Stickers and Getting Pulled Over

itr1275 said:
I did get pulled over last year. It was after a metering light. I was in the commute lane and no one was in front of me, the light turned green while I was moving and I went - No stop it was green.

There was a CHP stopped in the other lane and had a red light. He just saw me go through his red light.

He pulled me over. I was polite, appreciative and respectful. He didn't write me a ticket and told me to "always stop" at the metering light. "Thank you, I appreciate your time and concern."

BTW he never even asked me for my insurance card.

I talked to a judge friend of mine and he said, if any of your wheels are over the line while the light is green your good. So even though I would have theoretically been correct and the ticket shouldn't hold up, it's still my word against his and it would have stuck. Being right and paying a ticket are two different things.

By being a compassionate human being (as opposed to an idiot) I didn't' get the the ticket and saved me a bunch of hassle.

One of the reasons I now have a dash cam.
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A little courtesy goes a long way; I've had a few tickets in my life avoided simply by saying 'yes sir' and 'no sir'.

Perfect reason for a dash cam! Also, get one with front & rear dual recording if you can, not necessarily one for interior recording but one pointing out capturing what going on behind the vehicle.
 
Brick Sprickly said:
Rich doesn't get his way so resorts to insulting veterans and engaging in 8 year old poop talk.

Par for the course.
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He didn't insult "veterans", he insulted you. The fact you are a veteran seemed to have little to do with anything. jussayin
Carry on:popcorn:
 
Ogre75 said:
He didn't insult "veterans", he insulted you. The fact you are a veteran seemed to have little to do with anything. jussayin
Carry on:popcorn:
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It has everything to do with me being a veteran when he's making wild accusations that I must be an America hating liberal because I don't agree with him posting fake articles on a fairly regular basis. This also isn't the first time this accusation has been levied.

I mean I get it, some people feel the need to shoot others down because they feel insecure about their own shortcomings, be it word knowledge, interpersonal communication or critical thinking. It's juvenile but I get it.
 
HAHA Hard Times is The Onion for Crustdads and claimed another victim. I had forgotten all about them - will have to check em out again.

I have always driven crazy old cars, many of which have been fairly offensively decorated. Myself too. I never got pulled over more than my share and always drove away uncuffed (but not always unticketed).

Nowadays, pull over safely and:

1. Stop the motor and STAY IN THE VEHICLE!!
2. Roll down all windows!
3. If it's night, turn on cabin lights!
4. Keep your F@#$% hands in the LEO's view! 10 and 2 is good!
5. When reaching for any requested documents, describe where you are going to reach and do it in a slow, measured manner!
6 Have your sh1t in order and don't be drinking, FOO!
7. Have all the stickers you want - you're not hiding anything, right?
8. Enjoy the rest of your day.
 
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Brick Sprickly said:
It has everything to do with me being a veteran when he's making wild accusations that I must be an America hating liberal because I don't agree with him posting fake articles on a fairly regular basis. This also isn't the first time this accusation has been levied.

I mean I get it, some people feel the need to shoot others down because they feel insecure about their own shortcomings, be it word knowledge, interpersonal communication or critical thinking. It's juvenile but I get it.
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Brick calm down. Just bust'n balls.
No need to control all the communications en'shit.
I could quote Charlie the Tuna and probably no one here would care.
 
RichinRidgewood said:
It was a play on words.

Why is it English majors always think they are the only ones who know what the definitions of words are?
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Ha Ha, not even close an English major - Engineering. Spelling is optional in that field math is required.

As you can see by your post sarcasm doesn't show in text.

Perhaps a well place emoji with tounge out would help. Oh wait we have a thousand emoji's but none of the standards. ;p

See more sarcasm.
 
It's experiences like these that are part of the reason for calls to defund the police.

IMO, police should operate like the fire department and only respond when called by community resource officers (similar to Alaskan villages where general law enforcement power is held by the community).

With this in mind, motor vehicle infractions should only be policed by State DMV representatives without arresting/search powers.
 
Brick Sprickly said:
It has everything to do with me being a veteran when he's making wild accusations that I must be an America hating liberal because I don't agree with him posting fake articles on a fairly regular basis. This also isn't the first time this accusation has been levied.

I mean I get it, some people feel the need to shoot others down because they feel insecure about their own shortcomings, be it word knowledge, interpersonal communication or critical thinking. It's juvenile but I get it.
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Well, if your veterans status has anything to do with you guys back and forth, I didn't see it in this thread. You seem to be the only one that brings it up.
 
el_kab0ng said:
It's experiences like these that are part of the reason for calls to defund the police.

IMO, police should operate like the fire department and only respond when called by community resource officers (similar to Alaskan villages where general law enforcement power is held by the community).

With this in mind, motor vehicle infractions should only be policed by State DMV representatives without arresting/search powers.
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There are small homogeneous towns that do have reactive police only. They are mostly small semi-rural or rural communities where the town is run by the people. Not a city.

Defunding police will result in more technology. But cameras and technology record crime and are evidence to a crime, where police presence deters crime. If you live in a city, you need feet on the street to deter crime otherwise people do what ever they want.

I live in San Jose CA with a population of 1M+. We have nearly 2x the people killed by vehicle than homicides. The reason being is they accidentally defended the SJPD a few years back. The mayor whacked the pension and they had a drain of talent. They have never caught up and may never catch up. As a result there is virtually zero traffic enforcement. It's street races every night and a tragedy when another teenager dies. The homicides are not random, usually domestic violence or drugs/gangs. But almost 1/2 the vehicle deaths are pedestrians and that's random.

BTW having lived in small towns, if the cops have a problem with you, they use all this stuff to harass you. Apparently being a teenager in a small town was a crime which I can attest to with two jaywalking tickets. The first one when I was 12 years old. A friend got arrested for riding a skateboard - Seriously. OK he is black too which didn't help. He was smart enough to keep his mouth shut and not get beaten, because it was common back then.

Larger cities do the same thing and use as an excuse to do a "dirtbag check" when some one does something stupid. The difference is they aren't interested in writing a ticket or arresting anyone. Just seeing what's going on. So your better off in the city.
 
Ogre75 said:
Well, if your veterans status has anything to do with you guys back and forth, I didn't see it in this thread. You seem to be the only one that brings it up.
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Yes, that's why I said before it had been a repeated occurence. He attempted a personal attack as as means to discredit my statements; I am critical of the administration, therefore I must be a 'liberal' or 'hate America'. That, right there, is an attack on military service. That's the point I was making.
 
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Brick Sprickly said:
Yes, that's why I said before it had been a repeated occurence. He attempted a personal attack as as means to discredit my statements; I am critical of the administration, therefore I must be a 'liberal' or 'hate America'. That, right there, is an attack on military service. That's the point I was making.
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"I am critical of the administration, therefore I must be a 'liberal' or 'hate America'. That, right there, is an attack on military service. That's the point I was making"
No. That is not an "attack on military service". Political disagreement is not an attack on anyones military service.
Maybe I've missed you twos comments in your beef, but so far the only thing I have seen is a back and forth over nonsense with your final fallback as if someone makes you butthurt, for some reason, it is an attack on your service. Being former military does not shield you from disagreement or prohibit offending your sensibilities.:deadhorse:
 
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