Ever have a situation that you've never come across before?

Lol.

lol riding on a cloud

Good one.

Brother drive truck. Stopped and asked what he was hauling. He told the cop manhole covers. Portable scales were employed, and he could have had another 10,000 lbs and still been legal. Cop fakes him to the back of the trailer and has him open the doors. Floor to ceiling were the manhole covers. Kotex, by name.

The moment I saw that, I immediately thought of him.

Thanks. I hope he's doing well. Sounds like a funny guy.

No, he passed a few years ago. He was actually my foster brother and a lot older than me.

In Georgia the the state agency that runs the scales and does the enforcement is the Public Safety Commission, some cities or counties have some that focus on commercial trucking, either way, I f**king hate them! F**king waste of time and the only thing they know how to do is read a scale! Complete morons! Every time I've been stopped by them I've got into arguments with them and threatening with arrest. And every time I force them to get their Stupidvisor on scene and proved that dumb motherf**ker wrong, which eve makes them more pissed at me, but I could care less! The local guys quit pulling me over I made them look so f**king dumb in front of their Captain or a judge! Bring them on! Lol :)

For every person that embarrassed them and gets away, there are dozens that accept the fine.

I must slay the stupid, not that it's at all healthy or even wise! But when they walk up to me and throw some know it all attitude, as far as I'm concerned, they just signed their death warrant(figuratively speaking). When I get pulled over for speeding, and they come up to the window and say "Do you know how fast you were going?" I either say "obviously not fast enough" or "I was hauling some ass, wasn't I?" Either case I tell them I'm guilty and I'll happily take the ticket. When I'm guilty, I have absolutely know problem saying so, when some fool tries to tell me something that is either false or it's obvious he doesn't know what he's talking about, I can't let that go. I've torn big rigs down to the frame rails and put them back together by nothing but memory, I know heavy trucks and equipment inside out and some idiot comes and tries to BS me? Really? Lol. My favorite saying and the story of my life is: "I have the right to remain silent, but not the ability!" Lmao! :)

LMAO! I've been lucky. But then, I rarely drove anything bigger than a 22" u-haul. The last time I was stopped was the other day because my daughter's housemate wasn't wearing a seatbelt. He walked up, told me why he stopped me, then said he sees that she had a broken arm and let us go. The White hair in my beard seems to give them a bit of respect for me.

Ha ha! Your white hair probably did! My mother told me that the police aren't like they used to be, when she was younger, the cops were more like "Andy Grifith" if you know what I mean? Granted there's more assholes and gang members to deal with, but she said that they weren't at all wanting to cuff & stuff and right citations. Things like a bar fight, they'd talk to all parties and calm things down and work a solution out that way than arrest them all and take them to jail like today! Now, they caught you stealing shit, you're screwed, just like today, which I totally agree with, that's the way that should be handled. For the most part, their relationship with the public is 180 degrees out of phase, they work for me, not the other way around, you know? :)

I've pretty much been on the food side of the local police ever since I broke a slumlord's ribs back in 86. He'd pissed off the local police because the law was worth enforcing only if it benefitted him. He trolled me in real life. I trolled back.

No, I don't have trouble with the local police. They do treat me like this was Andy's Mayberry. But then, I treat them like they live next door

One time my wife and I were visiting our daughter on the U Mass. campus in my 81 Cutlass Supreme. White on white color a 350 engine, a real show car. Well, the inspection sticker had expired and one of their security officers spotted it and pulled me over. These guys are sanctioned by the state and even have side arms. I thought he would just give me a warning, there wasn't an infraction. When it was all said and done I wound up with a citation. I tried to tell this late twenties snotty nosed kid that I'm a visiting parent not a student. I pay my daughters tuition which in turn pays your wages. But he wouldn't budge. So this holier than thou little shit was standing by my window with his hands on his hips staring at me through his shades. Like I was supposed to thank him for the ticket. I told him to watch his toes and burned rubber as I left.

Around here, if something is expired, even if they write a ticket, all they tell you to do is bring proof that it's repaired or corrected. Even if you're nailed driving without insurance. It doesn't get bad until you ignore tickets and they suspend your license. Then it costs $400-$600 to reinstate it. Forget about it if you have a CDL.

Money making machine.

Welcome to America. Much as I admire the men and women that wear the badges. They have to report to the bean counters. I'm not going to get on my soapbox here, but it has gotten out of hand.