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Originally Posted by Rochard
But what you are missing is that you were most likely doing something wrong that you didn't even realize. You were right with the flow of traffic, but maybe you were tailgating a little bit too much or changing lanes too often or passing on the left. The police officer pulls you over and says "I pulled you over because you were speeding" because he doesn't want to get into a discussion about your poor driving habits.
My friend has been rear ended in his big truck four or five times in two years. He says "They rear ended me which means it's their fault". This was a while ago; He took me out for a drive. He's driving a big pick up truck, driving way too fast, tailgating, and then stopping short. He locked up his brakes twice in twenty minutes, which is more than I've locked my brakes in two years. The law says he's not at fault, but the truth is he's stopping short and when you do that people slam into you.
The best part... He doesn't think he's doing anything wrong.
I'm not saying I am a better driver than anyone here. I'm not. I am saying we all think we are better drivers than we are. And even when your driving is perfect, chances are you are still speeding. And sometimes it's just your unlucky day.
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What *you're* missing is that the guy is bored, needs some excitement, sees a flashy car, and thinks to himself 'flash cunt, I'll show him what's what'. No tailgating, no changing lanes, no nothing, other than having a nice car, and accelerating quickly to the speed limit. Copper doesn't understand I'm at no point breaking the limit, and thinks, because he is thrilled with spotting a potential nick, wahey - action! Then proceeds to give it bertie big bollocks, and takes umbrage when I give attitude back.
Again, boring irrelevant story for your 2nd paragraph. I'll admit I have an intense dislike of the old bill, and I'll also admit we need them, for obvious reasons. I'll also admit that I *know* I'm going to get stopped each time I accelerate up to the speed limit quicker than someone in a 1 litre car, and relish the confrontation just as much as the fuckstick pulling me over does. Probably makes me a bit of a dick, but it doesn't lessen them being dicks each and every time either. To use your own example, if I'm (or whoever) is a dick to them, they'll also be one. That goes both ways, and them being in uniform doesn't change the fact they are totally arrogant egotistical dicks to start with, nor does it mean they don't bring attitude and aren't looking for the confrontation more than the person they are stopping (in instances as I've described - sure, break the law and you deserve to get stopped, but even then they UPHOLD the law, they aren't 'the law' and don't need to be holier-than-thou 99% of the time).
Bottom line I guess is that you think they're superheros, I think they're a bunch of cunts who for the most part are glorified revenue collectors, so we'll (I'll) leave it at that, just felt like dipping into the thread in between tasks.