Those officers out there that have done this for a while know this to be true. Sometimes there is just no helping people. It goes right there with the ole' "no good deed goes unpuished".
For all of the grateful people that have been stopped and released with a warning or released with only a minor violation without the book being thrown at them there are a hand full that make you crazy.
I don't know, maybe they're just stupid. Who can say?
Two minor cases in point, are I stop a guy for traffic violations and note that his window tint is WAY past the legal limit. I offer to let him go if he'll just remove the tint on scene. Hell I would've been happy if he just started the job so that he would have to finish it later. Subject didn't want to be seen with his tint messed up so he opted for both the moving violations and the window tint ticket. ... ah... McFly...!!
The other night I stop a vehicle, whom I might add I've given warnings for the same thing on two previous occasions. The vehicle has one of those lights that fit in the towing assembly and plug to the trailor light adapter. It was producing blue light which in my state is illegal. I advise the driver that if she simply disconnects the light I'll release her without citing her.
She refused. She almost went to jail over the issue because she didn't at first want to sign the ticket. What is wrong with people? Oh by the way. She wasn't permitted to leave until her husband came on scene and pulled the plug.
There are plenty of good folks out there and most are let off with a warning. Please if you are one of those people that were stopped for a violation, even if you don't agree with the violation, don't run off and call the station to complain. You're only going to succeed in making the officer jaded. Be glad you didn't get the ticket and go on with your life.
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