Awesome Sheriff is Awesome!
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I generally find sheriffs much more agreeable to deal with as well. Had one pull me over while I was on the way to meet up with a few people to do some meteor shower watching. I explained where I was going so late at night and he told me to slow it down a bit and let me go.
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When I pull over: Keys on the dash, indoor lights on if night, hands on the wheel, ask for permission to take them off, and sirs/maams/officers at the end of every sentence. Seems to have gone a long way.
I suppose not doing illegal things would be the less stressful way; but where's the fun in that?
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Originally Posted by toofarfromjune' timestamp='1336332240' post='21674138
No criminal background and not running my mouth seems to go a long way.
When I pull over: Keys on the dash, indoor lights on if night, hands on the wheel, ask for permission to take them off, and sirs/maams/officers at the end of every sentence. Seems to have gone a long way.
I suppose not doing illegal things would be the less stressful way; but where's the fun in that?
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Gpwuster, thanks... I'm definitely on this side of it all! work is work ><
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Originally Posted by whiteflash' timestamp='1336416099' post='21676522
[quote name='toofarfromjune' timestamp='1336332240' post='21674138']
No criminal background and not running my mouth seems to go a long way.
No criminal background and not running my mouth seems to go a long way.
When I pull over: Keys on the dash, indoor lights on if night, hands on the wheel, ask for permission to take them off, and sirs/maams/officers at the end of every sentence. Seems to have gone a long way.
I suppose not doing illegal things would be the less stressful way; but where's the fun in that?
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I've realized that 'confrontations' with officers can easily go downhill fast, but they don't have to, and it usually starts with very minor, but key details that we as citizens are responsible before the confrontation happens. If you make the officer even 50% less nervous about the pull over, meaning to say, your hands are visibly not searching for weapons and your car is off so you can't flee, you've practically already won them over before the ordeal even started. Every pull over is another chance for a officer to have a weapon drawn on them, hit by the offending driver (or traffic in general), or a whole host of possible negative outcomes; remove that fear and they'll really appreciate you for it. People like to just call officers dicks, but they don't usually take into account how their actions and attitudes are the catalyst to a bad situation getting worse or getting better.
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