Well, for the first time in 15 years of driving I got pulled over for speeding.
The officer walked up to my window and asked for my license. Then he sees the radar detector and says, "Your laser detector works pretty good." I said sir? He says, "Your laser detector works pretty good. As soon as I put the laser on you you slowed down." I looked at him and said, "I didn't realize I was speeding sir." He says, "Yes you were. That's why I stopped you. 58 in a 45."
Firstly, let's pause this story and rewind some. There's a small zone were I live that's 45 mph. It's a speed trap because it only lasts literally 15 seconds. So they did away with the 45 and made it 55. Well, now its 45 again. No biggie. But when he says he clocked me, I was driving behind a convoy of street sweepers going 40 mph. Although I was and am confident I wasn't speeding, I respect the badge and what it represents. Which means to me, if he says i was then I was and that's that.
So anyway, he runs my license, comes back and says "So that's not a laser detector?" I said yes it is, but I wasnt even looking at it because I didn't realize I was speeding. So he gave me my license back and told me to watch my speed. I said thank you amd apologized for his time, and that was it. No paperwork at all which I found odd.
Anyway, thought I would share so maybe at least some LEOs on here will realize that there are still those of us out there who appreciate what you do and respect it, even if we don't necessarily agree with some decisions. Overall, I thought he was courteous about the whole thing, and I showed him respect right back.
