Except at night visibility is considerably reduced. At least it was in
the car with tinted windows I got to drive at night a couple of times. I
could see much less than I could with my own cars.

"Fred G. Mackey" <do@not.spam> said in rec.autos.driving:

I don't, but cops sure do.

Personally, my concern is your ability to see out, not my ability to
see in.

Um, because it's illegal? (I'm talking about the front windows, of
course).

That says it all right there.

What's illegal about my Corvette?

If you live in America, the cops need "Probable Cause" to make a
legitimate stop. Driving in a certain public location is NOT probable
cause, no matter what the black-clad thug in uniform tells you.

If you open up your yap and say the wrong words you will be cuffed
and stuffed, so here is good old uncle Hardpans' 12-step advice
lesson in dealing with unwarranted police stops while driving in a
motor vehicle on public roads.

1. Be polite to the officer at all times, unless s/he becomes abusive.
Stay rational no matter what he says or does. Remember s/he is not
YOUR attorney and s/he doesn't know all of the "laws" that have been
passed by your congress-critters anymore then you do.

Hell, s/he might even be one of the very few *good* honest police
officers that is actually just doing his job, so watch your manners.  

2. Don't make any sudden moves or you can end up with a cocked
and locked 9mm Glock pointed at your mug. There are plenty of
people that are dead and buried due to "Blue Suicide" (unless,
of course, that's the way you want to die).

Hey, to each his own, I always say <bg>  

3. Ask the officer why you were stopped. Keep asking if you can leave
are you free to go. If the cops says no, ask why not. Again and again!

4. Do not answer ANY questions about where you were going or where
you came from, particularly if you did nothing wrong and know that you
are legal and the heat doesn't have a case to stand on.

This isn't Nazi Germany where you are asked for your papers, or a
Luger is drawn and you are shot on the spot for refusing to speak,
at least not yet :-(

5. Don't volunteer to take the "sobriety walk" if you are sober. Tell
the gun-toting SOB you want a urine or blood test for alcohol in your
system.  "Don't drop a dime and don't walk *their* line!". They can
claim you stumbled or tipped and haul you off to jail, even if you are
sober as a church mouse.

6. If the officer calls in backup (another officer or three or six)
you are now perceived as a danger (most modern-day cops are quite
cowardly to say the least) or they want more witnesses and guns on
hips to scare you into spilling the beans, if any.  

More then likely you are with someone else who can be used as
a witness in a courtroom and the donut-munchers needs some cover when
they perjure themselves in court (you _did_ know that cops routinely
lie in court, as a rule of thumb, didn't you?).

Just ask any criminal defense attorney who hasn't worked as a
deputy DA, (meaning s/he covered for the police) if you don't
believe it.

7. If the cops want to search your car _ALWAYS_ say "NO", and say
it often. If that crooked cop plants something in your car to book you
with, you just gave up your rights protecting you from illegal search,
in a court of "law" if you say "OK" or "go ahead".

8. If the coffee-addled, badge-wearing government-paid marksman
wants permission to search your trunk (or your toolbox/camper-shell in
a pickup) always say "NO"!

In some instances and states police are allowed  to search the
immediate passenger compartment, but _NOT_ the trunk or other
place out of reach to the occupants, unless they have PC, which
they usually don't have. They need a warrant to search without your
go-ahead.

Again, NEVER give any permission to do so no matter what they say.

9. A cop can _legally_ lie his or her head off about what they
"Have On You", but often this is a pretence or a flat-out lie. Its a
scare tactic to use you to "confess" yourself right into a jail-cell.

DONT FALL FOR IT !

Just remain quiet, polite and rational and do not give up your right
to remain silent. You don't need to be talking to these badge-wearing,
constitutional-law hating, cowardly donut thieves anyway, do you?  

Also, it doesn't hurt to put a "what kind of an idiot do you think I
am" look on your face when these six-pack beer-swilling, pork-rind
chomping goons pull that old trick out of the hat, however. They cat
cite you for that, at least not yet.

10. If the fuzz does decide to cuff and stuff you, just remember that
they are nowadays a highly unionized, heavily militarized (SWAT)
agents of the government, who are often enforcing unconstitutional
laws; the same Constitution they took an oath to uphold and defend.

IOW, they are hypocrites. Nothing on this earth is worse then then a
hypocrite! Nothing!

11.If you *are* arrested, by doing a few hours in jail and perhaps
spending thousands of your hard-earned dollars defending yourself
from the onslaught of the cops' partners-in-crime, the District
Attorneys' office, you will have been doing what every American
should be doing: upholding the valid constitutional laws and ignoring
the rest.

12. Lastly, always remember that the police are flawed, defective
human creatures, like all of us and many, if not most police officers
are guilty of mild to very serious crimes, either very recently or in
their pasts. The police "accidentally" kill innocent people all the
time and are NOT held accountable in most cases.  

The point really is that no matter the nice uniform, the shiny badge
or the big gun is, this man-ape standing before you is no better then
you are, and probably much, much worse, as defective human
killer-apes go.

The homicide and suicide rates, as well as so-called "disabilty"
claims (s/he stubbed a toe while in hot pursuit) are the _very_
highest amongst the members (and former members) of the
human-swine club, not to mention the criminal activities they they
are often involved up to their flat-footed snoots in, all too often.

Don't give the bastards any ammunition to use against you in a court
of so-called "law"! Shut your damn mouth, remember everything and
everyone involved, write it down and then find a good attorney.  

Remember: "JUST SAY "NO" to the police!!!  
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No free man shall ever be de-barred the use of arms.

                           -Thomas Jefferson