Jim Oaks
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Yesterday on my way to my girlfriends I was stopped at a light and saw a sheriff's Deputy behind me. It was 3 lanes of traffic. Pulled away from the light and got up to the 40 mph speed limit. I guy passed me in the middle lane exceeding the speed limit, and thought to myself the Deputy must not be enforcing the traffic laws. This area has its own police department.
I move in to the middle lane several car lengths behind the silver car. The Deputy follows behind me. Then lights me up and pulls me over.
As a State Trooper I was required to great people, tell them my name, and why I stopped them. I asked the Deputy why he stopped me. He told me to turn down a side street and he'd tell me there.
I moved to the new location and got out of my truck because my lab was barking in my ear. The Deputy freaks out and tells me nobody told me to get out of the car.
Ends up telling me I failed to use my turn signal. I tell the Deputy I'm a retired Trooper and I've never stopped someone for a turn signal.
Did I break the law. Yes. But I think it's petty bullshit getting stopped for it at 12:30 in the afternoon.
Deputy followed it up with 'you should no better' because I'm a retired Trooper, and they do things differently in Texas.
At least I didn't get a ticket. I don't like cops that nitpick, stop people for petty shit, and treat people like criminals. I never did that.
I move in to the middle lane several car lengths behind the silver car. The Deputy follows behind me. Then lights me up and pulls me over.
As a State Trooper I was required to great people, tell them my name, and why I stopped them. I asked the Deputy why he stopped me. He told me to turn down a side street and he'd tell me there.
I moved to the new location and got out of my truck because my lab was barking in my ear. The Deputy freaks out and tells me nobody told me to get out of the car.
Ends up telling me I failed to use my turn signal. I tell the Deputy I'm a retired Trooper and I've never stopped someone for a turn signal.
Did I break the law. Yes. But I think it's petty bullshit getting stopped for it at 12:30 in the afternoon.
Deputy followed it up with 'you should no better' because I'm a retired Trooper, and they do things differently in Texas.
At least I didn't get a ticket. I don't like cops that nitpick, stop people for petty shit, and treat people like criminals. I never did that.