Pulled Over & Discriminated
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From: Chesapeake
Has anyone been pulled over due to the S2k's headlights?? I did.
The officer thought they looked blue, which would be illegal. It was pretty obvious that he really just wanted to check out the car. It happened 4/00. (owner since 3/00) Most people have at least seen our little beauties by now but not back then.
LendrJim
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00 Silver/red
26k mis...not a single hitch
The officer thought they looked blue, which would be illegal. It was pretty obvious that he really just wanted to check out the car. It happened 4/00. (owner since 3/00) Most people have at least seen our little beauties by now but not back then.
LendrJim
3/00 owner
00 Silver/red
26k mis...not a single hitch
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You don't have to drive a slick car or be a minority to be discrimintated against. Anyone who doesn't look like Beaver Cleaver's dad can get pulled over for 'looking suspicious'. Believe me white guys who look like stoners, punks, ex cons, or Jerry Garcia get pulled over all the fookin' time for no reason. . . . and let's face it, not all police officers are white. One of the most terrifying incidents of my life involved two hispanic officers.
Being in any kind of car other than a bone stock white camry 4 spd auto will attract attention. What I don't get is why sports cars get pulled over more than any other kind of cars. . . . with better brakes, better handling and better accelleration (yes, accelleration can be used to avoid accidents, mr. officer), cars like the S2K are the safest cars on the road--even when driven fast.
And the environment the S2000 creates definitely keeps the driver alert. With the top down and no hot-cocoa cup holders, who the hell could fall asleep with 240 horses stomping? Competent drivers chose to drive sports cars. It's the folks who drive the minivans, the tailgate-happy F150 road rage versions and the Cherokee wagons who can't drive worth a crap and cause the most accidents and injuries on the road. How many times have you been able to avoid an accident in your car because you were 1) vigilantly paying attention and 2) were driving a vehicle that could keep up with your reactions? Hell, insurance companies should pay people who drive cars that can adroitly avoid accidents. Why don't old ladies in Ford Fairmonts get in accidents? 'Cause people like us anticipate their stupidity and stay out of their way.
But I digress. . .
The question is, "Why do officers pull over guys in nice cars?"
Well, how would you feel if a (insert race here) guy half your age rolled up next to you driving a car that cost three times as much as the Pontiac you drive to and from the station where you punch in and out of? Envy would tell you that the guy behind the wheel was pretty suspicious indeed.
Just keep in mind that Humility will get you out of more legal trouble than aggression.
Being in any kind of car other than a bone stock white camry 4 spd auto will attract attention. What I don't get is why sports cars get pulled over more than any other kind of cars. . . . with better brakes, better handling and better accelleration (yes, accelleration can be used to avoid accidents, mr. officer), cars like the S2K are the safest cars on the road--even when driven fast.
And the environment the S2000 creates definitely keeps the driver alert. With the top down and no hot-cocoa cup holders, who the hell could fall asleep with 240 horses stomping? Competent drivers chose to drive sports cars. It's the folks who drive the minivans, the tailgate-happy F150 road rage versions and the Cherokee wagons who can't drive worth a crap and cause the most accidents and injuries on the road. How many times have you been able to avoid an accident in your car because you were 1) vigilantly paying attention and 2) were driving a vehicle that could keep up with your reactions? Hell, insurance companies should pay people who drive cars that can adroitly avoid accidents. Why don't old ladies in Ford Fairmonts get in accidents? 'Cause people like us anticipate their stupidity and stay out of their way.
But I digress. . .
The question is, "Why do officers pull over guys in nice cars?"
Well, how would you feel if a (insert race here) guy half your age rolled up next to you driving a car that cost three times as much as the Pontiac you drive to and from the station where you punch in and out of? Envy would tell you that the guy behind the wheel was pretty suspicious indeed.
Just keep in mind that Humility will get you out of more legal trouble than aggression.
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From: The BadLands
[QUOTE]Originally posted by tmkarab
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Absolutely, every policeman will have their bad days and if they do something wrong we have a system of checks and balances that will rectify the situation, but sometimes (and I would argue mostly with minorities) our system of checks and balances fails (it's a great system but it's not perfect, it's not perfect because it's executed by individuals with their own little personality traits).
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Absolutely, every policeman will have their bad days and if they do something wrong we have a system of checks and balances that will rectify the situation, but sometimes (and I would argue mostly with minorities) our system of checks and balances fails (it's a great system but it's not perfect, it's not perfect because it's executed by individuals with their own little personality traits).
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Cause when I got it, it was still in high demand, and my parents couldn't really afford to get me one with the amazing dealer markups. So, my only option was to get a used one. I really didn't have a choice of what color I wanted, so I ended up getting a black on black. My cousin is a general manager of a Honda dealership. Now that he has a lot of S2000's at his lot, and the 2002's are coming in soon, he can give me one for invoice (MY2001, not 2002). So I sold mine recently and I'm gonna be getting my new one in a couple weeks. My ideal color combo is black on red.
