Re: Ever catch a break from a cop

Posted by IA Roy on January 06, 2016 at 17:55:52 from (72.168.160.81):

In Reply to: Ever catch a break from a cop posted by 37Chief on January 06, 2016 at 13:32:38:

When I was 19 or 20 I walked out the back door of a bar and a former close friend from grade school (we just didn't run together in high school and beyond) handed me a partial beer and I swigged the rest. Just then a cop showed up and told me what I was facing. I told him the story and apologized,as I just hadn't thought about it, and he said don't do it again. About the same time frame I was heading home to Cedar Rapids from my parents house west of there about 70 miles going thru Benton County going a little fast on a Sunday afternoon. The sheriff of that county had a Cadillac Sedan De Ville that was his personal vehicle, but got paid mileage for driving it. He stopped me and noted that I was going a little fast. (that might have been when the oil embargo dictated that we go from 70 to 55). I don't remember if I fessed up or not, but he asked if the guy behind me, that he had also stopped had been following me closely for awhile. I lied and said that he had been there awhile, but actually he had just caught up to me like he was traveling quite a bit faster than me. He let me go with a warning, but I don't know whether he believed me and don't know if he let the other guy go or not.
The last time, I remember, I was hauling my son's dead car home from his place in Cedar Rapids on my home made car dolly, and it came unhooked and ended up in the street. A patrol car stopped and controlled traffic while we pushed it off the street into a parking lot. I lied first about what happened (I didn't have it secured properly. I don't remember the story that I told him). I later apologized and told him the truth. He said he thought that might have been what happened. He didn't say anything else. That was about 12-15 years ago and I don't think I have had an issue since. I have only had one moving violation in 46 years and it was in Albert Lea the day after we moved there, and I ran a stop light. The light and the next one were in line coming over the crest of the hill on main street. I confused the one I should have stopped at with the next one. We were on the way to church on Sunday morning. Another one I just remembered was in Cedar Falls. I had a cargo van with truck plates (they were cheaper) that I had added a back seat into for the kids. The officer followed me for several mile from downtown to the shopping center where I pulled off the main roads. He told me that I could be written up for something, but he wrote it for something that cost me a lot less. I paid the fine and re-registered the van for hauling passengers which cost about twice as much.

Replies:

Add a Reply! You must be Logged In to Post Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: Optional Link URL: Link Title: Optional Image URL: Optional Video Title: Optional Video URL: Advanced Posting Options Email Notification: If you check this box, email will be sent to you whenever someone replies to this message. Your email address must be entered above to receive notification. This notification will be cancelled automatically after 2 weeks.   Advanced Posting Tools   Upload Photo  Select Gallery Photo  Attach Serial No List  Return to Post  Upload Photos/Videos Choose Files from your local computer Upload one or more videos to your post. Photo filesizes should be less than 300K and Videos, less than 2MB. Formats allowed are gif, jpg, png, ogg, mp4, mov, and avi. Be sure to use filenames without spaces or special characters, and filetypes of 3 digits lower case.

TRACTOR PARTS	TRACTOR MANUALS

We sell tractor parts!  We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]