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Can confirm on my end, local cops tended to pull me over over because I figure my car didn't match the wealth profile of the area, (it was an old beater and it's an upper middle class town).
They always gave a bullshit reason, "taillight was out" (when I know it wasn't) blah blah etc etc. But they let me go after asking a question or two, once they realized I was just a local they never even asked to actually see my license just whether or not I had one and then they told me to drive home safely. Questions they asked usually started with "where are you from" followed by something a local would definitely know like the name of our creek, high school, popular areas.
Happened over a dozen times in the one year I had the car, figure it only stopped because I ended up getting pulled over by everyone on the force in my town so they started to recognize my car.
Feel sorry for any guy with an old car like mine that just happened to be passing through our town. Probably quite a bit actually since we're right along a major thoroughfare for travelers and tourists.
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[–] LagunaBeachCA 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Can confirm on my end, local cops tended to pull me over over because I figure my car didn't match the wealth profile of the area, (it was an old beater and it's an upper middle class town).
They always gave a bullshit reason, "taillight was out" (when I know it wasn't) blah blah etc etc. But they let me go after asking a question or two, once they realized I was just a local they never even asked to actually see my license just whether or not I had one and then they told me to drive home safely. Questions they asked usually started with "where are you from" followed by something a local would definitely know like the name of our creek, high school, popular areas.
Happened over a dozen times in the one year I had the car, figure it only stopped because I ended up getting pulled over by everyone on the force in my town so they started to recognize my car.
Feel sorry for any guy with an old car like mine that just happened to be passing through our town. Probably quite a bit actually since we're right along a major thoroughfare for travelers and tourists.
[–] macleod2486 ago (edited ago)
Yup the classic excuse the ones I had to deal with growing up was "Your license plate light was a bit dim".
Those cops are the reason why I'm always wary whenever I have to drive through a small town.