Originally posted by Wolfhound
Was it at night or raining when they pulled you over for the blackout covers?
[really long winded rant]
Nope. The entire situation kinda ticked me off. I was driving along, minding my own business. Wasn't speeding, wasn't accelerating fast, nothing. I was on my way back from the parts store with brake fluid (flushing the fluid in the truck) and a Satellite Beach cop (anybody who lives beach side has at least one or two stories about them) pulls out and gets right on my ass down the A1A.
There was a slower SUV in the right lane and a row of cars doing the limit in front of me. We're moving past the SUV, and since I wasn't doing anything even remotely wrong, I figured he had a call and needed to get past us all. As soon as we clear the SUV, I pull up just a hair farther so he can get past me and in front of the SUV.
He didn't move. So now, I'm wondering what the hell he wants to dick with me for and the only things I can think of are a call for a stolen white mustang just came through or the guy singled me out for having a high profile car and is just looking to f* with me.
Sure enough, the blue lights come on and I pull over. "Got your license, blah blah..." I hand it over and he asks if I know why I was pulled over. I say I sure as heck don't.
"Well, they covers on your headlights are illegal."
"I was under the impression that that was only during hours of darkness or in inclimate conditions."
"Nope, darkness has nothing to do with it."
"You want me to pull them off? It just takes a sec."
"Naw, don't worry about it. I hardly ever give anybody a ticket for them. Some guys do, but I let the driver's attitude determine it."
Right now, I'm PISSED. I didn't say anything, but he basically admitted to me that he pulled me over for no other reason than to screw with me. If he rarely gives someone a ticket for them, why the hell did he pull me over??? I'll be the first to stand up and defend a cop when some punk whines about his 20 mph over ticket when he was doing 80 in a school zone. But this guy annoyed the bejeezus out of me.
At this point, he realizes I have an Arizona driver's license and starts in on me about that.
"This your current address?
"No, I live in Satellite Beach. I'm
stationed here."
Hinting to the cop that I'm military has almost been like a get out of anything short of murder free card. Gotta love it.
"Oh, well then that's okay. This license is still good in Arizona, right?"
"Yup."
"Okay, I'm just going to run your name real quick."
"Allright."
He goes off and does his thing and then comes up to talk about how he hardly ever gives military guys tickets, blah blah blah. The only thing I can think is why in the hell did you even bother pulling me over??? If you say the blackouts are illegal, then fine. But don't tell me that they're the only reason you pulled me over and that you basically only give out tickets for attitudes.
If I have a headlight out, please pull me over! Let me know, give me a fix-it ticket! I honestly want one because chances are, I don't know it's out.
If my stereo is too loud, but you don't care, why pull me over??? Geez...
[/really long winded rant]
Of course, I was being as polite as possible given the circumstances because I really didn't want him poking his head under the car and finding another violation or two. He left, I started it up and came home. The wife's truck got it's brake fluid flushed just fine.
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