cows watch sunsets.

READ VORACIOUSLY

EAT VORACIOUSLY

TAKE NOTE OF BIRDS

MAKE ART YES THAT ART

KEEP GOING

Anyways telling the kids to go collect their parental units at the end of an event is a) funny b) gender neutral and c) just refers to the person currently doing your parenting

Plants

"People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."

“Do you know why I pulled you over?” is a trap. It means there’s a good chance the officer doesn’t actually have a good reason to ticket you, and is trying to get you to waive your 5th Amendment rights and incriminate yourself. If you make a guess, that’s a confession of guilt.

I had a cop try to claim I’d turned left on red on an unprotected light while texting and that was why I got T-boned.

I had my dad drive me through the intersection where I got hit and took photos of the (very much protected) light, then got them printed.

When the judge asked me to plead I said not guilty and that I’d like to present evidence, if I could come up to the bench. He agreed.

I walked up, set down my photos, put my flip phone on top of them, and said “Your Honor, I’ll plead guilty as soon as the officer can explain how I was texting on this.”

(Note for younger folks, this was 2010. Some flip phones and phone plans supported texting. Mine was not one of them.)

The whole ticket was a lie. I was in fact considered at fault for the wreck–if you’re turning left in Arizona you’re automatically at fault–but the ticket was dismissed because it was a protected light and I had a phone that physically could not text.

Cops lie on tickets. All the time.

If it seems suspicious and you are maybe uncomtortable with the situation. You can call the local dispatch and ask them to verfy or even send another car to ensure your satety. That officer has to wait for you to talk to dispatch/for the other car. Do not roll down your windows.

The car has to be in the open and visible, no barriers, not on private property ( if they are on private property such as a driveway they cannot be on private property without permission from the landowner. They never ask permission). Watch if they touch your vehicle, they are not allowed to actually touch your property without consent or a warrant, however police are taugnt to toucn your vehicle (usually the back end as they walkup on tratfic stops in case they go missing). Still, legally they cannot touch your car which Is your possession. without permission/warrant prior to asking.

except. she didnt have a right hand.

he still wrote the ticket and never apologized for being wrong. since. SHE DIDNT HAVE A RIGHT HAND

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