Originally Posted by
RandyO
I've made it routine, if they ask me where I'm going, pointing my finger in the direction I am going, and say "That Way" or if they ask where I'm coming from, I just point my finger behind me, and say "That Way" then the conversation quickly leads to "Listen Officer, it's none of your business where I came from, or where I'm going, if you're not going to give me a summons, I'd like to have my license & registration back, so I can be on my way.", but most of the leos in the area know me, or know of me, many of them are clients, including the dispatcher they call in to, and of course, they also know, he's that crazy guy who rides his motorcycle in blizzards.
In end, it never gets to the point of asking me where I'm going, the leo tells me what was wrong, and lets me go with verbal warning to get it fixed or slow down, or whatever.
One time though, a local leo, was rude and beligerant to me, but only gave me a warning, as I did nothing wrong except yell obsenities out the window at him for cutting in front of me without signalling ot traffic control, then doing the same thing less than 2 seconds later, making an unsignaled left turn in front of oncomming traffic, at an accident scene, you woulda had to been there. Next thing, I hear the leo doing a 180° on the gravel side road, spitting gravel, and screeching his tires when he hit the pavement, pulling out in front of yet another car, before he turned any blues on. The next day, I happen to mention the incident to one of our Selectmen in town, just in casual conversation, I found out this was common occurance for this officer, I was asked to write a letter to the Chief of PD, and copy it to the Board of Selectmen.... about a week later, the leo got fired. They had already had several complaints, but I was told, mine, was the "credible" one that made the difference