Let me add that this was a very, very young officer. My wife and I are both 50 and we talked later of how he almost came across to us like our youngest son (who is 23) does. What I mean by that is, in the MRS and MR adressing of us and so forth. So it probably was pure inexperience as to why he had us lay them on the dash. But I also feel that it was not appropriate either to tell him next time don't let people do that.
Not that our son calls us MR or MRS - we are still mom and dad !
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- Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:15 pm
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
- Topic: Pulled over in Plano
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- Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:52 pm
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
- Topic: Pulled over in Plano
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Pulled over in Plano
The other evening the wife and I were going home to Allen on Jupiter Rd. For those not familiar it is a 3 lane each direction, posted 35mph and is a mix of residential and commercial areas. The traffic for the most part was what I consider moderate.
My wife was driving and was in the lane next to curb and we were the slowest car in the group of a dozen or so who had just gotten the green light at the previous intersection. In fact we got a polite "flip off" from a motorcycle rider who came up behind us and did quick move to the left across all the lanes while doing what I guess to be 70+ mph. Well she says "Oh no" and respond with a unconcerned now what. She says we are getting pulled over.
This is the first time in several years that we have been stopped at all for anything. She has the licenses and ins. card ready when the officer gets to her window. He looks it over and asks if she is carrying at this time. She responds with a very polite, yet confident "Yes I am, it is in my purse. And if it matters my husband is also carrying." (not sure if that was necessary, but I think all in all is the proper thing to do at the time) He asks us to both place our guns on the dash facing the windshield, we both comply.
He then asks if she knows why she was stopped and she answers "No I do not". He tells her that she was doing 62 in a 35. This is where it gets interesting. She tells him that she was doing 37mph and she knows that for a fact - The car is an 04 Vette and has the digital "heads up display" so she knew exactly how fast she was going - He questions how she knew that is when she explained the display feature of the car. He goes back to his car for less than a minute and returns to our car the licenses and card and tell her to slow it down in the future. And to be sure to take the guns off the dash before we drive away.
He was polite and professional so no complaints on that part. In my mind, and I maybe totally wrong in thinking so, but was it just that he picked us out to pull over based on the type of car?
My wife was driving and was in the lane next to curb and we were the slowest car in the group of a dozen or so who had just gotten the green light at the previous intersection. In fact we got a polite "flip off" from a motorcycle rider who came up behind us and did quick move to the left across all the lanes while doing what I guess to be 70+ mph. Well she says "Oh no" and respond with a unconcerned now what. She says we are getting pulled over.
This is the first time in several years that we have been stopped at all for anything. She has the licenses and ins. card ready when the officer gets to her window. He looks it over and asks if she is carrying at this time. She responds with a very polite, yet confident "Yes I am, it is in my purse. And if it matters my husband is also carrying." (not sure if that was necessary, but I think all in all is the proper thing to do at the time) He asks us to both place our guns on the dash facing the windshield, we both comply.
He then asks if she knows why she was stopped and she answers "No I do not". He tells her that she was doing 62 in a 35. This is where it gets interesting. She tells him that she was doing 37mph and she knows that for a fact - The car is an 04 Vette and has the digital "heads up display" so she knew exactly how fast she was going - He questions how she knew that is when she explained the display feature of the car. He goes back to his car for less than a minute and returns to our car the licenses and card and tell her to slow it down in the future. And to be sure to take the guns off the dash before we drive away.
He was polite and professional so no complaints on that part. In my mind, and I maybe totally wrong in thinking so, but was it just that he picked us out to pull over based on the type of car?