Serious Cop Pwnage

[Pezzle]

From what I can tell, most (but not all!) of the time, the Highway Patrol will go after the fastest speeder/most violations in a situation where there are multiple drivers with potential infractions. Plus, you could have claimed you were speeding through intimidation (they were on your bumper, you were trying to get out of their way), which is a slap on the wrist for most places. Most patrols would rather get the driver causing the problem if they have the option.

Also the possibility the cop allowed for margin of error in speed, at least here they will let you get away with doing 5-10 over passing someone even on a 2 lane highway. Provided you don't KEEP roaring over the speed limit in the other lane. If you keep doing that, esp if you tailgated the poor person trying to pass in limitations of the law as much as possible and intimidated them, they will definitely target them.

[Geek King]

I guess since I go into the right land and slowed far enough he wanted the "real " speeders.

From what I can tell, most (but not all!) of the time, the Highway Patrol will go after the fastest speeder/most violations in a situation where there are multiple drivers with potential infractions. Plus, you could have claimed you were speeding through intimidation (they were on your bumper, you were trying to get out of their way), which is a slap on the wrist for most places. Most patrols would rather get the driver causing the problem if they have the option.

[Pezzle]

I finally get to a point where I can get over to the right land and the car behind me roars past me I see it is 2 youngish girls. I then look over and see another car passing me at a high rate of speed. as he passes I see, much to my shock he is wearing a smokey the bear hat--- ahhhhhh damn a unmarked state trooper.

Also, he probably popped them a violation for tailgating

[Jack7957]

Not wanting to cause a Fratchign thing, but is that last thing true? I can't remember where I read but somewhere cops ARE doing the 'pose as hooker' thing to catch johns in the act.

They do it here, every once in a while the newspaper will have an article with names/addresses of the Johns they picked up.

Funny thing is, these people are always in so much trouble with the law, wouldn't they recognize a cop OUT of uniform? Oh wait..drugs...impaired....gotcha.

Around here, there's an undercover unit just for doing drug sales/purchases. I've been in their office when I worked for the county doing computer repair, they do not look like your average cop. When it comes time to bust people, they send in the regular cops.

[Racket_Man]

years ago in the 80's I was driving I-70 from St. Louis MO to Columbia MO to visit a college friend. this was during the Regan Preidency and he had repealed the 55 MPH national speed limit and put it back up to 65 MPH in "rual areas" (population less than 50,000 per sq mile)

I was in the right lane in the middle of a small pack of vehicles. the car in front of me was doing like 55MPH so I get into the left lane and speed up to about 70 MPH and pass the guy. staying in the left land well I guess I slowed down too much or I was not going fast enough for the car behind me. they start to ride my bumper and beep the horn maddly at me. I finally get to a point where I can get over to the right land and the car behind me roars past me I see it is 2 youngish girls. I then look over and see another car passing me at a high rate of speed. as he passes I see, much to my shock he is wearing a smokey the bear hat--- ahhhhhh damn a unmarked state trooper. I expect him to point at me to pull over or or pop on his light, but not to be. did not even look at me a 2d time. he continues to follow the 2 girls up the road about a 1/4 of a mile and then pops his lights on. I guess since I go into the right land and slowed far enough he wanted the "real " speeders.

[protege]

I had someone do something similar on Friday. There's constant construction in PA, so naturally, there's traffic. On the way home, the city had one lane closed, forcing everyone to merge into the left lane. As I'm about to take my turn, some asshole in an SUV decides to drive over the *sidewalk* to get in front of me. As if that wasn't enough, he nearly rear-ended the car in front of me. No cops around, so he didn't get nailed. The kicker? On the back of the SUV was a Yale sticker--if that's the type of people Yale is turning out, he must have been valedictorian

[PepperElf]

happened to my mom once... some jerk didn't like the fact that mom was driving the speed limit so he pulled out around her in a no-passing zone and then continued on down the road speeding.

a few minutes later mom passed him... where the cops had pulled him over for speeding

[Broomjockey]

I can't remember where I read but somewhere cops ARE doing the 'pose as hooker' thing to catch johns in the act.

The quibble in this is that the undercover cop cannot OFFER sex, or it's entrapment. He/she can stand on the corner and talk to people who pull up, but the mark/john/offender must make the offer.

This. Now everyone, as to not derail/go to Fratching, can we drop this tangent?

[daleduke17]

I got to see some serious pwnage from a duo of state troopers one day. One of the greatest things, ever, IMO.

Ok, I'm headed south on IL 23 (four lane undivided road) in Ottawa (IL) and pull up at a stop light. I'm in the right lane, second vehicle back. In the left lane, first car is a fully marked ISP cruiser, second car is an unmarked ISP cruiser. Southbound traffic has the red, but it turns green. Someone heading west on McKinley (who has the red at this time) turns left onto southbound IL 23 and almost T-bones the car that was in front of me. Both ISP units light up and pull idiot boy over. There I, and a few other drivers, laugh our asses off at seeing the ISP get someone doing something that blatantly stupid.

ISP - 1
Idiot - 0

[Pagan]

doing the 'pose as hooker' thing to catch johns in the act.

Maybe its just in Canada that trick isnt illegal.

Heh, "hooker", "trick". Sorry, just the way my mind works!

[blas]

If it's a big enough police force and the jurisdiction in question has a problem with prostitution.

Around here, prostitution is pretty unheard of, or really well kept quiet. The cops do undercover drug stings, trying to buy drugs from the big druglords. And the idiots always fall for it. Funny thing is, these people are always in so much trouble with the law, wouldn't they recognize a cop OUT of uniform? Oh wait..drugs...impaired....gotcha.

[morgana]

Not wanting to cause a Fratchign thing, but is that last thing true? I can't remember where I read but somewhere cops ARE doing the 'pose as hooker' thing to catch johns in the act.

Maybe its just in Canada that trick isnt illegal.

The quibble in this is that the undercover cop cannot OFFER sex, or it's entrapment. He/she can stand on the corner and talk to people who pull up, but the mark/john/offender must make the offer.

[draftermatt]

Not wanting to cause a Fratchign thing, but is that last thing true? I can't remember where I read but somewhere cops ARE doing the 'pose as hooker' thing to catch johns in the act.

It's on COPS all the time...

The problem my neighborhood has is enforcement. The cops in the town I live in spend most of their time pulling over people not wearing seat belts (small rural town, lots of people who don't wear them). So people fly up and down my neighborhood, park illegally, and run stop signs.

Occasionally the police will be there (my wife got a warning for a rolling stop one Saturday, though she swears she stops, and I believe her). Or the cops will post the digital signs, but nothing big every happens.

[protege]

Yeah, doesn't mean you can't fight the ticket due to the margin of error in some of our crappier car's meters.

Where I live though, it doesn't matter. District magistrate (who handles that sort of thing) is a bit anal-retentive towards traffic laws. At least most of the speed traps are *blatantly* obvious, and several have signs warning of their existence.

[Horsetuna]

. Classic examples are offering a bribe to an official, or an undercover officer posing as a hooker offering sex in exchange for money.

Not wanting to cause a Fratchign thing, but is that last thing true? I can't remember where I read but somewhere cops ARE doing the 'pose as hooker' thing to catch johns in the act.

Maybe its just in Canada that trick isnt illegal.