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Fangs wrote:. As in, they turned off their sirens and then pulled into Subway and ate afterward, in case anyone was going to ask, "How do you know there wasn't an emergency?"

Even in an emergency going 70 mph in 30 mph is a little excessive to me and swerving between cars.

Blinkers, I never see those get used either.

ericlw wrote:
and cops never drive dangerously?

I have seen this quite often and it ticks me off...

handog wrote:

shortysboy09 wrote:So, what if I may get stopped for something small? I am just grateful the officer is doing his job by checking to make sure I'm not a bad person. I may be 5 or 10 minutes later to my destination, but that's why I always get out of the house 10 minutes earlier than I could have.

So if you were to get a $325.00 ticket for doing 72 in a 70 MPH zone you would be grateful?

There is a red headed child in the room no one here wants to talk about. Do they talk about traffic ticket revenue at the citizens police academy?

There's guidelines for ticket amounts...

I don't think the ticket for 2 over is 325.00.

If the officer decides he needs to give me a ticket for 2 mph over the limit after I have been courteous and cooperative then so be it. Yea, I may think it's pretty petty and I'm sure a lot of people will agree. When I get to court with it I will voice my opinion that I think the officer was maybe having a bad day and I think he was nit-picking. If the judge agrees and dismisses it then great, if the judge doesn't I will pay it and go on with life.

I like to watch those shows that come on Tru Tv showing various police officer stops via their dash cams. Most of those stops start with a simple speeding and turn into finding stolen property, drugs, multiple warrants, drunk drivers. I appreciate the officers being proactive and stopping people for the small things. Whatever their motive may be, they might just get one more bad apple off the streets, every criminal they take off our streets just makes it that much safer for the good citizens.

So, what if I may get stopped for something small? I am just grateful the officer is doing his job by checking to make sure I'm not a bad person. I may be 5 or 10 minutes later to my destination, but that's why I always get out of the house 10 minutes earlier than I could have.

I just don't see an infringement on anybodies rights here. Maybe it was a inconvenient hold-up... But, to me, the officer was simply doing what he is out there for.

It was my impression that you can be stopped for 1 MPH over. Even though that would hardly ever if any happen it's still within the officers rights to do that. Correct?