First time pulled over in the Z

Z1NONLY

I think it's just a way for the LEO to go fishing.

He simply created an excuse to pull you over, so that he could question you and maybe find something important....If not, he still gets to put a moving violation toward his quota.

I really wish more people in the general public had a means of making life miserable for LEO's that abuse their badge like this.

With the Supreme Court telling LEO's that they can stop/detain people with ZERO probable cause as long as they call it a "DUI checkpoint", I think probable cause has been a running joke with them for a long time.

This tailgate/harass tactic is just an extension of the "public interest" ends-justify-the-means mindset.

Duc_Z09

The sad part is 90% or more of LEOs are actually pretty decent. It's just the 10% that have to compensate for always being picked last at dodgeball or having a small weiner or whatever that make the rest look bad. Like the douche CHP officer that arrested the firefighter who was trying to do his job at an accident scene. Hopefully that little skidmark isn't a cop anymore.

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ShutokuZ

Being a past LEO, I can say that officer was totally unjustified in his actions any way you look at it. If he suspected you of something, then he should have just pulled you over and if not, quit fishing for something to find. Like someone said earlier, it is extremely hard to tell the differences in some digits on plates at night. In that case, I would flash a LED flashlight on the plate if I thought something of the car. Another thing is boredom. Some cops will just pick random people to follow and keep doing it for as long as it takes for them to do something. I have heard others say they do it at night for entertainment. You did good by keeping your cool and there is no way that ticket would have stuck in court.....

Magic Bus

This happened to me in Anaheim, CA this past Dec. I just finished a business meeting at about 8 pm, went to my rental car in the restaurant parking lot and proceeded to drive back to my hotel approx 11 miles away.

As I pulled onto the street, I noticed (in my rear view mirror) a car catch up to me very quickly and then follow me constantly about 2-3 car lengths behind. I could see the silhoutte of police lights on his roof, so I proceeded to drive back to my hotel like I was on my drivers license exam. Exactly at the speed limit, right lane when there were two lanes (he still followed me) and signaling well in advance for a turn. He never left my tail for approx 10 minutes.

Being a little unsettled, I decided to pull into a large well lit gas station. As I was turning right into the gas station, he overtook me quickly and sped off. I guess that he didn't want me to see his license plate, but it was definitely a CA police car.

Tigger

sounds like one night a cop followed me into a parking lot. Never turned on her lights. She said I was doing over 35. I was like, I never got over 29 (in a 25). She started arguing with me and I was like, whatever. If you actually had a case you would have pulled me over right away. She never asked for my license or even got out of her car. I was going to report it but in the end I was like, **** it. Not worth my time. She had no case. Not gonna worry about it. But I did want to bitch slap her.

Leadfoot

Driving what we drive makes us very easy targets for traffic stops! I am shopping for a radar detector asap!!!

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Elan

This is why I know what police headlights look like at night! I know the 3 main types: Crown vic, Impala, and Charger (Charger and Impala are the same when the Charger does not have foglights on). The ones that still scare me are any SUV/Pick-up cops and the new Caprice (I think it's similar to the Impala setup but haven't verified yet). The day Police cruisers come standard with HID/Xenon lights, well we are all effed.

For the Crown Vic, look for rectangular headlights with a small rectangular yellow lights in the center.



The Impala/Charger IMO is the easiest to spot. If you have Impala Police in your area (I do), treat the oval lights with two little orange circles in the middle in your mirror as one. The Honda Accord has slightly similar headlights.

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Duc_Z09

You'll spot 95% of them by shape and headlight design, but my wife once got pulled over by a Mustang GT. How the hell do you hide from that?

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vividracing

I've always adjusted my mirrors to reflect the blinding headlights back at the driver, typically it annoys them to the point of speeding around you. Otherwise, it would take a lot of restraint to not downshift and get a speeding ticket. Nice job keeping your temper in line. Undercover cars are plentiful in AZ so you really have to cross your fingers before you do anything slightly aggressive here.

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Mt Tam I am

Here is where my auto dimming rear view pays off.

When the police ask for the publics help, yet treat this man the way they did, I do not want to help.

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Apoc370z

It is also the auto dimming mirrors that made it close to impossible to identify a LEO vehicle tailing you.

kittens

Throw rusty nails out your window

But seriously when I was 17 and stupid me and my friends were going to the beach taking two cars... One of my friends in the other car was tailgating me so I tossed my full water bottle out the window and hit him in the windshield lol luckily nothing worse than him getting pissed happened

I wouldn't dare have done it to a cop or a random person though lol but I can't stand when cops go fishing

ShutokuZ

I have been followed a few times in my Z, but was followed much more in my louder Evo IX. I see them in my rear view looking down running my plates on their computer. However, my plates are blocked and come back blank, so once they see that they pass me by looking for someone else to tail.....

122554

Something for you all to think about. A good friend of mine is a cop. She tells me she or other officers won't pull over a high-end sports car unless they're doing something crazy. They know that if you have $100K to spend on a car, you're going to fight the ticket.

Perhaps they know you only spent $40K?

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