Cop-basher is just whining because he got caught

Cop-basher

is just whining because he got caught

St. Patrick's Day is

usually always a good, happy day for my family and me,

especially being of Irish decent. I left work on time and

decided to take I-285 to get home as quickly as possible.

I knew that day that there was a good chance that I would

exceed the speed limit. I, like most everyone else on the

highway that evening, was going over the speed limit. As

I passed through the Camp Creek overpass, two things

became very obvious to me. One, I was breaking the law

and two, I was busted. Sitting on the side of the highway

was a cop with his radar gun looking directly at me.

Needless to say I received a ticket, my first for

speeding, which I deserved.

I finally get home and

explain to my wife why I was late, and was handed your

newspaper. Maybe I should have read this before I went to

work. Maybe then I would have realized that police are

stalkers, just waiting to give us tickets and pull us

over because they have nothing better to do. I read the

story about the Peachtree City Police Department in

disgust. The man who wrote the editor is purely crying

like a baby because he got caught. Then, with all his

might he finds a way to blame the police for his

speeding?

How much about the police

have we heard from this guy before he got caught? Does

anyone every write to praise the police for doing a good

job?

It sounds to me that this

man is one of many these days that is able to find that

it must be someone else's fault for them doing something

wrong. The word is responsibility! It is something that

we should all teach our children. It would be interesting

to see how many "unsafe" people were taken off

the roads of Peachtree City after they were caught

"unjustly" speeding. How many were actually

found "unjustly" speeding? For example, how

many drunk drivers, reckless drivers or even possible

criminals, have been caught simply because they were

pulled over for speeding. Imagine if some speeder was

going through your neighborhood and hit a child. We would

surely hear, "How come the police let these people

drive so fast around our neighborhood! Why don't the

police do something about it!"

The way I see it, many

people today feel the need to point blame for anything

around that does not go their way. In this situation, the

police are being blamed for our need to exceed the speed

limits. Speed limits are established for a reason.

On a personal note, I've

lost a cousin from a drunk driver that was speeding down

the wrong way of a street. I just wish that one of these

"harassing" Peachtree City police officers was

around at that time to notice his driving! My entire

family was involved in a car accident because a

16-year-old driver was speeding through an intersection.

People are killed everyday simply because people exceed

the speed limit.

In closing, grow up! If you

decide to exceed the speed limit, then you have to

realize that you are breaking the law and you deserve to

get a ticket if you get caught. That isn't all that hard

to understand. If you were to brake down on the side of

the road, you would also get assistance from these same

"harassing "police officers. Did you ever write

an appreciation letter - I don't think so.

Jeffrey L. Sharkey

Peachtree City