Had the most unusual interaction with a Highway Patrol trooper yesterday.

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Louro

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Not bashing anyone and I have no idea why it went this way.

I was driving down the road and flew thru a red light. Had my head completely up my arse. Really only missed it by a fraction of a second. Think I’ll just surrender my license because I’m a menace to society. Maybe move off to an old folks farm.

Anyway there was a trooper in his Smokey car sitting right there first in line on the side of the intersection. I saw him and immediately waved I was pulling off the next opportunity I got to which was probably a quarter of a block.

Rolled the window down and made my hand visible.

He walks up and says ‘Don’t do that again.’ turned around and walked off. I responded yes sir.

Guess it was my lucky day. Didn’t kill anyone and didn’t get a ticket. Probably should have gone to the casino.

Any of you guys ever have anything similar?
Holy Crap, you are lucky, you know how bad does Law Enforcement Officer can be. You lucky that he didn't taser you, or threw you on the ground and set on top of you. (sarcasm)
 
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Almost forgot about this thread, but gotta add this: my daughter got pulled over for the first time tonight. OHP got her on the way home from her BF's for speeding. Out of habit, she pulls her debit card from her wallet instead of her DL, to which he says, "We don't take credit". Then she hands him an insurance card from 2016...she was a bit nervous I guess to say the least! She got a warning. I just wish I could see the body cam footage of it 🤣
 

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I got pulled over once and had just handed my license to him when I guess he got an emergency call. He handed my license back, told me I got lucky and he had to leave, jumped in his car and left. That's as close as I can get to your experience, although it's not very close.

He probably had to poop. Them QuikTrip taquitos go right through ya, especially since cops get free coffee.
 

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I use to get stopped quite a bit due to my lead foot. My wife get so mad because I never get a ticket. Everytime I get stopped the first thing she says is, “maybe they will take you to jail this time”, “If they would take you to jail just for one night, it would void all of the times I got a ticket.” I just roll my eyes at her and laugh.

My dad was a retired Georgia State Trooper and he taught my brother and I things to do and how to behave if we ever get stopped by the Cops.
If during the day, stop immediately when they pull up behind you, roll all the windows down so they can see inside the car/truck while walking up, keep hands in the 2pm and 10pm position on the steering wheel and if it is at night, do all the same and turn on interior lights. And be curious and polite. All of this goes a long way at putting them at ease. And make sure you hand them your gun license if you have one.

My wife once got stopped twice in one day by the same cop and received two tickets. LOL!!!! Yes, she has a very sarcastic personality and it doesn’t help when she gets stopped. I will tell that story sometime. lol
Tell us the story. Lol
 
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I was driving on old 66 on the west side of El Reno heading back toward downtown. I went through a light that was green and noticed that there was a El Reno Cop at the light waiting to turn. I was driving cool and watching what I was doing and thought why is that dude dogging me. Finally, after about 10-12 blocks he put the lights on me, walked up and told me the crack in my windshield was unlawful in OK and did I have any plans to replace it? I say no, but if it's unlawful I will get on it. Have a nice day sir and we parted. This happened close to the holidays, and some of my buddies said he was probably checking to see if you had been drinking.
 
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Got pulled over in Pennsylvania doin 120 on a lovely Sunday morning. I topped a rise, saw the trooper at the very bottom of the hill and went for the brakes. Unfortunately there was a dip just the other side of the hill crest, so my adjusted speed made me lay smoke when I touch down again.

Smokey didn't even have to come after me. I pulled over right in front of him. He gets me in the front seat of his car, and casually asks me (while running license) how fast were you going before I clicked you at 80? I answered honestly, and pointed out that we were the only cars on the road, the weather was perfect, and my 92' regal could handle that speed...and my skills were up to par as well. He admitted that he watched the way I handled that little misstep over the dip, and agreed that I probably did have the necessary skills, and the car could certainly handle it.

Just slow down son.....Yessir!
 

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I remember one morning driving home after working the hootowl shift dispatch for the sheriff's department. The four-laned divided highway speed had just been changed from 70 to 55 thanks to the gubament. I topped the hill on US 81 doing my usual 70 MPH and met the OHP going the opposite way. as we continued, the hill blocked each other from view but before that happened I saw his brake lights and he was slowing down fast. I recognized him and knew it was Don Hadlock.

I immediately pulled over and stopped. It was less than thirty seconds later that trooper came flying over the hill and right past me lights and siren. I could see him tap the brakes, look in his rearview mirror and probably in a sheepish effort to save face, keep going down the highway and around the curve to the right disappearing from view. My turnoff was only a mile down the road and I did 55 MPH all the way. I never saw the trooper again until that evening when I came back to work. I asked if he remembered a white and blue Chevy speeding earlier this morning and stopped just after the hill north of town.

"That was you?" Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

(Don's the one that kept sitting on the Undersheriff's desk)

Whole nuther story.
 

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