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Is this thread serious?



I'm 100% okay with a vehicle being pulled over at midnight because the driver (in some way or another) clearly doesn't match the registered owner. I don't think that's a profiling problem, I think it's actually a helpful and reasonable use of police resources. BECAUSE, if my car is being driven after midnight by a person who clearly doesn't match my registered name in some way or another, I would be quite happy to hear police pulled them over to find out if their story seemed reasonable or not.



Now, true, I'm a white male so probably don't experience profiling in the way that others do or feel they do. BUT I have been pulled over in the middle of the day because I'm clearly not Asian and I'm driving a vehicle with a very Asian sounding name on the ownership. In that particular case the modifications piqued the officer's interest, and when he ran the plate he realized there was very little chance I was the owner, so I was pulled over for a check. Another time I was pulled over in Montreal while driving a professional rallyists race car. The cop knew I wasn't said "top five" driver, and pulled me over to inquire as to why I had the race car and confirm that it hadn't been stolen.



In both cases I left feeling like I had found two traffic officers that were great at their jobs, and interested in doing more for the community than simply meeting a ticket quota.



-D Last edited by CCA-Dave; 02-28-2015 at 04:21 PM . Reason: grammer