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Originally Posted by raeanna74
We have very little crime in our town. Half the police reports are either minor vandalism or critters in people's yards or basements. But in our area it does make for too little to keep our officers occupied. This means that there are times when they'll stop you for the tiniest question. Hubby has been stopped for burned out lights on his car when there were NONE burned out. He's been stopped for exhibitionism because his tires squawked at a stop when he was sitting on the paint in the rain. Ridiculous issues but usually it's not a problem. I'm satisfied with the job they've done in town and I've never heard of a case of our local police using excessive force.
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I know what you mean. When I lived in Seattle my wife and I were stopped while riding my Harley to the local highschool football game for deliberately missing a speedbump. There was about a 2 foot gap between the bump and the edge of the road so I just went around it. It wasn't so bad though, the cop mostly wanted to talk about my Harley and where the best prices are so that he could buy one. I was amazed to learn that missing speedbumps was against the law even on a bike when you stay on your side of the road.