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Had a run in with the Elk River Police yesterday.
Apparently on my way home from up north, I pissed off someone when I cut
in front of them to exit into Elk River. (Is the only "aggressive" action I remember taking). Someone who knew someone apparently. When I pulled onto 10, a squad was waiting specifically for me.
He pulled me over (not speeding at all, in fact was doing about 50mph getting passed by others).
I handed him my license and ins. card right away figuring I was the
goat of a crack-down of some kind.
He asked "Do you know why I pulled you over?" I'm thinking how cliche, but
responded truthfully "I have no idea."
He goes on to tell me "We had a report of you driving irradically, in fact
dangerously coming down 169. Diving in and out of traffic, and travelling
at an extremely high rate of speed."
My response actually drew a chuckle from him:
"Uh... ok. 169 was a parking lot on the way down...Not sure how I
would have been speeding, much less diving in and out of traffic."
He waited for a fellow officer to come along, (while running my info
throught the 'puter). They discussed the situation for awhile, then
the younger officer (the 2nd to arrive) approached the car.
He explained that it was my word versus someone who PHONED IN
A COMPLAINT. He then looked at my son in the passenger seat...
"Is this your boy?" "Yes" "How old is he?" "4"
That being the case, he gave me back my license
and insurance card, and asked me to just be cautious when traffic
is as heavy as it was today, and slow down.
I think they were fishing for a reason to give me a ticket
when asking about my son. He rides up front in the
passenger seat in the Mach, because he is too big to fit in a
child seat (has been since he was just over 3), and the booster
seats don't fit between the bolsters in the mach seats.
All I could think of was THANK GOD I had removed the loud a$$
pro-chamber last week, or this was a ticket for sure.
As it was, they gave the car a good listening too as I pulled
away before they jumped on the road behind me and
followed me to the edge of town. Where they
promptly U-turned to go after someone else.
In summary, they were doing there job, and I can respect that.
BUT...
If all it takes is a phone call to get someone pulled over, that
is harrassment at its finest (in my opinion).
I give them credit for making the right decision and letting me
go (since they really had no reason to pull me over to begin with).
Not pissed, just adding further information to our discussions
we have on this board about police activity around
the TC area.
Hope everyone had a good weekend.
-Rod
Apparently on my way home from up north, I pissed off someone when I cut
in front of them to exit into Elk River. (Is the only "aggressive" action I remember taking). Someone who knew someone apparently. When I pulled onto 10, a squad was waiting specifically for me.
He pulled me over (not speeding at all, in fact was doing about 50mph getting passed by others).
I handed him my license and ins. card right away figuring I was the
goat of a crack-down of some kind.
He asked "Do you know why I pulled you over?" I'm thinking how cliche, but
responded truthfully "I have no idea."
He goes on to tell me "We had a report of you driving irradically, in fact
dangerously coming down 169. Diving in and out of traffic, and travelling
at an extremely high rate of speed."
My response actually drew a chuckle from him:
"Uh... ok. 169 was a parking lot on the way down...Not sure how I
would have been speeding, much less diving in and out of traffic."
He waited for a fellow officer to come along, (while running my info
throught the 'puter). They discussed the situation for awhile, then
the younger officer (the 2nd to arrive) approached the car.
He explained that it was my word versus someone who PHONED IN
A COMPLAINT. He then looked at my son in the passenger seat...
"Is this your boy?" "Yes" "How old is he?" "4"
That being the case, he gave me back my license
and insurance card, and asked me to just be cautious when traffic
is as heavy as it was today, and slow down.
I think they were fishing for a reason to give me a ticket
when asking about my son. He rides up front in the
passenger seat in the Mach, because he is too big to fit in a
child seat (has been since he was just over 3), and the booster
seats don't fit between the bolsters in the mach seats.
All I could think of was THANK GOD I had removed the loud a$$
pro-chamber last week, or this was a ticket for sure.
As it was, they gave the car a good listening too as I pulled
away before they jumped on the road behind me and
followed me to the edge of town. Where they
promptly U-turned to go after someone else.
In summary, they were doing there job, and I can respect that.
BUT...
If all it takes is a phone call to get someone pulled over, that
is harrassment at its finest (in my opinion).
I give them credit for making the right decision and letting me
go (since they really had no reason to pull me over to begin with).
Not pissed, just adding further information to our discussions
we have on this board about police activity around
the TC area.
Hope everyone had a good weekend.
-Rod
BSM Flunkee
TCS Auto-X Driver
)....if u ever wanna go for a ride along down in Olmsted county, lemme know, id be glad to take you or anyone else out....drive safe....
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