If you were a cop, who would you pull over & why?

Haole Girl

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Wed Aug-19-09 09:13 PM
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If you were a cop, who would you pull over & why?

I'd pull over idiots who tailgate bikers.

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newcriminal

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Wed Aug-19-09 09:18 PM
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1. It would have to be some weird reverse universe if I was a cop.

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Rabrrrrrr

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Wed Aug-19-09 09:20 PM
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2. Anyone driving and using a cell phone. Anyone chewing gum (whether driving or not)

I still think we need to follow Singapore's lead and make gum illegal.

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mth44sc

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Wed Aug-19-09 09:25 PM
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3. I'd do what I was paid to do

pull over those who are breaking the law. Doesn't mean I'd cite them all...

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dropkickpa

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Thu Aug-20-09 01:08 AM
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15. +1

Gum is my big pet peeve.

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charlie and algernon

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Wed Aug-19-09 09:31 PM
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4. See I would pull over the asshole motorcyclists who attach themselves to your tail lights

I can't tell you how many motorcycles I've had attach themselves to my right tail light. I'm then terrified to hit the brakes as that asshole will suddenly find himself literally in my backseat. And any motorcyclist who thinks laws don't apply to them and drives ON the white line between cars, they get a MINIMUM of 30 days in jail. Fuck them.

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Haole Girl

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Wed Aug-19-09 09:38 PM
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5. I have never seen a motorcyclist "attach themselves to a tail light"

Sounds like a suicide mission.

Lane splitting, though often dangerous (and not something I personally do) is legal in many states:

http://www.chp.ca.gov/html/answers.html

Can motorcycle riders "split" lanes and ride between other vehicles?
Lane splitting by motorcycles is permissible but must be done in a safe and prudent manner.

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charlie and algernon

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Wed Aug-19-09 09:45 PM
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6. that's insane that lane splitting is actually legal

Perhaps next time I'm on I-95 I'll drive on the white line too :eyes:

It's good to know that you don't do it yourself.

Usually the ones that ride my tail light at the crotch rockets who end up lane splitting and weaving between cars. I'm always expecting to see the traffic suddenly come to a stop after they've killed themselves and who knows who else by being an asshole.

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JustABozoOnThisBus

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Thu Aug-20-09 09:25 AM
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18. In Michigan, you'd have to be nuts to split lanes

The lines (or joints between concrete slabs) is where most of the potholes originate, and some are fairly long stretches with 2 to 4 inches of concrete missing. It just looks like something that would grab the front wheel with various results (all of them unpleasant). It's one more thing I have to look at when I change lanes.

But, I don't think lane-splitting is legal here. I only see it once in a great while, usually one of the "immortal and unbreakable" youngsters on a sport bike doing three-digit speeds. Way too much fun for this pokey old biker.

:hi:

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BlueJazz

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Wed Aug-19-09 09:48 PM
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7. People who constantly cross solid lines. People who "almost" miss their exit and...

...cross over 2-3 lanes to make the exit. (endangering other motorists.)
People who fill up the (sensible) space between you and the car in front of you.

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wickerwoman

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Wed Aug-19-09 09:52 PM
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8. People who go straight through an intersection from the right hand turn lane

Especially when they pull into it just before the light turns red thus forcing the ten people behind them to sit through the light when they could have turned before it.

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GoddessOfGuinness

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Wed Aug-19-09 09:58 PM
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9. People who chuck their damn cigarette butts out the window.

And I'd fine them double if they had an ash tray in their car, and send them to jail for attempted arson if the area is suffering from a drought.

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TheMightyFavog

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Wed Aug-19-09 09:58 PM
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10. Any pickup truck

Whose exhaust system has been modified so that it is louder than stock.

Motorbikes I can understand having loud pipes, huge jacked up pickup trucks don't NEED loud pipes like that.

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Aristus

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Wed Aug-19-09 11:03 PM
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11. Any pickup truck that bullies drivers not driving pickup trucks.

I can't count how many trucks I've seen (and the jacked-up trucks are the worst) that bully other drivers by tailgating, gunning their engines, swerving back and forth, and just plain intimidating the occupants of the car ahead of them. One of the best driving moments of my life was when a truck driver was doing that to me, and got pulled over by the State Patrol. I would have loved to have seen how badly the trucker got tagged for his assholery.

Also any pickup truck sporting "truck testicles." Automatic felony; twenty-to-life crammed in with assholes with much bigger balls than the offender...

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NJCher

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Wed Aug-19-09 11:04 PM
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12. Hummers, Yukons, Expeditions, & Escalade SUVs

I would watch them until I could find some reason to give them a ticket.

Also, anybody who makes my job difficult--they would get a ticket, too.

Cher

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Initech

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Thu Aug-20-09 12:59 AM
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13. People who look like they have money.

See - someone driving a beatup Civic probably doesn't have a whole lot of money. So to them getting a $500 ticket would suck. But a guy driving a brand new $60,000 car it wouldn't. But they would lose 8 hours in traffic school. So for them it would.

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rcrush

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Thu Aug-20-09 01:05 AM
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14. I'm glad none of yall are cops

Thered be 500% more tazerings and ass whoopings on youtube. If you are thinking that you wouldnt be that type of cop you are wrong. It is now standard police procedure to kick your ass.

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Mind_your_head

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Thu Aug-20-09 01:13 AM
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16. People who sport bumper stickers on their cars that I disagree with

I keed.....I keed...... :P

(You & me BOTH are glad I'm not a cop, right?!)

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NJmaverick

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Thu Aug-20-09 07:59 AM
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17. People who drive too slow in the left lane

truckers who tailgate

people that don't yield to pedestrians

I think all three are pretty much self explanatory.

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