So i'm making a u-turn on a major street (newport blvd for you socal guys) and I see a cop behind me. I can tell he's checking my plates as I pull into the starbucks parking lot to go study. So I thought for sure he was going to "whoop-whoop" once to get me to pull over. He stalls and as I try and park he's sitting behind me looking. I kept looking at him in my rear view mirror, just long enough to scrape the under side and over the front edge of my front bumper on the curb ahead of me. I was so mad...then he just drove off. Maybe he just liked the G...

 

Newport Blvd is notorious for cops and checkpoints.
He probably thought you were under the influence as many are coming from all the bars by the beach.

 

Ya that sux, good luck with that...and ya newport cops are usually everywhere

 

So no ticket and no questions but it was the worst luck?

 

LOL, luck had NOTHING to do with this

The worst luck would be if you and your car fit the description of a murder suspect and they think you are running from them, they do the PIT maneuver on you, then you get ejected from the car. That, my friend, would be the "worst luck."

 

yeah I live on the peninsula in newport and its the worst place to drive. checkpoints, hidden cops, radar everything. the "worst luck" part of it was f'n up my bumper. I knew I was in the clear so...

 

Boo to that

 

It's only the underside. Touchup paint and it'll be fine.

 

very creative thinking

 

I was going to keep going with it and say that you fly through the air and land on a puppy just given to a handicapped child, child freaks out and runs into the street only to get taken out by the cop car. Yes, in front of his mother, who is frail and wanted only to live to see that puppy give the child so much happiness.

But I refrained!

 

How did the handicapped child run into the street?

 

^^ what

 

I think he meant it was the puppy that was disabled.

 

No, the child. The puppy was fine until the body landed on it. The child hobbled into the street and fell before the passing police vehicle.

Guys, this is a joke. In bad taste, yes, but don't flame. I am just trying to reassure this guy that what happened to his car, in effect, is nothing!

 

The cop left because he saw you scraped your front bumper in the parking lot. At the time, he might think "Hmm...that's sad enough for that guy".

Luckily, you didn't get ticket for U-turn. Normally, you would get one by now.

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