A Run in with a hot headed cop

[FJ6AAR]

Google is my friend...

Graduated Driver Licensing Laws in South Carolina
The current GDL law in South Carolina includes the following components:


A three-stage licensing system beginning at age 15 for learner’s permit, age 15 years and 6 months for the intermediate stage, and age 16 years and 6 months for full licensure
A mandatory 6 month holding period for the learner’s permit stage
A minimum of 40 hours of supervised practice driving during the learner’s permit stage, at least 10 of which must be at night
A prohibition on unsupervised nighttime driving between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. (standard time) or 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. (daylight savings time) during the intermediate stage
A passenger restriction prohibiting more than two passenger younger than age 21 unless driving to or from school

That's just for the Yankees that are moving here way to much! If you live on a farm or in a rural area this is not followed! It's Southern think, you wouldn't understand!

 

[HYRDGOON]

That's just for the Yankees that are moving here way to much! If you live on a farm or in a rural area this is not followed! It's Southern think, you wouldn't understand!

I "understand" plenty... the fact is you can't make an arguement of "I've owned the car for 3 years without a ticket" when you could only have been a licensed driver for less than a year!

You don't think I knew how to drive cars around my parents property or the back trails behind my friends farms when I was 13-14? Operating tractors and other heavy machinery at that age hauling wood etc... It's not a "Southern thing"

 

[FJ6AAR]

When I was young you were not required to have a licensed to drive any thing that was farm related. I don't know if that is still the case. You could drive anywhere in anything if you were doing farm work, so you just put a bale of hay in the back.

 

[Michael789]

Wow a lot of hits on this thread,I might as well throw one in too. Look To say the cop give the right charge is a little bit IMHO incorrect . For one just because Mopar_Charger is only 16 and has a muscle car doesn't mean he was actually speeding or being reckless it's called an "accident" and a single car one at that.Two the officer already had it in his mind that the kid was at fault for being what he is a 16 year old with a muscle car on a wet road, which obviously he was doing "stupid ****" according to the officer. This is a great example of judging a book by its cover !I have a muscle car and it's not my first either and in theses old cars it's easy for one to get away with you by doing absolutely nothing wrong,has that not happened to any us? A lot of these rides a great straight on but take em on a back winding road and see how the hanle with stock suspension.Three and this is for Mopar_Charger ,good deal kid I know plenty of young kids dying from drugs and if the worst thing you're is spending money on YOUR muscle car then you're way ahead of the game.

 

[HYRDGOON]

Wow a lot of hits on this thread,I might as well throw one in too. Look To say the cop give the right charge is a little bit IMHO incorrect . For one just because Mopar_Charger is only 16 and has a muscle car doesn't mean he was actually speeding or being reckless it's called an "accident" and a single car one at that.Two the officer already had it in his mind that the kid was at fault for being what he is a 16 year old with a muscle car on a wet road, which obviously he was doing "stupid ****" according to the officer. This is a great example of judging a book by its cover !I have a muscle car and it's not my first either and in theses old cars it's easy for one to get away with you by doing absolutely nothing wrong,has that not happened to any us? A lot of these rides a great straight on but take em on a back winding road and see how the hanle with stock suspension.Three and this is for Mopar_Charger ,good deal kid I know plenty of young kids dying from drugs and if the worst thing you're is spending money on YOUR muscle car then you're way ahead of the game.

I can't argue your points I guess I'm just trying to look at it from a different perspective... trust me I NEVER side with cops! lol. We weren't there so we obviously don't know exactly what happened and if Mopar_Charger could prove the cop made the "doing stupid ****" comment then there may be an argument there for being malicious but if his area is anything like mine what weighed in heavy is that this happened directly across from a daycare so the cop is likely just trying to send a message and probably wants to be able to say to the concerned daycare owner that called that charges were laid to give them peace of mind. I think his chances of getting off this are good and for what it's worth I hope he does.

 

[Michael789]

I can see the point about the daycare being just across the street as well, and that could have been what motivated the officer to feel the need to issue a charge,I took the post the daycare might have thought the young man might need some help and called the police to acest not to "break balls".......Lol. That's how it is with some cops though.

 

[satman72]

Don't get me wrong, I respect the badge however the way I was treated the other day realllly bothered me.

It had been raining all day, windows were fogged, heavy down pour, I hydro planed around an embankment, brakes locked up and I lost it. Ended up putting the car into a tree. The funny thing is there was not a single scratch, dent, or ding on my Charger (1973).

Being a 16 year old kid with a pretty quick muscle car always seems to bother people. I get **** all the time. But my car is my passion, while everyone else my age spends their money on drugs, I spend mine on my car. It's worth more to me then any resell value.

Anyways, back onto the topic, the daycare across the street called the police (even though I was fine, had tow truck coming to pull it out).

Officer showed up, asked who owned the car, then came up to me and said, "Let me guess, you were doing stupid ****?" I was just dumbfounded, the man didn't even ask me if I was alright?

Luckily before I freaked out, my dad stopped me and told the officer "Don't give the kid a hard time, he's already hurting enough."

Officer said, "Sir, I'm just doing my job"

The best part was after he issued me a citation for too fast for conditions (my first ticket in the 3 years i've had my car). He goes on to tell me that his 2013 charger with 5.7 Hemi handles the exact same way my 1973 charger does. We all laughed and my dad goes, buddy I've driven that car (points at the cruiser) and that car (points at my car) and says I don't really think you can compare the two. One goes where you tell and the other thinks about it.

He said some other bs and finally left.

Like I said before I respect the badge, and don't have a problem with what they do, but the way they handle things.

I'm sensing a little bit of embelishment here.
So let's see if I got this right... You're driving along with your windows fogged up, you hydroplaned off the road into a tree. Somehow whether it's magic or not, there is not one single scratch, dent or ding on this magic car of yours. Then, before you go off the deep end after the cop asks you if you were doing stupid ****, your father has to calm you down so you don't do more "stupid ****"...

Am I somewhat close with all this?
But, go ahead fight the ticket(that IMO was justified), because don't forget, it was other witnesses who saw the accident & called the police, not you. You were the one who hydroplaned of the road, so that means that you were driving too fast for the conditions at the time.

Suck it up as a learning experience. You got off lucky.

 

[Mopar-Charger]

So, in So Carloina you've been drivindg the car since you were 13 years of age?

Correction to the first post, I am 17. I purchased the car and began to work on it when I was 14. In SC you can drive by 15. I specifically stated I haven't received a ticket in the 3 years I've "owned" the car. And to be honest, how many kids don't have a ticket after two years? Especially ones who drive cars fast enough to blow the doors off any cop? This one was my first one EVER.

Wow a lot of hits on this thread,I might as well throw one in too. Look To say the cop give the right charge is a little bit IMHO incorrect . For one just because Mopar_Charger is only 16 and has a muscle car doesn't mean he was actually speeding or being reckless it's called an "accident" and a single car one at that.Two the officer already had it in his mind that the kid was at fault for being what he is a 16 year old with a muscle car on a wet road, which obviously he was doing "stupid ****" according to the officer. This is a great example of judging a book by its cover !I have a muscle car and it's not my first either and in theses old cars it's easy for one to get away with you by doing absolutely nothing wrong,has that not happened to any us? A lot of these rides a great straight on but take em on a back winding road and see how the hanle with stock suspension.Three and this is for Mopar_Charger ,good deal kid I know plenty of young kids dying from drugs and if the worst thing you're is spending money on YOUR muscle car then you're way ahead of the game.

Thanks Michael, I really appreciate this post! Means a lot



Apologies to the late post.

 

[Bladecutter]

Aircraft Carrier pilots, and Formula 1 Bike pilots are the "Brass Ball" leaders Ernie....80's Grumman F-14 on steam catapult take-off....150 mph in a 150 ft...10 g's plus literal blackouts leaving deck....basically operating by brail and rote until blood settles down and vision returns. Landing....approaching a postage stamp that never stops moving, at 250 mph and having to pancake under power the plane onto deck at 200 mph, to grab a cable to stop you from 150 mph in a 150 feet another 10 plus g force. !50 mph in 150 feet....that's a heap faster than a frickin top fuel rail . Imagine the stress of the landings on those poor airframes. The Hemingway quote is Great, but doesn't encompass quite enough. Cars are bitchin a part of my whole life being 45 years in straightening and refinishing, but aircraft do things cars can't do and can go VERY FAST. Happy Holidaze....jimi

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Cops JOB is not a Judge......he flags violation and calls it a day. Passing judgement, making judgmental statements is NOT his criteria that's the Court's JOB. I'm 61, when i get a 25 year old punk in my face that wants to get sanctimonious and lecturing, gloves come off...i'm doing something wrong i'll suck up the penalty, no arguement, start getting personal and opinionated, all you're gonna get from me at that point is both middle fingers. This carolina Kid sounds pretty fuckin well adjusted to me....hydroplane CAN occur at moderate speeds...in 50 years of driving i've had it happen. Looking at the **** that is the youth of today, this Guy resisting the peer pressure and building His own Car....this Guy has a VERY GOOD start on Life...i think He will go to do do things for others than Himself....since opinions are like ********....there's ​my asshole......Happy Holidaze....jimi

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Hey Man.....You're alright Man....You sound like a pretty well adjusted Young Man to me....i'm guessing You don't wear Your pants below the crack of Your ***....have an antique Hot Rod that You maintain Yourself.....a Good start i'd say and i think You will go on in life to serve others as well as Yourself...empathy vs apathy. I'vr had hydroplane occur at relatively low speeds before....depends on composition of surface, but freak adhesion loss occurs at times. If You were pushing it and lost it...suck it up, pay the ticket, but register a formal complaint against for stepping beyond bounds of His authority an JOB. I f you're legit, the n fight it and still file against the cop.....personal judgement has NO PLACWE in a Cops job...He turns THAT to the court. Merry Christmas Dude. jimi