jondwright
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- Jan 26, 2005
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First off, I'm sorry that this post has little to do with guns. I admire the LEO that frequent this board, and I left tonight's traffic stop with a couple of questions.
*There is a residential neighborhood commonly used as a cut-through. I was speeding through it tonight, and I ran a stop sign. The officer, although stern, was very gracious in not giving me a ticket. It might have helped that I followed all of your advice about what do do/say/how to act, but he would have been justified in ticketing me...
1.) After running my license, he came back and told me what a horrible driving record I had. I said, "Really?" (I was afraid they had misonformation). I am quite proud of the fact that I have only had 1 ticket since I was 20. (5 years). I told him that, and he said STERNLY, "We don't look at just 5 years, we look at the totality of the whole thing." You see, I got 4 ticket in my 1st 12 months as a licensed driver!!
Was he just giving me a hard time, which I deserved? Or will I never live down that first 12 months of tickets right by the high school?
2.) He told me that the homeowners association there had hired him to patrol part time. He was in uniform, in his car. Can he write tickets? He didn't even write out a warning. I'm just wondering. I guess I'm just trying to pinpoint why it was I had the good fortune of not being cited...
Thanks and God Bless you guys...
*There is a residential neighborhood commonly used as a cut-through. I was speeding through it tonight, and I ran a stop sign. The officer, although stern, was very gracious in not giving me a ticket. It might have helped that I followed all of your advice about what do do/say/how to act, but he would have been justified in ticketing me...
1.) After running my license, he came back and told me what a horrible driving record I had. I said, "Really?" (I was afraid they had misonformation). I am quite proud of the fact that I have only had 1 ticket since I was 20. (5 years). I told him that, and he said STERNLY, "We don't look at just 5 years, we look at the totality of the whole thing." You see, I got 4 ticket in my 1st 12 months as a licensed driver!!
Was he just giving me a hard time, which I deserved? Or will I never live down that first 12 months of tickets right by the high school?
2.) He told me that the homeowners association there had hired him to patrol part time. He was in uniform, in his car. Can he write tickets? He didn't even write out a warning. I'm just wondering. I guess I'm just trying to pinpoint why it was I had the good fortune of not being cited...
Thanks and God Bless you guys...