Yesterday the police were out big time.
I had to run the roads quite a bit yesterday. 31 was loaded up with N Myrtle Beach Police & county. Shooting radar on the bridge with Chase cars on the ramps. Bikes hiding on the back side of hills. 2 trips. Must have seen 10 cars pulled. MB HY17 by our office. Couple more pulled.
Run to the office about 8 Couple more pulled over on 31.
I come back 17. Got to NMB pulled in the gas station. Cop pulled in behind me. Start pumping gas he pulls up behind me. Then backs up and goes around to the other end of pumps.
Hang the pump up he pulls up right on my front tire. Lights me up. WTH???
License registration and do you have any weapons!!! Weapon in my waistband 3:00. Keep your hands up in front of you. License registration! Back pocket. Don’t reach for it! Sir. I know my driver’s license number. Let’s have it!!! He calls it in. Tells me he could write me a ticket for my tail lights.
I have a stutter box.
Tells me this time I get a warning. I see you again I will write you a ticket!
Sir, not being a smart ass. but you might as well save us the trouble and write me the ticket now. Lights stay for my safety
Your money think about it! You can go!
Yes sir have a good evening be safe.
He was a real horses a$$. I had to back up and go around him. He just sat there. Soon as I went around and he pulled off.
Must have had a surge in that area. On the flashing lights, Insurance companies now make it mandatory for log trailers to have strobe lights installed. I like the idea of having them on a Motorcycle, sure keeps people off your tail and alerts them to you braking.
So many laws for our officers to learn and the training of new officers to get them out there to replace the ones they’ve lost is rushed IMO. The cancel culture / defund the police movement is taking its toll. You would expect an officer of the law to understand the law better than anyone else.
I have had many interactions with the police. I have had my driver’s license suspended due to points 3 times. The third time I was deemed a habitual offender. 5-year suspension and it’s got caught driving would have been jail. Got my license back in 2 years. Never DUI just traffic violations.
I have dealt with officers with big egos, officers having bad days. Even officers that just have an attitude. And some of them acting like my dad mad as hell for what they caught me doing. And some that just didn’t have enough sense to poor piss out of a boot. But this guy takes the cake. He never come from around the side of the car and he had his hand on his gun. He never spoke to me in a civil manner he hollered at me the whole time. There was a couple people in the parking lot watching and videotaping. Maybe we’ll be YouTube Stars. I am always very polite and respectful. Even the officers that come out of the car not so nice. By the time we part ways even the times I’ve been taken to jail things were always good.
There was no reason for him to light me up and act the way he did. I’m sure we’ll visit again.
I worry that sometimes some folks get into law enforcement for the wrong reason. And with the treatment from the MSM, Antifa, BLM and certain politicians just makes things worse. I support our LEOs but life is too short and precious for some misguided souls to be acting like JBT’s.
Policing has become much different in these times. The Leo’s must have RAS to stop anyone back when. They could just randomly stop anyone before. I really appreciate what Leo do . the problem starts when politicians push good officers to be revenue collectors