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In Reply to: TELL ME ABOUT IT!... Spent five years there posted by Lars BendOr 82_733 on March 10, 2002 at 13:43:06:
The worst set-up that happend to me was in N.Carolina where the speed limit had just turned to 55 for entering some municapality, and the cop was in an unmarked car going 55 in the left lane. He clocked me comming up from behind him and said it read 22MPH so he gave me a ticket for 77 in a 55. I told him I was driving since Miami, FL and it was 65 the whole way. He said it turned 55 a half a mile back and I must have missed the sign. I was pissed; $160 ticket or something and I had just spent all my money on spring break!
But hey Bruce, at least they don't treat me like a criminal and make me get fingerprinted before I even step in the car like they do in Georgia.
Joe
Ohio is a self-professed Police State, in the context that in pursuit of a crime, law enforcement can do no wrong. Crime defined as:
I was transported 20 miles, handcuffed in the back of a patrol car for, GET THIS, a warrant on a $5 parking ticket. 1 AM in the morning, and my lady friend had to drive my car, following the officer to the "transfer point" where another officer would meet us to issue a mandatory court appearance ticket and let me go home. She had to drive in excess of 70 MPH most of the way. It's a wonder the officer didn't turn around and cite her for speeding. She was totally unfamiliar with my car, but it was her drive it, or have it towed at a cost of $160.
It is commonly known, at least in the Cincinnati area, that if someone flashes their headlights at you, look for an officer nearby. It never failed and it happened, on average 3-5 times a day.
I never saw so many police stations in my life.
Whenever I go East, I go WAY around Ohio.
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