How Not To Respond To Police From Your Truck

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by boots, Jan 25, 2011.

  1. jgremlin

    jgremlin Heavy Load Member

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    +1 I need to move to Australia!
     
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  3. end of the road

    end of the road Heavy Load Member

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    Forget the US, if that happened in Canada he would have been tazed and kicked in the face by the RCMP. Then arrested on trumped up charges.
     
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  4. Buckeye 'bedder

    Buckeye 'bedder Road Train Member

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    Doesn't Buford T. Justice look exactly like Dieselbear in his avatar?:biggrin_25525:
     
  5. Meltom

    Meltom Road Train Member

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    Great video, I have met some drivers that may end up on a video similar to this.
     
  6. beancounter

    beancounter Light Load Member

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    A. DB doesn't have an avatar anymore.

    B. Buford T was his avatar.

    "When we get home I'm gonna punch yo mamma right in the mouth." :biggrin_2556:
     
  7. celticwolf

    celticwolf Road Train Member

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    A simple "#### I was hungry and no place to park me truck" would have saved him 700 AUSSIE dollars. That was one expensive burger...

    A southen cop would have been very polite "oh I am sorry your head bounced off the hood of my car, let us use this here blood for a proper test" :biggrin_2559:
     
  8. fairshake

    fairshake Road Train Member

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    Yea, but at the very start of the video the cop does say "This is gonna be one expensive burger" not "this could be an expensive burger" or "he better have a good reason for parking here" without even talking to the guy. Hell Id walk to the burger joint too if my truck shut off abruptly, cause I am human and need to eat. How long was it since his last meal? None of that is considered, nothing just another police officer "doing his job", his job isn't jury and judge though. The driver did get crazy though.
     
  9. JimDriv3r

    JimDriv3r Road Train Member

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    Very, very patient indeed! But, I'm going to attribute his level-headed persona towards the camera crew: if they weren't there to record the incident, then what would have really happened? I wonder... :biggrin_255:
     
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  10. Rerun8963

    Rerun8963 Road Train Member

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    first, if he WAS broke down, why were there NO flares or triangles put out...??

    the cop can say anything he wishes to the camera crew, what's to stop him from making any comments, don't you make comments as well...???

    yes, anyone would have walked to get some food, why didn't the driver offer to call his company as proof to the officer that he did indeed make a call regarding he was broke down..???

    further, the cop was "on his beat" don't YOU THINK that he would know the truckers pull over at that area and run to the burger place...?? i would think the cop had a BETTER IDEA than YOU DO......PLUS, there was absolutely NO REASON for the trucker to have been as combative as he was towards the cop......

    why did the trucker go to the side box and swallow something like the officer observed...???

    the officer can be "judge and jury" (in another country) as he needs to verify the drivers actions against what he was taught in HIS training academy...do not forget, this was in another country, you do not know what powers the police have that the States cops may not, but then again, as one poster above said, "let's get a blood sample from my hood where your head bounced off it".....i gather from YOUR posting, you had a run in with the cops, and you too think you know better...????

    the trucker was a jerk and deserved all he got....i'm just disappointed he did not get "tased" or clubbed by all of them.....

    the cop WAS the PROVEN professional, whereas the trucker went on to personify the stupidity of truckers.........(read definition # 4)


    per·son·i·fy (pr-sn-f)
    tr.v. per·son·i·fied, per·son·i·fy·ing, per·son·i·fies
    1. To think of or represent (an inanimate object or abstraction) as having personality or the qualities, thoughts, or movements of a living being: "To make history or psychology alive I personify it" (Anaïs Nin).
    2. To represent (an object or abstraction) by a human figure.
    3. To represent (an abstract quality or idea): This character personifies evil.
    4. To be the embodiment or perfect example of: "Stalin now personified bolshevism in the eyes of the world" (A.J.P. Taylor).
     
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  11. jgremlin

    jgremlin Heavy Load Member

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    You'd walk to the burger joint before you put out triangles? If so, then you'd deserve a ticket and I wouldn't feel the least bit sorry for you if the cop thought you were lying about shutting the truck down because it got hot.
     
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