Yup, you figured it out, I am. Do whatever you want if you are stopped, but starting off a legal stop with an argument (however polite it might be) will never be in your favor. Here's a general rule in the world of policing for us. If an officer makes a perfectly legal traffic or boat stop and the driver starts arguing over the legality of it or they argue that they didn't do whatever it was, the officer will 99.9% of the time write a ticket to cover his or her own behind (I do). If they don't write a ticket and the person complains, it can make the officer look bad in different ways. I would love to host a public forum for a Q & A session about how policing really works. I enjoy your posts Airwaves and I'm sure your a great person. But when I see (in my opinion) poor advice, I like to speak up and hopefully save somebody a ticket. That's right, SAVE somebody from getting one. I'm not a power tripping, trigger happy, "book 'em Danno" kind of cop you might think I am. It's just my opinion and I respect yours.
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