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Originally Posted by Banshee
Any officer planting himself within a half mile to a mile of a decreased speed transition zone in order to effectuate a stop and generate a ticket is a dick.
Some police officers take sh*t too far.
And those do not use a beautiful tool bequeathed upon them called DISCRETION. The law IS the law BUT the law (officer) can be discretionary taking in all sorts of factors. Those that do not budge or use the discretion tool are an embarrasment to the badge. Unless that is you are driving like an ass or are a total dick. If you give me every excuse in the book, my BS meter lights up. If you give me the "car doesn't work" chin music, I say get it checked out. If you are a complete dick, and I was cool to you? You better be ready for the cracked windshield, one armed driving, dog in your lap, tail light out and one for the 38 air fresheners, graduation tassle and the Mardi Gras beads hanging from your rear view mirror ticket.
We are no better or different than any other law abiding citizen out there. We should treat everyone that way. The good ones who speed 10 over on the way to work do not write for that infraction, thats hypocracy if they do. Thats why my limit is 20 over. I go with the flow of traffic which usually is 10 over on the E way.
You have to be a complete nutjob (no offense PQ) to get a ticket from an otherwise cool cop. If you are not a nutjob, the cop must be the problem. As I said, too many think they are God. So PQ, he must have run SCMODS and seen your record.
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I couldn't agree more! And in my business law class, my teacher stressed that, a law isn't a law unless its enforced! He said he never saw a ticket come in that was under 7 over in my town. And the one that pulled me over in the change, was literally a block away from the sign, AND was hiding behind the parking and transportation building for my school. College town cops, hate college kids, and especially those from the 'city' (Chicago). My RA freshman year is going to be one of the cops I HATE! He was extremely strict, and didn't hardly let anything slide unless he liked you! Luckily he liked me! And I am always polite to cops, saying 'yes sir', 'yes officer' etc. NEVER talk back! But being in Chicago, I can do whatever speed I want, because cops hardly pull people over for speeding, kinda what you said that lady told you 'they have better things to do'. Although they have set up speed traps by my house. Border of IN and IL, they sit there as people have been in IL for a little over a mile, and nail people, but I have gone past them at 10 over and they haven't jumped out. So they probably have your philosophy, driving crazy along with the speed, or just ridiculously excessive speed.