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Originally Posted by luder_5555,Oct 31 2008, 11:58 PM
i was looking around on some other s2k forums and came across a thread which was about a guy getting a ticket, this led to a spirited debate anout how cops are asses and are there just to flaunt their power over us. it also went into how they don't really protect and serve, but they would rather pull us over for no reason and just give us a hard time.... you get the point.
now i can definately relate to some of these problems, especially in my teens, but i was just wondering is that was the general feeling here.
now i would like to tell my side, i have been a chp officer for the last 5 years, and i just like you love to run my car, i love to go through the twisties, and go hammer down getting on the freeway. but i also take into consideration that there are other people out there, i always stay withing 9mph of the limit and when gettng on the freeway in a spirited manner i shut down around 80 at the max. if i feel the need to drive on the edge i go to a track.
and to tell what i have seen as the thought cycle of officers myself and many of my friends, we honestly do not go out there looking to be jerks, we go out there to try and make the highway a safer place for everyone. and i agree that most of you could probably go 100mph day after day and never mess up, but eventually someone will cut you off, or something will happen which could change you life forever.
through the years what has stuck with me the most and makes me know that what i do can make a difference is what happened to me my 2nd year on the job. i pulled over some teen out having fun going about 90 in a 70 zone, i got up to his window and i could see how nervous he was and ifigured that he was shaken enough just by getting pulled over that he would probably slow down in the future, so i let him off, knowing what t was like to be a teen and that his insurance didn't really need to go up, i just said now slow it donw and keep it under 70. well twoo weeks later i got a dispatch and raced off to a crash... (first response is a lage part of our work) and low and behold same exact car same kid, he had been street racing with a friend and lost it, his car spun into oncoming traffic killing him, the driver of the car he hit as well as the 4 year old in the back seat. as i sat there looking at the wreck i couldn't help think, what if i had given him a ticket, maybe he would have slowed down, maybe this wouldn't have happened. i'll never know.
to this day, every time i pull someone over i rember this and i have to think, what do i need to do to get this person to slow down.
on average i give a ticket to less that half the people i pull over, i generally ust try to make sure that they get the message and will slow down. but sometimes the only way to get people to learn is through punishment.
i just wanted to let you all know where i come from on this subject and wanted to get your opinions.
don't hold back, i'd like honest thoughts, if you really think that chp just goes out to make your days worse than say so.
all that said, i love to take my car out find a nice windy piece of road and go have fun just as much as the next guy,
i hope none of this affects any of your future posting, and sorry for the novel, i tried to make it short but just couldn't.
you know where i'll be this weekend, where will you be.
now i can definately relate to some of these problems, especially in my teens, but i was just wondering is that was the general feeling here.
now i would like to tell my side, i have been a chp officer for the last 5 years, and i just like you love to run my car, i love to go through the twisties, and go hammer down getting on the freeway. but i also take into consideration that there are other people out there, i always stay withing 9mph of the limit and when gettng on the freeway in a spirited manner i shut down around 80 at the max. if i feel the need to drive on the edge i go to a track.
and to tell what i have seen as the thought cycle of officers myself and many of my friends, we honestly do not go out there looking to be jerks, we go out there to try and make the highway a safer place for everyone. and i agree that most of you could probably go 100mph day after day and never mess up, but eventually someone will cut you off, or something will happen which could change you life forever.
through the years what has stuck with me the most and makes me know that what i do can make a difference is what happened to me my 2nd year on the job. i pulled over some teen out having fun going about 90 in a 70 zone, i got up to his window and i could see how nervous he was and ifigured that he was shaken enough just by getting pulled over that he would probably slow down in the future, so i let him off, knowing what t was like to be a teen and that his insurance didn't really need to go up, i just said now slow it donw and keep it under 70. well twoo weeks later i got a dispatch and raced off to a crash... (first response is a lage part of our work) and low and behold same exact car same kid, he had been street racing with a friend and lost it, his car spun into oncoming traffic killing him, the driver of the car he hit as well as the 4 year old in the back seat. as i sat there looking at the wreck i couldn't help think, what if i had given him a ticket, maybe he would have slowed down, maybe this wouldn't have happened. i'll never know.
to this day, every time i pull someone over i rember this and i have to think, what do i need to do to get this person to slow down.
on average i give a ticket to less that half the people i pull over, i generally ust try to make sure that they get the message and will slow down. but sometimes the only way to get people to learn is through punishment.
i just wanted to let you all know where i come from on this subject and wanted to get your opinions.
don't hold back, i'd like honest thoughts, if you really think that chp just goes out to make your days worse than say so.
all that said, i love to take my car out find a nice windy piece of road and go have fun just as much as the next guy,
i hope none of this affects any of your future posting, and sorry for the novel, i tried to make it short but just couldn't.
you know where i'll be this weekend, where will you be.
One of these times I'm referring to, I may have deserved the ticket. I was going upper 80s in a 70, at 4 in the morning (in the S2000), when there was no one else on the road. I emphasize the last bit, because that has a lot to do with why, as I wouldn't cruise so quickly if there were others put in danger. The police officer came to my window, asked for license and registration, and before saying another word, informed me that he would be right back with my ticket. No discussion, no nothing. No politeness about this, either.
Second instance: I was driving (also in the S2000), not aggressively at all, but rather with traffic, at speed, going 70mph it what was a 65mph zone. Then the limit dropped to 55mph, though traffic did not slow. The guy was waiting around a bend AS the limit dropped, leaped out on foot, pointed at me, and flagged me over.
I was not driving aggressively, or intending to speed at all. I was simply driving along, enjoying the beautiful weather. This officer pulled an almost identical routine to the last, avoiding discussion or anything beyond "here's your ticket."
Mind you, every other time I've been pulled over, the Officer has been kind and courteous, just as I was. However, these most recent times sting the most.
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