Rat Man wrote on Sep 1
st, 2019 at 2:24pm:
Once I was driving down one of our New Jersey highways, 295, in my Cable TV work van. I was in the passing lane passing some slow moving vehicles. I looked in my rear view and there was a car glued to my rear bumper as close as I've ever seen someone tailgate before. I spend up and put on my turn signal to indicate that I was getting over into the middle lane so he could pass me. I expected this would get the jerk off of my ass but he stayed glued to my rear bumper. We were traveling much to fast for me to safely give him a break check. I got past the slower traffic, pulled into the middle lane, and flipped the jerk the bird as he passed by. To my surprise it was a state cop. He was so close to my rear bumper that I couldn't see his strobe lights (which weren't on). The shelf in my truck blocked my view of them. He pulled up next to me and gave me the evil eye. From the shocked look on my face he must have figured out that I had no idea he was a Statey. He sped off and left me to stuff my heart back into my chest. Had he given me a ticket I would have fought it in court no matter how useless such and endeavor might have proven. He was driving recklessly for no apparent reason. Anyway it ended well..
Technically, at least in America, you can say or offend a cop in any way you choose and they can't legally do anything. A police officer is not legally allowed to be offended by a citizen. Now of course, we know in the real world they can and will find all sorts of false reasons to cite you if you do, but you were within your rights to do so. I'm glad it ended well for you though.