CAMS_02 wrote:Are you
supposed to have a front license plate on your vehicle?
Are your windows too dark to be legal?
I know I'm new here and don't want to ruffle any feathers right off the bat, but reading through your posts in this thread, you come across as having a
major attitude and IMO,
that's where your problem is. I can imagine that any cop that pulls you over is gonna pick up on that in about 2 seconds flat. I mean, you're talking about filing lawsuits, you refer to them as "pigs," you're bragging about handing people their asses -- you come across as a total blowhard and cops
hate that ****! From age 16 to 25 or 26, I was good for 3 or 4 encounters with the police every year. Believe me, I learned the hard way (on more than one occasion) that when you're dealing with the police, you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar. In your defense, you're pretty young yet. I remember what it was like to be young and angry, but like the Social Distortion song says, "I was wrong."

yes, i'm supposed to have a front license plate. and yes the windows are too dark.
sure, i took the license plate off the car, and he got me. he's in the right, but i'm still pissed. in a county as large as mine, he should have better things to do than pull me out of a line of cars for not having a tag, especially since he couldn't see the Va state inspection sticker until i pulled over. for all he knew, i'm from Pa where they don't require one. as for the tint, the car came like that, and i told him. he
should have given me a repair order, let me get legal tint, and be on my way, but he gave me a citation, which makes him a dick and a pig. the same goes for the suspension ticket. it came like that, with a valid state safety inspection performed the day i purchased the car, and i have photo proof of that, with the car sitting on the dealer lot with a date/time stamp. my sales person told me he'd go to court for me if the dealership will let him, but considering the fine for passing a non-compliant vehicle, i'm not even banking on that one. altho, if after talking to my lawyer, i can subpoena him, i sure as shit will.
sure, i have an attitude about this, and so would you if you got 5 tickets in 2 days, one of which is going to raise my insurance about $40/month if found guilty, and the 5 will probably cost me a total of about 2grand in fines, court costs, and retarded (and unconstitutional) "abusive driver fees" that were enacted in july of '07 to raise money for road improvements (even tho i havn't seen any done in the last 6 months). sure, i may have been speeding, but not as drasticly as that fucker says, and he really can't prove it, so i really don't care about it. i should get off. as for filing a lawsuit for a scratch, if someone scratched the car that you worked for 5 years to be able to buy/afford to keep and make the way you want, you'd do the same thing. and if you wouldn't, then something's wrong.
as for the attitude, yeah, i have one. a big bad one that i show as often as it needs to be. i also know when to keep it in check, which is why i wait until the officer hands back my license and registration to let them know how i feel about whatever just happened. in the case of the first one, it was "hope ya bring the dash cam footage to court, sucker. have a nice night". and for the motorcycle cop, it was "man, you sure do great police work. i like how you pulled me for a front tag instead of the few speeders and the guy with a broken exhaust and no brake lights. you coulda made more cash off them for the county. your boss is going to be pissed when i file a complaint. have a nice day". that way, if they decide, after my comments, to write more tickets, i get to file a complaint and lawsuit for harassment. i'm an extremely litigious person. i keep a lawyer on retainer, and use him as often as i can, just to get my moneys worth.
as for cops, they're not all bad, and i know it. unfortunately for my perception of them, often the ones that pull me are the dickhead ones. i have family in law enforcement, and a few friends as well. hell, i have a friend that has an SRT that i'm about to put a ton of illegal shit on this weekend. do i care that he'll get out of the same tickets i just got just because he has a badge? nope. one of the few cool cops i've met actually pulled me over in my SRT just to ask where i got the vinal overlay on my third brake light (it says SSSEE YA), because he wants one for his camaro. we sat there (well, he stood outside my window) and kicked it for a few minutes and then he let me go on my way without giving me a ticket for an obstructed brake light or safety device or whatever he said it was that i could be pulled over for. my biggest problem with cops are the ones that see their jobs as strictly being a way to make money for the state, instead of to protect and serve. if i'm doing something that's a danger to other people on the road, go ahead and pull me, inform me, and cite me. whatever, good job, thanks, and have a good one (no sarcasm there, seriously). but if i'm minding my own business, not bothering anyone, and not being a menace, don't dick with me just because you're bored. some of these guys just don't seem to remember what it was like to be young and not a cop.
/rant. thanks for setting me off. be easy, homie. welcome to 2gn.
oops, almost forgot... when an SRT runs the average Honda with a fart can on the highway, the Honda gets it's ass handed to it.