# Have you had any encounters with law enforcement?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 6, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-any-encounters-with-law-enforcement/1034550 "2026-11-06T14:55:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 6, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-any-encounters-with-law-enforcement/1034550/13 "2026-11-06T20:24:51Z")

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I had a fortunate encounter with law enforcement in May 2024. I posted about it here.

> [@My car is infested with tiny black ants. What to do? Need to answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-car-is-infested-with-tiny-black-ants-what-to-do-need-to-answer-fast/1001320):
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> It started about a week ago. I saw a few black ants on the sill of the window on the driver side. I sprayed them with some stuff I had in the car, actually it was some bathtub cleaner. And they were gone. But over the last week more have arrived, and today there are lots on the driver side and the passenger side. But so far only in the front. I’m at the car dealer where I always take my car for service and the guy used a leaf blower to blow a bunch of them out. He also took the driver door pan…

Here’s the law enforcement encounter part from that thread:

> [@My car is infested with tiny black ants. What to do? Need to answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-car-is-infested-with-tiny-black-ants-what-to-do-need-to-answer-fast/1001320/4):
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> Side note: I was speeding this morning and a motorcycle cop pulled me over. When I rolled down the window to talk to him, it must have stirred up the ants, and dozens and dozens of them swarmed on the window sill of the driver’s door. I freaked out and got out of the car. (I know you’re not supposed to do this, but it was an emergency. Sort of.) The next few minutes were spent with the officer brushing the ants off of me and me swatting the ants with a cloth I keep in the pocket of the door. He told me about the time this happened to him-- only it was tiny spiders 😲 and his wife refused to ride in that car until he got rid of them. The upshot is that he took pity on me, saying, “You don’t need a ticket today-- you’ve got enough trouble,” for which I was very grateful! (I really was speeding, too.) **He said, “I guess it’s a good thing I pulled you over because you might have noticed the ants while you were driving and had an accident. Sometimes God uses me in mysterious ways.”** How 'bout that. 😇

My bold. He really said that.

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