Cops on fishing expeditions

A co-worker said he got pulled over this weekend.

The cop said it was because his left tail light was out.

Well, his tail light has not only been out, but it's been completely
missing for about 5 years and he's never been hassled before.

After bringing back his license and insurance, he admitted that "in
this part of town", he was merely checking for outstanding warrants.

Ben wrote:
> A co-worker said he got pulled over this weekend.
>
> The cop said it was because his left tail light was out.
>
> Well, his tail light has not only been out, but it's been completely
> missing for about 5 years and he's never been hassled before.
>
> After bringing back his license and insurance, he admitted that "in
> this part of town", he was merely checking for outstanding warrants.
>

One has to wonder why it took so long for him to get pulled over. I
would think a completely missing taillight would be a safety issue. I
am guessing that your friend lives in a state without safety
inspections? I hope that he at least got a fix-it ticket or a written
warning.

nate


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In article >, Ben wrote:

> Well, his tail light has not only been out, but it's been completely
> missing for about 5 years and he's never been hassled before.
> After bringing back his license and insurance, he admitted that "in
> this part of town", he was merely checking for outstanding warrants.

It's called selective enforcement.

While he really should get a ticket for lacking safety equipment, he
doesn't. Meanwhile, someone going the speed of traffic is ticketed for
just keeping up with traffic or someone driving on an empty interstate is
ticketed for numerical speed.

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 20:49:19 -0400, Nate Nagel >
wrote:

>Ben wrote:
>> A co-worker said he got pulled over this weekend.
>>
>> The cop said it was because his left tail light was out.
>>
>> Well, his tail light has not only been out, but it's been completely
>> missing for about 5 years and he's never been hassled before.
>>
>> After bringing back his license and insurance, he admitted that "in
>> this part of town", he was merely checking for outstanding warrants.
>>
>
>One has to wonder why it took so long for him to get pulled over. I
>would think a completely missing taillight would be a safety issue. I
>am guessing that your friend lives in a state without safety
>inspections?

I said "co-worker", not friend.

and yes, there are no inspections here.

> I hope that he at least got a fix-it ticket or a written
>warning.

Nope - he couldn't find his registration at first either, and so the
cop just took his license and insurance back to run his check.

When the cop came back, he had found his registration, but the cop
wasn't interested, explained he was simply checking for warrants, and
didn't mention the missing tail-light at all.

>
>nate

Brent P wrote:
> In article >, Ben wrote:
>
> > Well, his tail light has not only been out, but it's been completely
> > missing for about 5 years and he's never been hassled before.
> > After bringing back his license and insurance, he admitted that "in
> > this part of town", he was merely checking for outstanding warrants.
>
> It's called selective enforcement.
>
> While he really should get a ticket for lacking safety equipment, he
> doesn't. Meanwhile, someone going the speed of traffic is ticketed for
> just keeping up with traffic or someone driving on an empty interstate is
> ticketed for numerical speed.

So? You already explained it. It is called selective enforcement.

Harry K

In article . com>, Harry K wrote:
>
> Brent P wrote:
>> In article >, Ben wrote:
>>
>> > Well, his tail light has not only been out, but it's been completely
>> > missing for about 5 years and he's never been hassled before.
>> > After bringing back his license and insurance, he admitted that "in
>> > this part of town", he was merely checking for outstanding warrants.
>>
>> It's called selective enforcement.
>>
>> While he really should get a ticket for lacking safety equipment, he
>> doesn't. Meanwhile, someone going the speed of traffic is ticketed for
>> just keeping up with traffic or someone driving on an empty interstate is
>> ticketed for numerical speed.
>
> So? You already explained it. It is called selective enforcement.

Exactly, one part of the post follows the other. Read much?

Ben wrote:
> A co-worker said he got pulled over this weekend.
>
> The cop said it was because his left tail light was out.
>
> Well, his tail light has not only been out, but it's been completely
> missing for about 5 years and he's never been hassled before.


Are you a ****ing idiot?
I'm glad your moron coworker was 'hassled'. I hope he got a big ticket.
5 years without a taillight?!

In article >,
says...

>A co-worker said he got pulled over this weekend.
>The cop said it was because his left tail light was out.
>Well, his tail light has not only been out, but it's been completely
>missing for about 5 years and he's never been hassled before.
>After bringing back his license and insurance, he admitted that "in
>this part of town", he was merely checking for outstanding warrants.

Can we get the cops name? I'd like to file a complaint against him for not
giving your buddy a fix it ticket after he admitted to not having a light for
5 years.
----------------
Alex

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 03:52:06 GMT, 223rem > wrote:

>Ben wrote:
>> A co-worker said he got pulled over this weekend.
>>
>> The cop said it was because his left tail light was out.
>>
>> Well, his tail light has not only been out, but it's been completely
>> missing for about 5 years and he's never been hassled before.
>
>
>Are you a ****ing idiot?

No, but I do think my co-worker is and for more reasons than just his
tail light.

>I'm glad your moron coworker was 'hassled'. I hope he got a big ticket.
>5 years without a taillight?!

What ****es me off about it is that the cops so blatantly pull people
over on a fishing expedition.

Especially when they completely ignore the people here who regularly
run red lights.

They should be enforcing laws which actually present a risk to other
drivers instead of going on fishing expeditions.

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:07:55 -0400, Alex Rodriguez >
wrote:

>In article >,
>says...
>
>>A co-worker said he got pulled over this weekend.
>>The cop said it was because his left tail light was out.
>>Well, his tail light has not only been out, but it's been completely
>>missing for about 5 years and he's never been hassled before.
>>After bringing back his license and insurance, he admitted that "in
>>this part of town", he was merely checking for outstanding warrants.
>
>Can we get the cops name? I'd like to file a complaint against him for not
>giving your buddy a fix it ticket after he admitted to not having a light for
>5 years.

Good luck with that - I asked him which LEA it was - he didn't even
know (must have been drunk already).

He probably wasn't drunk, but I still suspected it was MCSO and not
Phx PD.

But it must have been Phx PD since they didn't ask for his
fingerprints - or have they given that policy up? The news hasn't
said anything about them giving up that policy, but then again Sheriff
Joe does have relatives who work for them.

>----------------
>Alex
>