airmax617

So I get to my dorm room saturday and have a message on my machine. "Hi this is the Officer blah blah blah from the PD. We have received complaints about your driving habits. Please call us back at blah blah blah to discuss the matter."

I call them back and ask to speak to the person that called me. The guy goes, "oh yea that was me." He goes on to ask me if i was travelling on a street around here at around 5. I reply that I don't remember but I was driving around so i might've been there. Apparently some lady thought i cut her off and called the police. WTF?!?! This is what happened. I had to get over a lane to get into this one lane intersection. I don't know the area well so i didn't merge ahead of time. I get to where i need to merge, show my signal, and attempt to merge. None of the *******s want to let me in and this woman decides to peel out and tailgate just so i dont get in. I hit the pedal a bit and merged in front of her, not cutting her off at all, just merging fast. The bitch went crazy and started honking and flashing me. She called the cops and reported me as cutting everyone off and driving aggresively.

My question is...how the hell did the cops find my dorm phone number (my car is registered with the university under my name but the car is in my mom's name at home, this occured off university property)? What right do they have to call me up and complain about my driving habits when they didn't witness anything?

Anyway, the cop conversation ended with me asking him "Ok...i don't remember cutting anyone off. I might've merged over but that's legal. So what now?" The response was "well the lady didn't want to come in for a statement, and i didnt see it so i can't give you a ticket. I just want to warn you and thank you for calling back."

Could he actually have given me a ticket if that bitch came in for a statement?? What the hell i feel violated.

Sorry for the rant it just pissed me off and i wanted some opinions.

Kgnast-Nemo4.2

Not that it would stick

Ming rings in Minn

The Officer admitted that...even if the person makes a statement, they can't write you a ticket.

What they can do is use it as an excuse to pull you over and check every dang thing on your car.... including you, but unless the officer finds something wrong, or see you do something himself, no ticket... at least in MN.

chairman

It seems like a form of road rage let it go. She'll get hers some day.

airmax617

that's the problem...it's a small freakin city, i don't want to be blacklisted and get tint tickets

slimmn

Even if she file complaint, it's still her word against yours. Can't be proven, IMHO.

Uncle Castro

Now if 5 people called in on the same incident and said someone was driving recklessly, they would (and should) get in trouble.

Cargasm2.7

Exactly, it's highbrow road rage...let it slide.

riverdude4.2

I think some people have the cops on speed dial on their cellphones and call at the slightest provocation. I live in a small town/rural area and became a "known" entity. My car sticks out like a sore thumb amid the pickups and SUV's. The sheriffs would stop on the road behind my house and stare at me while I was washing it. Other times they would hit their radar even if I was stopped just to screw with me because they knew I had a radar detector. Fortunately, they've found something better to do with there time lately.