Wadcutter wrote:
transamz9 wrote:
Wadcutter wrote:
transamz9 wrote:
Wadcutter wrote:
I was heading southbound on the interstate and saw him going northbound. My first thought was "that pickup and boat is riding that Class A's butt." Then when they got even with me I could see they were all connected. Such a combination sticks out.
So it looked unsafe?
Looked unsafe? It looked illegal.
A class A can legally tow a trailer but it can't tow a trailer, a Dodge pickup and a boat all at the same time. He was almost 100 ft long which is also illegal.
So is running 1 MPH over the speed limit. Did you pull all those over too?
What are you talking about? That may be a rhetorical question since you apparently don't know.
I never said anything about speed.
If I see any 4 vehicle combinations you bet I would pull them over. It's not hardly the same as 1 mph over.
Not trying to start something , just wondering what made him more illegal then anyone else?.
Yeah, right. Obviously you can't tell the difference between 1 mph over and 4 vehicles in combination.
I know you've said it before that you don't catch all the fish while fishing but when they are practically jumping in the boat and you ignore them you go after a specific one it seems you are picking.
Again, I'm not trying to start anything I am just truly trying to have a friendly conversation with a professional that has great experience in this.
If you want a friendly conversation then you need to re-read what I wrote about the stop. Since you apparently missed it or couldn't understand my previous comment here it is again:
It was 4 vehicles connected together. Class A pulling a box trailer which had a Dodge pickup connected to the box trailer and the pickup had a boat connected to it. Do I need to post a drawing? 4 vehicles connected together - Class A, trailer, pickup, boat.
I'm sure even you could look at 4 vehicles all connected together driving down the interstate and recognize a hitch connection between each. No one said anything about 1 mph over. 4 vehicles connected is not even close to the same.
Using your own statement "but when they are practically jumping in the boat" - 4 vehicles connected together is jumping into the boat.
Any other laws that you don't think should be enforced?
You sound like you may be the guy who was driving the outfit I described and stopped. He was whining the same thing you are now. Why me? Why not stop all the others out here? Did you learn anything?
I read your post just fine the first time. I can also see the there is no way of having a friendly conversation because of all the questions and the way you asked them. I'm not stupid and you don't have to draw me a picture. I'm not telling you to not enforce any laws I'm just saying that I think if you are going to enforce 1 then you should enforce all. This guy was probably just heading out on a nice vacation not bothering a sole not causing any harm taking his time trying to get from point A to point B and relax. You pulling him over and all you accomplish was ruining his vacation and you getting some out of state money. Also now if he wants to do this again he will have to burn twice as much fuel and put twice as much pollutants out by driving two vehicles. All because it's a law that by the way was probably made by people that have never towed anything in their life and they think it looks unsafe.
On the other side of this, those people that are running 1,2,5,10 over the speed limit are doing it because they couldn't drag their bottoms out of bed early enough to get to work on time so they try to make it up on the road. With that driving over the speed limit comes people getting cut off, road rage, and all sorts of SAFE things. You as a LEO didn't see these cut offs and road rages and things because when a LEO is around it's funny how people can just fall in line and drive like they have some sense......until you're out of sight then it's back to driving crazy and now it's worse because they lost 15 seconds having to drive normal around a LEO.
If you re-read you said that you did not pull him over because he looked unsafe. You said you pulled him over because he was illegal. Driving 1 MPH is just as "Illegal" as 5 MPH or 20 MPH or 4 vehicles hooked together. Am I not right about this? The law is the law correct?
BTW, I'm not the guy you pulled over and to be quite honest could care less what that guy does as long as he is safe about it. Now if you had pulled him over and he didn't have sufficient brakes for his rig or tires or anything else that would make it unsafe then write away. IMO there are far more unsafe things let go then a guy driving down the interstate in his RV towing three trailers. Especially now days with all the bells and whistles that are on vehicles that distract drivers. I have all the respect in the world for you as a LEO and I could never do you job for many reasons but giving some laws slack and others not is unfair and that is JMO.
Okay ,now you can tell me how stupid and wrong I am with more of your questions.;)
