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To answer the OP, yes, I've cried when being stopped and not been given a ticket, just a warning - about 40 years or so ago when I was a teenager and a new driver and was shaken at having done something wrong. Not since, though - I just am very polite and friendly when stopped, because I know that it's something I did, not the officer, that caused me to be stopped and respond accordingly. That works better than just about anything.
That's my approach. I got stopped last year for doing 79 mph in a 55 mph zone. I was guilty as hell. I pulled over easily so the officer didn't have to chase me, rather than play dumb and just stay in the pack of cars pretending to be oblivious. I was very polite and friendly, and when he told me my speed, I silently acknowledged it.
He came back a few minutes later with a ticket -- for 65 mph rather than 79 mph. I didn't ask for or expect a break but apparently he liked my manner. Very nice guy.
I found a new excuse that I would love to try next time I get pulled over.
Officer: Do you know how fast you were going?
Me: Yes officer and I am sorry for that, but that black Accord back there was texting and I wanted to get as far away from him as possible!
Trust me ..... I drive past schools in the afternoon when they are letting out and I always slow down because kids are crossing the street without looking.
However, some dumb cop who claims I deserve a ticket at 9:30pm simply because I was close to a grammar school is totally out of line. Any decent human being would simply give me a warning and agree that driving close to a dark school at night is NOT imposing any danger because there aint any kids there at that time of day.
That's why I have ZERO respect for cops --- they got ZERO common sense and a bad attitude to go with it. Very stupid combination.
That's all it took to get you to hate cops?
Hey, OP! Here's someone ^ who's still crying long after he was stopped.
My cousin and his wife were coming home after being on vacation with their two kids and it was a long drive. the baby started crying and they couldn't soothe her. So the other kid starts wailing and the wife get in the back seat with them and tries to soothe them both. She winds up bawling too.
A cop pulled over my cousin for speeding, and when he rolled down the window and the cop saw all the crying going on, he said, "Go man go!"
I had a Hungarian friend back in the days when Europe had borders, who had a rule of thumb. When driving through immigration, wake up all the children and make them as miserable as possible. Border guards can't wait to get rid of you.
I drove to the post office yesterday and en route, there was a Bexar County Constable who had pulled over a woman. She was visibly shaken and was crying with a tissue dancing all over her face. Got me curious: have you ever cried or been emotionally flustered by a traffic stop? Has anyone else driving in your presence done so? Would you say it was faked or genuine? How do the officers typically react to that, in your opinion?
Before I transferred to another division, I spent 4 years in the Highway Patrol Division, criers where a rarity. On most stops the violators were either angry, or said absolutely nothing and just handed you their info, or (my favorites) the jovial drivers, who wanted to chat and have a conversation and hang out on the side of the road. Criers on the other hand, maybe two or three times a month, tops. A small number when you factor in our average of about 240 stops a month.
Had a buddy who was a speed demon, always getting pulled over.
He would fake a stutter, a really bad stutter, the kind where it would take 5 minuted to ask:
"What's the problem officer", "Wwwwwwwwwww wwwwh wwwwww wwwwwwhhhhaaaa wwwwww wwwwwh wwwwwwhhhhaaattttts the the the whats the...................
I was in the car with him once when it happened, it was amazing. The state trooper is standing there with traffic whizzing past listening to this verbal trainwreck...those guys could't get rid of him fast enough. He got warnings.
They didn't just ban him, they also deleted ALL the posts he made. Good job, mods.
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crying long after he was stopped.
