I was followed
By snowy
@snowy22315 (169828)
United States
August 7, 2021 2:39pm CST
So, following me all the way back home from Dollar General where I went to pick up a few supplies was a police car. Yikes! One thing I hate is having the police follow me. Even when I am not doing anything wrong, I really don't like it. It is a good thing the car got inspected, or I would have been sweating bullets. They hardly ever even come out here. I only see them maybe 3 or 4 times a year, unless you call them out for something. Do you hate being followed by the police?
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
7 Aug 21
They followed me for about 3.5 miles until I turned off the main road to come into my development. We were the only cars on the highway!!
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@S4mmyboy (3266)
• Mumbai, India
7 Aug 21
@snowy22315 ohh....that was quite a long following...
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
7 Aug 21
@S4mmyboy Long enough to get bigtime nervous.
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@Vikingswest1 (6305)
• United States
7 Aug 21
I do. Even if I'm within the law.
There was a time I'd pass a cop if they were under the posted speed.
Not anymore.
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
7 Aug 21
I was nervous as a cat the whole time. Normally I would probably go 65 on that stretch of highway, but since the speed limit is officially 55 that is what I did, and slowed down for the curves and what not. I noticed..Mr. Cop was going the speed limit.
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@Vikingswest1 (6305)
• United States
7 Aug 21
@snowy22315
I hate that. I follow all the rules and have all the paperwork but just seeing a black and white gets me nervous.
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
7 Aug 21
@Vikingswest1 That reminds me I need to get my new insurance cards. I couldn't print them.
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
8 Aug 21
I have had some bad e,patience with that.
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@Marilynda1225 (79645)
• United States
7 Aug 21
Yes I hate when the police wind up behind me
I automatically drive slower than the speed limit. They probably are cursing me and saying "move it lady" 
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
7 Aug 21
HAHA, I don't go slower than the speed limit..that just drags it out. Usually if I am being followed I will turn off on some road, not my own just to get rid of the "tail."
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
8 Aug 21
@JudyEv With the distance I drive out would never get anywhere if you did the limit..although I try not to be too much over That could get you a reckless driving which is much worse!
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
8 Aug 21
I have had enough tickets to have cause for concern.
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@JudyEv (325584)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Aug 21
@snowy22315 I think you've mentioned before that you have a bit of a lead foot!
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
7 Aug 21
Especially if it goes on for miles. I had one do that and followed me for miles and pulled me over just shy of the county line...it was like a burnt out bulb or something..I really wanted to be stopped 30 minutes after dark for that!
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@CarolDM (203454)
• Nashville, Tennessee
7 Aug 21
@snowy22315 Maybe he did it on purpose to make you nervous.
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
7 Aug 21
@CarolDM Who knows? It is the main way to get to the big highway though so probably not.
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@AmbiePam (85417)
• United States
7 Aug 21
I remember years ago, going to the soda machine in my apartment complex around 4am for a Coke. I was putting my money in when a huge beam of light blinded me. It was a police car with those spotlights they have. I'm sure they were just checking to see if I was up to no good, but it annoyed the heck out of me. I had a migraine so it didn't help that either.
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
7 Aug 21
I wouldn't have liked that, but good they were on the job I guess!
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@kaylachan (57558)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7 Aug 21
If I think we're being followed, my husband will pull over just in case. We want to be on a cop's good side, not their bad side.
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
7 Aug 21
I wouldn't pull over. They might think I had a guilty conscience or something or needed assistance. Besides I don't have my new insurance cards yet.
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
7 Aug 21
It was not fun. I kept glancing back at him in my rearview mirror.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
8 Aug 21
No, they don't bother me. I know I'm not doing anything wrong.
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
8 Aug 21
Sadly, we aren't all perfect DE.
. You never lad a brake light out or something?
. You never lad a brake light out or something?1 person likes this
@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
8 Aug 21
@snowy22315 I was stopped once because the sticker from my inspection was gone. But when the cop walked to the front of my car he saw the sticker was on the front plate. He wrote it down and stuck a sticker on for me. I didn't get a ticket, though.
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
8 Aug 21
They were just behind me on the toad, although he could have easily passed me and did nor.
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@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
8 Aug 21
@snowy22315 oh. wow. that will really be nerve wracking at times
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@Deepizzaguy (94427)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Aug 21
Yes I do dislike being followed by the police since I am fearful of breaking any traffic laws like not stopping at traffic lights or stop signs.
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
7 Aug 21
You never know what they might decide to pick on.
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@Deepizzaguy (94427)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
8 Aug 21
@snowy22315 You are right.
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@Scrapper88 (5957)
• United States
7 Aug 21
Somebody else could have had a car that looked like yours. The police could have been looking for that other person.
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
7 Aug 21
I don't think he was on a hunt or probably his lights would be on, and he would have passed me by.
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
7 Aug 21
When I first moved out here from the city, a car followed me for miles and really freaked me out, because you don't have that in the city, but then I realized there aren't a lot of roads to get from point A to point B out here so they were just traveling it as I was.
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
8 Aug 21
There were two or three areas where he could have passed me and did not..
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
8 Aug 21
@LadyDuck I guess he was in no hurry. He would rather follow me apparently!
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@LadyDuck (457822)
• Switzerland
8 Aug 21
@snowy22315 Weird, sometimes you wonder why.
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@cahaya1983 (11121)
• Malaysia
8 Aug 21
I may get a little nervous, but if I know for sure I haven't done anything wrong, then I guess there's nothing to worry about.
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@NJChicaa (115958)
• United States
7 Aug 21
I always get nervous even though I'm doing nothing wrong. One officer followed me for over a mile through my parents' retirement community. He was probably running my plates. Eventually he put his lights on, I pulled over, and he went past me. . . and turned off the lights. 
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@Hannihar (129388)
• Israel
8 Aug 21
@snowy22315
So why did they follow you? When I had my other mobility scooter the police would not follow me but tell me to move as close to the curb as I could.
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@snowy22315 (169828)
• United States
8 Aug 21
He was just driving behind me. Not slot of ways to get from point A to point B around here.
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@Hannihar (129388)
• Israel
8 Aug 21
@snowy22315
I would have been nervous if one was driving right behind me. I used to have trouble with buses and cabs honking at me.
