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Originally Posted by Christ
I just read this a different way, as well...
I wasn't really sure why the cop was pulling me over, so it never occurred to me to show him that my brake lights did, in fact, work.
That's one of those times where a little more information probably would have eased the situation a bit, eh?
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He had a perfectly reasonable reason to pull you over based on his observations. Honestly, how many people engine brake with the engine off? How often do you run into someone using this to effectively engine brake a car at the same rate as mechanical brakes? Basically never. He followed you for some time to observe your car slowing down quick enough and with out brake lights to suspect that you had no tail lights. Looking at it from his perspective, completely and totally understandable. Now, of course like any person, he didn't want to exactly admit defeat after being proven wrong, but as you said both attitudes could've been different.