No kidding... the only time I speed is late at night now, and I've literally spent hours studying what a Crown Vic looks like at night, just to keep my ass safe. I guess it's a blessing in disguise we've got a cop open about what he does on IA....Originally Posted by AltimaCharlie
If it means shit to you guys, I appreciate what you do. Though I wish you'd lighten up on the "responsible" street racers.
If that makes any sense.
Hell you may very well be the cop who arrested me recently...
edit: oh and my buddy just won a "reckless driving" (getting sideways in the rain) charge against you guys in Doraville, but he told me he was pulled over by a Marauder.
edit 2: since I never have the opportunity to "talk peer to peer" to an officer of the law I figured I'd mention this.
"Anyway I dont expect 88GTU to like me or other officers, just be polite and odds are you might get a break. Actually I dont expect to be liked by anyone for that matter."
You said that in the other forum, yet I am one of the most polite people you will meet in a traffic stop. I go out of my way to be nice and respectful to police officers even when my friends can press their buttons and some how get away with it. I was arrested last may because I accelerated to 79 in a 45 and jumped on the brakes before realizes the two motorcycle cops were there. My clutch and flywheel where brand new and installed by myself and a friend, I was literally testing them for the first time because I had to get on the highway later that day. The officer pulled me over and placed me under arrest (at the entrance of my neighborhood.) the second I stepped out of the vehicle. Call it immature or what you want, but I desperately wanted to kick his Harley off the curb and into oncoming traffic. I even got scolded for slamming my handcuffs against a brick wall before the cruiser came to get me. You may think that "being polite" helps, but I can tell that in my experiences it's bullshit. It doesn't matter how polite, honest or truthful you are, it has everything to do with the mood the officer is in and what kind of day he's been having.
"I'm taking this one in! You're my first arrest of the day."
that's great... I found out later that day, that a guy from my high school (I actually thought he was a friend of mine) who wanted to sell some weed to my brother (not knowing he was my brother) decided to pull a knife on him, a few minutes from where the cops were shooting radar again three days after my own arrest. How Ironic.
You can be as polite as you want, but sometimes you have to be thankful for "officers discretion."