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**WumibBesowe** · 05-23-2010, 11:25 AM

A normal thing that cops do that bothers me is speeding.

Now I don't care if people speed some, or if they do...but my issue is that they consistently speed, and at a rate they consistently pull others over for.

It really grinds my gears.

Think about it, how often to you see a patrolman in the middle or right lane, going within 5 mph of the speed limit? How often in the left, 10-15mph faster than anyone?

I used to think like this. The last time I thought it was a about two years back. I was driving down our road as a cop rolled on past us so I remark to my wife something along the lines of what makes them think they can drive like that? A minute later we (almost) get home to find that they were responding to a fire at our apartment block. Just because a cop car doesn't have it's lights on doesn't mean it isn't responding to an emergency.

These days we live on the other side of town and every day I drive past the county government center. The Sheriff cars are always driving at a reasonable speed around there. I've never once seen them going 10MPH over the speed limit.

05-23-2010, 11:25 AM	#18
WumibBesowe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 617 Senior Member	A normal thing that cops do that bothers me is speeding. Now I don't care if people speed some, or if they do...but my issue is that they consistently speed, and at a rate they consistently pull others over for. It really grinds my gears. Think about it, how often to you see a patrolman in the middle or right lane, going within 5 mph of the speed limit? How often in the left, 10-15mph faster than anyone? I used to think like this. The last time I thought it was a about two years back. I was driving down our road as a cop rolled on past us so I remark to my wife something along the lines of what makes them think they can drive like that? A minute later we (almost) get home to find that they were responding to a fire at our apartment block. Just because a cop car doesn't have it's lights on doesn't mean it isn't responding to an emergency. These days we live on the other side of town and every day I drive past the county government center. The Sheriff cars are always driving at a reasonable speed around there. I've never once seen them going 10MPH over the speed limit.
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