Wow, I happen to know a few officers, and they would respond in much more respectfull ways than you are, I am done arguing with you because obviously you have a biased (perhaps rightfully so) opinion, and you are not responding to my comments just making comments like DUH or YOU KNOW MY JOB, etc, I respect your profession but wish there werent so many people out there abusing their power, and being complete hypocrits.

 

Just for you I will go out and arrest 2 rapists and a murderer. They actually confessed their crimes to me last week, but I decided to write some punk kid a ticket for illegal exhaust instead. I have to reach my quota you know.

 

lol^

 

He rolled down his windows. Is this the only situation that is making tint illegal?

I don't know if the officer made you take the tint off to help you in the long run or to display his authority... I don't think I would have done it on the spot, I would have taken him to court. He would probably just lie about the situation in the courtroom anyways though.

 

GET UM! get those exhaust modifiers, and blinker abusers, radio listeners, tinters, front licsence plate removers GET UM!, we need them off the road NOW!

 

Cops in cali are actually smarter than that. They will tell you to roll up your window to check it. Anyways, I heard if you put your hand on the roof of the car they will be alot more lenient on you.

 

I wouldn't bet on that. The thing about the hands on the roof, or simply on top of the steering wheel where the officer can see them easily, is that he/she now knows that you're not carrying a weapon, or at least don't have in your hands ready to use.

It's letting them know that you're not the risk you might have been so they can relax a "little." Most, if not all officers really appreciate that but I've not seen any evidence to prove that they'll be more lenient on you because of it. Of course, it can't hurt!

Drive Safe,
Steve R.

 

I'm so glad I live in Australia where we don't have to worry about cops being worried about people carrying guns.

I've been pulled over twice in my s2k. Both times with the roof down, and the cops have been pretty cool (well, for cops that have just pulled me over).

Got let off once for getting sideways trying to catch an orange light, and the other time the cop was asking me all types of questions about the car (like he was an enthusiast). What sort of car it is, how long ago I got the car, how much, how much power it has (mine's stock), how it responds to mods etc.
Sure he may have been trying to find something else wrong with it, but the way he was asking me, made him sound like a little kid in a showroom.

On my old car, I had a bumper sticker that said "Cops are Tops" with a thumbs up on it. It got me out of more tickets than I can remember. Not that I got pulled up all the time, but on those occassions I did, I almost always got let off with a warning.