I am living in North Idaho and actually having a somewhat of a bad day already when.... I am driving to school and go to get on the freeway and as soon as I was on the on-ramp, I could see the trafic was backed up. So I see the fast lane moving faster than the slow which was about 15 to 20 mph. I get my self into the fast lane logically thinking here.

Then about 1/16 of a mile ahead was a state trooper parked on the Left side of the feeway, their lights were flashing but they were doing nothing. This was the sole cause of the trafic build up and traffic being made compacted. They were on the wrong side of the road for having previously pulled anyone else over. When I went by, their lights quit flashing and they merged with the trafic one car behind me, so there was a car between them and I.

I proceeded like a good law abiding citizen and did break no laws like speeding or wreckless driving. Then when it came time for me to merge right into the trafic the state police had made thick, I saw an opening about three car lengths span. It was the only spot at the time, so I gave a good signal about 4 seconds then merged into the right hand lane. I then proceeded to brake slightly to put space between myself and the car in front of me. The car behind did the same, of course. Nothing new here, right, well I get off on the off ramp and I get pulled over.

I ask the officer what am I being pulled over for. He said, I'll tell you I have been following you for over two miles, ( but I was breaking no law not speeding, nothing) he said that I made an unsafe lane change because the car behind you had to use his brakes when you merged (well, duh, I had to use my brakes after I merged to adjust length). They actually told me they had followed me for over two miles, but I warant no following at all. I believe this is a nasty reaction to a political letter I wrote and emailed to the white house. The only thing they could have against me is my political activity, letting them hear the truth from my mouth. I am no criminal but I am one of the Ones willing to die for my Freedom and hate what the establishment of this government has become.

Kinda makes one laugh when I stop and think, I got set up for a petty trafic ticket. This could of been quota driven but I am thinking not because they told me they were following me. If they are watching this just makes me put more of my attension to politics now. The problem is, I am young early thirties and want to study science right now not politics. I will do what I must though and if the country is in mortal danger then I must deal with that first. It just pisses me off.

Anyone else get treated like this let me know. Last fact this was a tight merge but never was anyone in any danger. Lets hear what you have to say!!!

[edit on 21-10-2009 by Angel One]

It sounds like a bs reason to pull you over if all is as you described. Of course, from his vantage point it may have looked different / more dangerous. Also, I think you're being overly paranoid about his reason for tailing you. Police will often follow someone while they run plate numbers to see if you've got warrants or the car is stolen - it's happened to me numerous times.

[edit on 10/21/2009 by bagari]

I suppose the police just love to enforce the law to such a strict degree these days.

Maybe the officer reads ATS to much and thought you were an alien coming to advance disclosure and pulled you over!

ive been done plenty of times its nothing to get annoyed about in my eyes, just cops being cops

I think I was set up for a bus ticket once.
I was at the bus station and a guy came over to me and said, hey buddy, were are you going? I replied, what business is it of yours. He said, calm down buddy I sell the bus tickets, where are you going?.
Bam! Just like- that I had a bus ticket.
Didn't see it coming. Even though I needed a bus, had a large back pack and I was traveling interstate. How they set me up, I'll never know. But they were good. How did they even know I would be at the bus stop?
Even the Bus driver knew I had a ticket because he asked me to show it to him when I got on.
What a scam.
I must have counted over 30 people that got on the bus. All set up like me.

i'd chill out a bit. yea, i've been pulled over for something i thought i didn't do, but it happens to everyone.

the space you described that you merged to could be seen as an unsafe merge. and the car behind you put on their brakes because you made them. you decreased their 3 car lengths. then decreased the 3 car lengths of the guy behind them..and then the guy behind them who was fiddling with his cell phone, and bam thats how pile ups happen.

if you were planning on getting off the highway that soon, you should've stayed in the slower lanes anyways. it wouldn't of hurt you, and you probably took the same amount of time anyways because you were pulled over.

and saying it's because you sent a letter to the white house..no sir. odds are either a) they havent gotten to your little letter yet, or b) they never intended to read it. and they'd have you watched by a higher agency

You should drive in a city like Fresno, California once. 4-6 lane freeways merging with 2 other freeways, people flying 70-85 miles an hour. Merging on these raceways is FUN. Cops do not pull you over their, they wait for you to leave the freeway. If they did they could cause 100's of cars to pile.

LA is just a parking lot about 10 hours a day. God am I glad I am out of any metro area.One of the last ones I was in, was in your neck of the woods. Boise, Idaho. Last fall, construction all over, what a cluster-#.

Yes the police are on a frenzy of writing tickets. Cops are the modern day equivalent of the King's tax collectors.

I always wondered how much money our government makes on all of the under the table tax collections. Like licensing, registrations, tickets, tariffs, etc etc. I have tried to research it but it is buried in bureaucratic red tape. Almost impossible to research.

[edit on 10/22/2009 by endisnighe]

Originally posted by Angel One
I am living in North Idaho and actually having a somewhat of a bad day already when.... I am driving to school and go to get on the freeway and as soon as I was on the on-ramp, I could see the trafic was backed up. So I see the fast lane moving faster than the slow which was about 15 to 20 mph. I get my self into the fast lane logically thinking here.

Then about 1/16 of a mile ahead was a state trooper parked on the Left side of the feeway, their lights were flashing but they were doing nothing. This was the sole cause of the trafic build up and traffic being made compacted. They were on the wrong side of the road for having previously pulled anyone else over. When I went by, their lights quit flashing and they merged with the trafic one car behind me, so there was a car between them and I.

I proceeded like a good law abiding citizen and did break no laws like speeding or wreckless driving. Then when it came time for me to merge right into the trafic the state police had made thick, I saw an opening about three car lengths span. It was the only spot at the time, so I gave a good signal about 4 seconds then merged into the right hand lane. I then proceeded to brake slightly to put space between myself and the car in front of me. The car behind did the same, of course. Nothing new here, right, well I get off on the off ramp and I get pulled over.

I ask the officer what am I being pulled over for. He said, I'll tell you I have been following you for over two miles, ( but I was breaking no law not speeding, nothing) he said that I made an unsafe lane change because the car behind you had to use his brakes when you merged (well, duh, I had to use my brakes after I merged to adjust length). They actually told me they had followed me for over two miles, but I warant no following at all. I believe this is a nasty reaction to a political letter I wrote and emailed to the white house. The only thing they could have against me is my political activity, letting them hear the truth from my mouth. I am no criminal but I am one of the Ones willing to die for my Freedom and hate what the establishment of this government has become.

Kinda makes one laugh when I stop and think, I got set up for a petty trafic ticket. This could of been quota driven but I am thinking not because they told me they were following me. If they are watching this just makes me put more of my attension to politics now. The problem is, I am young early thirties and want to study science right now not politics. I will do what I must though and if the country is in mortal danger then I must deal with that first. It just pisses me off.

Anyone else get treated like this let me know. Last fact this was a tight merge but never was anyone in any danger. Lets hear what you have to say!!!

[edit on 21-10-2009 by Angel One]

yeah like others have said i really doubt this was because of the letters you wrote.He just thought you did something dangerous is all.Just doing his job.