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Originally Posted by F-16 Camaro
So now that I'm at home and on a computer I can really explain my point.
When a cop turns on his lights to initiate a stop, by law you HAVE to stop. Your scenario about a non-cop stopping you and carrying on a civil conversation is completely irrelevant because I'm not REQUIRED to stop for some schmuck. If I choose to that's fine. And you won't find me being combative because I did so willfully. And I'm not combative with the police officer until he begins wasting my time with small talk. If a cop pulled me over he should state his reason. I will not tell him where I'm going, or how I afford my car.
But in the OPs scenario(which I accept could be biased or simply baseless) the cop didn't begin with any infractions and only gave a lame excuse about noise and walked off. If we believe the OP, it is a gross abuse of power because the officer only cited exhaust noise on a STOCK CAMARO. I imagine Chevrolet goes to extreme lengths to assure their stock cars meet all noise standards in the country in which they do business.
I think the cop was either fishing for some sort of slip up by the OP, or was bored and thought the car was cool. Neither of which are acceptable to stop a citizen in an official capacity.
If he thinks the car is cool, feel free to follow it to a stop light and roll down the windows and talk to the OP. But to perform a traffic stop without reason is an abuse.
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This really shouldn't be an argument or discussion anymore, look at the post at the top of page 2.