybody win. If we go to slow we become the victim of a dangerous act by a public servant, and if we speed, we get punished with a ticket and a raise in insurance. Somehow I know what this person is talking about when the trooper followed him in three separate occasions. I had an officer follow me and then turn down a street and I would turn down another street. Somehow, he met up with me again and followed me to my house as I turned into my driveway. Do you think if someone did the same thing to an officer, he could get away with it?
