Waving at the cops (or vice versa)

[AutobahnSHO]

Last Saturday we took a trip to the Ocean-
Maryland highway 50 to Ocean City (from Fort Meade.)
On the way it's a 4lane divided highway (but with stoplights every now and again) and the coppers were in the center median with radar guns, waving people over to stop.

How insane do you have to be to jump out into traffic and wave at people to pull over?

Oh, and one of the duos had the hood up on one of the cars- ???  Were they just disguising their ruse?

I passed by at about 67mph in a 55zone, no  .

[Phillip]

Hood up...hmmm, perhaps they needed help with the cruiser.  Or perhaps they were impersonator serial killers...

[giant_mtb]

WTF?

I'm afraid to wave at cops thinking they'll see it wrong and think I was giving them the bird.

[dazzleman]

WTF?

I'm afraid to wave at cops thinking they'll see it wrong and think I was giving them the bird.

Actually, I read somewhere that waving at an LEO, if done properly, could make him think that you're an off-duty LEO, and might mean that he doesn't bother pulling you over.

[giant_mtb]

Actually, I read somewhere that waving at an LEO, if done properly, could make him think that you're an off-duty LEO, and might mean that he doesn't bother pulling you over.

Well, I don't think he'd think that I'm an off-duty officer since I don't believe I look much like an adult.  But maybe I'll just put on my aviators and grow a beard and look as much like an adult as possible and wave to all the cute little officers driving around.

[Champ]

I wave when I can, but half the time they don't even see.

Then there is the speed trap by my house, I give them the thumbs down :O

[J86]

I'll give a somewhat sarcastic salute if I managed to haul it down enough to keep them from pulling me over.

Of course, sometimes I do get pulled over.

Karma's a bitch.

[The Pirate]

I'll give a somewhat sarcastic salute if I managed to haul it down enough to keep them from pulling me over.

Of course, sometimes I do get pulled over.

Karma's a bitch.

5 speeds are great there.  Quick downshift to 3rd and no brake lights has saved my ass many times.

I've never waved at a cop unless I know who it is.  This one local cop is a friend of my dad's and when I first got my license he would randomlly pull me over all the time, just to give me a hard time.  Pretty cool guy, though.

[J86]

5 speeds are great there.? Quick downshift to 3rd and no brake lights has saved my ass many times.

I've never waved at a cop unless I know who it is.? This one local cop is a friend of my dad's and when I first got my license he would randomlly pull me over all the time, just to give me a hard time.? Pretty cool guy, though.

hehe, that must have gotten the heart rate up a bit!

I NEED to downshift in order to slow down, my brakes are so bad!

[Raza]

In my neighborhood, I always wave at cops driving through.  He's just on patrol, keeping the area safe and what not.  Out on the open road, I don't, though.

[JYODER240]

In my neighborhood, I always wave at cops driving through.? He's just on patrol, keeping the area safe and what not.? Out on the open road, I don't, though.

Same.

[mazda6er]

I NEED to downshift in order to slow down, my brakes are so bad!

Oh man, your poor transmission.

[Catman]

We just wrapped up a series of neighborhood meetings.  Here was the top three concerns residents had in regards to policing.

1.  Speeding vehicles
2.  Speeding vehicles
3.  Speeding vehicles

If your curious, here was some other concerns:

4.  Speeding vehicles
5.  Speeding vehicles
6.  Speeding vehicles

and;

7.  Speeding vehicles

[mazda6er]

We just wrapped up a series of neighborhood meetings.  Here was the top three concerns residents had in regards to policing.

1.  Speeding vehicles
2.  Speeding vehicles
3.  Speeding vehicles

If your curious, here was some other concerns:

4.  Speeding vehicles
5.  Speeding vehicles
6.  Speeding vehicles

and;

7.  Speeding vehicles

That's all well and good, but what about speeding vehicles?  Don't they care about speeding vehicles?!

[The Pirate]

We just wrapped up a series of neighborhood meetings.  Here was the top three concerns residents had in regards to policing.

1.  Speeding vehicles
2.  Speeding vehicles
3.  Speeding vehicles

If your curious, here was some other concerns:

4.  Speeding vehicles
5.  Speeding vehicles
6.  Speeding vehicles

and;

7.  Speeding vehicles

Well, it certainly puts speed traps in residential areas in perspective.  I'm all for it in those areas, too many people fly through neighborhoods oblivious to the fact that there may be kids out playing, cars backing out of driveways, etc.  School zones are a real problem here, and there is absolutely no excuse to speed there.  Nab the bastards for all you can, I say.  I only speed when I feel conditions are safer for it, i.e. on a 4 lane in clear weather, etc.

[Catman]

That's all well and good, but what about speeding vehicles?  Don't they care about speeding vehicles?!

  All they want to see is officers writing citations in front of their house.  As long as their not the ones written. 

[mazda6er]

  All they want to see is officers writing citations in front of their house.  As long as their not the ones written. 

Concerned for their kids, I guess. Must've been a snoozer listening in on those neighborhood meetings, haha. I hope you missed out on that.

[Catman]

Concerned for their kids, I guess. Must've been a snoozer listening in on those neighborhood meetings, haha. I hope you missed out on that.

Just the town dept heads went (i.e. Chief).  I would rather be the man behind the curtain.

[Raza]

Go to my neighborhood.  If you sit on the main road and clock cars all day long, you'll find that the average speed is 40, and most of the people doing the driving are older, generally women, and generally in SUVs, and generally on cell phones.  Then one day you'll clock me, doing a heady 5 over, generally with two hands on the wheel, and almost never on a cell phone.

I'm clearly a menace. 

[SaltyDog]

Waiving at cops?  Are you kidding me?  Maybe when I'm 40, but for now I'm a punk kid who must be up to something and should be pulled over and searched.  I avoid eye contact completely.

[Catman]

Waiving at cops?  Are you kidding me?  Maybe when I'm 40, but for now I'm a punk kid who must be up to something and should be pulled over and searched.  I avoid eye contact completely.

You might as well display a sign in the window that says, "Pull Me Over". :P

[SaltyDog]

You might as well display a sign in the window that says, "Pull Me Over". :P

Reverse psychology, not a bad idea.  I quite frankly might do that.

[Catman]

Reverse psychology, not a bad idea.  I quite frankly might do that.

[dazzleman]

I'm clearly a menace.?

I'm glad you're finally admitting that, Raza. 

[SVT_Power]

I've always wanted to but never had the chance

[TBR]

I almost did the other day. There was a sheriff sitting along side a road that has a speed limit of 55 and I quite often go 85+ on it, but not this time. I was just so happy that fate actually went my way for once that I felt a little friendly. Didn't do it though, because I figured he might have been there specifically because of me :P (most people seem to go 10 under on this road).

[TurboDan]

I never do.  Why would a motorist wave at an officer anyway, except if they knew him personally of course.  It could be construed as the driver needing police assistance, and telling the officer that you just giving a friendly wave would probably piss him off.  At least that's how I think about it.

I usually give a salute to officers on the water, though.  The Coast Guard always returns it, as do the officers in the marine units in some of the local PDs.  The NJSP Marine units never give a wave back, and usually stare at you with a mean scowl.  That's if they're not rudely blowing by you in their 25' rigid inflatable with both 225HP engines screaming.  They're a bunch of jerks, really.  So, I continue to give a friendly wave just as an experiment. 

Always happily give a wave to the Coasties and the local PD boats, though.

[L. ed foote]

I never do.  Why would a motorist wave at an officer anyway, except if they knew him personally of course. 

Officers or not, people wave all the time in the southern states (GA, NC, SC).

I generally don't wave at anyone.

[AutobahnSHO]

I was just kidding around with the title- I meant that the cops were waving motorists over... 

[dazzleman]

Last Saturday we took a trip to the Ocean-
Maryland highway 50 to Ocean City (from Fort Meade.)
On the way it's a 4lane divided highway (but with stoplights every now and again) and the coppers were in the center median with radar guns, waving people over to stop.

How insane do you have to be to jump out into traffic and wave at people to pull over?

Oh, and one of the duos had the hood up on one of the cars- ???? Were they just disguising their ruse?

I passed by at about 67mph in a 55zone, no? .

They do this in Connecticut on the highways.  One trooper clocks you, and the other, a short distance down the road, points to your car and waves at you to pull over.

They don't go into traffic though.  They do it from the shoulder.