US Highway Cop Gives German Tourist a Hard Time

[DeSwiss]

Run time: 01:34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpQGcNLFppY   Posted on YouTube: October 07, 2010 By YouTube Member: Jinxs38 Views on YouTube: 1197   Posted on DU: October 08, 2010 By DU Member: DeSwiss Views on DU: 2631

 
- The digital age and the miniaturization of cameras has begun to show everyone what many of us knew all along: "Most cops are DICKS."

[The Northerner]

1. K&R

This shouldn't be surprising to anyone.

I hope this goes viral as well.

[DeSwiss]

2. Agreed. n/t

[BeyondGeography]

3. Why are you driving in my country Germany Boy?

FFS.

[DeSwiss]

5. "Well sir, since the dollar is tanking....

...my Euros are burning a hole in my pocket! So many bargains, so little time.

- So anyway, I came here to spend my money before America goes completely BUST!!!"

on edit: spelling

[vanbean]

41. The cop was just looking out for the guy's ass.

It is obvious he thinks you go to prison for punishment, not as punishment.

[hedgehog]

4. I don't know, the giggle at the end suggests to me that the driver and

his buddy knew what the cop quickly realized - any ticket he wanted to write was so much toilet paper.

[DeSwiss]

6. Not so sure anymore....

...in these days and times a traffic ticket could result in being renditioned.

- And waterboarded.....

[Sanity Claws]

7. What state is this?

I hope this goes viral and the cop gets fired.
His whole department should be retrained.

[DeSwiss]

9. Not sure.

- Of course these days it could be any state.....

[Sanity Claws]

10. I hope someone here recognizes the uniform

or the guy.
After we identify him, then it's time to write to his boss and get him canned. This was no way to treat anyone.

[DeSwiss]

13. He's just as likely to be.....

...praised and rewarded in our present-day police state.

- At worst, they'd maybe send him to anger management class.

[The Northerner]

17. Indeed

I have some friends in Cali and I'm hoping that they send the video to their other friends and that someone will recognize who the scumbag is.

[Mkard]

12. California Highway Patrol AH

At the end, just before patrolman stomps-off in a huff, radio voice says "brshsshhs brshsshhszza Barstow".

So, we have seen an example of California's finest. With the extreme anti-furrener hostility this person was projecting, I was betting on Arizona Sheriff!!

Not pleasant to see or hear. LE professionalism has slid pretty far in the last 20yrs. Of a kind with the FBI comment as they were collecting the discovered GPS tracker FBI had placed on some college kid's car. "so whaddya going to do about it? huh punk?" (I paraphrase, but in both cases that complacent arrogance is precisely what is behind these behaviours)

'tschuss

[Sanity Claws]

16. What is AH?

Idiot cop doesn't realize that tourism brings in lots of money for California. It creates jobs and provides tax revenues. Without tourism, California would have an even bigger deficit.

[truebrit71]

8. "Germany boy?"

"Why are you driving in MY country"...Threatening the driver with ass-rape was a nice touch too I thought:sarcasm:

Hope he enjoys looking for a new job..

[DeSwiss]

11. In my experience.....

...authoritarians rarely have an extensive vocabulary. Words tend to confuse them.

[BeyondGeography]

15. I doubt he gets canned

Whatever rebuke he gets will be for show only, and he'll get high-fives all around from his colleagues.

[dotymed]

14. Great Ambassador for America

How sickening! Every country knows that America is a police state, with assholes like this peon "in charge, boy! At the very least he must get fired. It won't happen though. :-(

[LeftinOH]

18. A few years ago I had some clients from Belgium who got all frazzled when the police

pulled them over (for something minor- failure to yield ..or something). Their Belgian driver's licenses and passports apparently confused and confounded the cop: Apparently, he didn't think the documents they presented to him were real (they weren't even in English!). This was in a Southern state which rhymes with "Borgia".

[mistertrickster]

19. Most cops aren't dicks. He was probably frustrated because a ticket means nothing

to a foreign national.

Granted, the cop was over the top.

BUT on the other hand, Germany boy was going 98 mph. That's not a simple case of "not paying attention." You have to work to go that fast.

If he'd killed your dog, you wouldn't be excusing him.

[Sanity Claws]

20. You are confused

We're not excusing the driver's driving. We are focused on the cop's behavior in which he threatened anal rape. His behavior was simply inexcusable.

[mistertrickster]

21. I agree . . . the cop was in the wrong. So was the driver though. nt

[Captain Boomerang]

25. If the driver was wrong, why wasn't he arrested?

[mistertrickster]

26. I think the cop thought he was doing him a favor with a stern warning.

It's not what I think should have been done, but maybe he was actually saving German boy from seeing America through iron bars . . .

[Captain Boomerang]

27. 15mph over is an automatic arrest.

The cop is wrong twice. This cop should lose his job for harassing a motorist, and then letting a dangerous driver back out on the road.

[hedgehog]

23. If you watch carefully, he's very professional right up to the

point that he realizes that he's dealing with foreign nationals who will blow off any ticket he hands out.

Here's something to ponder - what would have happened if these two had been picked up speeding in Germany? Not every road there is the autobahn.

Don't let the high speeds on German roads fool you into believing that there are no reduced speed zones. Usually, speeders will not be stopped at the time of the offense but will get a speeding ticket through the mail. This may be as long as two or three months after the incident. The German police use special cameras to catch speeders. Persons exceeding the limits by more than 30 kilometers an hour can count on losing licenses for a period of up to three months, plus a stiff fine.

A tough, computerized point system is used to get dangerous drivers off the road. Increasingly strict penalties are the order of the day especially where drugs or alcohol are involved, and especially if there was an accident. Except where posted because of construction or traffic problems, there are no speed limits on the autobahns, although the recommended maximum is 130kph (about 80mph).

The basic speed limit is 50kph (about 30mph) in built-up areas and 100kph (about 60mph) elsewhere. If you are hauling a trailer the speed limit is 80kph (50mph) on roads and autobahns.
http://www.howtogermany.com/pages/driving.html

98mph in a 70mph zone is 45kph over the limit.

[Sanity Claws]

24. I disagree regarding the "professionalism"

He didn't examine the license or registration. He just had the rental agreement and didn't even really look at it. Instead he launches into "where are you from?" in a really nasty tone.
I do not accept that as "professional behavior."

[Captain Boomerang]

29. I agree... That cop has personal issues he's letting

out on the job... I wonder how he feels about blacks or Mexicans?

[Sanity Claws]

31. I saw your earlier post

In California, can one get arrested for driving 15 mph over the speed limit? If so, the cop failed to use the proper thing to scare this driver into driving safely.

[Captain Boomerang]

33. Judges are the ones who are supposed to be concerned

with the correctness of the law. The correct procedure for this would have been to arrest the motorist and take them before a judge.

Barney Fife hillbilly cop jargon has no place on any highway.

The cop did not arrest the motorist because it is a hassle/extra work for the cop.
(He should be behind a desk.)

[mistertrickster]

30. Yeah, that's my beef with "German boy," too. This isn't kid stuff. Driving 100 mph

is seriously reckless. He's putting lives at risk other than his own.

[provis99]

34. I've been to Germany. I don't think anyone there drives under the speed limit.

20 mph over the limit seems about average; tour buses included.

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[teknomanzer]

37. Sorry to say but you are wrong.

Even when I was a witness or a bystander I have encountered the nasty authoritarian attitutde of the police. My house was broken into and burglarized back when I was in college. I was the first witness on the scene. I called the cops. When they arrived they completely ignored me and instead referred all questions to my white roommate. So fuck the police. Fuck 'em and their pigheaded attitude. This guy is the rule not the exception.

[SkyDaddy7]

40. 98mph on some of the roads out west is NOTHING!

I have seen trains of cars on I-5 going 110mph...I actually have video of it when I was driving from Vegas to LA.

So, if a person from Germany of all places is in a train of cars going 98mph I would understood he probably did not know any better since that most others were doing it...And it is normal in Germany. If I were the cop I would have been polite & told him not to do it again. I would not have threatened him with ass rape! But I would not last as a cop because I would not put up with my fellow officers doing what they do these days.

[tomm2thumbs]

22. HAHAHA - doesn't that just reek of 'small penis syndrome' ?

[way_brilliant]

28. Gee this rises to the level of "Who cares"

Tempest in a teacup if you ask me. Sure the officer was blunt and obnoxious as hell. He also stopped a goofball from BREAKING THE LAW in a reckless and irresponsible manner that could have ended tragically. He also caught the guy in a lie (which if I'm not mistaken is also a crime), then he educated driver on the sad but possible penalty (and ramifications) for his infraction. The driver got off easy.

(would like to have a translation of what was said in German at the end there too)

[Captain Boomerang]

32. You voted for McCain didn't you.

[way_brilliant]

39. Nope

Pretty much the straight Dem/Progressive ticket for the last twenty years. Just don't see the need to vilify the cop is all. He was doing his job. Are we so weeny that a few gruff words are going to hurt us? Again, it rises to the level of "who cares". Show me where, in the video, that this goes further than a stern talking to.

And did you vote for the tooth-fairy, or Santa Claus?

See, I can resort to childish innuendo too. But, it was after I had added something to the discussion.

[Roy Rolling]

35. The Cop may be harsh...

But he let him off with a warning despite doing 98 in a 70 mph zone. Didn't he just give him back the paperwork and not ticket him? I would trade an insult for a ticket any day.

[Travis_0004]

38. I agree

The cop may have just been having a bad day, and I won't excuse what he did, but lets not forget the guy was going 98 miles per hour.

Somebody was killed on the highway by my house when a driver rear ended him at around 100 mph. That kind of speed is just dangerous, unless you are in the middle of nowhere, and you can see for miles, and nobody is around (US-50). No excuse for the cop, but don't come crying if you get yelled at.

[MrObama]

42. German Cops...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwZES7UHHJw

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