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Have you ever met someone in public and mistaken them for someone else or vise-versa?

 

I've had complete strangers walk up and talk to me like they know me several times. Sometimes I just play along.


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Me too.  I just put my hands in the air and do whatever the cops tell me. 

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question; You're driving along at 55 in a 45 zone in a downpouring rain. The police pull you over, yell "get out of the car". You get out in the rain and then they tell you "on the ground". At what point do you not instantly obey?

A few years ago, during a downpour on the interstate, a patrol car followed me with lights and sirens.  I immediately slowed down but kept going until I saw an overpass.  I signaled I was pulling over out of the rain.  Then, cut off the car and cut on the overhead lights so they could see inside.

 

Turned out they were looking for someone else driving the same make of car.  As long as one slows down considerably, one won't be charged with fleeing.

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Originally Posted by jtdavis:

Me too.  I just put my hands in the air and do whatever the cops tell me. 

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question; You're driving along at 55 in a 45 zone in a downpouring rain. The police pull you over, yell "get out of the car". You get out in the rain and then they tell you "on the ground". At what point do you not instantly obey?

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So you'd rather take a chance on getting shot instead of getting down on a wet ground? I don't think there is a point that you don't instantly obey the orders of a police officer.

Originally Posted by jtdavis:

Me too.  I just put my hands in the air and do whatever the cops tell me. 

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question; You're driving along at 55 in a 45 zone in a downpouring rain. The police pull you over, yell "get out of the car". You get out in the rain and then they tell you "on the ground". At what point do you not instantly obey?

 

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I meant my answer to be humorous.

 

But anyway, I can't think of a single point in time that I would not comply.

 

Because, see, I know it's a case of mistaken identity which we will work out later because no one in their right mind aware of all the dangers of driving even 45 mph in a "downpouring" rain would ever suggest such a scenario.

 

And that was not meant to be funny.

 

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Because, see, I know it's a case of mistaken identity which we will work out later because no one in their right mind aware of all the dangers of driving even 45 mph in a "downpouring" rain would ever suggest such a scenario.

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Don't people teach their kids anything anymore? We've told both of ours when you can argue a point and when you can't, and who they have to respect. Dealing with the police during a stop is not the time to 'argue'. There is a 'fix it point' and you have to go along until you get to that point. Look at all the videos of the a**** telling the cops what they can and can't do, and in general just talking sh** to them. People turn their kids out without any instructions on how to act in a civilized society and then cry and act all shocked when something happens to them. People have no respect for authority anymore, and it's not due to anything the police have done, it has to do with others telling them they don't have to follow the law, and their thinking they can get away with things.

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One of the saddest things I saw was a 14 year old girl and her four male friends, all over 18, being sued for vandalizing another teens truck. The reason? They did it because they were bored, drunk and high from sitting in an empty house in the neighborhood drinking and smoking dope from 4 in the evening until midnight. Dope that the 14 year old girl furnished. They would never say who brought the liquor.  What kind of parents don't know where their 14 year old child is? She even said they went by her house. Where was mom and dad and didn't they smell anything on her or see their 14 year old daughter with four men? Apparently they were out all night without mom or dad worrying. What's going on when people just don't care about their kids anymore? Who's surprised that they are running from the cops, or trying to fight them, or acting like thugs and getting shot by cops?

Originally Posted by budsfarm:
Originally Posted by jtdavis:

Me too.  I just put my hands in the air and do whatever the cops tell me. 

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question; You're driving along at 55 in a 45 zone in a downpouring rain. The police pull you over, yell "get out of the car". You get out in the rain and then they tell you "on the ground". At what point do you not instantly obey?

 

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I meant my answer to be humorous.

 

But anyway, I can't think of a single point in time that I would not comply.

 

Because, see, I know it's a case of mistaken identity which we will work out later because no one in their right mind aware of all the dangers of driving even 45 mph in a "downpouring" rain would ever suggest such a scenario.

 

And that was not meant to be funny.

 

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I apologize, JT, if I came down too hard.  An explanation is in order.

 

It brought to mind a traffic fatality I worked in which this guy, driving the speed limit, hydroplaned in standing water more than an inch deep, lost control, and hit another car head on killing the driver.  Witnesses, who were driving far below the speed limit of 45 mph, testified he was passing all of them.  I had to argue with the prosecutor that the posted speed limit was for ideal conditions and did not apply when there was water or ice on the road.  Common sense applied.  I made my case and my charge of Reckless Homicide stuck.  If I had ordered him to lay face down, he would have done it . . . one way or another.

 

Now, lets get back to enjoying the kids.

 

Originally Posted by Seven:

Have you ever met someone in public and mistaken them for someone else or vise-versa?

 

I've had complete strangers walk up and talk to me like they know me several times. Sometimes I just play along.

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Ha ha, yes! For awhile, when I went to the grocery store, people would ask me stuff like how I liked married life. They had me confused with someone else who must have recently married. It happened 3 or 4 times and when I corrected one person they apologized and said I looked just like the person they had mistaken me for. Having a doppleganger is an weird feeling, don't know what I would have done had I run into this look-a-like..

 

It's very embarrassing, I can't remember names or faces. Once I accidently blew off my son's ex girlfriend's mom, a lovely woman who I just thought was a talkative stranger.

 

Used to be, when people would talk to me and I didn't remember who they were or what their name was I would try to bluff my way through. Once I read a hint that said you could say something like "I'm sorry, your name is unusual, what was it again?" so the person would tell you their name saving you the embarrassment of not remembering it. I tried it one time and the person said "John. John Brown."  Now I just admit to people that I can't remember squat and they will have to tell me their name again.

 If I had ordered him to lay face down, he would have done it . . . one way or another.

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I asked a hypothetical question. Simple speeding. Most cops earn and deserve respect, some don't. I have heard some tell what they made a person do. At times there was no need to abuse someone, but because they had the power, they did and in doing so harmed the image of all good cops. Again, most cops are good cops and need to control the bad ones.

Originally Posted by jtdavis:

 If I had ordered him to lay face down, he would have done it . . . one way or another.

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I asked a hypothetical question. Simple speeding. Most cops earn and deserve respect, some don't. I have heard some tell what they made a person do. At times there was no need to abuse someone, but because they had the power, they did and in doing so harmed the image of all good cops. Again, most cops are good cops and need to control the bad ones.

 

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Going 10 miles per hour over the posted speed limit  during a downpouring rain isn't simple speeding.

 

Originally Posted by jtdavis:

 If I had ordered him to lay face down, he would have done it . . . one way or another.

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I asked a hypothetical question. Simple speeding. Most cops earn and deserve respect, some don't. I have heard some tell what they made a person do. At times there was no need to abuse someone, but because they had the power, they did and in doing so harmed the image of all good cops. Again, most cops are good cops and need to control the bad ones.

 

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If I had ordered him to lay face down, he would have done it . . . one way or another.

 

The man just committed criminal homicide.  What would you have me do?

 

Ask for his respect? 

 

Originally Posted by jtdavis:

I asked a simple question. You used an example of criminal homicide.  I'm not a cop, but there is a difference in simple speeding and criminal homicide, I think.

 

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I gave an actual example of the consequences of your "simple" hypothetical.

 

So long as you don't share my road, your inability to make the connection ain't my problem any more.

 

Have a nice day. 

 

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Jt just flat out dislikes cops and thinks everything they do is uncalled for. In jt's world no one should ever get arrested or get a ticket for breaking any law, no one should be approached by a cop, people should just be free to do what they want and cops shouldn't even exist.

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Same old Best. Lie, Lie, Lie. That's all you know and post.

 I asked a simple question. You used an example of criminal homicide.  I'm not a cop, but there is a difference in simple speeding and criminal homicide, I think.

 

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I gave an actual example of the consequences of your "simple" hypothetical.

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You added the criminal homicide, go ahead and add high speed machine gun battle to it also.

Originally Posted by jtdavis:

 I asked a simple question. You used an example of criminal homicide.  I'm not a cop, but there is a difference in simple speeding and criminal homicide, I think.

 

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I gave an actual example of the consequences of your "simple" hypothetical.

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You added the criminal homicide, go ahead and add high speed machine gun battle to it also.

 

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Consequences are not "added."  Consequences are as a direct result.

 

 

 

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