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Jersey_TA · 08-10-2008, 03:10 AM

So I try sleeping since it's 1 am and I couldn't fall asleep. I get up, hop on the computer and check the forums and the weather for tomorrow. Since it's supposed to be rain I decided hey, why not take the car out for a spin. So I hop in the vette and roll down rt. 38 on my way to a wawa for coffee to keep me occupied for the ride home. I just pass over 295 and the first light I come to turns yellow. Now I'm traveling at 53 mph and was borderline on either slamming on the brakes, or planting the gas to make the light. I opted to plant it, car comes alive and I go blazing through the intersection at 75+ making it before the red. There's a gas station on the left tucked away at the light(comes into play later). Immediately after the intersection I slow back down and set the cruise at 53. I look in the rear view a half mile later and I see headlights in the distance coming up FAST. As he gets closer I make out those headlights you do not want to see behind you.....it's a cop. He's about 10 feet off my bumper for a whole 3 seconds and bam...the lights got on. I put the turn signal on and pull over to the shoulder. I turn the car off, roll the window down, and put both hands on the steering wheel. The cop walks up (I can hear on his radio, I'll be there in a minute) and it goes a little like this.....

Cop-Hi, I'm officer*****, license, reg, insur please.
Me-here ya go
Cop-Do you have a NJ driver's license?
Me-No
Cop-Why not?
Me-because I'm stationed here for the military
Cop-Oh ok. What branch?
Me-the air force
Cop-Where you coming from?
Me-My house in browns mills.
Cop-Have you been drinking?
Me-I definitely haven't been drinking?
Cop-Where you headed?
Me-No where, just out for a drive.
Cop-(looks at me funny, like WTF are you going for a drive for at 1 am)
Me-I do that sometimes
Cop-Ok, do you have a current ins. card?
Me-wait, that's not the right one?
Cop-No, it expired 4 days ago
Me-(F*** on the inside while looking for it)I don't have the current one.
Cop-Ok, I'll be right back.

(at this point I think I'm screwed and getting tickets for 75+ in a 50, and failure to provide documents)
Another cop car shows up. Cop walks back up a few minutes later.

Cop-Here you go. I'm going to go ahead and give you a verbal warning because I respect the military.
Me-Thank you, I HIGHLY appreciate it.
Cop-You didn't see 3 cop cars sitting back there at the gas station?
Me-I definitely didn't see you all sitting back there.
Cop-Alright, have a good night.
Me-Thank you, sorry about that.

Luckily I was driving the vette. I'm sure I would have been arrested if I was in the T/A.

THANK YOU GOD

Ian · 08-10-2008, 03:27 AM

thank you military is what you probably meant to say

deadtrend1 · 08-10-2008, 07:27 AM

You suck. Wish I was that lucky.

Knipps · 08-10-2008, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Ian

thank you military is what you probably meant to say

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Originally Posted by deadtrend1

You suck. Wish I was that lucky.

QFT on both accounts. Damn.

V · 08-10-2008, 11:24 AM

military is good

Jersey_TA · 08-10-2008, 11:29 AM

Definitely. I was calm and collect when he pulled me over too(i know when I screw up)....call it experience lol.

baddest434 · 08-10-2008, 11:33 AM

why do they always ask "have you been drinking?"
as if some drunk is going to say yes sir all day and night and now i'm driving

glad you seem to always get a break rob.

ShitOnWheels · 08-10-2008, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by baddest434

why do they always ask "have you been drinking?"
as if some drunk is going to say yes sir all day and night and now i'm driving

glad you seem to always get a break rob.

While a drunk may not respond "why yes sir, I have", the more they speak, the better the officer can gauge if they are slurring their speech or other signs of intoxication.

baddest434 · 08-10-2008, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ****OnWheels

While a drunk may not respond "why yes sir, I have", the more they speak, the better the officer can gauge if they are slurring their speech or other signs of intoxication.

i completly understand what your saying. but why not ask you other questions? they will still be able to tell if your slurring your words. the reason i wonder why they ask that all the time is i once got pulled over asked that same question then was given a field sobriety test and i don't even drink! i had just passed a bar so maybe he thought he had caught a fish.

and rob you should have told them "no i was going to fast to see the 3 of you"

69BirdX · 08-10-2008, 12:42 PM

Thats why i dont cruise at 1 am anymore...............but hey if your gonna do it again im usualy up. might as well make them pull over two cars.
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ShitOnWheels · 08-10-2008, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by baddest434

i completly understand what your saying. but why not ask you other questions? they will still be able to tell if your slurring your words. the reason i wonder why they ask that all the time is i once got pulled over asked that same question then was given a field sobriety test and i don't even drink! i had just passed a bar so maybe he thought he had caught a fish.

and rob you should have told them "no i was going to fast to see the 3 of you"

Well, if they are good, they know something about body language and how to tell if someone is lying. I forget the specifics, but when someone truly doesn't know the answer to a question, and are searching for an answer, their eyes move in one direction (I think up and to the left). If they are lying, their eyes tend to look in a different direction (I think it is up and to the right). If they tell the truth, they look in yet another direction. And if they make something up completely out of the blue, they may look in yet another direction. So, if someone who had been drinking says no, but the cop can see their eyes move in the lying direction, they may continue the questioning and/or field sobriety test. Obviously they won't use it in the courts, but it can be useful.

V · 08-10-2008, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ****OnWheels

Well, if they are good, they know something about body language and how to tell if someone is lying. I forget the specifics, but when someone truly doesn't know the answer to a question, and are searching for an answer, their eyes move in one direction (I think up and to the left). If they are lying, their eyes tend to look in a different direction (I think it is up and to the right). If they tell the truth, they look in yet another direction. And if they make something up completely out of the blue, they may look in yet another direction. So, if someone who had been drinking says no, but the cop can see their eyes move in the lying direction, they may continue the questioning and/or field sobriety test. Obviously they won't use it in the courts, but it can be useful.

up and left is visual recall, up and right is visual construction. however some people have it switched. they also said up is sually reacalling dates times etc.
i had a class involving all this, tactical questioning training for afghanistan.

ShitOnWheels · 08-10-2008, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by SmokingSS

up and left is visual recall, up and right is visual construction. however some people have it switched. they also said up is sually reacalling dates times etc.
i had a class involving all this, tactical questioning training for afghanistan.

Yeah, as I said, I may be wrong. I was trying to actually do it to see which direction I looked. I never had a lot of study with body language despite being a psychology person. I just recall some mention in books.

And are you referring to the direction they actually look, or what it looks like to you as you look at them? If I look up and to the left, it looks like up and to the right to you.

V · 08-10-2008, 01:15 PM

direction in which they look, like to their right

Jersey_TA · 08-10-2008, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by baddest434

and rob you should have told them "no i was going to fast to see the 3 of you"

That would have been hilarious, though I would prob have been posting this from jail then lol

V · 08-10-2008, 03:15 PM

i actually told a cop once that he should of caught me a few miles earlier that i was doing 115 instead of the 98 he pulled me for. but then again that was right after he gave me my paperwork back and had found out i was leaving i 3 days for basic training, he just laughed.

Jersey_TA · 08-10-2008, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by SmokingSS

i actually told a cop once that he should of caught me a few miles earlier that i was doing 115 instead of the 98 he pulled me for. but then again that was right after he gave me my paperwork back and had found out i was leaving i 3 days for basic training, he just laughed.

LOL

chrisfrom nj · 08-10-2008, 06:34 PM

i got pulled over for the same thing i got off with a verbal warning too

SteveR · 08-11-2008, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by baddest434

why do they always ask "have you been drinking?"
as if some drunk is going to say yes sir all day and night and now i'm driving

hahahaha exactly

jims69camaro · 08-11-2008, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by baddest434

why do they always ask "have you been drinking?"
as if some drunk is going to say yes sir all day and night and now i'm driving

not necessarily... have you ever watched Cops? they always ask the driver if they have been drinking and they usually get some response like, "i had a beer four hours ago" or "I had some wine with dinner", so it's a legitimate question, IMHO. then, of course, the cop usually continues the questioning, like where did you drink, how big was that beer, etc. i guess it's the mentality that people really, deep down, want to respect the law (remember all of the stuff you were told as a kid) and want to tell the truth to the officer, but don't want to bury themselves, either, so a slight admission isn't a bold-faced lie. more of an omission of facts, which really isn't lying...

nice way to catch a break, btw. being in the military has its perks.