Cops and their fucking quotas suck. - Are we the citizens the victims?

[Is Don on the phone?]

Getting a 2 point ticket for doing 130mph on rt.18 should be proof enough that if you handle the situation correctly, most cops are pretty cool.

You are absolutely right. Be cool, don't disrepect the officer, answer questions honestly (but not in great detail unless asked for details) and keep the PBA cards where they are visible but not in the officer's face. I know a highway patrolman who will only respect a PBA card if he sees it on his own. If you whip it out like a "get out of jail free" card, he'll write you up anyway. And on the flip side, he has let people off if he believes they are being honest-he tells a story about a guy in a Mustang 5.0 who, when asked why he was speeding, answered "I like to drive fast." He was told to slow it down and have a safe night.

Keep in mind that like many of us, the officer has a job to do. Your responsiblity is to operate a safe motor vehicle in a responsible manner, and he or she is there to ensure that this happens. If you are in the wrong, no matter how minor, take your beating like a man and move on. It's not personal for them, it's business, just another day at the salt mines. And yeah, my friend in highway is a prick sometimes, just like the rest of us. He's human above all.