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by kube-system 35 days ago
Do you think that would change their mind? An officer who thinks it is okay to pull over the banana car just to take a look at it probably would not blame any other officer for doing it.
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I don't know why cops think it's ok to randomly pull over cars just to look at them. They cause a ton of legal liability for their cities and departments by doing it, luckily most people with cool or interesting cars don't seem to mind too much.
I drive a non-sporty sedan from early 2000s. It isn't a "cool" car by any means, although due to various reasons, I drive around typically at 1 AM.

Over the 5 years I've been driving. I've been pulled over maybe 30 times. In Australia they always collect a sample of your breath, ask where your heading, sometimes a drug test.

I've never been pulled over for any driving infringement. It has always been because 1AM is "suspicious".

It is a waste of my time and their time. We have neighbors who just moved in and every item was stolen in the house on the week of their move in. They called the police and not a single police officer showed up at the house. None of their items were ever recovered. It's hard to have respect for police when they try their hardest to not do anything which requires an ounce of thinking or investigating.

Stopping a driver at 1AM gives the cops a better chance at "solving a crime".