10000 feet and no dynamics? Today is going to be a good day ...
QUOTE: Originally posted by gabe Sadly, that is not an unusual practice in Indiana. Indiana license plates identify the county you are in. It is amazing how much more people get pulled over driving in counties away from their home county. Gabe
QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz The consensus of the people I know in Illinois is that the Wisconsin cops pick on the Illinois drivers much more. What I think these "flatlanders" fail to realize is that the Illinois drivers are (on average) much more aggressive, tailgate, rapidly change lanes, and drive 15mph faster than their Wisconsin counterparts. Like, DUH, drive like that and you're gonna get pulled over more. Cause preceeds effect.
QUOTE: Originally posted by CBQ_Guy QUOTE: Originally posted by zardoz The consensus of the people I know in Illinois is that the Wisconsin cops pick on the Illinois drivers much more. What I think these "flatlanders" fail to realize is that the Illinois drivers are (on average) much more aggressive, tailgate, rapidly change lanes, and drive 15mph faster than their Wisconsin counterparts. Like, DUH, drive like that and you're gonna get pulled over more. Cause preceeds effect. Sounds like the Chicago area contingent of Illinoisans.
QUOTE: Originally posted by gabe ... I hate being treated like a second-class citizen when I am out of state. When the cops get lucky and pull over a drug runner, please throw the book at them. But when they pull over a law-abiding citizen for doing 70 in a 65 because it would be unsafe to drive at 65 with all the locals doing 70, it makes me angry at the state.
QUOTE: Originally posted by erikthered I can't speak about the midwest, but traffic cops in my county pay more attention to out of staters for a couple of reasons. Here they are: 1) Out of state plates indicate that who ever is driving probably is not familiar with local speed limits, insurance laws, or traffic controls. They tend to drive like the sightseers or vacationers many of them are... and get a little crazy. 2) In my neck of the woods, one of the highways is a drug pipeline from Florida to points north. Most drug runners are too smart to do something really dumb in front of a marked patrol car that gives me probable cause to stop them... but occassionally we get lucky. One of the key indicators of a drug runner is an out of state plate. (There are other indicators, too, which I won't go into... but the plate is the most visible to a cop on patrol... and the quickest way to catch an ID without actually stopping someone.) 3) Half joking here... but when a cop does issue a ticket on an out of stater, chances are pretty good the violator will mail in the fine to skip court. My county clerks love this. So does the judge who sits in traffic court. A deputy I knew out in Arizona termed it best: "You know what they call out of state traffic stops?.... Revenue!" 4) Department policies vary on traffic tickets. Many police departments actually do have "quotas", except that they are usually termed "performance objective evaluation criteria" or some other term that attempts to measure an officer's performance. My department does not have a ticket quota... but many do. Final hint on traffic tickets: It's a really bad idea to pass a patrol car on a highway. Hope that answers your question. Erik
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