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Wildbill, that was some funny stuff!

Jumping Frog wrote:Regardless of whether the stop is based on reasonable suspicion, probable cause, or "driving while <insert any reason here>", I'll also point out that one doesn't argue the legal reason for the stop with a cop on the side of the road. One argues the question in front of a judge. In a criminal case, at a suppression hearing. In a civil case, at a deposition.

As a young man, one other piece of wisdom passed onto me was about being courteous to police officers. I was advised that, while I may have the right to make a telephone call, the arresting officer gets to decide whether I make that call from the police station or from the emergency room.

I don't think I ever heard it put that way. Police station or emergency room...

I did learn as a teen that cops have no desire to play roadside courtroom with us. There is usually no gain to be had from arguing with a cop about the intricacies of his right to pull you over while sitting on the side of the road. That is what courts are for.

WildBill wrote:

texanjoker wrote:Real cops eat bagels .....One needs some sort of PC to make a stop.

So you wouldn't pull over a car if the driver was eating a bagel? What about if he was munching on some Skittles?

I am thinking the officer would then wait to see if the driver was in possession of canned iced tea. . You forgot, this officer is looking for two PC's.

tomtexan wrote:

Abraham wrote:I want LEO's to stop suspicious vehicles.

Same here. It makes me money as a result sometimes if all occupants are arrested and no relative or friend can come get the vehicle.

I'm going with "What is Tow Service" for ten.

I picked donuts in keeping with the proper stereotype. Bagels? Tell me it ain't so. What next? Latte instead of coffee, black?


Funny story. When I was silly enough to drive half way across the country to drag race my pick up truck, yeah a hot rod pick up, I would drive steady 90-100 MPH towing my trailer. I could let my pit guy/friend take a turn driving and without fail he would get busted doing 70. I blasted by a cop in Pennsylvania one day doing at least 95 MPH. We were going up and down big hills. Had to get up speed going down to make it up the next hill. My buddy laughed and says to me, "finally, you got caught instead of me". Sure enough the cop hits his lights, pulls out and here he comes. My buddy had been given so many tickets during the two years we made these crazy drives, he was excited like a kid at Christmas that I was finally getting one. Imagine his dismay when the cop pulled over the guy behind me instead?

I am willing to bet that most cops pull someone over because something about that person or the driving gave them reason to sniff around. I have trouble believing a cop is going to quit eating his or her donut to pull over a car because the color of the car is green instead of purple.