One in three Calgarians ticketed for speeding last year

[Northendzone]

Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

Don't worry, he swore at a cop and threatened to tell on him to his supervisors, clearly this is the kind of rational person who will have no problem convincing a court that his speedometer is more accurate than a radar gun, and that he is a more reliable witness than a police officer.

perhaps valo might wish to consider the ever popular "liar, liar pants on fire" defense strategy.......

[burn_this_city]

The difference between 113 and 117 is 3.5%, it could be tire size difference from factory, tire wear, and or the speedometers accuracy.

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by moon

Considering what kind of scum bags most cops are that shouldn't be hard but of course courts take whatever they say as true.

Unfortunate we can't have a better system than blindly trusting liars.

In my exerience, the kind of people who lump all cops together as scum bags, are typically the kind of people that have more run ins with cops than the average joe.

You know how many run ins I've had with scum bag cops?
Zero, because, I know that telling a cop to go screw himself, or telling him he should be off stopping real crime, is a pretty poor way of getting sympathy from someone who has a tough job, and has to deal with a lot of jerks throughout the day.

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

In my exerience, the kind of people who lump all cops together as scum bags, are typically the kind of people that have more run ins with cops than the average joe.

You know how many run ins I've had with scum bag cops?
Zero, because, I know that telling a cop to go screw himself, or telling him he should be off stopping real crime, is a pretty poor way of getting sympathy from someone who has a tough job, and has to deal with a lot of jerks throughout the day.

To add to this I've been let off of tickets more than once because I do the "yes sir, no sir, three bags full sir". I got pulled over for 20ish mph over the speed limit in San Diego this year. I played the polite Canadian card and was honest about speeding and he let me go with a warning. If I had been an ass about it I would have got an expensive speeding ticket.

[DementedReality]

Originally Posted by puckluck

Im glad not many people have your mindset dementedreality. There'd likely be many more casualties if more people did.

i have no idea what you are going on about ... what are you implying?

[valo403]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

To add to this I've been let off of tickets more than once because I do the "yes sir, no sir, three bags full sir". I got pulled over for 20ish mph over the speed limit in San Diego this year. I played the polite Canadian card and was honest about speeding and he let me go with a warning. If I had been an ass about it I would have got an expensive speeding ticket.

Bags full of what exactly??

[DementedReality]

Originally Posted by transplant99

No...but it does say "slower traffic keep right" not "slower traffic keep right unless doing the posted limit"

Its really straight forward....if you are slower than a car coming behind you in the left lane....move the hell over......its the rule.

so we agree, i never said otherwise.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

Seems a bit of an exageration. Where exactly is this hill?

No kidding, I'd love to see a 57% grade hill. The steepest in San Francisco is 31.5% (17 degrees). Good on us for being almost twice as steep!

[REDVAN]

[moon]

Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

In my exerience, the kind of people who lump all cops together as scum bags, are typically the kind of people that have more run ins with cops than the average joe.

You know how many run ins I've had with scum bag cops?
Zero, because, I know that telling a cop to go screw himself, or telling him he should be off stopping real crime, is a pretty poor way of getting sympathy from someone who has a tough job, and has to deal with a lot of jerks throughout the day.

The only run ins I have had is at check stops, pulled over for speeding and from knowing/interacting with them off-duty.

I have never told a cop to go screw himself or told him he should be off stopping real crime. Only ever said yes sir and no sir for the most part when talking to them.

[lazypucker]

I found that the cops usually only pull over the young d-bags who drive an older Honda Civic who think they are invincible, or those a-holes who drive big trucks who think they are the bomb. People driving really nice cars (brand new BMWs and the likes) don't get pulled over as much...

Another question, had anyone ever got dinged for distracted driving?

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by moon

The only run ins I have had is at check stops, pulled over for speeding and from knowing/interacting with them off-duty.

I have never told a cop to go screw himself or told him he should be off stopping real crime. Only ever said yes sir and no sir for the most part when talking to them.

So then, how exactly do you conclude that most cops are scumbags?

[moon]

Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

So then, how exactly do you conclude that most cops are scumbags?

As I said from interactions with them at traffic stops, seeing them on the street and interacting with others, interacting with them off duty as well plays a big role.

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by moon

As I said from interactions with them at traffic stops, seeing them on the street and interacting with others, interacting with them off duty as well plays a big role.

Care to give any specific examples?
Because so far you haven't done a very good job defending your position that most cops are scum bags, and you're interactions with them has nothing to do with it.

[moon]

Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

Care to give any specific examples?
Because so far you haven't done a very good job defending your position that most cops are scum bags, and you're interactions with them has nothing to do with it.

Scum bags may be a strong word but I definitely think they are not there to help people or make the area they cover safer, they are there for the power and to push people around.

I have said my personal interactions and viewings are what my position is based on how else should I make a judgement?

The scum bag comment is from thinking that cops, especially while on duty, should be held to a higher standard than an average citizen and from what I see they are far from that.

[The Yen Man]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

To add to this I've been let off of tickets more than once because I do the "yes sir, no sir, three bags full sir". I got pulled over for 20ish mph over the speed limit in San Diego this year. I played the polite Canadian card and was honest about speeding and he let me go with a warning. If I had been an ass about it I would have got an expensive speeding ticket.

Off topic, but this quote totally reminds me of the three pigs in The Racoons. Man, that was a sweet show.

[puckluck]

Originally Posted by DementedReality

i have no idea what you are going on about ... what are you implying?

That you are a danger to society if you drive less than the flow of traffic in the left lane.

[jar_e]

Originally Posted by moon

Considering what kind of scum bags most cops are that shouldn't be hard but of course courts take whatever they say as true.

Unfortunate we can't have a better system than blindly trusting liars.

For anyone who thinks that the courts believe a cop because they are a cop are mistaken. That is not even close to being the truth at least here in Calgary courts.

[Two Fivenagame]

Originally Posted by kunkstyle

I wish I had something on my dash that could give me that information.

You can see the posted speed limit on your dash?

[zamler]

Originally Posted by Two Fivenagame

You can see the posted speed limit on your dash?

That would actually be extremely useful. But it would no doubt cut down on speeding, so we can't have that.