DangParents finally got me a car, a 2005 Subaru Impreza WRX. It was used and the previous owner had worked on this car, AEM cold air induction, Profec gauges, Greddy e-01 turbo controls, even a custom exhaust.Problem is, the very next day after I picked it up I picked up my two buddies after the football game. We were heading to my one buddies girlfriend's house for a bonfire. It was around 11:30, we were passing the high school and I saw a cop getting ready to pull out of the driveway. So I brake to 25 instead of drifting down to it and they pull out RIGHT behind me, haven't turn on their lights yet, they follow me for about half a mile till we get to the stop light on Main street. When I can i go, I get up to the speed limit, now 35 and stay there for another half mile till I get to the stop light at the highway. The cop decided it was ok to go about 50mph so he could get up and ride my ass for the last 200 yards or so. So we are at the stop light for a while and I keep looking at him with my rearview mirror, I could see his headlight but only under my wing, kinda pissed me off that he was that close. The light turned green and I started to go, got about three-fourths of the way across, didn't even hit 15mph yet and he turns his lights on, so I pull over into the parking lot of GGgrim's (our local car dealership, don't buy anything there btw they rip you off). Turns out its two new cops in our town, so one asks me if I know why he pulled me over, here's some of the dialog: Me: "No, actually I have no idea." Cop: "You have a loud exhaust system." Me: "Really?....Well, I know its loud but they put a Cadillidic converter on it before I picked it up yesterday." Cop: "Could I see your license, registration, and proof of insurance please?" Me: "Yea...I don't know about-" Cop: "What? you don't have your license?" Me: "...No, I have my license I just don't know about the proof of insurance since I JUST picked it up from the dealer yesterday." Cop (To my friends, keep in mind I'm still 16 and its illegal for anyone under 17 to have more than 1 non-family member in the car): " could I see your IDs please?" We had no idea at the time that cops aren't legally allowed to ask anybody but the driver for their ID, so they obliged. Unfortunately, my friend decided that it was a good idea to snoop around in the glove box after I got the temporary registration. My friend: "Oh cool its even got a little GPS." Me, to myself: "damnit...." To him and the cops: "Actually, that's the turbo controls." The second cop agreed with me as if it didn't surprise or bother him at all. The one cop then started asking more questions. Cop: "So where you coming from?" My friend: "From our buddies house." pointing to our friend in the back. Cop: "Where you headed to?" My friend: "My girlfriend's house for a little bonfire." Cop: "Well we'll run our information, hold tight." So while while we waited we had our own little conversation My friend: "This is bullshit dude, the exhaust isn't that loud." Me: "I know, just keep your head." My friend: "Hey, do you guys smell bacon." Me: "Shut the hell up, I don't need a reason for them to keep tabs on me." The cops come back, explain to me that they couldn't get the registration up on the computer, said its probably because we just got it yesterday and then told us to have a nice night and drive safely, handed us our IDs and headed back to their car. They never said anything about the exhaust other than what they did in the beginning and never mention me breaking the law of having two people in the car. I HAD JUST BEEN PROFILED FOR BEING YOUNG AND HAVING A NICE CAR! Granted, there are a lot of drugs in our little village and the town next to it, but the only thing that pissed me off about this encounter is that they gave me a half-assed excuse of pulling me over. I wouldn't of cared if they would've just told me that me driving a car like that was suspicious. |
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