maybe but cops flip the fuck out when you deviate from the exact precise thing they wanted you to do, even if they expect you to be a mindreader to do it.
late last year I got in a side swipe on the freeway after traffic went from 60 to 0 instantly in front of me, I decided to change lanes quickly and risk the lady behind swiping me at 90 mph than a brutal head on collision. she didnt manage to take any evasive action and side swiped me and did some superficial paint damage and knocked my driver side mirror off.
so, CHP shows up an hour later takes the report. I had been on the golf course and had exactly one beer 4 hours previous which I knew in my head was fine, but I also technically have a record (minor), which makes cops act super sketchy around you too, and they always make me nervous. my uncle’s taught me some ways to deal with it better but i still fuck up when dealing with them sometimes.
anyway, right off the bat the dude doesnt like me and it’s obvious. he tells us to pull out back into 80 mph+ traffic, go to the offramp, and gave some weird directions about how to park near some embankment down there.
i’m not kidding when i say it’s like rush hour and traffics whizzing 80 mph 3 feet to my left. i’m like, uh, you want me to do this without a mirror? can you put your lights on and lead us out? nope, of course he wouldnt.
nearly killed myself and got in a worse accident pulling out, couldnt see at all what he was talking about and realized i probably missed the place to park, so at the next light i found a parking lot and pulled in there.
he was fucking HEATED. I only ended up 100 yards from where he wanted me to go, but he pulls up super aggressively behind me, puts the lights on full blast, gets out of the car really fast and approaches me with his fucking hand near his gun like this is a sketchy traffic stop and is like “DID YOU NOT FUCKING UNDERSTAND ME?”
lots of no sirs, sorry sir, I apologize sir, etc with my hands nailed firmly to the wheel in plain sight before he calmed down. these guys are just wired to be aggro. i didnt even commit any kind of crime at all and it definitely felt like a dangerous encounter to me. it’s worse if you’re black but you’re not totally safe if you’re white either.
I read his report and he completely lied about my speed and the other lady’s, and my insurance nearly doubled, but I figured it was better to just eat the injustice rather than try to raise hell about it, those guys suck so bad.
I have had guns drawn on me once, and one incident with coincidentally another CHP officer where he got in my face really bad over absolutely nothing.
