Mass State Police Will Be Randomly Stopping Vehicles In Massachusetts This Friday

Saltwater60 said:

I get they thought you were drunk and avoiding the checkpoint but when they discovered you weren’t drunk it should have been have a nice night sir.

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No. They had no valid reason to pull him over in the first place.

OwnTheRide said:

No. They had no valid reason to pull him over in the first place.

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I did say that as well but once pulled over and they determined he wasn’t drunk they should have said good bye.

Saltwater60 said:

I get them pulling you over in a sense but what cause did they have? None so they can’t legally do that because turning around means nothing and isn’t a crime. they do as they please these days with people like us while turning a blind eye to true criminals. They wonder why we don’t support them anymore.
I get they thought you were drunk and avoiding the checkpoint but when they discovered you weren’t drunk it should have been have a nice night sir. None of that happened hence why I don’t like or trust cops anymore. I used to have good interactions with them because I knew them all but now that the ones I knew are retiring the good interactions have retired with them. I’ve had some bad interactions with some cops over the last 10 years unless I personally know them. It’s sad it really is.

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Trooper #1 got more and more of an attitude as the stop went on. I don't think that he was very happy once he started to realize that I was probably fucking with him by turning around. I mean, I did have an actual reason to turn around and go back home, but I wasn't going to until I saw the checkpoint. Then I set the trap. Meh, I can be a dick sometimes.

I told the Trooper I forgot the potato salad at home, and I figured this is as good of a place as any to turn around and go back and get it. lol

Bigfoot said:

Trooper #1 got more and more of an attitude as the stop went on. I don't think that he was very happy once he started to realize that I was probably fucking with him by turning around. I mean, I did have an actual reason to turn around and go back home, but I wasn't going to until I saw the checkpoint. Then I set the trap. Meh, I can be a dick sometimes.

I told the Trooper I forgot the potato salad at home, and I figured this is as good of a place as any to turn around and go back and get it. lol

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I hope you drove back through and offered them some potato salad for their efforts.
I had a similar incident in my hometown recently. I turned left where there was a no left sign. I told the cop I didn’t see it and I didn’t. I was looking at the car in front of me that was stopped and as it moved forward I made the left. It was April and a nice day taking my son fishing. Cop was a total jerk saying I’ve lived here my whole life and didn’t know it was there. I told him I always come from the other direction. I was picking up my son from school to take him fishing. Total jerk until he saw my last name and knew my father and brother were both cops. Honestly all he needed to do was say I get it and can see how that could happen were raising awareness because the busy season at the parks coming and we’ve had accidents. I would have said thanks and I understand but simply missed it. It won’t happen again and it hasn’t. I knew the cop was behind me and I was confused as to why I was getting pulled over.

Bigfoot said:

Trooper #1 got more and more of an attitude as the stop went on. I don't think that he was very happy once he started to realize that I was probably fucking with him by turning around. I mean, I did have an actual reason to turn around and go back home, but I wasn't going to until I saw the checkpoint. Then I set the trap. Meh, I can be a dick sometimes.

I told the Trooper I forgot the potato salad at home, and I figured this is as good of a place as any to turn around and go back and get it. lol

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Sometimes you just have the urge to poke the bear a little bit. And when I say “bear” here, I am not referring to cops specifically. More like just poking assholes in general who deserve it. It can be a bit satisfying.

That’s also another nice thing about getting older and retiring. The filter comes off, and you really don’t have to hold back anymore.

The link I posted, to the speeding tickets issued during the recent "speed week", is legal, and allows the cops to question you --ASK FOR LICNSE ETC; and if you have been drinking and many were..........breathlyzer.

Solves a lot of problems doing it this way.

Zerex said:

Refusing a breathlyzer test, is an automatic DWI....Lawyer and court costs are about 10k.

Cops can smell booze when you open the window.
Refusing to exit the vehicle, is a bad plan. You will exit.

The right to travel on foot or horseback is not questioned, unless intoxicated, and that is regulated too, but the right to operate a motor vehicle, on a public highway is clearly not in the bundle of human rights.

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a lot of you are missing a few points here:

First, remember when the national speed limit was 55. The Mass PO-PO would do a "rolling road block" down I-90. they would put two trooper cars side by side and go exactly 55 mph down the entire length of the Mass-Pike. Talk about a couple thousand people being pissed off. they usually did this during a holiday.

second, ( I have no idea if this is still going on* ) police can charge you with DWI even without a breathalyzer. If they THINK you have been drinking, you can be charged with DWI. I KNOW, because this happened to my BIL in AZ. He was about a mile from home, a cop pulled him over and did the usual 'pleasantries' and then said, "you have been drinking haven't you, step out of the car, put your hands behind your back ( hand cuffed ~~~car towed ) and he ended up paying around 8 G's, had a interlock put on his car AND a ankle monitor put on him for 6 months---all at his expense. He had not been drinking for a few weeks, but got nailed by this horse shit anyway.

*when we had our crash in Aug of 2020, I asked the troopers and sheriff if the other driver was drunk, a trooper said they have three officers on scene that are "trained in identifying impaired drivers" and they determined she was sober???? So they really don't "need" a sobriety check, breathalyzer, field checks or any of that shit. The cops can simply arrest you and call it good

Jmac00 said:

second, ( I have no idea if this is still going on* ) police can charge you with DWI even without a breathalyzer. If they THINK you have been drinking, you can be charged with DWI. I KNOW, because this happened to my BIL in AZ. He was about a mile from home, a cop pulled him over and did the usual 'pleasantries' and then said, "you have been drinking haven't you, step out of the car, put your hands behind your back ( hand cuffed ~~~car towed ) and he ended up paying around 8 G's, had a interlock put on his car AND a ankle monitor put on him for 6 months---all at his expense. He had not been drinking for a few weeks, but got nailed by this horse shit anyway.

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Either your BIL isn't telling you the whole story, or he found the worst lawyer ever. My money is on the former.

I have a close friend who is a licensed Social Worker in Alcoholism.............he runs a business counseling DWI offenders......................Health Ins covers the "therapy".......very expensive.

He says business has not slowed down.................

There are 6 types of drinkers who get DWI's...............most people are all 6.

Back before 1974, it was not illegal to drink and drive, and we all did..........never gave it a 2nd thought, and we never used seat belts.

There were always wild accidents and carnage on the weekends.............entertainment. Many large Oak and Maple trees, were the targets for '58 Buicks, and large GM cars. They rolled the best, and were the most survivable tanks to drive.

That drunken slut from MADD, ruined it for all of us.