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To: country bob who wrote (33714)	4/27/2005 11:34:46 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

There's nothing wrong with getting a ticket when you deserve it. D*** STRAIGHT THERE IS!!! I've got nothing to hide, but I don't like being treated like I'm living in Nazi occupied France! So when are you leaving Georgia? Holly tells me they got no law in Nevada.

To: country bob who wrote (33714)	4/27/2005 11:47:09 PM
From: Jagfan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

I've been stopped many times in GA. I drive frequently from FL to NC. The cops have always been respecrtful and nice ( of course it helps to be polite to them; yes sir, no sir, etc) , but the bastards keep giving me tickets!!!! ;) Damn, I was only going 132 in a 65 zone! He said if I hadn't slowed down entering a town he wouldn't of caught me.

To: country bob who wrote (33714)	4/28/2005 12:33:50 AM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

I don't know about your state, but here, you can always refuse (politely) the invitation to do a field sobriety test. Refuse the breathalyzer and you lose your license for a year, but they have to have a basis to insist on the breathalyzer. But the field sobriety test, or answering questions about where you were, how much you drank? Tell them, politely of course, you'd rather not say. Cops go orbital when someone politely reminds them they know what their rights are. My daughter was at a party last year. Cops claimed they got a noise complaint. They asked all the kids (HS age) to submit to breathalyzer tests. My daughter (who had not been drinking) politely refused. Sent them orbital. They called me to come get her, thinking that I'd be pissed. My response? I was glad my little 4th amendment lecture sunk in. Some cop asks you to do something he doesn't have the right to ask, tell him to go pound sand (politely of course). Drives them nuts.