i am not one to call folks on stuff like this-becuz I have had a few weird close calls. and as much as I F**KIN LOATHE po-po, there are some out there that actually do NOT get a hard-on for writing tickets.
I was pulled once for drifting (of all things, a f'king Civic) around in a Subdivision that was under construction...it was late, and the officer had me blocked in at the only exit-got me out of car and asked what I was doing-I told'em I was practicing for a show to be held next week down in Atl. (there actually was a show-NOPI nationals) and I worked all day so this was the only time I had-said there was a group renting Miller Park parking lot next week and I was just too excited to wait.
-let me go with a ticket for Disturbing the peace-no points, small fine.
got nailed doing 80 in a 35 (no idea why i was even speeding-fun I guess
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Cop pulled me over and asked what the hurry was-I said I was just on my way home and had to take a shid bad.
-got a call on his radio for something far worse, cuz he came jogging back to car and tossed me my lic. and said "you just got lucky. Now slow down or pull into a gas station."
got pulled for flying on the freeway in my cage (doing like 80-110 thru traffic) becuz cop was stin with a dead car on the shoulder and "heard my engine" as I went by...took him 3 miles to catch up, but once I saw him coming I tried to hit the next exit and got stuck in e-lane trying to pass some cars, so I pulled over. Cop was a lil pissed, but no speeding tickets-
wrote me 1 for failure to use signal when lane-changing (easily reduced to no-point viol. and less than $200)
and 1 for following too closely (again, easily dropped to no-pointer and less than $200)
-then he acutally told me my car was one of the cleanest he'd seen (Electron Blue '99 Civic SI fully de-badged with tint n lil Blue vinyl sunstrip-no Autozone Stickered-up POS)
so there ARE instances where cops cut slack when they really have no other reason to be nice other than, well-they actually are nice.