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Originally Posted by Cobb
Xist, if you are or were in the Army get your plates and military id and keep them handy to flaunt. They work just as good as being related to a cop.  |
I have long wanted Veteran plates, but when I was Active Duty, they always told us to not draw attention to ourselves, and especially not to be recognizable as Soldiers, so I traveled in my suit with a suitcase, while other Soldiers wore normal clothes, but with Army bags, and were drunk and disorderly.
When I came home from Germany and bought my dad's car, I was driving down and was caught by highway patrol at the bottom of a big hill. I apologized, explained that I just came home from a couple of years in Germany driving on the Autobahn, and was having difficulty readjusting. He asked to see my military ID and then sent me on my way.
Recently, though, I had officers thank me for my service as they wrote me up for things that I did not do.
That was awkward.