wow! this is better than TV! I don't agree with mrinflux on the dark alley situation but I do think the traffic part of a cops job gets out of hand and we get screwed. Every day a drive to work or anywhere i feel like I'm taking a gamble weather i'm in a car or on my bike. It's like the fear itself is dangerous!!
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I just got screwed by the police
- Thread starter Ethelbert
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Bummer about the ticket, Desmo. I can totally relate though.
I recently got a ticket for doing 75 in a 55, in an area where the speed limit changed from 65 to 55. It's partly my own fault as I wasn't paying attention to the road signage, and I was in a hurry to meet up with some friends.
What really pissed me off was getting written up for the full amount, even with a clean record since I've been in Georgia (3.5 years) and the fact that I'm 37. I wasn't expecting to get just a warning, but I was certainly hoping that he'd write me up for less than 75 in a 55. The best part was the free lecture regarding the number of sportbikers that died last year in the county directly to the north. If I were a little dumber, I might have asked him what special talent he had that allowed him to correlate traveling 75 in a 55 on a divided highway with the sort of behavior that got those 7 riders killed on mountain roads last year. At least half of the car traffic on that expressway routinely does 80 or better whether the limit is posted at 55 or 65 (it varies the entire stretch of 40 or so miles).
But I bit my tongue and just studied the ticket for long enough for him to ask me if there was a problem. "I'm just touched that a dickhead like you really cares about my safety." Well, that's what I was thinking at that very moment. "No, sir. Just making sure I understand this ticket."
Anyway, I've paid my fine and moved on. But I also got a laser jammer because you have to protect yourself from opportunistic tax collectors posing as agents of public safety.
I recently got a ticket for doing 75 in a 55, in an area where the speed limit changed from 65 to 55. It's partly my own fault as I wasn't paying attention to the road signage, and I was in a hurry to meet up with some friends.
What really pissed me off was getting written up for the full amount, even with a clean record since I've been in Georgia (3.5 years) and the fact that I'm 37. I wasn't expecting to get just a warning, but I was certainly hoping that he'd write me up for less than 75 in a 55. The best part was the free lecture regarding the number of sportbikers that died last year in the county directly to the north. If I were a little dumber, I might have asked him what special talent he had that allowed him to correlate traveling 75 in a 55 on a divided highway with the sort of behavior that got those 7 riders killed on mountain roads last year. At least half of the car traffic on that expressway routinely does 80 or better whether the limit is posted at 55 or 65 (it varies the entire stretch of 40 or so miles).
But I bit my tongue and just studied the ticket for long enough for him to ask me if there was a problem. "I'm just touched that a dickhead like you really cares about my safety." Well, that's what I was thinking at that very moment. "No, sir. Just making sure I understand this ticket."
Anyway, I've paid my fine and moved on. But I also got a laser jammer because you have to protect yourself from opportunistic tax collectors posing as agents of public safety.
mrinflux said:Mike,
I took the libery of correcting some of your spelling/gramatical errors in order to make the thread easier to follow. I mean no offense.
"Libery"? If you meant no offense you wouldn't have meantioned it. Sorry, I didn't realise we were in english class.
Anyways, I didn't come to this forum to argue with closed minded people that are set in their ways. Agree to disagree. So let's all talk about our common interests: Ducatis.
cherrypepsi17
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That is a fine suggestion. This discussion has gone off into the weeds....
Masokabaso
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Around VA area, there is actually a task force to aim at sportbike riders. There are a lot of stupid kids out there doing wheelies and such. So they figure my duc looks like a sportbike and they assume that I am one of them.
With my previous Duc, I got pulled over serveral time just because it was a sportbike. I had a guy in a M3 speed pass me. I was going like 60-65 in 55 mph zone. A state trooper was going after him then he saw me while he was chasing him and decided to pull me over. I am not bashing all police officers. My neighbor is in the K-9 unit and he is great! but there are so many bad apples that leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
With my previous Duc, I got pulled over serveral time just because it was a sportbike. I had a guy in a M3 speed pass me. I was going like 60-65 in 55 mph zone. A state trooper was going after him then he saw me while he was chasing him and decided to pull me over. I am not bashing all police officers. My neighbor is in the K-9 unit and he is great! but there are so many bad apples that leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Gothic rose
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Mike,
Query: In the "several times" you were pulled over on your duc, did you ever once get a ticket, or did you unethically, (and arguably, illegally), take advantage of that "professional courtesy", (your term), you police extend to each other? You don't have to answer that; it's a rehetorical question. We already know the answer. And in any case, your silence on this question speaks volumes.
Stating a thing as it is, simply and clearly, without ambivalence or ambiguity, makes me honest and forthright, not closed-minded. Do I think every cop is a "bad cop"? Of course not. But the exception proves the rule. It is what it is.
Elton
Query: In the "several times" you were pulled over on your duc, did you ever once get a ticket, or did you unethically, (and arguably, illegally), take advantage of that "professional courtesy", (your term), you police extend to each other? You don't have to answer that; it's a rehetorical question. We already know the answer. And in any case, your silence on this question speaks volumes.
Stating a thing as it is, simply and clearly, without ambivalence or ambiguity, makes me honest and forthright, not closed-minded. Do I think every cop is a "bad cop"? Of course not. But the exception proves the rule. It is what it is.
Elton
shakiliah.lt15
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Dude, you are a piece of work. As if law enforcement invented, or has any exclusive lock on, the use of professional courtesy. And this coming from a lawyer! Pot. Kettle. Black.
Oh, and as regards your "honest and forthright" nature, that obviously doesn't extend to your discussion here, does it? Your intention is clearly to inflame and annoy, while getting at the truth is merely window dressing while you have your fun poking DucMike with a sharp stick (i.e., attacking the badge and gun, both symbols of police authority; repeated use of dead-language legalese -- suggestive of your vast intellectual powers, no doubt -- when a simple, "The thing speaks for itself" would do more to further the debate if that were truly the intention; claiming all cops are hypocrites, then recanting in your most recent post).
Just come out and say that you categorically do not like cops, and will argue with one for the sake of doing so. That would be honest and forthright.
Well, you deserve a little credit for the 'we live in a police state' comment though. At least that seems consistent with what you really think.
Oh, and as regards your "honest and forthright" nature, that obviously doesn't extend to your discussion here, does it? Your intention is clearly to inflame and annoy, while getting at the truth is merely window dressing while you have your fun poking DucMike with a sharp stick (i.e., attacking the badge and gun, both symbols of police authority; repeated use of dead-language legalese -- suggestive of your vast intellectual powers, no doubt -- when a simple, "The thing speaks for itself" would do more to further the debate if that were truly the intention; claiming all cops are hypocrites, then recanting in your most recent post).
Just come out and say that you categorically do not like cops, and will argue with one for the sake of doing so. That would be honest and forthright.
Well, you deserve a little credit for the 'we live in a police state' comment though. At least that seems consistent with what you really think.
Evilted,
You're right when you point out that many professions extend professional courtesy to their own. The difference being though, when a doctor or lawyer cuts one of his own a break, he's being courteous, and when a police officer turns a blind eye to crime committed by his brother officer in the name of "professional courtesy," he's being a criminal.
Elton
You're right when you point out that many professions extend professional courtesy to their own. The difference being though, when a doctor or lawyer cuts one of his own a break, he's being courteous, and when a police officer turns a blind eye to crime committed by his brother officer in the name of "professional courtesy," he's being a criminal.
Elton
misterdude123
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Funny, I was followed by an unmarked car for 8-10 miles last night on my way home from work. I noticed him on the highway because he was driving erratically then pulled behind me. He followed me off the highway, through the neighborhood, pass the country club all the way to a Bank. I guess that cop didn
lilchikka2005
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Sorry, I could not resist this last stab (promise). Look who's giving the ethics lessons- a criminal defense lawyer. I could assume that you