A trucker, Brian Miner, caught an Illinois state trooper speeding while talking on his cell phone on a wet road. Miner used his horn to pull him over.
The trooper pulls over and when the trooper confronts Miner, he threatens to write him a ticket for unlawful use of a horn.
Miner tells the trooper that he’s being recorded, and the trooper then goes back to his squad car with his information.
Suddenly, the officer has a very obvious (and very immediate) change of heart; he decides to not write a ticket and even does something to help Miner. He records the stop as a safety inspection with no violations, which may just earn the driver some brownie points with his company.
Maybe it is sometimes a good idea to record your encounters with the police…