Well, last night my husband, a friend, and I went to the local AutoParts Store. My hubby went in alone, and comes back out from the store, and tells us about this couple inside looking really messed up (drugs/alcohol) The guy could harldy keep his eyes open, etc. We were afraid he was going to kill someone, so we start to follow them and call the police. First, he almost pulls out into traffic and hits a cop car, then he is weaving in and out of lanes, speeding, almost hits a pedistrian, crosses over 3 lanes twice, and would stop way before a redlight. We have been following for about 10 minutes now, and he turns into a shopping center and goes in to eat. So we wait and wait, literally about 15-20 minutes, and finally we see a cop. I flashed my high beams and waved my hand, trying to get his attention. The stupid cop drives right by us, and doesn't even look. URGH! After all that following, and being on the phone, and this lazy *** cop just does a quick drive through, not even looking for the truck! So we decide to call the cops back, and tell them what happened, etc. They say they are going to send another car out. After about another 15 minutes or so...still no cop. We were going to leave, but then saw the couple getting in the truck again to leave....They had already eaten, and still NO COP! Just then a young cop pulls in, I wave him down, as the truck is pulling out, I tell the cop, there goes the truck, please follow him, and the cop asks "What is he doing?"....are you kidding me?!!! I told him, and said, if you follow him for 5 minutes, you will see how he is driving...he is getting away! So the cop pulls away and goes a different way than the truck, we decide to follow the truck some more, and the cop is still driving around the parking lot of the shopping center!!!!! UNBELIEVABLE! So we follow, afraid that they are going to wreck, cop is no where in sight!! Finally, he pulls into a gas station, and we see a cop in another gas station across the street. I pull up and start telling this cop everything, and he agrees to check it out. The couple was in the store, and the cop went over there and parked behind the truck, in a parking spot, with his lights off, and waited. Finally, they came out, with beer, and they see the cop. Afraid, they pull the truck over by the payphone area and sits there, finally the cop walks over to them. Justice had FINALLY been served! I can't believe how long it took for them to track this guy down!!

We feel good that we probably saved someone's life, or at least an accident from occuring. I am considering writing a letter about those first 2 cops!! they made me soooo MAD!!!

You try to do something good, and possibly save an accident or worse from happening, and this is how they treat us?! URGH!

(sorry so long)

 

NaviGirl,

That's amazing. No offense to anyone on this board but it seems that a lot of those charged with serving and protecting are doing neither these days. I agree you should write a letter but I doubt it would do any good to write one to the local sheriff or police captain. I would write it to the local paper and send a copy to the mayor.

Ya done good!

Mike

 

Excellent job NaviGirl…

That reminds me of a similar incident I encountered about a year ago. I and a good friend that races with me are driving home one night. As I am driving I see what looks like someone weaving all over the road behind me. I see his head lights going back and forth. He gets a little closer and he is driving in the other lane. It is a two lane road, so this nut is driving on into oncoming traffic. I get my friend to call 911 on my cell phone to get someone out there quickly before this guy creams head on into someone innocent.

The road we are on is like 45mph, anyway we get someone on the phone and they say they will send a trooper out our way to follow this guy. Now at this time we are in Maine. We tell them what road we are on and which way we are headed, which was towards New Hampshire. Well as we are still driving I am slowing down to see if I can get this guy to slow down. Nope he just hauls @ss right past me in the wrong lane. Now we see a car coming and this moron is not moving from what I guess he believes is the fast lane.

I speed up, well over the speed limit and start flashing my high beams as fast as I can to warn on coming traffic. Luckily the on coming car gets the message because they drive over into the dirt and this guy never moves. Now we still have someone from 911 on the phone and my friend tells them what happen, and they say the trooper is on the way. This is about 10 minutes into it, so I yell out “Tell the sumbitch to pack up his F’en donuts and get his @ss here NOW!”.

After another few minutes the lady on the phone tells my buddy they have notified the New Hampshire trooper since the other one can not cross into New Hampshire since he is a Maine trooper and not in actual following the suspect. We are both like WTF?. Now we are in New Hampshire and, of course, there is another trooper on the way. I again make my last statement about the donuts.

Well after almost creaming another on coming car I ask my friend if he is ok with me trying to throw a block on this guy and maybe force him to pull over. Mind you we both race pro-stocks. My friend gets a BIG grin and says “go for it” I speed up to over take this moron and he try’s to run me off the road, not a good idea because now I am pissed he tried to scratch my truck.

I get in front and swerve in front of him and start hitting my brakes to get him to either slow down or pull over. He just hits his high beams. So another 10 minutes have gone by, and by the grace of God no one innocent has died yet. We are now about 10 minutes from the 2 way road turning into the turnpike (freeway) speeds of 65mph and very busy this time of night.

I just know if they don’t get there before this road turns into the turnpike someone is going to die, I don’t give a crap about the drunk, but do about someone innocent. I take the phone and tell the lady “You have ONLY 3 minutes to get someone here now or I am going to TAKE THIS MORON OUT!!!!”

She ask “What are you going to do shoot him?” My friend and I are like WTF? I said NO, I am going to spin him out into the ditch, he may or may not flip his truck, but I am not concerned for him.

She tells me if I do that I would face charges. So I tell her “I don’t give a ******* about facing charges, I am more worried a family, someone’s child etc is going to get hurt bad or killed. So I tell her “You have 1 minute for someone to get here OR ELSE THIS GUYS IS TOAST!!!!!”

My friend has a grin so huge I have never seen one that big. He is like screw it take him out. Just as he says that 2 troopers go hauling @ss past me and nail the bastard. We stop, and watch.

The guy in the truck was SO DRUNK when he got out he fell to the ground and then couldn’t stand up. After the troopers were done they came over to get statements and lets us know this guy was really drunk, more then they had seen before.

Moral of the story:

Late at night, say after 8:00 ALL donut shops should be closed to ALL police and state troopers…