I think my FR-S was "profiled" by a WSP ......

[why?]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

I can't get out of it. Or rather, my company pays me way too much to refuse the trip down there. Luckily I only have to visit. You couldn't get me to actually live down there.

Not because of safety, though. The US side of the border is reasonably safe. The other side is where there are issues. The US side is just one long asscrack with no redeeming qualities, which the state has somehow managed to make even worse by filling it with state troopers.

yea I figured. Hey, money's money.

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

electronic countermeasures
electronic counter-countermeasures
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EMP's. Seriously it is about time we start hardening all electronics everywhere because EMP's are getting really easy to create and could easily take down like say Manhattan. Never mind real ones created by foreign countries that could totally destroy most of the electronics on the east coast.

[Sarlacc]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Apparently pot was much different in the 30s. These seem to be the total opposites to what the few pot smokers I ever knew actually did. Not to mention the very fact that judging from the poster they seem to have injected it back then.

Ah, so the docile, unwashed and pale couch potato isn't a clever disguise after all.
Too bad.

[daiheadjai]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

electronic countermeasures
electronic counter-countermeasures
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If you've ever watched the movie "The Big Hit" (which, incidentally, was not a big hit)

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2khTxU_eeA&ab_channel=TheB0gus"]Plug and Play - YouTube[/ame]

I got pulled over for an "unsafe lane change" in stop-and-go traffic (we were doing 10km/h).
There was an entire empty lane because a construction vehicle had blocked it off - once I passed the construction vehicle, I moved slightly to the right so I could see if the lane was empty (I was following a minivan so I couldn't see - hence the slight move).
Lo and behold: A police cruiser was a good 10 car lengths away because there was a disabled tractor trailer off the side of the road on the shoulder.
No hazard signals, no orange triangle or flares or pylons.

So I moved back into my lane (actually, just slid back the 2 feet to the left).
It took me a good 5-8 seconds to reach the cop car.

Cop flags me down and gives me a whole spiel about unsafe lane changes.
Hands me a $120 ticket, while talking to me about common sense (the whole time, I'm polite). Scoffs and says "Yeah, right" when I tell her I couldn't see because of a van in front of me, hence the need to move a bit to the right.

I even had dash cam footage and everything.
Taking that to court - would rather pay $300 to the paralegal then give them the satisfaction.

I'm pretty pro-law enforcement, but when it comes to traffic enforcement, I find there is much to be desired when it comes to common sense.

[extrashaky]

Had an interesting thing happen today.

I had been stuck in a construction zone for several miles on the interstate, with people speeding up and slowing down inexplicably along the way. There were two lanes each direction, with a speed limit of 65.

Then the construction ended, and the highway expanded out to three lanes so that everyone who was just now going five miles under the fucking speed limit could race up to 90 and pretend they wanted to go faster all along. The speed limit here was 75. I had my cruise control on 80 in the center lane, and people were screaming past me on both sides like I was sitting still. Some of them were flying up on my rear end and swerving around me rather dangerously. Driving in Texas is definitely like sharing the road with a bunch of 13-year olds.

Way up ahead I could see what appeared to be a cop sitting on the side of the road and eased back to 75. Most of these bozos apparently didn't see him, because none of them slowed down. Sure enough, my V1 blipped, telling me the trooper had just hit someone up ahead. He came off the side of the road and was speeding up to go after the guy as I approached him right at the speed limit from behind, with no other cars around me.

When he saw me, rather than go after the guy he had just locked in on his radar, he hit me with it instead. Then he swerved uncertainly for a moment, trying to decide whether to pull back off the road or follow me. I passed him, so he fell in behind me and followed me for about a mile. Then he pulled over and reset his speed trap.

So follow what I'm saying: A cop actually gave up a citation for someone he had already decided to chase, who was easily going 90 mph or more, in the hopes of catching my bright red BRZ instead. THIS is the bullshit I deal with driving this car.

[Chad11491]

I just think it's cops, not cars. At the time I was in college and had a 98 neon (this was two years ago) beater I used as a DD because college was 60 miles each way. I had a 3.2 liter stroker 280zx back home at the time that was my toy car and back and forth to work. I was returning my rented textbooks in my red neon with the clear coat flaking off and missing a hubcap going 60 in a 55 (it struggled on the interstate with its 200k+ mile engine) and got pulled over and he asked me if I was out joyriding. I literally looked at him with the wtf face and said "in this piece of shit?" I got the ticket (this was around Christmas) and after he came back and said he was going to do me a favor and knock it down to 5 over (which was what is was for anyway). I said I hope I helped him meet his Christmas quota and drove off and just paid the damn thing. F**k the GSP.

EDIT: this is why I don't buy bright colored cars. My Z was rootbeer colored (ok, it was brown ) , my 944 was metallic grey, and my brz is white. Too much attention and hassle with flashy colors which is honestly unfair.

[Sarlacc]

I guess your american cops see it as some sort of sport. Catch and release, who gets the biggest and nicest fish.
I find that slightly refreshing, actually.
Scandinavian traffic police are just very predictably efficient and soullessly follows their forlorn procedures with their nasty little lasers.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Sarlacc

I guess your american cops see it as some sort of sport. Catch and release, who gets the biggest and nicest fish.
I find that slightly refreshing, actually.
Scandinavian traffic police are just very predictably efficient and soullessly follows their forlorn procedures with their nasty little lasers.

Canadian ones as well (or at least the ones I have ever dealt with). The nice part is that if you have a clean record they seem to be more likely to give a break then the US ones.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

Had an interesting thing happen today.


So follow what I'm saying: A cop actually gave up a citation for someone he had already decided to chase, who was easily going 90 mph or more, in the hopes of catching my bright red BRZ instead. THIS is the bullshit I deal with driving this car.

hmmmm.........I DO believe your car WAS "profiled" ......


humfrz

[Tcoat]

Damnit Hum. Every time I read that title...

[soulreapersteve]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

Had an interesting thing happen today.

I had been stuck in a construction zone for several miles on the interstate, with people speeding up and slowing down inexplicably along the way. There were two lanes each direction, with a speed limit of 65.

Then the construction ended, and the highway expanded out to three lanes so that everyone who was just now going five miles under the fucking speed limit could race up to 90 and pretend they wanted to go faster all along. The speed limit here was 75. I had my cruise control on 80 in the center lane, and people were screaming past me on both sides like I was sitting still. Some of them were flying up on my rear end and swerving around me rather dangerously. Driving in Texas is definitely like sharing the road with a bunch of 13-year olds.

Way up ahead I could see what appeared to be a cop sitting on the side of the road and eased back to 75. Most of these bozos apparently didn't see him, because none of them slowed down. Sure enough, my V1 blipped, telling me the trooper had just hit someone up ahead. He came off the side of the road and was speeding up to go after the guy as I approached him right at the speed limit from behind, with no other cars around me.

When he saw me, rather than go after the guy he had just locked in on his radar, he hit me with it instead. Then he swerved uncertainly for a moment, trying to decide whether to pull back off the road or follow me. I passed him, so he fell in behind me and followed me for about a mile. Then he pulled over and reset his speed trap.

So follow what I'm saying: A cop actually gave up a citation for someone he had already decided to chase, who was easily going 90 mph or more, in the hopes of catching my bright red BRZ instead. THIS is the bullshit I deal with driving this car.

Texas was in my list of places for future IT possibilities if things don't work out here in the PNW.

Not no more if bullshit like that happens on a daily basis.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by soulreapersteve

Texas was in my list of places for future IT possibilities if things don't work out here in the PNW.

Not no more if bullshit like that happens on a daily basis.

Oh, I think you would be OK, you just need the right kind of vehicle .... and stay away from border towns .....


humfrz

[soulreapersteve]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Oh, I think you would be OK, you just need the right kind of vehicle .... and stay away from border towns .....


humfrz

Not going to lie, driving a truck that high off the ground seems scary.

Afraid I'll run Prius and Smart Cars over.

[SisterBlue22]

I really need to get myself a Valentine One. In addition to all the goodies that go along with driving in Arizona, including millions of snowbirds doing 57 in a 65 in the left lane, and constant construction with road debris flying everywhere, the Dept of Public Safety (AZ State Police, basically) have begun the fun practice of using any and every vehicle they've ever impounded as unmarked vehicles patrolling the freeways.

The other day I rolled up on a brand new Volvo SUV, and when I got close enough I noticed the whole inside of the back window outfitted with lights...I've also seen a Durango with shiny chrome spinners decked out in police lights. You never know if any particular vehicle might be an unmarked DPS officer.

In addition to that, their "standard" unmarked vehicles are white F-150's...which is also the universal work truck of the world. The freeways in Arizona are interesting to say the least. Constant paranoia.

[Xinshadow]

It definitely happens, but it does depend on the area. When I had my Eclipse GS-T years ago I got pulled over all the time for having an exhaust that was "too loud". Paid enough in tickets to buy it three or four times over. Note that Illinois law says nothing about the loudness of an exhaust, but the law states that modifying any part of the factory emissions system is illegal. Being a dumb kid at the time, I never actually bothered to research the police unfortunately.

My wife and I purchased a house in an area that's a bit more redneck, 50% of our neighbors have diesel trucks just to do the weekly shop, and most of them have aftermarket exhaust. Despite having a louder exhaust on the FRS than any of my previous cars, not once has a cop ever pulled me over or even really given me a second glance.

If it bothers you like it did me that the police are just out for cash, make sure to vote and be active in your local political scene where you can actually have an influence on their funding and policies. Hit the police right back in their pocketbook.

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