no one wrote:
pulled out to avoid an accident
ahhh. that's it ...
Thread is about traffic stops.
no one wrote:
pulled out to avoid an accident
ahhh. that's it ...
Thread is about traffic stops.
exthrower wrote:
Probably because many more Blacks are driving around with expired registrations and other vehicle infractions....A cop needs "probable cause" to pull you over.,...Ever watch the show "Cops" on TV?. So many of the Blacks they pullover have no licence, registration, insurance etc....They don't seem to want to follow rules.
Charlie Jess wrote:I am a demographer and I can say that the research is very clear--police pull over black motorists at a much greater rate than white drivers. This is without doubt a major problem with our law enforcement system, on several levels.
Regarding the issue of safe and considerate driving--setting aside the important issue of racism--traffic research shows that over two thirds of all drivers disobey basic laws that would make the roads safer, with the the biggest problems being impairment due to electronic devices, speeding in residential neighborhoods, and failure to stop for red lights.
I have been driving since 1963, mostly in Massachusetts. I am black, but I have never ever been pulled over. Good luck for sure, but I also think that this is due to the fact that I am part of the 1/3 or drivers who do not text, talk, or speed. Sometimes following the rules pays off. It is also satisfying to not be a bully, like so many other drivers.
You say that blacks as a group do not want to follow the rules of having proper registration. Ok, well consider this; it is not only blacks but all disproportionately poor demographics in this country who are placed in the position of not being able to afford to stay on top of registration fees. This is due to our regressive fee system, and low wages. It is not because we (if you insist in grouping "us" as one mass of criminals) don't follow the rules. It is because public transportation sucks in many places and we are forced to put crappy cars on the road without the cash to pay for registration, insurance, etc. Would you prefer these folks not try to work at all? Perhaps stay at home and just starve? I imagine that is what you want ...
Zero times. I don't drive a whole lot anyway; when I do, I always (ALWAYS) come to a complete stop at stop signs, I always stay at, below, or barely and temporarily above the speed limit (I'll set my cruise control for just the speed limit, for instance); I pay attention to signs, and act as though they apply to me; and so on.
As Chris Rock said in one of his videos, "Obey the law."
In the late 90s I bought a burnt orange Mustang convertible. One year I was stopped 7 times but never got a ticket. I've probably only been stopped 5 times in the last 15 years driving other vehicles.
But then the white men will do to them what they typically do to kiddies,they
will molest them.
Schwartzehonky wrote:
But then the white men will do to them what they typically do to kiddies,they
will molest them.
Not if they work for Billy Clinton. Then you just deliver the merchandise.
2014 :once, a late night stop with no ticket given. I was tired and the cop thought I was either drunk or on drugs
2015: zero pullovers, but one encounter with a cop closing a road i was on where the officer was cordial
Um...If you can afford registration you shouldn't have a car. You have to pay for gas and things. My guess is they many you assume can't afford registration spend lots of money on alcohol, smokes and/or drugs.
Charlie Jess wrote:
exthrower wrote:Probably because many more Blacks are driving around with expired registrations and other vehicle infractions....A cop needs "probable cause" to pull you over.,...Ever watch the show "Cops" on TV?. So many of the Blacks they pullover have no licence, registration, insurance etc....They don't seem to want to follow rules.
You say that blacks as a group do not want to follow the rules of having proper registration. Ok, well consider this; it is not only blacks but all disproportionately poor demographics in this country who are placed in the position of not being able to afford to stay on top of registration fees. This is due to our regressive fee system, and low wages. It is not because we (if you insist in grouping "us" as one mass of criminals) don't follow the rules. It is because public transportation sucks in many places and we are forced to put crappy cars on the road without the cash to pay for registration, insurance, etc. Would you prefer these folks not try to work at all? Perhaps stay at home and just starve? I imagine that is what you want ...
I've never been pulled over without a valid reason since my long ago hippie days, when cops "profiled" hippies. I was driving a very nice family car with Connecticut license plates in Wisconsin. I was pulled over for speeding, which I was technically doing, except that I was going slower than 2/3s of the traffic (this was back in that brief period where everyone drove over 80 on Interstates).
The cop, a local Eau Calire guy, obviously was hoping he'd pinched a car thief, which he had not. But he fined me a huge amount for speeding, and when I didn't have it all, he put me in jail until my friend could go get it via Western Union. That was the next day.
As we were leaving, and my friend was driving, we got stopped again in virtually the same spot. None of the Wisconsin or Minnesota cars going 95 were getting stopped. This time we had enough money to pay and my friend didn't have to go to jail. But I've never wanted to go back to Eau Claire. No southern speed trap was worse.
I'm still pulling for Wisconsin against Duke tomorrow because, you know...Duke
Hi lpd. Your racist premise sounds so true but this case must be an aberration...http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/nov/27/white-teen-gilbert-collar-killed-by-black-cop-trev/?page=all Oh wait he can blame these insecurities on his distant Anglo-Saxon ancestry.....
Could you call up this man to be a babysitter?http://coladaily.com/2014/08/14/columbia-man-charged-with-sexual-assault-of-2-children/