Jeff C
Well-Known Member
No crying or complaining about the ticket, I was speeding, 72 in a 55 (he said he clocked me at 82 but it only registered 72) but my speedometer was never above 70 (cruise control, going down a hill). When the officer walked up, he said "The reason I pulled you over today is to give you a ticket for speeding. License and insurance please." (registration is on the temp tag which i have no doubt he ran to check)
He never asked me if I knew why he pulled me over, and I was nothing but polite, yes sir, no sir, etc. And he was a jerk telling me how dangerous my driving was and how people like me kill innocent drivers every day (there were 4 other cars, 2 ahead of me, 2 behind me, he cut off 2 other speeding cars to pull me over) Didn't say a word about my tint, exhaust, clear corners, or stereo. Went to his car, came back with a ticket AND he gave me a photocopy of the list of fines (is this normal?) which says to me that all it's for is money. He said "here's a copy of the fine amounts so you know how much you'll have to pay" and laughed.
Yeah, I'm mad about the ticket, but $100, big deal. I'm more mad about the countless other drivers I observed today on my drive back from my parents house: one guy cut me off on the high way (I was doing 60, he turned into the far lane of traffic on a red light from a side road and caused me to engage my ABS, horn, and middle finger). On the same stretch of road about 10min later 4 Hispanics on dirt bikes were riding 4 across the highway, slowing to 30mph, then speeding off, then slowing, then speeding off. After I sat on the horn and revved the engine, they moved over into the right lane. All 4 starred me down as we passed, and one swerved his bike towards my truck (I didn't swerve b/c frankly I wasn't concerned about my 4200lb truck against his 200lb dirt bike). I called the highway patrol and they told me all units were busy at the moment, though I passed one about 5min later sitting on the side of the road with his radar out.
It's just frustrating that the people who are supposed to protect us are more concerned about making money than they are about actual protection. Rant over...
He never asked me if I knew why he pulled me over, and I was nothing but polite, yes sir, no sir, etc. And he was a jerk telling me how dangerous my driving was and how people like me kill innocent drivers every day (there were 4 other cars, 2 ahead of me, 2 behind me, he cut off 2 other speeding cars to pull me over) Didn't say a word about my tint, exhaust, clear corners, or stereo. Went to his car, came back with a ticket AND he gave me a photocopy of the list of fines (is this normal?) which says to me that all it's for is money. He said "here's a copy of the fine amounts so you know how much you'll have to pay" and laughed.
Yeah, I'm mad about the ticket, but $100, big deal. I'm more mad about the countless other drivers I observed today on my drive back from my parents house: one guy cut me off on the high way (I was doing 60, he turned into the far lane of traffic on a red light from a side road and caused me to engage my ABS, horn, and middle finger). On the same stretch of road about 10min later 4 Hispanics on dirt bikes were riding 4 across the highway, slowing to 30mph, then speeding off, then slowing, then speeding off. After I sat on the horn and revved the engine, they moved over into the right lane. All 4 starred me down as we passed, and one swerved his bike towards my truck (I didn't swerve b/c frankly I wasn't concerned about my 4200lb truck against his 200lb dirt bike). I called the highway patrol and they told me all units were busy at the moment, though I passed one about 5min later sitting on the side of the road with his radar out.
It's just frustrating that the people who are supposed to protect us are more concerned about making money than they are about actual protection. Rant over...
