Last week, I had to go to Hammond, LA to do a job changing out some equipment. I don't think I have ever seen so many state police as I did along IH-10. They were literally every 5-10 miles. Well, at one point, just west of Baton Rouge, I got pulled over. Now, keep in mind, 80mph is just keeping up with the traffic over there. At this point, there was enough traffic that we were only going about 75. As it turns out, he told me the reason he was pulling me over was that I was following too close to the vehicle in front of me while passing a wide load. I honestly didn't recall if I was following closely or not, but I didn't worry about it, since he really didn't act like he was going to ticket me.
What really was odd was how he started quizzing me about where I had been, and what I had been doing...down to the point of asking me about the type equipment I was changing out. I got back in the truck and started talking to the guy riding with me about it all. We decided that he was probably looking for drug runners and was quizzing me to see if I was going to get nervous or change my story.
So here's my question for the LEO types. I'm all for y'all doing whatever it takes to keep criminals off the streets. I didn't even have a problem being pulled over and checked out. I just wonder if this was truly what he was doing. I realize he could never admit it or else risk being sued for harassment, but like I said, I would never do that if he was simply trying to protect us all in any way possible.
What really was odd was how he started quizzing me about where I had been, and what I had been doing...down to the point of asking me about the type equipment I was changing out. I got back in the truck and started talking to the guy riding with me about it all. We decided that he was probably looking for drug runners and was quizzing me to see if I was going to get nervous or change my story.
So here's my question for the LEO types. I'm all for y'all doing whatever it takes to keep criminals off the streets. I didn't even have a problem being pulled over and checked out. I just wonder if this was truly what he was doing. I realize he could never admit it or else risk being sued for harassment, but like I said, I would never do that if he was simply trying to protect us all in any way possible.
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