I am from Boston/Beantown/BloodyBean....or whatever you want to call it. We have a number of issues with police and profiling. Profiling especially while driving something nice. Well this post is share some of the stories of being pulled over (for instance I got pulled over one time for doing 80 in a 35 and got a warning because I was listening to some old school Luther Vandross) So share a story with board.....

 

the cop was a Lutha fan? Small talk can disarm them sometimes, or just playing dumb so they feel sorry for ya. Good ol Acting 101

 

municipal police are just bored. I don't really worry about them. I'm not sayin i'm teflon or anythin but knock on wood. i've yet to get anything higher than a writtin warning. I guess havin a badge helps. lol

 

its those tools on the side of the highway that **** me off.... around where i live, even if you get pulled over for speeding, two or three cars pull up...its pretty much harrasment.... Krispie Kremes lights clearly not on yet!!!!

 

I voted city cops....if you all ever visit Fairfax (aka the republic/ nazzi-ville), VA you will know what I mean. lol

 

I live in Sarasota Florida and the police seem to be pretty cool, but the state troopers are usually pretty **** about things. They will usually try to pull you over for anything. My friend got pulled over the other day for doing 78 in a 70. The in city police though usually if you just apologize to them they will let you go unless you were like pulling some 20 over mcguiver.

 

troopers

 

i got pulle dover from a under cover cop in a dodge charger with a hemi....for doing 95+ in a 40 mph zone and i had to wait for him to catch up...lol..if i didnt have to drive that road all night for work i owuld have kept going..but at the end of him horasing me for my tint crack in windshield etc... he said he would mail me my tiket instead i got a huge letter with my drivers record and a warning =0) so f ing luck trooper

 

I voted Troopers

It's the highway that's most tempting to speed on, and it's then that you have to watch out for the troopers just sitting on the side of the road..

Then again, even when you go through the "Fast Lane" toll booths you need to check your speed. I got bagged going 55 mph through the "Fast Lane" at the Brighton/Boston tolls headed into Boston. The trooper was parked off to the side just up ahead of the tolls, and had his door ajar, just waiting for someone to speed through the automated toll booth. He got me - $250 ticket and 2 points. Dammit!

 

small town cops suck, theres a town near my house called Ashroken, the speedlimit there is 30 but if you do anything over 28 you will get pulled over.

 

I drove one of the nicest 280Zs on the planet. One
evening I was headed home northbound on I-5 when
this black lady was on my bumper (she was that close) Every time I changed a lane she was still stuck to my a*s. So I shifted back two gears and took it to 90 mph. Within 5 seconds I had a CHP
officer pulling me over. I explained what was going
on and just wanted to lose the driver stuck to my
tail.....he checked my Z out and said "damn nice Z"
and have a nice day. So you see, it pays to take
care of your "Stuff."

 

First off, I'm in Cali. Most traffic cops suck, the younger they are the more they suck. The veterans are fairly straight foward...pull you over and either gonna give you a ticket or let you go. Some of the younger ones are looking to make a name for themselves, looking to give more than a ticket. This is my experience while doing ride alongs (in the front seat!!) with several agencies over the past few years. I don't think it matters if they are CHP or local though the CHP has to pass a more stringent physical & mental exam. Usually if they dix off duty they're even bigger dix when on duty.

Edit...it also makes a huge difference if the agency has told the troops to STRICTLY enforce particular vehicle codes, ie. pull over all work trucks (contractor) after 8pm because they "may be" driving under the influence.

 

I've had quite a few unfair and downright horrible experiences with cops but I have met a couple of cool ones too.

I wouldn't say one agency is better or worst than the other, I would think it depends on each cop. Some are power tripping a55holes and some are fair. You might get one in a bad mood taking it out on you or you might get one that actually sees you as a human being. I mean any job that you have to wear a bulletproof vest too everyday is pretty stressful in my book.

It just sucks when they treat you like a criminal or with disrespect for something minor when there are bigger fish to fry. I guess it would have something to do with revenue for the city, county and state. Could you imagine the revenue from fines alone?