The are 50-state legal foglights to my knowledge, so that's one point you
should nail him on, maybe get a mark on his record. This really sucks and I
feel for ya man. 50% of the cops out there just do it for the power-trip and
could care less about the people or serving and protecting...It's
ludicrous....
-Ryan
99 DA RC R/T
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Trudeau" <jmtrudeau@home.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 6:32 AM
Subject: DML: A-Hole Cop
> I was coming upon a sobriety check point this evening and I had nothing
> to fear because I haven't had anything to drink in about 1 week, so I
> roll on up to the line, and I was wrong. I get told to pull off to the
> side and I get written up for 1. No front plate (it was recently torn
> off off roading and you can see the damage to the front of my bumper,
> yes a plate should be there, but I am in the process of getting it
> fixed) 2. I was using what dog calls Fog lamps on the truck. These are
> the ones that came with the truck when I purchased it brand new from the
> dealer. According to the officer, these are not fog lamps, rather
> auxillery lights and you can't drive with them while operating the low
> beams, but funny enough, Dodge wired them so that they only work with
> the low beams. 3. The final kick in the ass was my trailor ball
> interfiers with the rear plate which is complete bull shit and you can
> see the plate just fine. I've been pulled over a total of 6 times with
> my truck and 5 of the times were for little $hit violations such as...
> My truck was 6 weeks old and I got pulled over for having to bright of
> fog lamps, again these were the factory equipped lights and the first
> officer called them fog lamps. Out of all these times I was pulled over,
> they all checked my rear plate and didn't have a problem reading it.
>
> So if you live in Orange County, CA watch out for Officer Berg #2460 he
> is one major a-hole and does not deserve to "serve and protect" seeing
> how he's more concerned with fog lamps than other things that are going
> on at that very moment.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I respect Law Officers, and appreciate it that
> they're out to keep the peace, but my experiences with our legal system
> had be crappy. Watch out for the Corona Superior Court, they don't send
> out notices (not courtesy notices) but your actual trial date that you
> set when you appeared the first time.
>
> JT
>
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