Wait.....he asked "why are you carrying?"
Ok, this is where you make a call to his Sergent, Lieutenant, Captain, etc. I would raise hell until you are thoroughly satisfied. It's none of his GD business so long as you provide your CCW permit. That should have been the end of the conversation. He should ask the State of Florida why they issued you a permit if he finds it distasteful. That pisses me off to no end. File a written complaint and you will get results! Make sure you use the word "harassment"
I would completely own up to the speed and drill it home on the HARRASMENT you got for carrying. That's BS.
wow when i got caught 51 in a 40 it was 21 bucks small town living isnt so bad
Just an observation, I mean no disrespect what so ever. Do you think if you had NOT approached the officer things would have went different? I'm new to riding so I've not experienced the smokin hot sunshine (no surprise since I live in Michigan), but if you had just sweat it out I think things would have gone more "your way".
I read somebody elses account of a traffic stop (doing waaay more that 16 over) they pulled over, shut the bike off, dropped thier key in the dirt and removed thier helmet. If I get stopped I guess my approach will be similar.
Sorry to hear this Blanca. There are definitely respectful cops out there but cowards behind badges like this tick me off. His will come around. It always does.
I think you should put on a license plate revolver and make a run for it.
Blanca, I was on the way to work this morning and shortly after entering the freeway I proceeded to the HOV lane and passed one car and was maintaining about 85mph (while the rest of traffic was doing about 80). I noticed an officer on a Harley that was a few cars back. He maneuvered his way up to me and got right up on my azz, then backed off. I was like, ok, whatever. Just kept cruising along, figured if he was gonna pull me over then he was gonna pull me over. He came up close again for a sec, backed off, then got right up beside me and gave me 2 short siren blips. I took my left hand off the bar and turned toward him and he just motioned with his hand for me to slow it down. I waived and nodded, then he sped up and changed lanes to the right, then I proceeded to keep pace with traffic and he disappeared behind me after a while. Heh, I figured, whew...but glad the guy was cool. Just need more biker cops out there.