Why me????

[JGMobley1988]

So Im coming home from work round 2 ish and I notice a car following me for about 5 mins so I decided to go into a 7eleven parking lot. Turns out it's an unmark police crown vic when the police came to my window he ask me is the car mine I said yes then he ask for my license then he ask what was I doing I said coming home from work and this right here takes the cake he ask do I have any drugs in my car and of course I said no at this point Im kinda pissed but thats not it this idoit ask me why is my lights so bright I told him it came with the car but it's really an hid kit all after all the headache he says the reason I pulled you over is because your air freshener you cannot have it hanging from your rear view mirror. In my head Im like the whole time your following me cars is passing me doing like 20mph faster than the speed limit and Im a cruiser I dont speed at all.

[PonyUP]

He just wanted a closer look at a Bad A%$ Merc
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[JGMobley1988]

He just wanted a closer look at a Bad A%$ Merc

Yea I just washed it that day too lol you should've seen the way he was looking at it when he was walking up.

[PonyUP]

I love it when people have car envy, sound like you got a real icehole though
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[Mebot]

your air freshener you cannot have it hanging from your rear view mirror.

Why not? that's the stupidest thing i've ever heard in my life

[justbob]

Punctuation is your friend:D J/K Yes it is illegal in some states to have anything hanging from your mirror or anything laying on your dash.

He was just shaking you down, good thing you didn't try to lose him.

[hot-rauder]

Why not? that's the stupidest thing i've ever heard in my life


Obstructs vision. While an air freshener may not be that bad, a lot of high shcool girls hang Goldy amounts of crap from their mirrors.... they cant drive to begin with!


I think the officer was out of line asking you if you had any drugs on you, but I can understand him wanting to be cautious. I was pulled over in a parking lot because the officer wanted to see the car. He followed procedure and when he found everything to be clean he started asking me about my Marauder. Dont take too much offense from the officer.

[O's Fan Rich]

He can pull you over and ask you what time it is if he wants.

Be polite and honest and move on. After awhile, they'll get to know you and leave you alone.

He's just doing his job, be glad he's there.

Oh, In PA it is illegal to have anything hanging from your rear view.
Usually it's an "add on" fine, but it is a valid reason to get stopped.

It blocks and distracts your vision.

2nd edit... I notice your sig say's "I'm blinding them out there."....... why is that a good thing?

[justbob]

Yeah don't lie like me. Last time i lied me and ponyup recieved matching tickets for 59 in a 35. Atleast he didn't wright us up for drag racing.

[Hacklemerc]

Hey I pulled a guy over the other night for stuff hanging from his rear view. As I was walking up to the car I could smell the fresh marijuana. Got him out an searched his car and came up $9723.00 in a hidden compartment. Lots of stems and seeds, and drug paraphernalia but no weed. He had just sold his last pound right before I got him. He was on federal parole for narcotics trafficking, and had a revoked drivers license. YEah he already bonded out and got his money and car back.

Maybe he thought your car looked good and was looking for a reason to talk to you about it. Or maybe he was looking for $10000 and weed.

[JGMobley1988]

He can pull you over and ask you what time it is if he wants.

Be polite and honest and move on. After awhile, they'll get to know you and leave you alone.

He's just doing his job, be glad he's there.

Oh, In PA it is illegal to have anything hanging from your rear view.
Usually it's an "add on" fine, but it is a valid reason to get stopped.

It blocks and distracts your vision.

2nd edit... I notice your sig say's "I'm blinding them out there."....... why is that a good thing?


Im not knocking the guys job matter of fact next month im applying to be an metro transit police (SWAT TEAM) I'll be 21 in august and my 20 yrs and 9 months is up next month it's just he picked on me instead of all the cars driving PAST the speed limit and that have dark tints and etc ps I have no tints plus I had my work vest on doing below the speed limit o and he ran my tags and guess what im cleaner than a new born all I have to say is I smell HATER. And Im not even going to comment on the block my vision thats just BS SMH. And for the Im blinding them out here all that means is my lights are bright 8000k hid kit heads and fogs that doesnt mean you have to look directly at my lights plus I had my lights ever since I had my car 01/08 and no police ever said anything about it matter of fact a couple gave me compliments :beer:

[JGMobley1988]

Hey I pulled a guy over the other night for stuff hanging from his rear view. As I was walking up to the car I could smell the fresh marijuana. Got him out an searched his car and came up $9723.00 in a hidden compartment. Lots of stems and seeds, and drug paraphernalia but no weed. He had just sold his last pound right before I got him. He was on federal parole for narcotics trafficking, and had a revoked drivers license. YEah he already bonded out and got his money and car back.

Maybe he thought your car looked good and was looking for a reason to talk to you about it. Or maybe he was looking for $10000 and weed.

Well thats him not me I was appauld when he ask me did I had any drugs I guess because Im a young african american 20 year old male who have a mohawk I thought I got rid of the heat when I cut my dreads and took off the tint guess not smh and Im not pulling the race card Im pulling the facts one racial profiling it exist. I wish he searched my car so I can see the stupid look on his face.

[Hacklemerc]

I hear ya man. Its irritating to get hasseled by the police. The point I was trying to make was that the police don't know what kind of person is inside the vehicle when they stop it. Just because the person the plates come back to is clean doesn't mean the driver is the same person.

Good luck on the Metro Transit Police. I've been a Police Officer for about 3 years now. I've on the County regional Special Response Team (used to be Tactical Response Team but it sounded to aggressive.) for about a year now as well.

[LIGHTNIN1]

You should have asked if he had a DOUGHNUT.:coffee:

[RR|Suki]

You shouldn't have an air freshener hanging in the rear view anyway :P

[ImpalaSlayer]

i got pulled over last night for speeding. was written up as 9 over. however the mustang was no where to be seen :D

[kariamack]

I always see the Hids for the head lights but what about the fogs...can someone point me in the rite Direction on where I can get these

[guspech750]

i would have asked him if he could pistol whip me as he gave me a reach around!!:rolleyes:

[Mac-MerC]

I always see the Hids for the head lights but what about the fogs...can someone point me in the rite Direction on where I can get these

Thats a Good ass question

[imorb1994]

I always see the Hids for the head lights but what about the fogs...can someone point me in the rite Direction on where I can get these


Thats a Good ass question
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[Egon Spengler]

I've had a cop come up to my car and looking in my side view mirror, I could see him running the back side of his hand down the side of my freshly waxed MM... He let me off with a warning on the 80 in a 65 but had to write me for the 3 month expired inspection sticker

[TiTo35]

Joe I think its a mix of car envy with a hint of trying to uphold the law. When I first got my car...the police pulled me off b/c I didnt have a front tag ON the car. I see ALOT of cars with no front tag and I wonder how...But I dont bother them...and hopefully they wont bother me.

[BAD MERC]

It's bloodthirsty criminals like you that make this world the way it is. Shame on you.

[Stangracer89]

Marauder Profiling is WRONG!....just wrong I say!
I don't mind getting pulled over, lots of cops, such as my brothers, love the Marauder and wish they had one as a work car. I have been "complemented" by a few locals here for both my cars. Now they just wave. I even had a headlight flash warning the other day doing 60 in a 35. It pays to be understanding and cooperative. Hug a cop today!

[TiTo35]

Hug a cop today!

Umm today is 4/20...I dont wanna be no where near any cops! :rasta:

[Marauder2005]

Im not knocking the guys job matter of fact next month im applying to be an metro transit police (SWAT TEAM) I'll be 21 in august and my 20 yrs and 9 months is up next month it's just he picked on me instead of all the cars driving PAST the speed limit and that have dark tints and etc ps I have no tints plus I had my work vest on doing below the speed limit o and he ran my tags and guess what im cleaner than a new born all I have to say is I smell HATER. And Im not even going to comment on the block my vision thats just BS SMH. And for the Im blinding them out here all that means is my lights are bright 8000k hid kit heads and fogs that doesnt mean you have to look directly at my lights plus I had my lights ever since I had my car 01/08 and no police ever said anything about it matter of fact a couple gave me compliments :beer:

He just wanted to check out your ride :)

As for SWAT, usually well trained, well seasoned veteran police officers

become SWAT members.

[knine]

Marauder Profiling is WRONG!....just wrong I say!

I got pulled over because the car looked "...like a hooptie kar", and I knew the trooper as it turned out. :lol:

[th48308]

its happend to me too man...in my other merc the 95 cougar...cops are cops my dude...and man are they annoying

[n00bkiller944]

I got pulled in maryland for the air freshener as well... Cops around here call them felony flags because they are an easy way to pull over a sketchy car and find drugs. (im not saying that you at all) Easiest way to avoid it is do what I do and put the air freshener on the shifter or turn signal switch and then they can pull you for it!

[Mebot]

Yes it is illegal in some states to have anything hanging from your mirror or anything laying on your dash.

You know what's funny is a lot more people know about this law than I do. I asked around and a lot of people were like, oh yeah that's illegal.

I honestly had no idea. I thought it was one of those goofy "laws" that are written somewhere but never enforced, you know. Not that this changes anything. I don't have anything hanging from my mirrors, but it's just the principal of the thing.

[justbob]

Back in the eighties it was common to have everything you own with a string (or roach clip lol) hanging off your mirror. I mean gigantic feathers (some of you may remember those huge feathers with the roach clips that chicks wore in there hair!), 28 air freshners, sunglasses, the list goes on. So i guess the law started because of us "hair band guys". Sorry.