Police mistrust
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I suppose your feeling towards cops varies upon where you are. In Austin, the cops are pretty cool. I've gotten off with a warning for going 20 over and another time for blatantly going through a red light. Both instances were at 4am with no other cars on the road.
I can appreciate cops who know when someone's not endangering anybody else and they know it, and they just want to get home. I explained that I had just gotten off of work and I'd slow it down. Of course, in the county just to the north of here, I'd get my ass handed to me for both of those infractions and I'd probably be bitter about it.
It's really all about what kind of daily interaction you have with the police, I suppose, but even still, I like to keep a healthy skepticism about the people in authority. The only real oversight they have is from us, the citizenry, so it's important to not put too much faith in people, as they have a habit of disappointing you.
Think you're pretty clever...

