| Author | Message | ||
     Birdy |
Saw this and thought about time. I know I've had the police blow by me on the way the Mister Donut before. I have no problem with them hauling a$$ IF I can too!  http://www.jacksonville.com/apnews/stories/082208/ D92NDQGO0.shtml | ||
| Boney95 |
That's funny. I applied for a police officer position here in Wisconsin. During the Police and Fire Commision/Chief interview they asked me this question: Do you believe police officers should be held to a higher standard than the average citizen? Blah blah blah I answered the question (Of course, law enforcement officer enforce the law, thus they shouldn't break it; public eye etc...) Then I was asked/told, "In the past three years you have received 3 speeding tickets, don't you think you're contradicting yourself?" What the Fuq! I just simply said, "Im not perfect, I make mistakes". By the way I didn't get the job. (Message edited by boney95 on August 23, 2008) | ||
| Paint_shaker |
When the sign is lit up at Krispy Kreme, you better get out of the way!! Just kidding... It's no longer coffee and doughnuts, It's lattes and bagels!!! | ||
| Ducxl |
Chuck Canterbury, national president of the Fraternal Order of Police union, says the public is often wrong when they think an officer has no legitimate reason to speed. Yeah...Bull**** I think the Police should be held to a higher standard.And LEAD by example! I just CANNOT tell you how many times i've seen them make lane changes without signal. As far as them speeding,i just cannot know IF they're doing it out of necessity or not. So i think i could give the Police a pass on the speeding issue. Except for the Providence police officer who KILLED my father-in-law(doctor) by speeding to a false call and ramming my father-in-law's car and killing him.We won a LARGE settlement from Providence,but that never brought my father-in-law back to life to enjoy retirement The officer later tried to counter-sue but it was dismissed "with prejudice". | ||
| Kyrocket |
I have no big problem with them speeding, I mean, they have had defensive and high speed pursuit training and all but what gets my dander up is the lane changes without signals and flipping on the lights just to go through a red light. 30 times is more than excessive though. Did it give a time frame and I just miss it? Was that 30 times in a month or a year? Either way it's excessive. My education is in law enforcement and my job has me working closely with the local PD. I was told we all work with the same 5% of the population, myself, ambulance, fire, police, etc. and I believe that for the most part. (Message edited by Kyrocket on August 23, 2008) | ||
| Xbpete |
Love the comment about any officer going faster than 80 "without a good reason" So the general population should be able to go 80 "with a good reason"... seems fair but what the he** is fair In NY some local cops run 80 in their street vehicles in a 55, don't know how many times I was passed or Rt. 11B by a cop going to work in their street car. I go 80 and get a ticket in a NYM even if I am responding to a Fire as the local Code Official after a call from 911 to be at the scene... We just need an Autobahn connecting the tracks... in a perfect world that this ain't. | ||
| Oddball |
You ever see the traffic jam that happens behind a cop car when they go 5 under? I'd swear they do it for laughs. Rarely does anyone have the nerve to drive the limit and pass them. | ||
| Chellem |
If the cops have a good reason for speeding, shouldn't they have their lights on or something? Isn't that the reason they HAVE those lights - to warn hapless innocent drivers that they're coming and they're going very fast? If they're speeding without their lights or siren on to warn people, they are creating a potentially dangerous situation. Aside from just creating negative impressions in the eyes of us non-law-enforcement types. If they're off duty, or in a regular car, they should be held to the same standards as the rest of us. yeah. right.  ->ChelleM | ||
| Swampy |
Last year the Big Kid was on his way home from college, he was in the left lane going maybe the speed limit driving a 91 Ford Tempo, rear bumper missing from an accident, the car was full of junk, all rusted out, fenders flopping. A cruiser from another juristiction came flying up behind him no lights, no siren, and just rode his bumper, but the Big Kid wouldn't move over, he just kept increasing his speed to maybe 80-90 MPH for 5 miles or so until he finally moves over into the right lane. The LEO flys past him. The Big Kid then pulled in behind him and got right on his bumper and followed him another 5 miles or so running as fast as his car would run, as the Big Kid puts it, "I thought the wheels were gonna come flying off". The LEO pulled to the right and the Big Kid slingshots around him and then the LEO pulled the Big Kid over. What happens next is funny as the LEO comes stomping up to the Big Kids car, snot hanging from his nose obviously out of control and screams at him "What gives you the Effen right to drive that fast?" The Big Kid shouts back "What gives you Effen the right to drive that fast?" The Big Kid already had his License and registration out and ready when he asked for it. After a few minutes the LEO comes back with his demeanor that had changed 180 degrees, and calmly and sheepishly asks him to please take it easy and the county sheriff would be contacting him about what happened here this afternoon. Of course nothing happened as a result of the incident. I believe the Big Kid learned that from one of my friends when we all were on a bike trip togheter, we were passed b a couple of troopers and my friend pulled in with them for a while. | ||
| Hr_puffinstuff |
my dad was a LEO for most of 25 years, and this was one of his fave jokes: how can you tell if a cop's been mortally wounded? he drops his donut!  | ||
| Seanp |
My father's a retired cop and my uncle is a retired cop, and they both used to speed all the time. Now that they're getting older, they actually realize that their reaction times and all that aren't as good, and they don't speed anymore. When I'm on the highway, if I see a marked car speeding with no lights, I follow from a respectable distance, going the same speed. I figure, hey, if he's not lit up, then he's not going to an emergency. Therefore, he is setting the standard for what speed traffic should flow. So far, knock on wood, they haven't ever slowed down and pulled me over... | ||
| Brumbear |
They can speed anytime they want one day it could be my family in trouble they are speeding to help. As far as donouts I never met one I didn't relly like as well., as far as speeding YO catch me if you can if you have a buell you speed | ||
| Skinstains |
I hate hypocrates ! I have passed those <removed> <removed> that like to "pace" the masses. I only wish I could get up to the front to do it more often. As for the cops caught speeding...did they get tickets ? Of course not. They would be un-insurable or have suspended licenses and have to loose their jobs because they couldn't legally drive. How many cops do you think have zero points on their abstract...all of them. I have personal video footage of about half of my towns PD coming out of their favorite watering hole hammered to the point that they can't walk straight but they drive home. If I do get pulled over in town I will simply mention my home movies and see if I still get a ticket. <removed> ! (Message edited by bigdaddy on August 23, 2008) | ||
| Thumper74 |
Yeah Skins... but prove they were legally drunk from the video. You get a DUI, they get off scott free since there is no evidence they were intoxicated other than a video. The easiest way to avoid a DUI... Don't drink and drive. | ||
| Ducxl |
So the Police are only human.And enforce traffic violations when blatantly disregarded by us. I've seen the Police,and they're us | ||
| New12r |
I thought cops were aliens?? Who knew they were human?? So what if they speed, I do all the friggin time. When they speed, I tag along too. You ever see the traffic jam that happens behind a cop car when they go 5 under? I'd swear they do it for laughs. Rarely does anyone have the nerve to drive the limit and pass them. I pass, I dont care, he cannot give me a ticket for passing him going the speed limit, and my stuff is legal so I have no worries! | ||
| Chellem |
So the Police are only human. If only that excuse worked for ME when I get pulled over, I'd accept it from the cops. Me - "Hey, officer, sorry about that speeding, but I *WAS* keeping up with traffic, and hey, I'm only human, after all..." Officer - "Oh, OK, get outta here. No harm, no foul." Right. ->ChelleM | ||
| Oddball |
So do I, but I have to push and fight my way thru the pack to do it. After a couple do it the pack starts to break up. Only the truly paranoid death grip volvo types stay locked on his tail. | ||
| Bigdaddy |
Skinstains, You can go edit your post, which would be the right thing to do btw, or I will. Name calling in person is acceptable, but on the Internet it's nothing but childish. G2 Edit: I edited your post. (Message edited by bigdaddy on August 23, 2008) |
