cops, how are the cops by u guys ? Options

[Dhaopshy]

cops by me are really annoying of no reason i was just wondering how it was by everyone else

[nics]

No issues with the law enforcement

[Dhaopshy]

i was on my street and he followed me all the way to my house and pulled me over right in front of my house and gave me 2 tickets

[PegGTS]

Have never had a problem since I've owned my Celica

[TClifton91]

Bought my celica from a cop. I get stopped about once a month, always asking where I got the car lol

[Lamont]

What were the 2 tickets for? The police officers near me aren't too bad, but that depends on how stupid you are behind the wheel, and we have tons of brain dead drivers near me.

[VavAlephVav]

Ya the cops that have stopped me all kinda like my car. But my tags are legal, all my lights work, and I don't have a silly coffee can muffler. Also if you're <25 they tend to assume your up to something, it gets better once you're older.

This post has been edited by VavAlephVav: Feb 12, 2015 - 2:21 PM

[Bitter]

Zero issues.

[Box]

No issues here either, I've never even been pulled over much less received a ticket. If you drive like a sane person and don't do anything to attract the wrong kind of attention you should be fine. I.E. don't fall into the stereotypes that they're just itching to give a ticket.

[HaysoosKreesto]

No issues personally, but CHP are like predator's where I commute, one day I saw 6 separate people pulled over

[BonzaiCelica]

our cars dont attract attention. even when i had my gt4 front end.

but then again lets wait till our members who's car outwardly are fast and furious chime in...

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Feb 15, 2015 - 11:08 PM

[Box]

"My brite green whip wit bloo undurgloe an strate pypz always getin pooled over by the popo, i dunt git it. #bcthayh8n"

[hotgt4]

I get pulled over when i take my GT-FOUR out, they just wanna look at my car hahaha

[Arturio55]

I get pulled over AT LEAST once a week, not even just in my town. All over southern new jersey. Usually get away with no tickets but only because i know the law.
Once i start telling them how wrong they are and that they dont kmow what theyre doing, and they run my name and see how many tickets i got (and beat in court) they realize i know what im talking about and just let me go.
they think im dumb enough to get out the vehicle, let them search the car, let them ask passengers for ID, etc etc. I tell them they cant and they say "well we're allowed to ask" and i say "yea and im allowed to say no. Arrest me for hindering or let me go"

I think they just harass me because theyve never seen a 6gc before and think it's a super rare racecar (especially because im lowered with rims). Then they see a black kid with dreads and theyre like "oh we got one"

This post has been edited by Arturio55: Feb 16, 2015 - 2:11 PM

[Box]

That reminds me of an older Martin Lawrence skit, he got a D.W.B.(driving while black) Sadly it happens in this day and age still. You'd think they'd have a better test for weeding out power hungry racist murderers.

[Bitter]

Then they see a black kid with dreads and theyre like "oh we got one"

Yep, sounds about right. DWB for sure.

[Arturio55]

That reminds me of an older Martin Lawrence skit, he got a D.W.B.(driving while black) Sadly it happens in this day and age still. You'd think they'd have a better test for weeding out power hungry racist murderers.

lol you know how much money the govern gets from writing all those BS tickets? Racism is way too lucrative to get rid of.
one day i hope it changes. But hey at least i have my 6gc <3

[cardshark525]

In my experience I can say it really is just Jersey. I have received 5 tickets in my life, 2 in Europe, 1 in PA 3 in NJ.

I drove in Europe for 3 years (2 legitimate speeding tickets)

Drove in Jersey for 2 years (1 improper passing, 1 speeding, 1 failure to observe officers directions in an emergency situation (yeah that one went to court)).

Driving in PA for 5 years (1 speeding (written as failure to observe sign) ticket. (Was late for work, ended up later lol)).



I can say however, that I have never had cops FOLLOW me and run my plates more than in NJ. Even pulled over once because of it, cop pulls behind me and walks over and goes "what seems to be the problem?" I say "I was pulling over to call 911 because a car has been following me and tailgating me for 3 miles now". He promptly walked away and drove off.
It's really sad that they are like that there.

Separate example, right before winter out here in PA I was stopped by a local cop around 10pm. He tells me my lights are out, I check, they weren't (grounding issue I had been having), asks "Have your license? Been drinking?"
I say "Yes, No"
He says "Have a good night".

Whole stop was literally 45 seconds.


A legitimate stop for a safety issue, investigated, found I wasn't a hazard and the lights were back on... and on his way he went.

[VavAlephVav]

, cop pulls behind me and walks over and goes "what seems to be the problem?" I say "I was pulling over to call 911 because a car has been following me and tailgating me for 3 miles now". He promptly walked away and drove off.
It's really sad that they are like that there.

lolz


at least in the old days you could always tell when there's a Crown Vicky behind you. Now you never know what they are driving could be a Taurus, Explorer, Charger, you name it. Around here the highway patrol has a Gold Tahoe, it even says State Patrol on the back of it but its in a color you wont see until you're right up on him.

[richee3]

I've found that I'm left alone no matter what part of the country I'm driving in. But I have friends that drive like complete tools that always seem to be getting tickets.... Coincidence?

[cheela]

They used to love me. Asian guy driving sports car in a hicktown. Given that all the other Asians around me drive MAAADD hondas and all the other people drive mustangs, camaros, and trucks trucks trucks, they tried a bunch of **** on me when I was young. got annoyed but never a ticket.

I'd get tailed by them almost weekly. get "anonymous" call ins of me running red lights and driving reckless from the DAY BEFORE! (I don't drive like an idiot btw)
even had cop squeel it's tires in front of me????

best one, true story
Got stopped 4 blocks from my house, cop had his hand on his holster, "PUT UR HANDS ON THE WHEEL!"
"uh... ok. (damnnn!) what's the problem officer?" (as a mustang zipps past at 40+ mph)
"did you know your... uh... license plate lamp is out?"
(oh and that's why you almost shot me) lol
"get that fixed or next time you'll get ticketed"
thanks..... jackass.

then i put my celi away and went to Japan and Korea. Let my sis and mom drive it for a while. they backed off now. hahaha
but sometimes they will see me and still follow me for a bit.

[Box]

I think the moral of the story is don't be not white. Ironic as it may be, I've noticed the northern states have the biggest issues with law enforcement and racial issues. That's right, the home of The Confederacy, slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, the Montgomery bus boycott, and the March on Selma has probably the least amount of racism. I'm not sure if it's because the white officers just know they'd really be in it deep around here if they exhibited any trends of racism, or perhaps the fact law enforcement isn't whitewashed here. Probably a combination of both, but I can't recall any issues as long as I've been old enough to pay attention to the news.

[cheela]

perhaps I need to grow a beard and drive a firebird. lol
but meh, been faced with racism all my life, just because they wear fancy uniforms and have a gun doesn't make them any different from any one else I've dealt with. hahaha

[Box]

I don't understand racism, I hate everyone equally. Honestly I think I hate white people/"rednecks" more than anyone else based solely on firsthand encounters. I'm not talking "down home & country" as that's all fine and dandy, but the buzzed out on meth/drunk hicks that if you're not just like them you're some kind of queer and going to Hell because "da lard babeh jeezus" hates you because you're not a white supremacist driving a penis compensating monster truck. White trash as I like to collectively call them in order to not offend rednecks.

This post has been edited by Box: Feb 27, 2015 - 2:25 PM

[Bitter]

I think the moral of the story is don't be not white. Ironic as it may be, I've noticed the northern states have the biggest issues with law enforcement and racial issues. That's right, the home of The Confederacy, slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, the Montgomery bus boycott, and the March on Selma has probably the least amount of racism. I'm not sure if it's because the white officers just know they'd really be in it deep around here if they exhibited any trends of racism, or perhaps the fact law enforcement isn't whitewashed here. Probably a combination of both, but I can't recall any issues as long as I've been old enough to pay attention to the news.

I'm going to disagree, I think it just isn't pursued the same and doesn't make news the same down there. It happens just as much, but no one is listening and it's probably more accepted that if you're any shade of brown you're going to get more attention.

[Box]

Yes, because the African American police chief of the Birmingham metro as long as I can remember, A.C. Roper, would let anything like that slide...

It may happen in more rural areas without the exposure, but in the two towns I've lived in I've never seen or heard of anything and you know how word travels in rural towns.

This post has been edited by Box: Feb 27, 2015 - 8:13 PM

[Bitter]

[Box]

Where's the side-note for the asterisk?

[CelicaDICE]

Trouble with the law? Nah, they don't pay attention to my car. But they like to follow those who have BMW's and Benz's. But I did had a friend who got stopped once. It wasnt for speeding, it wasnt for anything that would put others at risk. You know what it was? Tints, yeah, and they were legal too. Luckily, the ticket was erased from the existence as the court find it quite ridiculous.

[cardshark525]

Note that it says it is regarding religion.... not race...

[Bitter]

Uh racial profiling is pretty much profiling based on race so it's kind of in the name there. They're calling out that some states prohibit profiling based on factors OTHER than race, some states only prohibit profiling based on race, and some don't have any prohibitions on profiling of any kind.

[Box]

For all we know the side-note attached to the asterisk could say only against purple people.

[NgoFcukinWay]

No problems here with the cops for the most part. I had pull me over a few years ago when I still had my G35 I would assume was out of boredom.

Cop: Do you know why I pulled you over?
Me: No idea.
Cop: License and registration.
Me: here you go.
*Cop walks back to his cruiser. Probably sits and thinks about what he's gonna do*
*Cop walks back to my car 30 seconds later*
Cop: Here's your ID and insurance card. If I search through your vehicle, I wouldn't find anything that shouldn't be there, would I? Like guns, drugs, terrorists, bazookas, dead bodies, etc?
Me: Nope. I just sold the bazooka.
Cop: What's that in your cup holder?
*I hand him my drink. He looks it over.*
Me: It's milk tea tapioca. Would you like a sip?
Cop: No thank you. *Hands me back my drink* Have a good day.

[NgoFcukinWay]

Ha! Another one when I still had my G35.

I was with a friend one night after we went for a run and had dinner. We were going through a pretty rough neighborhood that we grew up in and by the bayou/ditch thing, there's this pretty sweet S-turn that we like to take at full speed. Well, cop happened to be behind me (or at least within viewing distance) when I went through it that night and he pulled me over.

*cop comes up to window and as I roll it down, he sees 2 Asian dudes in the car*
Cop: License and Registration. Can you tell me why you guys were driving wrecklessly back there?
Me: We just left a friend's house a couple of blocks back and we just wanna get through this neighborhood and to home as quickly as possible.
*cop looks over my ID and insurance. Looks back at me*
Cop: Get home safely.

[cheela]

here's another one.

Me in college, taking two of my white american friends home. We're literally 2 blocks away from her house. I see a cop on the corner, I say to them, "I bet you that cop will tail me when I turn this corner" my friends were all like, yeah right, whatever. and to their surprise, he starts tailing me. As I get to their house he's still behind me. Then he see two white girls hop out of the car and slowly drives past. after that my friends believe all the stories I told them.

[NgoFcukinWay]

'MURICA!

[Box]

*lights fireworks*

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