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I don't know where you heard that ratio of one cop to three civilians, but it is wrong. It may seem like that to people who are constantly getting pulled over, but it is not even close to that. Orlando has a population of about 800K. Does that mean that there are 275k police officers? No, maybe - MAYBE 3k officers.
If you keep getting pulled over, maybe you need to adjust your driving habits or change whatever is illegal on your car. People don't get pulled over for nothing, there is always a reason. If your exhaust is modified, you can be pulled over. If you didn't use your turn signal to turn, you can be pulled over. There is always a reason...
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nothing is illegal on my car for one... its all stock and within the fl state law. I dont sprint out from a light ahead of every one. It looks like thier flooring it when your in my car. I get passed by grandmas and my grandma drives faster then me nor uses her turn signals... whats with that?
The only reasons that I can come up with are new car in town, looks new well somewhat, texas plates, and its registered to a 19yr old male.
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Out of state plates will get you pulled in the Tampa area in a minute.
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Originally posted by jthursby:
Out of state plates will get you pulled in the Tampa area in a minute.
Jim
I don't know about that. I go to Florida every few months, and I have never been pulled over. I don't speed, there's nothing illegal on my car. I have been to Tampa several times. I was born on MacDill. I don't know anyone but my mom & sisters in that area. Maybe there's SOMETHING ticking cops off with your cars.
Then again, maybe my Aif Force stickers and license plate holder have something to do with me not getting pulled over. 
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lol you tell me if thiers anythign you can think of why a cop would just pulled me over often.
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Originally posted by StealthWyvern:
lol you tell me if there's anything you can think of why a cop would just pulled me over often.
Uuuummm, ok, nope. Maybe the guy just doesn't like Mystiques.....hehehehehe. 
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Originally posted by StealthWyvern:
nothing is illegal on my car for one... its all stock and within the fl state law. I dont sprint out from a light ahead of every one. It looks like thier flooring it when your in my car. I get passed by grandmas and my grandma drives faster then me nor uses her turn signals... whats with that?
If you are getting passed by grandmas, then maybe you are getting pulled over for impeding the flow of traffic. There is a law against that, ya know.
Originally posted by StealthWyvern:
The only reasons that I can come up with are new car in town, looks new well somewhat, texas plates, and its registered to a 19yr old male.
Are you trying to imply that you are being profiled? First of all, there is no law against driving a motor vehicle in Florida while you are 19 years old. Second of all,cops have much better things to do than memorize all of the cars in town, and pull over one just because it looks unfamiliar. Third of all, there is no law against driving in Florida with out of state tags.
In all of these times that you have been pulled over, has your car ever been searched? If not, then explain to me why a police officer would pull over a 19 year old in a newer car with out of state tags, just to say "hi". If you think you are being profiled (whixh is what I think you are getting at)because of your age,sex,race,car, then doesn't it make sense that they would look for the contraband in your car? I do not know a single officer who would stop a car without probable cause to do so. If he does and finds a car full of drugs, everything is going to get thrown out in court anyway and he is just wasting his time.
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Well I have gotten pulled over many times sence I have been here never have I rece9ved a ticket or a warning nor has my car been search or they have asked ot search it. So they only thing can think of is profiling
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Originally posted by TropicalSVT:
I do not know a single officer who would stop a car without probable cause to do so.
I know some. A friend of mine got stopped once, in his girlfriend's neighbor, about 7 blocks from his house. He's white and drives just a normal 89 nissan pickup. They pulled him over and asked to search b/c of blah blah blah. He told them no and they had to get a search warrent. So he waited for over an hour, they searched and found nothing (they forget to check where he had some bullets stashed ). Cops here all are pretty stupid though and consist for about half of the drunk drivers on the street. One got fired for drug dealing last year.
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Originally posted by StealthWyvern:
Well I have gotten pulled over many times sence I have been here never have I rece9ved a ticket or a warning nor has my car been search or they have asked ot search it. So they only thing can think of is profiling
Tell me, exactly what profile do you think that you fit?
And my question remains, if they were profiling you, wouldn't they want to search your car?
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