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iflyabeech wrote:He asked, "Is there something funny about that?" I said, "No sir. But I did not swerve or touch any line and you have been following me over 10 miles and when you couldn't find me doing anything wrong, you came up with that."

iflyabeech wrote:Sad thing is, if I was a minority with a chip on my shoulder, I would be on national TV right now whining about being racially profiled! I am a huge supporter of our police and this sort of incident makes me sick!

Are you kidding, chances are good that if you were a minority, you would have been tazed after that smart mouth remark. I have no idea how you got away with that one.

dihappy wrote:

iflyabeech wrote:He asked, "Is there something funny about that?" I said, "No sir. But I did not swerve or touch any line and you have been following me over 10 miles and when you couldn't find me doing anything wrong, you came up with that."

iflyabeech wrote:Sad thing is, if I was a minority with a chip on my shoulder, I would be on national TV right now whining about being racially profiled! I am a huge supporter of our police and this sort of incident makes me sick!

Are you kidding, chances are good that if you were a minority, you would have been tazed after that smart mouth remark. I have no idea how you got away with that one.

No I am not kidding. It wasn't smart mouthed. I was very polite and matter of fact when I said it, and it was the truth. Tazed...for sitting in my car stating facts..get real man....some of you people need to relax!

Well, im glad your ok, and it stinks you were even pulled over.

Im just saying that its good the cop wasnt on a power trip. Ive seen people make similar statements and all hell came down on them.

iflyabeech wrote:
No I am not kidding. It wasn't smart mouthed. I was very polite and matter of fact when I said it, and it was the truth. Tazed...for sitting in my car stating facts..get real man....some of you people need to relax!

What do you mean, "You People???"

jbirds1210 wrote: (b) A peace officer may stop and detain a person operating a motor vehicle to determine if the person has a driver's license as required by this section.

What? Really? Oh man! This bites.

DoubleJ wrote:

iflyabeech wrote:
No I am not kidding. It wasn't smart mouthed. I was very polite and matter of fact when I said it, and it was the truth. Tazed...for sitting in my car stating facts..get real man....some of you people need to relax!

What do you mean, "You People???"

thats awesome!

What do YOU mean, "you people?"

i guess i need to see the movie

USA1 wrote:i guess i need to see the movie

I saw it. I was a little bit apprehensive going in, but it was pretty good. It pokes fun at a lot of different things.

Just throwing in my 2 cents.

If he (the LEO) was pulling him over to check the DL, why tailgate the OP?

Even the supposed drug 'connection' (Rental car transporting drugs)...again...why tailgate?

The bottom line as I see it is, Mr LEO, pull me over and check the DL if you really must, but DRVIE SAFELY!

Obey the same dang laws that you are supposed to be enforcing and stop trying to scare people into breaking them.

WORD!

dicion wrote:

Russell wrote:If the officer was tailgating you that closely, I guarantee a slam on the brakes (if the highway/road is clear enough of other dangers to do so) would either:

A. Result in the officer no longer tail gating you.

or

B. A nice fat insurance check from the city/county/state.


If I am not mistaken, in Texas a rear-end collision, no matter what the reason, is always the fault of the rear-ender (No laughing here ).

You are correct. If you rear end someone, it is your fault, as you are supposed to leave ample distance and time between the vehicles to safely stop.

If someone is literally _on my bumper_, as this officer obviously was, and I was in my company truck... I might feel inclined to brake check them....

"Sorry officer, I thought I saw something race out in front of me on the road."

I have a dent back there, and could use a new bumper or rear end

I have a buddy who spent years as an insurance claims adjuster for State Farm. . . this is one of the biggest misconceptions he always tries to dispel. There are several instances where the vehicle that rear ends the other is not at fault. For instance, you can't cut somebody off, slam on the brakes, let them rear end you, and think it's going to be their fault. There are a handful of exceptions.

On topic to OP: Glad you called and talked to his supervisor. Hope he actually does something about it.

Improper evasive maneuver resulting in a collision was one of the exceptions he told me about.

Incidents such as this have made me consider taking the following action during any sort of LEO stop (for whatever reason):

Take my i-phone out and put it on the voice-message function and conspicuously put it on the dashboard. LEO's record stops now, so I figure I should too.