The other night when leaving work I felt really really tired (didnt get out til 1am) and so I figured I would avoid r55 and take 47 north back home. So Im going up N47 minding my own business doing 40 in a 50 (had a cat run out in front of me the night before so I was being uber cautious) and all of a sudden someone starts tailing me HARD. Im a pretty patient guy and so I thought "hey buddy you know how to pass if you wanna go faster" so I stood my ground. Anyone with a tib knows it aint fun being tailed at night. the mirrors are low down and theyre right in your face.. but sod it, I just kept going.

So then I get to a part of N47 where it veers left and I went up to 50 taking the corner really fast (but not breaking any laws) then I get the flashing blue/red. So I stop the car, turn off the engine and wait for him to make his way up... now this cop had followed me for about 7 miles, man he mustve been pretty desperate to get something on me huh?

Well im all prepared, so as soon as he says "license, reggy and ins" I quickly provided them.. I had also just got off the phone so I was being sickeningly polite lol. "yes sir, no sir..." and so on. So he looks over the car, looks over my docs.. then pauses for a minute as he walks round the back of the car and then the git notices my tail lights were wired up funny. I had the rev lights in the side tails and the side tails in the rev.. which meant my side tails were small and white. And then he starts.

"Ooooh, your tail lights are wrong.. I couldnt even see them on !" well thats bs because I have the main large tail/brakelight in the right place. "Oh really?" I said, playing dumb.. "well you see sir these are EURO lights and in europe that's how they are. Well with that he sorta stopped, looking confused lmao. "Oh...." so then he says "where are you going?" I reply "home" so he says "where's that then?" and I reply "deptford, sir" At which point he looks like a kid in a toy store. "Oh well ! your license says you live in hammonton" and before I could get a word in he goes on about how he can write me a ticket for not changing the address.
I interrupt. "well you see I have just got my greencard, and the INS instructed me to leave my REGISTERED address as it was" at which point I had again stumped him as he knows full well I can live where the hell I like but must have a registered address lol.

Thing is, not only is my car and license registered in hammonton but also my insurance and everything else LOL.

At this point, clearly beaten he then says "well son I drive this route every night and Ill be keeping an eye out for you.. just get those lights fixed ok?" I agree, wishing him a good evening LOL. Well I was pretty pissed at the end of it tbh.. I mean sure he's only doing his job.. I got smiles out of thinking how he couldve picked a drunk, speeder or anyone else but wasted 14 miles (to deptford and back to sewell) on someone who was completely legal.. maybe next time he will realise that some older folk also drive tuners SAFELY and LEGALLY.

Anyways, annoyed I went to bed upon getting home. My anger toward him soon subsided the next morning when I could have kissed the old bastard lol. It turned out that having a bulb on in the revlight hole all the time had began to melt the lens cap in the tail light. I mean it looks crap up close but if he hadnt of stopped me then my tails would have been completely destroyed laugh.gif

Good old cops eh? saving pandy money lmao.gif owned.gif

Just so it makes sense.. the tib taillight looms were too short for the lights to go in the correct holes and i needed to solder extend them.. the day I fitted the tails it was raining and couldnt be bothered.. theyre done correctly now thought smile.gif

* mod edit, better eh?*

 

What country are you originally from?

 

cops just trying to do his job and making sure you're safe. good thing he didn't give you a ticket. you know he might have been more upset at you because he didn't get anything out of pulling you over.

today i had this integra ricer drunken idiot driver in front of me. OMG almost caused like four accidents on my way home from work. like seriously almost caused a pile up. i wonder what the hell was wrong with that cock driver it's just so bizarre you don't see terrible driving like that everyday.

so then i see a cop behind me and i pull to the right because i want him to speed up and pull that drunken ricer over reeeeaaallly damn bad. stupid pig ends up following me to my exit and obviously scans my tags because my spoiler is big. fokker.

i hate cops, but city cops are nice. troopers and lady troopers boy do they have testosterone! be careful!

 

Cop might have been sleepy and wanted some thing to do.
Be gald we dont have IPs (iraq police) running around. They just tend to shoot first, and not ask questions.

 

Redneck, I'm from London UK smile.gif