Ok, here's the voice of reason coming in, so get ready to hate me.
Yeah, lots of cops are dicks, but the lousy ones make a bad name for the officers that actually DO their job, and don't just write up tickets. I would imagine the most incomptent cops are stuck on traffic duty.
And yes, I think its OK and perfectly understandable to have the mean old police officer break up your street racing (I say this when I used to go every weekend), because whether you like it or it, it IS illegal, and people DO get hurt. Not usually because of Mustang euthansists, but stupid ricers running around doing risky burnouts or pulling the e-brake too close to other people. Either way, many unfortunate times has it PROVEN itself dangerous,.and therefore I can't look down on them for breaking it up,especially when they usually just tell us to get going instead of handing out stupid tickets. I considered myself lucky when that happened, not like my "civil rights" were being violated
Sky, I regret that the cops in your area haven't been doing their job, but the average person will rag on the police when they get a ticket, then call them the minute they need assistance, and expect them to show up ASAP.
I think a career in law enforcement is probably one of the most thankless professions...having to respond to domestic violence calls, deadly traffic accidents, or some other emergency call---just to be called "pigs" by the public. Sure, some of them ARE pigs, purposefully picking on V8s and handing out worthless tickets, but some actually do their job, and I think sometimes people forget that
