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Likely, he was just running the license plate and not trying to screw with your son at all.
by goodcanadian 11y ago
Likely, he was just running the license plate and not trying to screw with your son at all.
- a3n 11y agoI doubt if he needed to crowd that close. In fact if he wasn't a cop, and a cop was watching, he could have been pulled over for following too close. What if a dog jumped in front of my son's car?
- goodcanadian 11y agoI have often been tailgated by police, and I agree that it is dangerous. However, it is common, and I never felt like I was being deliberately goaded. At worst, they may have been hoping for me to make a mistake. Usually, they just hang out for a couple of minutes and then pass (driving well above the speed limit, I might add, if we are going to enumerate all of the moving violations regularly committed by the police). And, I wish police would fine people for tailgating. I've never seen it happen.
- fnordfnordfnord 11y ago>I never felt like I was being deliberately goaded. At worst, they may have been hoping for me to make a mistake. That sounds like being goaded.
- goodcanadian 11y agoI guess it depends on intent (and your perspective). I have never felt there was any malicious intent . . . they just seemed to be checking me out before going on to the next car. Maybe I am naive, but I think that assuming the cops are out to get you is a bad place to start from.
- fnordfnordfnord 11y agoYeah, the word goaded implies intent, and we can't really know intent. >Maybe I am naive, No disrespect intended, but I think you are. >but I think that assuming the cops are out to get you is a bad place to start from. I didn't start from there. I've been around them my whole life.
- a3n 11y agoWell, if someone tailgates you, you could just slam on the brakes and let them hit you. To avoid a squirrel, say. I've actually seen that happen, it was obviously on purpose after a guy was riding someone during commute.