| so i have this jQQp. and it has texas license plates (all praise texas). but i am not in texas. so i get some good police action since i'm an obvious drug transporter :sigh: so i am making my rounds late last night (absolutely NO alcohol or insane driving... just sunday driving on a friday night)...
and this unmarked state trooper is kind of 'following' me. I go ahead and go to the grocery store as planned, and he follows me into the lot, and parks far back in the lot. I'm starting to get a touch paranoid obviously, but he actions in the past 5 minutes have warranted it.
I come out 15 minutes later with my 3 or 4 items that i needed to complete a kitchen project last night, and he's sitting there with all his lights off etc... but i didnt stare. I just pretended I didn't notice the coincidence... So I drive off, and he lights up (regular driving lights) and proceeds to follow again... WTF!... I decide now i a good opportunity to hit Home Depot before they close. So I am sitting in the center lane, with my blinker on, waiting to turn left across traffic and he's right behind me. UGH.
Keep in mind, I am in the jeep, driving in granny mode. Not in a hurry to be anywhere or race anyone. I pull in and sure as shit, Bazooka Joe...Boom... He lights me up. I pull into a parking spot in the home depot and park it, but in idle. He has FULL on asshole attitude IMMEDIATELY. Unprovoked.
T: "License please".
N: "k, its in my back pocket" and I point at my pocket...
T: "I'm not going to shoot you...go ahead" As I am getting out my license two local police show up...
N: "Apparently there is some sort of problem"
T: "I didn't ask you to talk..." So the trooper goes back and runs my info and councils with the local police...Home Depot is obviously closing now... heavy sigh.
As the trooper and friends come back, the other local officers (3 total) are rather nosy about my jQQp and proceed to walk around slowly, shining flashlights in and around my jQQP.
T: "the reason I pulled you over is because you failed to signal and were speeding wrecklessly down main street..."
-nixit interupts like a fool-
N: "when? where? you've been following me since I left my damned house?..."
T: "can you step out sir..."
ugh
T: "Do you have any objections to either the state of illinois or the township of edwardsville searching your vehicle?"
-more nixit attitude-
N: "Go ahead [raises arms and sighs].. The keys are in the car, take for a spin if you want..." So they go about their business touching and probing everything... I always keep my cars clean because it's nasty otherwise, and it's just good practice.
So they don't find anything... at all... They go to open the hood which is locked.
T: "We need to take a look in your engine bay, where is the key.."
N: "On the key chain maybe?" [very sarcastic tone]
at this point the cops are slowly backing down cause they arent finding shit... So they get the hood open... Cop1: "Holy SHIT... Sam, come look at this..."
T: "how in the hell did you shoe horn that in there?"
N: "it fits fine...just took some doing..."
The trooper now asks the police offeicers to do a full road side vehicle inspection... (specifically exhaust and such)... Heres where we get into a touchy situation, on my end. I'm not going to go into huge details, but I have 4 O2 sensors installed, but only two are connected (long story). They also say my catalytic converter is hollowed out and illegal. (incorrect) They then start it back up and tell me that it exceeds noise laws.
So far I am batting about 0 for 5 at least. N: "everything installed on this vehicle meets or exceeds state requirements..."
T: "doesn't matter much what you say, as we can clearly SEE the violations..." Ok, i'm just getting batted around like a little bitch now. Nothing I can say or do.
LUCKILY, the local cops get a call for a car accident at the main intersection of this small town I am in... So they head off, with permission from the trooper... T: "your record is pretty clean... you seem to know what your doing with this engine setup..."
N: "ya." [sigh]
T: "I'm going to have to let you go... drive safe and have a good night..." [sigh]
I'm a 30-40 year old professional. with a nice smile, straight teeth, and dress well. I wasnt speeding, I always use my blinkers, and was being very 'civil' that evening. and yet, he was literally treating me like an 18 year old kid being harassed.
Oh, and he never gave me back my drivers license. Thanks buddy.
I dunno. Sometimes, it's just nice to vent. I'mma go do a wheelie up main street now.
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