True..they were bothered by that music...but that music didn't have as many swear words and it wasn't near as profane.

Oh...here is another hint about juvenile drivers that is at least true in Virginia...Myth busted:

Cops HATE pulling over juveniles and giving them tickets. The reason is that means that they HAVE to go to a different court on a different date and deal with the juvenile court system that does nothing to juveniles but the bare minimum. I RARELY write tickets to juveniles because the system is so messed up and the extra court date is a pain in the butt.

It drives me CRAZY! I have the opposite habit that I instinctively turn the volume down when I come to a stop or crowded road. My teenage daugther just rolls her eyes at me. I told her if I EVER caught her driving with music so insanely loud, she would get her driving privleges taken away.

slpavman I agree. Percieved prejudice is annoying.

It really very simple BeyBey..don't break the law and the police wont pull you over, arrest you, shoot you or question you. What would you call that? The breaking the law while Black and expecting to get away with it thing?

No, Heave, I was talking about NJ. Don't know anything about VA and juvies.

And I hear what you are saying about the profanity in music today. But truly the old folks thought kids were going to hell in a handbasket back then. They found it tremendously offensive, for the times.

It doesn't bother me if I pull up to a car and their music is thumping. Sometimes to embarrass my daughter I start carseat dancing. Nothing worse than a middle-aged woman dancing in her car to your teenage music!

ROFL NJ...thats an awesome idea. I'm gonna try that! LOL Cardancing...too funny.

Seriously, they think they're all cool, thumping their music, bothering the old folks. Then they look over and the "old" folks are dancing in their car! You have to do it with a totally serious look on your face,like you're really getting into it!

It's hysterical fun! (*yes, my life is JUST that pathetic*)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj0mtxXEGE8

sorry...had to put this up here...way to funny!

LOL NJ except with my luck I would unbeknownst to me, use some gang related hand gesture in my moves and get myself in trouble!

Beybey....I come from a family of cops..sister is a retired cop...cop cousins up the wazzoo and my son is a cop.....trust me, they pull over more white people

NO WAIT!!! I want to get my car rigged up to do this...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7KRVA6_0U4&feature=related

I never been to jail.... But they always want to know who I am and where I'm going. I'm also an EMT. They change thier whole demeanor then when they talk to me. I think a lot of cops lose focus about what they are really supposed to be doing. That then in turn makes people lose respect for them. Who cares what music someone is listening to and how loud it is? Who fricking cares? Isn't there a crack head breaking in some where? Or a pimp that is beating someone up. That is so stupid to me. The cops up here are racist. I don't care what nobody says. But I'm legit and more, so they ain't got shit on me ever.

Well the last time I was pulled over (several weeks ago for expired tags) I was asked the very same questions. Who am I, do I have insurance, Where amd I coming from, Where am I going. And...whohooo look at that, I have a lilly white butt.

How often sock does that happen to you? And my mexican husband oh shit don't let us be riding together. We have to get out the car and everything.

I turned up my headbanger music just for Heave today. :)

LOL Christy...I am not saying that I am looking for one particular type of music. What really gets my attention is the swear words that are being blared in public. I wouldn't want my niece hearing those things at such an early age because she is sure to repeat them.

Cops ask a lot of questions when they stop you. Especially if you are behaving furtively when they stop you. If you are respectful and courteous you will get through the stop without any problems. If you give them problems they will always try to one-up you because all of them are taught to be in control of a situation.

I really believe in treating people the way I would want to be treated and to treat them as well as they are treating me. I always start off by saying yes mam's and yes sirs' to people and they determine how it goes from there. I usually try to maintain a calm demeanor when someone is being a jerk because it helps moderate the situation.

BeyBey, I am not sure where you live or what your experiences with Police Officers are, but it is a different world out there and the things that you are talking about are rare. This is a very professional career and most police officers take their jobs way too seriously (most of them are work-a-holics).

I have already made the point...Ride along with a cop one night that is working radar. You tell me what the race is of the person that drives by at 70 mph in a 55mph zone at night on a dark highway as you are driving 55mph in the other direction. You can't tell. How is that cop racist for pulling that person over then?