[Scan-DC] Friday night "fun"

[Steve Rigby]

RickH wrote:
 > I'd take the verbal warning and forget it ever happened. He was
 > courteous and let you off the hook . The officer's detail may be
 > to check out cars with 4 or more passengers in a certain area.
 >
 > Of course, for me, getting pulled over is *always* a pressure
 > check for the old arteries.
 >
 > - Rick
 >
 > ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Emissary"
 > <phonepatrol@hotmail.com> To: <scan-dc@mailman.qth.net> Sent:
 > Saturday, May 18, 2002 8:10 PM Subject: [Scan-DC] Friday night
 > "fun"
 >
 >
 >
 >> Got pulled over for "running a red light" which I failed to
 >> see. I pulled out my registration and the US Capitol Policeman
 >> (i think that's what it was) just asked if I had anything to
 >> drink right away. (I'm pretty sure he just wanted to see if i
 >> was drunk). He let me off the hook in a heartbeat. The way he
 >> was talking it sounded like he didn't even care about this
 >> "mysterious" red light that me and 4 of my other friends did
 >> not see.
 >>
 >> opinions anyone?
 >>
 >> jay

   I think that such incidents are particularly difficult to simply
forget about because of the false pretenses involved, that being the
apparent specious claim of a red light violation.  Indeed, that
issue seems to be the item of most concern to Jay, the writer of the
original message.  A recent similar event that happened to me is
most memorable because of a false premise(lie) used to pull me over.
Such tactics do not serve to engender trust and faith in one's
public servants, in my most humble opinion.

   Steve