| profile stopped by total a-hole officer |
Subject: profile stopped by total a-hole officer by patgizz on 2008/10/31 3:41:44 tonight i was on my way home from lowe's, had to pick up some plumbing stuff to move the washing machine. it was ~10pm, and i took the vette because i'm putting it away sunday for winter hibernation. i was on a 50mph 2 lanes each way state route going dead on 50mph and i saw a vic coming at me on the other side, it was one of the locals. in my rearview mirror i saw him whip around and gun it and ride my ass for a mile until i hit my signal to turn onto the road that goes to my house. he came up to the car after a few minutes of blinding me with his spotlight and asked for my license and insurance card, which i politely handed over. i had to open the console to get the card and pop my seatbelt off to get my wallet. then he informed me that i was pulled over because my rear plate cover was too faded for him to rear my plate - which i'm sure he could tell at night with me going 50mph one way and him doing the same in the opposite direction - i'm positive it was enough for him to warrant whipping his car around and flying up on me - so long as he has superman's eyes. after taking my license and verifying i have insurance he asked me if i was hiding anything, so i said no. then he asked again and my answer was the same. he said "i'm being a nice guy but i hate being lied to, i'm going to ask you one more time and you better tell me the truth, is there anything in this car you are hiding that i need to know about?" and i was like wtf in my brain so i said there is absolutely nothing in this car you need to know about. this exchange went on for 3 or 4 minutes of him repeating himself telling me once he is lied to all bets are off so i better tell the truth. then he was like "what if i ask you if you mind i search your car" so i said no - as in i do not mind. he said "is that a no i cant search or no you dont mind" so i replied "i dont mind" then he asked me again at least 3 times "what if" he asked to search the car until i said "be my guest there is nothing you will find by searching my car." he proceeded to recheck my insurance card and license - which match - and ask whose car it was. then he got his flashlight in my face and looked me in the eye and told me not to lie to him, and asked me what that silver thing in the console was, flashing his light at the targa top wrench. so i pointed at my phone and asked "oh that? thats my phone" then he asked again so i whipped out the top wrench and gave him a lesson on removing the top on a c4. on top of all that i got the "where are you coming from" twice in a row. then he said "are you sure when i go run your license there is nothing i should know about - no prior arrests, no warrants?" of course i said no, and he ran it and i came back squeaky clean, i've only had 2 tickets in 12+ years of driving. he said he asked me all those questions because i looked nervous - so i told him that seeing the red and blue lights in your rearview is intimidating when you've done nothing to warrant being pulled over, and he let me go home. he was a total ass through the process, i was polite till the last sentence, and he shouldnt have even pulled me over in the first place. but i guess a 28 year old shouldnt be driving a nice corvette. |
