My life as a terrorist..or Evil SUV part 2

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I don’t know why but, whenever I drive my hubby’s Offical Suburban of Evil® strange things happen.

My son ordered 5 new tires for his Jeep. Our drive is too narrow for a semi truck to navigate and the house is too far off the road for a truck to park there so I arranged to meet the truck at the High School 3 driveways down from my house. Everything went as planned. I got the shipment and went on to run a few errands.

Three miles down the road, I was surrounded by 2 cruisers and nearly run off the road. I was ordered to PLACE YOUR HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL----DO IT NOW!!! and of course I complied, produced driver’s license, insurance and all I asked was “Is there a problem officer?”

I was asked what I was doing loitering on school property(public property BTW) in a suspicious vehicle exchanging what looked to be contraband. HUH? I explained what had happened and he advised me he was going to let me go this time but if I ever did anything like this in the future, I should call the sheriff and advise them of my plans.

I informed him that as far as I knew I hadn’t done anything illegal in the first place since I was on public property engaging in a legal activity but if I planned on acting suspicious again I would call and ask for him personally.

Stupid small town sherrifs. This is nothing more than SUV discrimination.

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Just be thankful you’re not either a teenager or a minority. I know people in both of those groups who were in situations like yours. It took hours to get things sorted out, complete with backup units, a trip to the police station, a full search of the vehicle, and phone calls to verify the driver’s story.

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      • Uh, -public school property doesn’t equate to ordinary public property anymore, at least in the US. Schools can restrict usage of facilities to approved events.
  • Many places with big parking lots don’t allow unrelated semi-truck parking at all, because heavy trucks tend to destroy the pavement.
  • Technically you were operating a shipping transfer station (moving shipped goods directly between two vehicles), which requires permits in some locales.
    -And it did probably look like you were buying stolen goods, so there. Had I seen you, I’d have probably phoned the cops, too. - DougC
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Doug that seems like a well thought out response but it is still ridiculous. If I was going to participate in illegal activity, I’m sure I could find a less conspicuous spot than in the local school lot at 0900. I live in a semi-rural area and the school parking lot is an accepted meeting place for many activities.

Why not just come over and check it out instead of watching and then following me, which is what the officer said he did. No need to form a blockade and act like a psycho cop.

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IANACorL but my WAG is that maybe he waited until after because, had you actually been involved in an illegal exchange, then he would be able to charge you with that crime instead of intent to commit. Or something like that.

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I can bet that a small town sheriff can easily slip into thinking that he’s God’s own right hand. The smaller the pond, the bigger of a fish you look to be.

I was pulled over by a cop who was very upset because I didn’t pull over for his red light, despite the fact that as soon as he put on flashers, I did pull over immediately.

(He never considered that you don’t aim a motorcycle’s mirrors to see behind you. You use them to see the lanes next to you.)

Many cops are people who got in the profession because subconciously they wanted to officially be validated and be given power. I frankly think a lot of them are socially awkward, and being a cop means that they don’t have to deal with normal social structures on the job, or in many parts of life. They’re automatically in charge.