Question - what would you do?

[Mitch Dufour]

Six + decades in Louisiana and I have finally accepted that fish swim, birds fly, and some act as if they are above the law. To the OP's question "what would I do?". Probably just shake my head, and chuckle.

 

[dantheman]

If you report it there will be no repercussions . Some years back I reported a Traffic Cop that thought it was ok to regularly drive 45 in a 25 . This was in a residential neighborhood , on my street . I spoke to the Shift Supervisor and told him I just wanted the guy to slow it down . He handled it and all was well .

 

[krotsman]

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That made me spit out my beer! I have a buddy that pulls me over sometimes, trying to be funny. I might actually get this, just for him.

 

[machinedrummer]

Advance D Laser…it’s sarcasm. Lighten up Francis.

 

[70mikenike70]

Yesterday evening about 9 pm I was traveling east on 1-12. Had cruise set on 72. All of a sudden a motorcycle comes up on my rear bumper. I changed lines and the motorcycle sped by me. It was accelerating quickly up to 80 plus mph. To my suprise it was a BRPD officer. Clearly he was t heading to a call as he crossed into Livingston Parish. He turned left in 16 heading north. He was going in the same direction as I was. On Hwy 16 through Denham he was greatly exceeding the speed limit. Not by 5-10 mph but probably 20 mph above posted limits and changing lanes rapidly. I continued until he turned into what I guess was his subdivision. The question is, what would you do? I thought to get next to him at a stop light and tell him what a great example he was demonstratin. The lawman not obeying the law. I am confident that I have every right to address him but dont know about recourse from doing so. I’m sure he could run my plate to know my home address.

Before you say it, I can assure you that I am not a Pu**y. How do lawmen get held accountable? If you call their office I’m sure the comment will get circle filed.

Everyone is getting butt wet about this post without asking the correct questions!
1. What type of bike was it?
2. Was this cop in uniform?
3. Did you get his license plate number?
4. Do you break the law at any time while driving?
5. What would you like done in this situation?

Hold off on the dumb comments boys. Let’s get the facts straight first….

 

[Bolt Head]

I would keep driving and continue my day. Surely I'd have some thoughts about it for a short time but I wouldn't waste much mental energy on it.

I was driving in the rain early in the morning last Tuesday, morning traffic. Some people drive like they're borderline criminally insane. I just remained focused on driving so I could arrive at my destination safely, as always.

I don't try to intervene in the madness of society. I only run my life, not the rest of the world. Fuggit! LOL

 

[323MAR]

I say let the reckless idiot kill himself in a future wreck. He has already made the decision to have a wreck due to his aggressive and reckless driving.
I do a lot of driving and see wrecks being worked by LE every day mostly in areas with low speed limits. The worst I have seen was a Nissan driver who blew a stop sign and was killed when an extended cab truck t-boned him. This happened next to Costco in New Orleans.
My last accident happened in 2006 when I was rear ended while at a light by one of those reckless idiots. I am baffled at the amount of driving I have done since then without any accidents, but other people who drive much less than myself just can't drive safely. My Father-in-law previously told me that I "drive like an old man." He stopped saying that after he totaled his big Dodge truck after which I told him that his big truck ain't so big and bad anymore and how easily they are destroyed like the Toyota trucks that Haji mounted Russian 12.5mm on were easily destroyed by our MK-19 40mm MGs. LOL!

 

[thperez1972]

Everyone is getting butt wet about this post without asking the correct questions!
1. What type of bike was it?
2. Was this cop in uniform?
3. Did you get his license plate number?
4. Do you break the law at any time while driving?
5. What would you like done in this situation?

Hold off on the dumb comments boys. Let’s get the facts straight first….

Some of these we already know the answer to.

1. assumed to be police.
2. if on a police motorcycle, most, likely yes. if not on a police motorcycle, he would have to be in uniform to know he was a brpd officer.
3. unknown.
4. yes, but the brpd officer broke the law morer.
5. hold the officer accountable for speeding. only civilians should be allowed to do that.

Am I close?

 

[hotbiggun]

Should instigate a citizens arrest. Be sure to video tape it!

 

[usmc-nav]

Thperez1972

Not really, well kind of.

1 BRPD Harley Davidson
2 Yes, BRPD on back of his jacket
3 Yes
4 Yes I did.
5 I guess I will do like the rest of the world and most
of the replies suggest, let it go.

but…….when does good call out bad? Not just this instance with
this person not respecting the law but will ticket others because he has AUTHORITY.

Other areas of society are decaying but people are against to say anything about it. Why don’t people say anything about things that are clearly not right? I’ve always heard that right is right and wrong is wrong.

I did make a mistake by exceeding the limit but I wanted to see where he exited the interstate. Now the self rightous that will fault me for that I guess you have never went 72 in a 70. That’s true, I did it. But, does that mean that a sworn law officer should not be more of a role model? When you are part of a group, organization, club don’t you want to represent that group with honor and integrity?

 

[70mikenike70]

Not really, well kind of.

1 BRPD Harley Davidson
2 Yes, BRPD on back of his jacket
3 Yes
4 Yes I did.
5 I guess I will do like the rest of the world and most
of the replies suggest, let it go.

but…….when does good call out bad? Not just this instance with
this person not respecting the law but will ticket others because he has AUTHORITY.

Other areas of society are decaying but people are against to say anything about it. Why don’t people say anything about things that are clearly not right? I’ve always heard that right is right and wrong is wrong.

I did make a mistake by exceeding the limit but I wanted to see where he exited the interstate. Now the self rightous that will fault me for that I guess you have never went 72 in a 70. That’s true, I did it. But, does that mean that a sworn law officer should not be more of a role model? When you are part of a group, organization, club don’t you want to represent that group with honor and integrity?

But what were you driving?

 

[usmc-nav]

Toyota

 

[AdvancedLaser]

Thperez1972

Not really, well kind of.

1 BRPD Harley Davidson
2 Yes, BRPD on back of his jacket
3 Yes
4 Yes I did.
5 I guess I will do like the rest of the world and most
of the replies suggest, let it go.

but…….when does good call out bad? Not just this instance with
this person not respecting the law but will ticket others because he has AUTHORITY.

Other areas of society are decaying but people are against to say anything about it. Why don’t people say anything about things that are clearly not right? I’ve always heard that right is right and wrong is wrong.

I did make a mistake by exceeding the limit but I wanted to see where he exited the interstate. Now the self rightous that will fault me for that I guess you have never went 72 in a 70. That’s true, I did it. But, does that mean that a sworn law officer should not be more of a role model? When you are part of a group, organization, club don’t you want to represent that group with honor and integrity?

I gotta say, of all the areas of societal decay, and the destruction of this country, and you are fixated on a cop speeding ? Maybe you have a problem with cops more than anything.

You are now the victim here of the speeding ? Come on dude. Not only were you speeding to begin with but if your facts are accurate you were driving in the same ridiculous manner you portray him to be driving in to follow him all the way to his subdivision, not just exiting the interstate. Its ok for you though?

We still dont know his reason for speeding home. Maybe it was a realistic one. You were speeding just for fun on the interstate. Maybe he had a significant reason to get home.

 

[AustinBR]

Everyone speeds. Who cares?

Empty interstate at night, minimal traffic, heading hope? Yeah, I'd speed too.

 

[Abby Normal]

That made me spit out my beer! I have a buddy that pulls me over sometimes, trying to be funny. I might actually get this, just for him.

I didn’t mean to make you waste your beer. I took that pick of a truck in Houma.

 

[thperez1972]

Thperez1972

Not really, well kind of.

1 BRPD Harley Davidson

1. assumed to be police.

A brpd harley is a police motorcycle. I got that one.

2 Yes, BRPD on back of his jacket

2. if on a police motorcycle, most, likely yes. if not on a police motorcycle, he would have to be in uniform to know he was a brpd officer.

The jacket is part of his uniform. Got that one too.

3 Yes

3. unknown.

This one was a coin toss.

4 Yes I did.

4. yes, but the brpd officer broke the law morer.

Got this one too.

5 I guess I will do like the rest of the world and most
of the replies suggest, let it go.

5. hold the officer accountable for speeding. only civilians should be allowed to do that.

The question wasn't what are you going to do. The question was what do you want done.

but…….when does good call out bad? Not just this instance with
this person not respecting the law but will ticket others because he has AUTHORITY.

Other areas of society are decaying but people are against to say anything about it. Why don’t people say anything about things that are clearly not right? I’ve always heard that right is right and wrong is wrong.

I did make a mistake by exceeding the limit but I wanted to see where he exited the interstate. Now the self rightous that will fault me for that I guess you have never went 72 in a 70. That’s true, I did it. But, does that mean that a sworn law officer should not be more of a role model? When you are part of a group, organization, club don’t you want to represent that group with honor and integrity?

72 in a 70? When did the speed limit jump from 65 to 70? Unless it changed in the last 10 months, it would appear you were going 72 in a 65. That bit wasn't a mistake. You had the cruise control set. I think what a lot of people find curious is that someone who feels ok with speeding is calling out someone else who feels comfortable, partly because the second someone feels more comfortable with more speeding. When does good call out bad? Who is good and who is bad in your situation?

 

[usmc-nav]

Never mind. Y’all fail to see the point. Good night and best wishes to you all.

 

[AdvancedLaser]

Never mind. Y’all fail to see the point. Good night and best wishes to you all.

We see the point. This is a respectful convo, I mean nothing malicious by it on my end.

I am just pointing out your hypocrisy in this.

 

[GunRelated]

Maybe you have a problem with cops more than anything.

This is how Adv L pictures someone who complains about cops breaking the laws that they enforce.

(This is me in reality)

 

[323MAR]

Some of these we already know the answer to.

1. assumed to be police.
2. if on a police motorcycle, most, likely yes. if not on a police motorcycle, he would have to be in uniform to know he was a brpd officer.
3. unknown.
4. yes, but the brpd officer broke the law morer.
5. hold the officer accountable for speeding. only civilians should be allowed to do that.

Am I close?

Never mind. Y’all fail to see the point. Good night and best wishes to you all.

I get you there fellow Leatherneck! It's just that out here in "the world" we aren't going to be held accountable for our driving the way we were on a MCB(Marine Corps Base) or NSA(Navel Support Activity) for example. LE is allowed a certain level of discretion involving misdemeanors and moving or non-moving violations. I don't recall USMC MPs having any discretion whatsoever.
Out here in the civilian community, it's really best that we afford some discretion towards LE with misdemeanors and moving violations since they are people too. If they start their own bad driving habits, it will catch up to them.
Semper Fi Marine!