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srothstein wrote:I don't have a problem with the SCOTUS decision that I can stop someone for a genuine violation of the law, even if it is done as a pretext for an investigatory stop. I have done this and aught many felons that way. But if we have so many laws that obeying them all is suspicious behavior, we have a real problem with our society.

TxRVer wrote:

OldCurlyWolf wrote:I was taught and later verified by experience, that an officer can find a valid reason to stop a vehicle almost 100% of the time by following for two blocks.

I guess that didn't work for the officer following me one night. I was in the left lane of a city street and had a car come up on my bumper real fast and then sit there. I signaled and moved into the right lane. He followed me over and stayed on my bumper. I was getting concerned until he pulled u-turn and I saw it was a cop.

I had something like that. My small town, sitting at a red light (only one in town) at midnight, some car comes charging up FAST and brakes hard and stops just a few inches off my bumper. I'm checking my mirrors trying to see if any doors are flying open. I thought somebody driving like that must think I'm someone else, they might have a problem with.

I look up and see the light is green, I pull out and get the instant whoopy lights. First I had any clue it was a DPS trooper. He stopped me because I "sat so long at a green light". Asked me why I didn't go when the light turned. I told him I was trying to see who the *jerk* (not really, edited for the forum) who almost hit me from behind. I guess he was looking for drunks. I wasn't drinking, just on my way home after a long day. He told me my registration was due at the end of the month and left.

RoyGBiv wrote:An important lesson for her...

No matter how careful you are they can always find a reason to pull you over?

Yeah, thats good to know. Not very happy, but important.