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txinvestigator....I also checked with a couple of my very close LEO friends and they concluded that they would have probably stopped me but not issued a warning ticket. Verbal would have been enough. I guess what I had beeen taught in drivers ed is no longer valid. I guess you live and learn.

anygunanywhere...I thank you for checking with another source so as to correct my thought process on this incident.

Please no more hammering each other for my opinion!!!!!!!!!

txinvestigator wrote:It is illegal to not dim your headlamps. It was a valid stop. He man have been suspicious of DWI due to the party; however, there was nothing "bogus" about the stop.

Unless he cussed at you or caused you undue delay he was not out of line.

And this is a CHL discussion form, not the "bitch about your problems with the cop forum. "

txinvestigator,

I totally disagree with you!!! What constitutes the distance I must dim the lights. My drivers education training back in the 70's stated that when I saw another vehicle I must dim my headlights. I immediately dimmed the lights when I saw another set coming around the short curve.
This trooper did in fact make a bogus stop and gave me a warning ticket on a bogus charge. This is why I am so upset about it. I could understand if he followed me, ran my plate, then my license and found some problems with my driving record, but I have had no citations for over 25 years!!!!!!!!! And that is not because I have been lucky!!!

Ok, first let me make a statement!!!

I honor & respect LEO's for the great job that they are doing!!!! I always tell them how much I appreciate their hard work......but!!!

We were coming home from Austin, Saturday night at about 11:30pm, after picking my wife up at ABIA where she flew in from Chicago Ill. We had just passed through Cistern, where there is a grocery store/bar, that was packed to the rafters, and was on our way to Flatonia when I passed a DPS trooper headed the opposite direction. He immediately made a uey and flipped on the lights. I looked at my speed....65 in a 65 so that was not the reason. As I have always done, I pulled onto the shoulder and exited the vehicle with insurance papers in hand. He introduced himself and asked where I might be coming from. I handed him my DL, CHL & insurance and stated that I have a CHL and am carrying. He asked where and I told him in my pocket I had a semi-auto .45. He just smiled and stated that he had stopped me because I had not dimmed my high-beams soon enough. I knew then what was really going on!! He asked me where I was coming from and I told him from Austin. He asked if I had been partying there and I simply but sternly said "NO" I was there picking up my wife that had just flown in from Chicago, Ill. He said "man that was a late flight" and I responded that "the flight was delayed due to weather by 2 hours". He said.....and I quote..." Oh so you did not just leave from the party at the bar in Cistern???" I said "no I just came from Austin!!!" He walked to the front of my vehicle and checked my inspection sticker and registration, then shined the light inside and saw the luggage in the back seat. He then said he was going to issue a warning about the high-beams. I said no problem. I signed and off I went.

Ok I have been around LEO's all my life, having several in my family, but this was really a bogus stop. I have been stopped several times since getting my CHL several years ago, none for any moving violation, always something like a tail light out or just to verify DL & insurance. They were all very professional and even had one ask me about my SIG I was carrying. This trooper was really out of line in this stop. He was also kinda small and when my 6'6" 300lb frame poured out of my little VW Jetta he really was taken back.

Anyway I was just rambling this morning and wanted to know if any of you have ever experienced such a bogus stop.