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Old 08-21-2003, 09:15 AM   #47 (permalink)
tj2001cobra
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Location: Austin, Texas .. Y'all
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Originally posted by MrSelfDestruct
First, I want to tell you all to calm down. I know this can be a heated discussion, but there's no need to attack each other and swear at each other.


Well, I've never gotten a ticket because I drive safely (not necessarily legally) and the cops don't care as long as I'm not a danger to people. I've known people who successfully fought tickets in court. They "enforce" their authority because it's their job, not because they can.



This statement is ludicrous. You are inferring that I am an unsafe driver. You have no idea what type of driver I am. Getting pulled over for 70 is a 65 is unsafe? Does the copknow I am unsafe. If you are driving 70 at the same place, how does he know to pull me over and not you? What constitues safe and unsafe? I have driven approx 600,000 miles in the 12 years I have had my license. I have never been in a wreck. Ever. Not one that was my fault or someone else's fault.

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I have a scanner, and I would think the same that you do, but every time I've seen them run lights, they were in pursuit of suspects, and would lose track of them and probably not find them if they stopped. Same goes for "just fucking around." They might bethe nearest unit to be able to respond to a situation. Maybe you should try getting a scanner and seeing if they're really fucking around, or if they're rushing to a home where a kid called 911 because his father is beating his mother and the officers don't want to give him time to hide evidence, or if they're trying to make it to make it down a clear road where sirens would cause more problems than they solve and get to the grocery store with the defibrilator in the back of his car because an old woman just had a heart attack and the difference between getting there in three minutes or two can be a life-or-death situation. Maybe that woman is your mother or grandmother; I doubt you'd be pissed at a cop for speeding past you at twice the speed limit if he saved her life.
Once again, people blindly defending the cops. You might say I am blindly bashing cops. Whatever. I am telling you I have seen cops flip their lights on for a yellow or red light, go through it, and proceed at their normal speed. You can call it what you want, but they are abusing their powers. I saw a cop tear down a gravel road in front of my grandparents house. Three times. Back and forth. It was a young kid cop who was "testing" out his vehicle. I know this for a fact because my father went out onto the road and talked to him and told him to slow down. There were kids playing there at my grandparents. Now tell me who is safe.

This is not a heated discussion for me. I am speaking my mind and telling you the reality that I see on a regular basis. End of story.
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