I had a dancer in my car last night, driving her and a mutual friend back to her place about 1 am last night. Driving along Matheson and my cell phone rang. The law has changed and driving without a handsfree is technically illegal, so I pulled onto a side street and stopped to take the call.
Not 45 seconds into the call, a Peel Regional cruiser comes up and the lights go on.
I get off the phone, out of the car and walk back to the cruiser to see what the issue is. The cops bounces out of the car, had on his weapon and orders me back to my car. I very nicely ask again, what is the problem and I am again told to return to my car. After I get back into the car, the cop approaches and demands all the paperwork. Again, I ask why I am being stopped. He once more demands my license etc. I hand it over and he asks why I am stopped. I tell him that the phone rang and I wanted to take the call without driving.
Cop looks at me and wanders back to the cruiser. He comes back and starts the 20 question game, where were you, where are you going, were you drinking, how was the food blah blah blah.
If I am going to have to report to the Peel Regional Police every damn time I get a phone call, I will be pissed.
Oh, and the cops justification for all the drama? He just wanted to know if I needed any help.
Not 45 seconds into the call, a Peel Regional cruiser comes up and the lights go on.
I get off the phone, out of the car and walk back to the cruiser to see what the issue is. The cops bounces out of the car, had on his weapon and orders me back to my car. I very nicely ask again, what is the problem and I am again told to return to my car. After I get back into the car, the cop approaches and demands all the paperwork. Again, I ask why I am being stopped. He once more demands my license etc. I hand it over and he asks why I am stopped. I tell him that the phone rang and I wanted to take the call without driving.
Cop looks at me and wanders back to the cruiser. He comes back and starts the 20 question game, where were you, where are you going, were you drinking, how was the food blah blah blah.
If I am going to have to report to the Peel Regional Police every damn time I get a phone call, I will be pissed.
Oh, and the cops justification for all the drama? He just wanted to know if I needed any help.
, but I've calmed down now...) and I just always pull over, put my 4 way flashers on and gather my license, registration and insurance documents in the few minutes it takes for the officer to get to the side of my car. You know they are going to ask for that stuff anyway, so I just get it ready.
