My reaction would have been different:Katygunnut wrote:Your probably right. I was trying to be cooperative and polite, as that has helped me avoid tickets in the past. This time, I was really caught off guard and was also a bit concerned because I wasn't sure why he pulled me over. Plus it was the first time I had ever been pulled over when I had a loaded gun in the car.lkd wrote:Me: "That would be none of your business, officer. Can you please tell me why I was pulled over?"Officer: "Where are you coming from?", then "What were you doing in Dallas?"
Also, to answer the other question, he looked young to me, but I'm a terrible estimator of age. My best guess would be 25-27.
I'm perfectly willing to give short answers as long as I don't feel like I'm being grilled. The cop is just trying to do his job. But if it is obvious that I am being grilled, then my answer is:Officer: "Where are you coming from?", then "What were you doing in Dallas?"
Me: "Dallas, on business. Can you please tell me why I was pulled over?"
Most speedometers are fractionally optimistic. 65 mph on the speedo might only be 62 mph on radar. I happen to know from comparing the displayed speed on my speedo to the displayed speed on my GPS that 65 mph on the speedo is exactly that on the GPS. But that is because I have slightly oversized tires on my car compared to the original equipment tires. The OEM tires caused an optimistic speedo reading.Officer: "Where are you coming from?", then "What were you doing in Dallas?"
Me: "Do I need an attorney now?"
But the difference between me and the OP is that, even if I knew my speedo was 2 or 3 mph optimistic, I would still set the cruise control to 65 - not 67.