Me vs. Impala

[KUGAKRAZY]

Our story begins with me doing 75mph on a 55mph 4 lane divided highway. I slowed down to 65mph when I was closing in on a Escort ZX2, the Escort moved over in the slow lane and I continued at 65. When I looked up in my rear view mirror I saw a familiar black Impala. I had seen this Impala before, last fall I think, he was weaving through traffic like a maniac, so at that time I had assumed that he was a cop, and keep in mind, in Louisville our police force is made up of Crown Vics, Exploders, and the occasional Narc unit f-150. Anywho, this taint sniff ride my bumper, 5ft away at 65mph, as soon as I found a gap in the slow lane I took it with authority. As soon as he passed me and moved ahead at 95+mph I got back over and accelerated to 79mph wanting to see his plate number, which I couldn't because he dipsetted. As I came to the tunnels we have traffic was slowed to 45 because of him pushing people over, thats when I got his plate number and continued to follow at a respectable distance. He was riding the bumper of a red Chrysler 300m, they were going 50mph so I moved into the right hand lane to slowly pass at 55mph. When I got up to the Impala's rear quaterpanel he decided to jump into my lane without looking, it forced me into the merging ramp and almost got me rearended. The Impala driver quickly reached up and grabbed his sun visor (HA! I KNEW IT!) and a symphony of red and blue erupted from his windows. He pulled the Chrysler over for an unknown reason and I continued on my way with a license plate number and a story from my passenger and myself.

Should I called the Sheriff's Dept. tomorrow? If so should I give them and info on myself? I don't want to get wrapped up in a legal problem with a government program or anything.

[Honzo]

don't give them your info IMO, they'll want to know how you were moving fast enough to get his plate and ignore the real deal on hand...

and slow down please :)

[Naturaltal3nt]

just call local police agency give them a plate number and tell them he was driving erratic and you wanted to report it don't say any more they don't how you got his number thats all i would say haha get him in trouble..but he'll say he was in pursuit....maybe just let it go to avoid any problems.

[devildog]

i agree even with the info, they will more than likely not do anything about it.

[Honzo]

well if its the entire force thats corrupt they won't do anything. If theres any bit of honesty in it (don't count on it), they'll keep note and when the complaints stack up they'll do something...

[burton160w]

i hate cops - that being said, they'll just take a **** on you

[kustomcougar]

you are not going to get anything accomplished by reporting him, cops stick together and could care less about what he did to you, they think they are the law, but they don't understand they are supposed to uphold it

[Bergie_dark by design]

Not all cops are the same.


I beleave we had a cop around my county turn himself in for speeding or something like that.

[KUGAKRAZY]

It's not the first time I've seen him driving like this, this behavior is going to get someone killed. Literally forcing people to move over by riding their bumper?! I am a person who doesn't get mad easily, but this pissed me off to no end. After talking with my dad I decided I'm going to talk to the sheriff, tell him I'm writing to our big new paper and see where that takes me. This is the reason people don't like/don't trust police.

[kustomcougar]

ya but if someone kills or kidnaps someone you love who is the ones that are gonna be looking for that person?

[Naturaltal3nt]

dude honestly half my friends i graduated with are cops and nothing will break their bond and they will vouch for each other until no end dude its not really worth it cause then he has a reason to mess with you. you won't get anywhere with this just let it go you'll never know who he is but he can find out who you are.....and he'll make your life suck just say FTP! and forget it happened....

[DanoftheDead]

I had a buddy who is a brooklyn cop that i knocked out when he thought it would be funny to pull his gun on me. People don't have to put up with police that think they can do whatever they feel like. It's a job not a birthright to do whatever you want.

Personally when people fly up my ass like that I just slow down more. I have even done it to cops as well.

[Honzo]

haha, how awesome would a break check have been. Because as far as i remember, doesn't matter if the cop did it, theres no reason for him to be too close to stop :biggrin:

thats how you get business done :rofl:

[Naturaltal3nt]

its the best when cops smash their cars...how embarrassing....couple of my buddies were pulling some super troopers moves on a car they thought was a friend and lost control and totalled a patrol car at like 90....they blamed it on a deer and managed to get away with it.:rofl:

[KUGAKRAZY]

A break check would've landed me in jail for reckless driving, reckless endangerment, destruction of gov. property, and maybe some other BS.
Still no phone call from the police yet. I doubt I'll get one, so I'm going to be presistnat and call every day until I either get an explanation of his actions or get to testify against him so he gets suspended. And the kicker is, there's another witness.

[Honzo]

Haha nice on the witness thing
as far as the break checking... no it wouldn't..
plead that an animal (bunny or something) jumped in front of you and you slammed the breaks... this is why they have legal following distances, and I'm pretty sure kentucky has one too. Check your local laws, because i'm pretty sure a break check is easy to get away with...

well, thats how i got my cougar at least :rofl:

[KUGAKRAZY]

In our book, the set rules of driving it says if an animal runs out in front of your car do not swerve or break, run the animal over (after all, it is Kentucky and hot meals are hard to come by :rofl: )

[skater]

A break check would've landed me in jail for reckless driving, reckless endangerment, destruction of gov. property, and maybe some other BS.
Still no phone call from the police yet. I doubt I'll get one, so I'm going to be presistnat and call every day until I either get an explanation of his actions or get to testify against him so he gets suspended. And the kicker is, there's another witness.

:rofl: Yeah, good luck with that. :rofl:

If I understand your original paragraph that was uninterrupted by paragraph breaks, the cop went into your lane without looking and nearly clipped you. Did he hit you? No? Then get over it - this happens to me probably once a month (not usually with cops, but cutting people off is the Official Sport Of The DC Area Roads).

Did you even blow the horn to let him know? I bet he's not going to even know that it happened. Your complaint will do nothing because he won't remember what you're talking about. At most you might get a generic apology.

By the way everyone, it's a brake check. Not a "break" check.

[DanoftheDead]

I had someone riding my ass in the far right lane yesterday. I was doing 70 in a 65 and this guy had the balls to be so close I couldn't see his headlights. So I gave him a real nice brake check at which point he switched lanes got along side of me and starts yelling. Then the duesche bag starts going slower then me anyway.

[Naturaltal3nt]

haha brake checks are good when you here the tires squeel behind you...then you know you got there attention :rofl:

[Honzo]

In our book, the set rules of driving it says if an animal runs out in front of your car do not swerve or break, run the animal over (after all, it is Kentucky and hot meals are hard to come by :rofl: )
yeah, well when its a deer, your life is in danger. I don't think they expect you to hit deer. And even if the other driver argues there was no deer, I still think you'll win the case. Either way, check up on that :biggrin: Knowing whether or not you can get away with it is important and remember "Don't get mad, get even!" :rofl:

[Tcougar]

that happend to me on the mass turnpike, a ford taurus was riding my ass so i sped up , at about 80 mph he was still on me, and i looked up and blue lights flashed from his grill so i moved over and he kept going and got up on another car, a few miles down the road i saw he pulled somebody over on the side of the road :)

[KUGAKRAZY]

Either way, check up on that :biggrin: Knowing whether or not you can get away with it is important and remember "Don't get mad, get even!" :rofl:

Man, this is what I live my life on.

On the *Brake* checks, not in the Cougar, not now, not never. It's not paid off, I like it too much, and its just not like my old '91 SHO. I brake checked someone so bad they sideswiped a guardrail. No more of that, I don't wanna kill someone. (Better them than me tho right?)