Hi Glenn you are indeed right, but sadly your inference is way off the mark...and normally I wouldn't respond, however this time I'll share it with you, it wasn't particularly pleasant...

My ex who happens to be bipolar tried to kill me three times... and even though I had restraining orders and am not a violent man.. on one occasion she attacked me with a full double bottle of wine with two witnesses present I didn't retaliate...did have a huge bruise, she was arrested.. for a whole four hours.. I have had officers in my house while she was making one abusive call after another ( actually that time there were nine) they did nothing...I was told that men attack women not the other way round...then she threaten to shoot me with a 9mm gun, ... I was told that was not her style!! then she broke in umpteen times...

mind you it did take four officers, mace and a straight jacket to haul her off one day... now a number of years later she is at large with four warrants, (two for driving under the influence), one for totaling her car on some poor old age pensioner and one a felony warrant, ( for persistent offending) they know where she is and guess what nothing is done... you wonder why, I wonder why you spend time dishing out silly tickets..??? instead of catching people that are a danger to themselves and others..!!!!

As a further aside your comment about riding with you is very wise, my brother (an award winning journalist in England) did just that when he ran two radio stations over one christmas period, his broadcasts reduced the number of drink drivers that year and convinced all that knew him to never drink and drive again...me included!

Now I wouldn't mind you pulling over all those drivers that fail to signal properly or cut you up or weave around lanes...or sit on your tail....in fact why not make them go back to driver training, might make all the roads a tad safer..

Anyway no hard feelings, you have a tough job at the best of times, I wouldn't want to try and do it..

Chris