As the blue lights came up behind late at night me I tried to get out of the cop's way because I am not a fast driver like most of the cops where I live. I don't have blue lights so I can't turn them on to go through stop signs. This time I wasn't so lucky and the cop was still behind me when I parked. He asked for my driver's license, proof of registration and proof of insurance. Found the driver's license and proof of registration but couldn't find the current proof of insurance he requested but wasn't worried since all he had to do was make a simple phone call to my insurance company. But I was unlucky again because this was a city cop and not a state trouper. I had made a prior commitment to pick a friend to take a friend to a meeting. She said you sure you want to drive you seem upset. She said she didn't mind driving me. Then she told me that she didn't even have a driver's license or insurance. I said no thank you I don't mind driving. She said that he had pulled her over before. The cop told me the reason he pulled me over was because I ran a stop sign. Then he told me I couldn't just tap the brake and go at the stop signs. I told him I was sorry because I thought I had offended him. I still got a ticket and have to go to court but was amazed that I wasn't paranoid like I used to be when pulled over by the cops. I was just wondering if others have cocky friends who like to argue with cops.

Is there a relationship question in there somewhere?

Oh honey im just glad your a level headed man.
And good luck with that ticket to ill be praying!. out here for you!Your friend Koolaidwoman.

Thanks, Koolaidwoman. I was just thinking of what you said about being level headed. I have had some bumps on my head from scraps in the past but over all I am level headed. I went to the insurance office to get a current print out of my proof of insurance. the lady asked me if I would like a permanent card. I said yes. I thought that might be a lot easier than digging in the dark for one. It also reminded me of what we had over the door in the halfway house that I used to be at some 25 years ago and that was in big letters; "I AM RESPONSIBLE".

In driver's ed, I learned you have to stop the car completely, until it rolls almost. Every time. Whether you like it or not. If you got a ticket for failure to come to a complete stop, it wasn't because he was offended. It was simply because that is a violation of traffic laws. Just pay the fine.

Also, it's NOT the police's job to verify you have valid insurance. It's yours.

I went thru two checkpoints friday night,

didn't even get harrassed,

have a good nice,

YES SIR

weird, since I quit drinking and quit doing drugs, the cops all seem nicer to me

i heard that, i didn't get pulled over once this summer, *knocks on wood*,

I'm not sure if dude got stopped because he was the target or what. I'm also not sure who was even driving....

it helps that the county sheriff and the chief of police are both old pot smokin buddies of mine

We wont assume anything here!Rainbowtrout!.
Your going to be positive your lawdawg Koolaid,
12/1/08,,,lv you mr

Wow. That's the first time I have actually seen you use the word " dude "...lmao

i didn't do it!

check points

so much for reasonable cause

it is written somewhere

must have reasonable cause

gggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

they need black uniforms with ss on the collar

I used to be so paranoid of cops...

maybe something to do with the bag of meth I used to have under my left boob...lol.

Now I flirt with the CHP ones...

its those damn tight spandex pants!!!

Wooo Hooo!

In my experience, arguing with cops is not what you want to do. I've gotten completely out of some real jams just keeping cool, or otherwise caught but cooperative and intelligent.