Today, while driving I saw a police car riding along next to me. Thinking about the news recently, I decided to give him a quick thumbs up and a smile to lighten up his day. He looks back, smiles, flips on his siren, and pulls me over for not paying attention to the road. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, a policeman pulled me over and proceeded to flirt with me. After I had rejected him, he gave me a ticket for "not paying attention to the road". FML
Today, the car in front of me was going slow and I flashed my lights and honked. I floored it and passed the car, flipping off the driver. Just as I went around the next corner, I got pulled over by a motorcycle cop. A few seconds later, the guy I flipped off drove by honked and waved. FML
Today, I was at a stop light when I saw a cute police officer at the light across the intersection. Trying to be cute as I drove by, I turned and winked and waved. The car in front of me stopped, I rear-ended them, and then I got rear-ended. The cute cop winked back, then wrote me a ticket. FML
Today, after driving a few hours late at night I decided to entertain the car tailgating me by not letting him pass. After doing this for 3miles, reaching 93MPH, I decided to let the car pass me. When I switched lanes, the car tailgating me light up in red and blue. It was a cop. FML
Today, I got pulled over for speeding and got a $200 ticket. After I pulled away, I decided to warn the next car about the cop up ahead by flashing my headlights. The next car was another cop. He didn't appreciate my "help". FML
Today, while I was driving, a police officer jumped out from the sidewalk and into my lane. I slammed on the brakes so I wouldn't hit him. He then gave me a ticket for "obstructing traffic." FML
Today, a cop almost rear-ended my car, slammed on the gas with no warning, swerved around me, flipped me the bird, then cut me off and then drove a full ten miles under the speed limit. When I changed lanes to overtake him, he pulled me over for road rage. FML
Today, I was driving when I noticed that the guy in front was on the phone. I pulled up next to him, pulled out my phone and I made a gesture that he needed to put his phone away. It was a cop. I got a ticket for driving while on my cell phone. FML
Today, I got pulled over for speeding. I tried to make a joke to ease the tension and said, "I’m just trying to keep up with the traffic!" The officer looked around at the empty road and said, "What traffic? Are you under the influence? HANDS ON THE WHEEL!" It went downhill from there. FML
Today, a police officer pulled me over while I was riding my high performance motorbike. He asked if I knew why he'd pulled me over. It was too tempting to resist at the time, but in hindsight telling him ,“Because I let you?” was not the best idea I’ve ever had. Cops have no sense of humour. FML
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klutzyduck1 24
He probably thought you were being sarcastic.
QuagD 17
That sucks for you OP. At least you were kind.
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mezochan 29
My husband got pulled over once because I was talking with my hands and the officer thought I was in distress. He got a ticket, too. I think for the same thing, but it's been a few years so I can't remember the exact wording he used. :(
MedChew 19
So it's come to the point where doing ANYTHING at a police officer might get you in trouble. Bad times
vegantreegirl 26
The cops in California are power hungry jerks. Now you understand why people hate them. (No one deserves to lose their life though.)
50ShadesofSavage 7
That's what you get for being friendly.
kennyyerrr 2
Unfortunately thats the norm for cops now. I've never met a cop who didn't believe he or she was above the law. All they care about is giving out tickets not stopping crime. It's sick.
Etweens96 25
At least you tried to be kind. It is very sad were turning against our own law enforcement
Shadow73 13
Cops are dicks, lately. You just can't win with them.
lilithfury 23
And cops wonder why people don't like them....
CRC_101 31
I don't think, "looking to the side and smiling" is the big deal. You took your hand off the wheel to give him a thumbs up, and that also would have taken longer than a smile's second. If he was driving along side of you, to make eye contact you would have had to look completely horizontally, so yes, your eyes would not be at all on the road in front of you. It's a bit of an overreaction, but it's justified. Sounds like he didn't ticket you though.
hoochrulez55 3
Really? they need to start hiring better law enforcement... Unfortunately policemen live in fear today. this is the cause of a lot of pointless arrests and media coverage. I feel for you. that is ridiculous! He should be pulling over speeders and drug dealers.