cgcw said:
I'll start off with one (from my side of the badge). Several years ago I was working traffic and was having generally a lousy day. As anyone who works this career will tell you, an officer CANNOT let his emotions intrude upon how he/she does their job. (Yea right, and we all know an elephant can fly, hmmm). Anyway, working traffic and having a lousy day, needless to say I was a tad grumpy. I clocked a car on RADAR doing well over the posted limit and proceeded to pull over the driver. I approached, asked for license, registration and proof of insurance in stereotypical manner and once provided with the documents proceeded on the standard you were speeding lecture. The driver was very sheepish and apologetic, however with my mood the way it was the idea of a warning never entered my mind. That it until I returned to the patrol car and was examining the drivers paperwork, for some reason they had and slipped the orange Get Out of Jail Free card from Monopoly in there. Giving the devil his due, when I stopped laughing and finally finished the radio traffic I gave the warning. Anyone who has the cajones or whatever to pull that can get the break. Of course I DO NOT recommend this action, as you know some of my brothers and sister is blue & brown have had their sense of humor surgically removed. Stay between the yellow and the white lines and drive safely.
- Officer Friendly
Awesome story. What a nice guy you are.
Now, where is that monopoly game we had around here?
I haven't had to pay a ticket, yet. Knock on wood. I was pulled over for speeding many years ago. I was just 21 and driving a bit to fast on the highway. The officer recommended I go to court. I did and was let out of the fine. That was many moons ago.
But, that doesn't mean that I haven't been pulled over. The first time was because I had recently bought a new car and the dealership put the wrong plate on the back so it looked like I didn't have a tag on my plates.
Most recently, a couple years back, I was pulled over for having a child in a carseat in the front seat of my van. Pulled over by an unmarked car. The officer came up to the window and as I was shaking & fumbling looking for my stuff, he asked what year my van was.
I didn't have a clue -- not something I was ever really concerned with. So, I'm still looking for the things and he asks me about the child in my front seat. The lightbulb goes off in my head, now I know why I was pulled over. So, I tell the officer I have a switch for my airbag and it's in the off position. So, he asks if he can check the installation of the carseat. Sure, feel free. The officer walked around the other side, opened the door and gave the carseat a push. It didn't budge.
So, then he's not going to admit that maybe this stop wasn't all that he thought it was going to be, so he asked if he could check out the other carseats in the back. Sure. Again, they didn't budge.
One thing we are very, very cautious about is the installation of the carseats.
Finally he gave up, gave me back my license and told me to go ahead. Not that I was smug about it by any means, I just knew he wasn't going to find my carseats in need of any adjustment.
As I drove away, the woodpeckers in my stomach were still going to town.
There she is again!!
