**** me! I h8 traffic cops.

[slowandsteady BJ]

So, I'm dropping off a buddy.

Cop pulls in behind me more or less in my friends driveway and asks what we are up to. "i'm dropping off my friend" I reply. He says "where were you". I said the local pub. "why" he asks in an ever so condescending tone. "wings" I reply.

Long story short... the fuzz gives us the third degree..... and I give him the equal atitude as one good turn deserves another.

Cop asks.... "why the attitude". I reply that don't appreciate being pulled over for no reason.

says he has a report of "shots fired"

WTF??? "shots fired"?????? "search the truck" I reply. "Why the attitude" he counters. "are you kidding me??" I said..... as I open the door to allow him access. "Im co operating for god sakes, have a look"!!!!!!!!......

Mistake.....

Clearly this guy had some serious wedgie time in high school.....Too many spit balls to the dome......G*d.... for all I know I was the guy hanging him from his tighty whiteies!

Long story short, he let us go. He never searched anything, never breathalized me. So what was his "probable cause"?

Beats me.



I feel strongly about this type of harassment. I hate it. We were on the side of the road for the better part of 15min. explaining ourselves. I said he could search, I said he could breathalize..... h*ll I said he could call my parents.... (he didn't think that was funny).

Ya I gave him s***, h*ll I poured it on once he said "shots fired". No guns, no booze, no drugs, no hookers...... no anything!!!!

If he got the point after 3min. Why was he bugging us for 15min.?

GO DO SOMETHING IMPORTANT!!!!!

"shots fired" is an imortant call....... So go get the guys with guns! It isn't us!

I'm piseed off.






Grunt..... Rant , Rant.

 

[slowandsteady BJ]

OK... forget the typo's, you get the point.

Perhaps I went a bit over the edge, none the less. Point is clear and I stand fast.

 

[seapotato]

feel your anger..give in to your hate.




Last time I was pulled over was for a cop to give me s*** about not having doors on the cruiser. Guess what he was driving? Motorcycle. Dumbass.

At least this didn't end with you getting a VI notice, that seems to be the cops usual f#ck you card.

 

[asutherland]

I feel strongly about this type of harassment. I hate it. We were on the side of the road for the better part of 15min. explaining ourselves. I said he could search, I said he could breathalize..... h*ll I said he could call my parents.... (he didn't think that was funny).

Ya I gave him s***, h*ll I poured it on once he said "shots fired". No guns, no booze, no drugs, no hookers...... no anything!!!!

Being that you have an in with emergency services... can you make some sort of formal complaint?

 

[slowandsteady BJ]

Ive calmed now. I was mad last night to say the least.

I may have gone a bit over the edge, but it sure was fun chewing out piggie.

Ryan you are right, the dreaded VI is there "go to move". Luckily I wasn't in the 60.

The thing of it is, at one point the cop said "I'm just doing my job". Don't hide behind the job description, he was well aware of what the job entailed when he signed up for it. I feel that's a "cop out" move. (no pun intended)

I just feel he could have gotten it over with a lot quicker and headed on his way without giving us the 3rd degree.

I could launch a complaint campaign, but I have to work with these guys. I got my point across last night. Next time I'm helping a patient at a MVI call and that guy is hanging around waiting to hand over a ticket to the poor person that just wrote off their car, Ill feel good about helping and he..... well he is still a traffic cop.

Geeze, this should really go in the members forum as my language isn't really G rated.

Sorry.

 

[Radd Cruisers]

I walk my dogs every day mostly, park in the same spot around 8PM rain or shine, you would not believe how many times I have walked out to see a cop shinning his flashlight into my BJ60.

First question .......

Have you been drinking...

Reply, Im walking my dogs and NO...



Go get some bad guys fawkers


Rob

 

[Glenn-BJ74]

Some RCMP, police and especially Border Guards - (including women) are attracted to the authority represented by the uniform. Best to treat these people as psychologically weak (not all but who can tell) who need the uniform to help equalize their weak self-image.
They have the potential to cause havoc in your life without cause – so hard as it is - I play their little ‘game’ and comply with an over abundance of insincere cooperation and courtesy.

 

[seapotato]

Some RCMP, police and especially Border Guards - (including women) are attracted to the authority represented by the uniform. Best to treat these people as psychologically weak (not all but who can tell) who need the uniform to help equalize their weak self-image.
They have the potential to cause havoc in your life without cause – so hard as it is - I play their little ‘game’ and comply with an over abundance of insincere cooperation and courtesy.

yeah, pretty much ditto.

Especially border guards for me. I was literally screamed at once.

Because when I showed up in port townsend on a boat, he was at a family BBQ.

Had I known the US was closed on tuesday, I'd have rescheduled.

During his vein popping soliloquy where he accused me of everything under the sun and brought my wife to tears, he actually referred to the Olympic Peninsula as his empire.

American guy on a boat two slips over came and apologized to me afterwards, he couldn't believe how unprofessional it was etc.

Homeland Insecurity are some scary folks these days.


Although, I did have one awesome experience with a border guard...youngish dude,( probably hadn't been fully corrupted by power and peoples fear yet)

He asks me , "reason for visit"
me, " helping fix my dad's boat"
him," what kindof boat?"
me, "sailboat"
him "what's wrong with it"
me "engine"
him " oh fxxx"

to which I chuckle and he gets a second "oh f@ck, hope the boss wasn't listening " look on his face and waves me through...

He's obviously had to mess with a sailboat engine before.

 

[asutherland]

On our way back into Canada from our Jamaica trip (with our 6 month old baby)

Border guard: Passport please
Me: (passes passports)
Border guard: In Jamaica eh?
Me: (pleased to hear "eh" again) Ya mon! (smile)
Border guard: Well, vacation's over. You're back in Canada now and we don't say Ya mon.
Me: (shocked) uhh, ok...

We left quickly just happy to be back in the country. But WTF... this person is the first person people get greeted with as they come into OUR COUNTRY? I felt embarrassed.

 

[Glenn-BJ74]

Insight into a person's character can be gained by watching them treat people who can't hurt them -

 

[wombat]

I have a few stories but this one is the best.We were flying to the U.S. and switched planes in Van and had to go through customs.There was a reno going on and we had to weave around a few things and down a makeshift hallway til we could see the desk the guy behind the desk screamed something so loud i stopped in my tracks.There was no one at the desk and no one behind us so he must have yelled at us.He screams again STAND BEHIND THE YELLOW LINE. I look around for yellow line and find my heels on the line and toes 6 in over the foul line,i shuffle back the required 6 in and wait,and wait,and wait,i must have got 2 min for yellow line violation.He yells NEXT we shuffle up to the desk and there is a lot of slamming and throwing of passports. The is tugging on my arm and whispering things like keep your big mouth shut. It was tough but we were in a hurry to make a connection and this guy was just looking for an excuse for a cavity search. I think it was a 3 beer planeride to calm down.

 

[hellbent40]

badge number or asking them if you can record the conversation always gets them... to protect and serve

 

[slowandsteady BJ]

Geeze, this has turned into quite the thread. Nice.

I saw that there was yet another Malahat fatality the other day and all the cops and drivers blame the road. Sure the road isnt the greatest but Ive driven MUCH worse.

Ive driven in many places and in many countries, VI has some of the worst drivers I have ever had the fortune to come across.

Perhaps the cops could put down the radar guns and target drivers that:

Impede traffic flow
Fail to yield
Brake unnecessarily (causing 18wheelers to jacknife behind them)
Drive without tail lights on
Stop in Yield lanes
Fail to keep right except when passing

And don't get me started on roundabouts!

Aw gosh...Im all worked up again..... better stop now before I break a sweat.

 

[Radd Cruisers]

The round about in Lady Smith is a death trap

 

[seapotato]

Stop in Yield lanes

The yield lane thing drives me nuts.

One thing that pisses me off ,is there's no standard length of a yield lane, or any signs saying how long they are...

So if you're not familiar with the area, you have to poke your nose around the bend into the yield lane to see how long it is...sometimes its 30 feet, sometimes half a mile. No way to know before you're in it.

But yeah, once the dumbass sees there's half a mile of runway, step on the ******* gas

At russel farms last week someone was trying to merge in headed north, sitting there at start of merge lane with blinker on...(that particular merge lane is long enough even for a 42 to get up to speed)

I got up to within 3 inches of her back bumper and laid on the horn...

And don't get me started on roundabouts!

it's funny about roundabouts, they started putting them in everywhere but I was always surprized they didn't put up a sign showing proper etiquette at new roundabouts.Cuz nobody seems to have a freakin clue, and it wasn't in anybodys driving test ...
They just slap em down and let the hordes figger em out.



and shyte is that figure 8 with an extra twist out by the airport in sidney ever confusing...you know it's f'ed up when the sign looks like a vomit of spagetti.

 

[asutherland]

I saw that there was yet another Malahat fatality the other day and all the cops and drivers blame the road. Sure the road isnt the greatest but Ive driven MUCH worse.

Ive driven in many places and in many countries, VI has some of the worst drivers I have ever had the fortune to come across.

Really tired of hearing people blame their driving idiocy on the Malahat highway. Most of BC's highways are worse than that road. Ever taken Highway 99 from Cache Creek to Whistler? That makes the Malahat look like a walk in the park.

Learn how to drive properly or get off the road so it's safe for others. Living on "The Island" for your whole life and never driving anywhere else is not an excuse.

 

[canucksafari]

There is really something in the Victoria mythology that has many of them scared to death of that little pass. Every winter when we have a workshop north of the Malahat, few from Victoria show up. But if the workshop is South of the Malahat, people from up Island have no problem driving it.

As for Round-abouts, don't get me started. They are cropping up all over the place in Abbotsford. Few people have a clue how they work. I have almost smoked a few cars who don't yield to enter. The engineers haven't helped either. The one up off of Mount Lehman to the industrial district is two lanes but is so small a circumference that it can not accommodate a big truck and a passenger vehicle at the same time. So the city put up warning signs that no one notices. The good thing is most truckers know to watch for little cars getting under their trailer rear axle. It would have helped if they had looked at and learned from how it is done elsewhere in the world.

As for police, border guards and immigration agents, I have met many a @sshole. Glenn's assesment is spot on for many of the ones that are twits. Best policy is to continue being polite or to fake not understanding. The later works better where English is not spoken.

 

[FLYINGLOW]

Cam did you have a fire fighter thing on your licence plate holder? A friend of mine is in Nanaimo FD and when he was in Kamloops area Volunteer FD he got harassed after fire practice some nights outside the local watering hole. He said some cops hate them and think firemen are over paid and don't have to work hard. Maybe they are jeleous of the calender!

feel your anger..give in to your hate.

Last time I was pulled over was for a cop to give me s*** about not having doors on the cruiser. Guess what he was driving? Motorcycle. Dumbass.

At least this didn't end with you getting a VI notice, that seems to be the cops usual f#ck you card.

Was that Constable Russell Moore? I sat in court with him in Nanaimo a few years ago, don't ask why the hell I can remember his name and not what I ate for dinner last night or where the hell I packed anything when we moved!!! I lost because I admited to having the doors, guy after me had the same in a heep and said the doors latched to the soft top... he won!

 

[slowandsteady BJ]

Cam did you have a fire fighter thing on your licence plate holder? A friend of mine is in Nanaimo FD and when he was in Kamloops area Volunteer FD he got harassed after fire practice some nights outside the local watering hole. He said some cops hate them and think firemen are over paid and don't have to work hard. Maybe they are jeleous of the calender!



Was that Constable Russell Moore? I sat in court with him in Nanaimo a few years ago, don't ask why the hell I can remember his name and not what I ate for dinner last night or where the hell I packed anything when we moved!!! I lost because I admited to having the doors, guy after me had the same in a heep and said the doors latched to the soft top... he won!

No Mark, it wasn't your buddy. I didn't have a fire plate on the vehicle I was driving (parked in). Those plates can indeed be a good or bad thing. Just depends on the cop i guess.

We have roadblocks in our neck of the woods on the occasional thurs. night. The same night as fire practice. Coincidence? Perhaps....perhaps not.

As mentioned before, it takes a certain type of personality to be a cop. Ever wonder why every retired cop depicted in any movie is an abusive raging alcolic? It is the kind of job that will eat your soul bit by bit. (IMO)

 

[seapotato]

Was that Constable Russell Moore? I sat in court with him in Nanaimo a few years ago, don't ask why the hell I can remember his name and not what I ate for dinner last night or where the hell I packed anything when we moved!!! I lost because I admited to having the doors, guy after me had the same in a heep and said the doors latched to the soft top... he won!

No idea man, didn't get his name, but he was kinda fat with a gay mustache, narrow it down any?

just got a lecture that he took me aside for at a road block. His argument was that " my legs could come out the door and get pinched off in an accident."

I looked at his bike, pointedly without saying anything and looked at him with an " are you fxxxing retarded?" kinda look on my face...he got real mad lookin, like he was about to huff and puff and blow my house down or somethin' and waved me through.

If it's a law, whatever, they have to inforce it. But to make up such a STUPID argument on the spot while riding a motorbike...yeah. what a dumbass...