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FHP caught Brevard County’s Deputy of the Year Michael Fultz riding his motorcycle 111 mph but did not arrest him under Florida’s ‘Super Speeder’ law, News 6 has learned.
Is that really why they ask where you’re going? Like coincidentally they think they are also going to solve some massive crime? Like “I’m in a rush to get to my drug deal! Oops.”
Before I was old enough to drive, I once was riding with a friend who’d recently gotten food poisoning and who really needed a restroom. He was speeding to get there and, when he got pulled over, told the officer so.
I don’t remember the exact words, but after issuing the ticket, the policeman basically said “just pull over and shit on the side of the road if you need to.”
If it were me, I’d respond: “Okay, I’ll follow you to the nearest public bathroom, but you’re still getting the citation.”
Someone pulled that on me once, but I saw them pass a few public bathrooms as they cut around a line of cars in traffic to get to the turn lane a bit faster by going down the wrong way of the roadway, so they were obviously lying.
You might have more luck with your lie among lazier/less discerning/dumber cops, it’s true.
The thing is, smarter people think better than to speed while carrying a body or a kilo of cocaine in the trunk, but smarter people tend not to commit crime as often, on average.
So as much as it makes no sense to you, it does when you factor in common criminals. Supervisors monitoring your KPIs don’t care if the arrest was made on a dumb person or a smart person.
You’re basically talking about the difference between traffic cops and regular patrol.
More pedantically, it’s “Traffic enforcement unit cops” or “Cops who went out of their way to take a speed measurement certification course and get issued the equipment and thus are expected to use them or lose them” vs. “Cops who didn’t.”
As you can imagine, the latter doesn’t care nearly as much about traffic enforcement.
In my area (HCSO, PCPD) you could tell by their boots: jackboots = traffic enforcement.
Of course there’s also FHP, who are basically an entire agency of only traffic enforcement.
I’d recommend getting a dash cam and your speedometer calibrated, just in case you got a wheel resize or gear configuration change that made your speedometer inaccurate. We were required to calibrate our patrol cars every year if we used it to measure speed, but there is zero such requirement for random motorists. I think the LIDAR and RADAR guns were yearly too, but I never applied for the class required to use one so I’m not sure.
There are tons of nightmare scenarios you can avoid by having a dashcam including the police lying about something you did while driving, which could lead to all sorts of awful things for you.
A radar detector is very different from a dash cam, including in law depending on your area.
I think you’re just doing mental gymnastics to make a reason for not getting one. Just be honest with yourself and say “I don’t feel like it.”
It reminds me of the people who point out that seat-belts trap people in cars so they won’t wear a seat-belt. They don’t think rationally about the very remote odds of that, they just latch on to it as an excuse to do what they were already going to do.
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Is that really why they ask where you’re going? Like coincidentally they think they are also going to solve some massive crime? Like “I’m in a rush to get to my drug deal! Oops.”
I’ve had luck with “I really really need to go to the bathroom!”
Before I was old enough to drive, I once was riding with a friend who’d recently gotten food poisoning and who really needed a restroom. He was speeding to get there and, when he got pulled over, told the officer so.
I don’t remember the exact words, but after issuing the ticket, the policeman basically said “just pull over and shit on the side of the road if you need to.”
Hey it was worth a shot. I’d ignore that advice because the next cop will brand you a sex offender for it.
As far as I’m aware that depends on the state; few states have the “peeing in public = sex offender” laws. Mine certainly doesn’t.
Not aware of a “pooping in public = sex offender” law, but they might be covered under the same statute in the states that take issue with it.
If it were me, I’d respond: “Okay, I’ll follow you to the nearest public bathroom, but you’re still getting the citation.”
Someone pulled that on me once, but I saw them pass a few public bathrooms as they cut around a line of cars in traffic to get to the turn lane a bit faster by going down the wrong way of the roadway, so they were obviously lying.
You might have more luck with your lie among lazier/less discerning/dumber cops, it’s true.
- Ex-cop
Oh, I wasn’t lying.
Fair enough, it looked like you were implying it was a trick you’re passing on to others.
Obviously it doesn’t matter either way and I can’t prove or disprove what you’re claiming now.
Yeah I’m suggesting they say that if needed, but lie convincingly.
Right, and I’m suggesting it’s one of the older tricks in the book that only dumb/lazy cops would fall for.
But how would they know if someone just did the same stuff but was lying
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The thing is, smarter people think better than to speed while carrying a body or a kilo of cocaine in the trunk, but smarter people tend not to commit crime as often, on average.
So as much as it makes no sense to you, it does when you factor in common criminals. Supervisors monitoring your KPIs don’t care if the arrest was made on a dumb person or a smart person.
- Ex-cop
You’re basically talking about the difference between traffic cops and regular patrol.
More pedantically, it’s “Traffic enforcement unit cops” or “Cops who went out of their way to take a speed measurement certification course and get issued the equipment and thus are expected to use them or lose them” vs. “Cops who didn’t.”
As you can imagine, the latter doesn’t care nearly as much about traffic enforcement.
- Ex-cop
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In my area (HCSO, PCPD) you could tell by their boots: jackboots = traffic enforcement.
Of course there’s also FHP, who are basically an entire agency of only traffic enforcement.
I’d recommend getting a dash cam and your speedometer calibrated, just in case you got a wheel resize or gear configuration change that made your speedometer inaccurate. We were required to calibrate our patrol cars every year if we used it to measure speed, but there is zero such requirement for random motorists. I think the LIDAR and RADAR guns were yearly too, but I never applied for the class required to use one so I’m not sure.
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There are tons of nightmare scenarios you can avoid by having a dashcam including the police lying about something you did while driving, which could lead to all sorts of awful things for you.
For $50, it’s a no-brainer to me.
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A radar detector is very different from a dash cam, including in law depending on your area.
I think you’re just doing mental gymnastics to make a reason for not getting one. Just be honest with yourself and say “I don’t feel like it.”
It reminds me of the people who point out that seat-belts trap people in cars so they won’t wear a seat-belt. They don’t think rationally about the very remote odds of that, they just latch on to it as an excuse to do what they were already going to do.
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