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I was once 'demanded' to empty my 'obviously overloaded' car by the side of the road by a road cop under training in a totally unmarked car.
When I point out that the load within my car maybe weighed a total of 40kg and it was just bulky (a few boxes and a duvet FFS!) and secure, and well well within what my car was registered for carrying (detailed on the plate riveted to the car by the mftr), he came out with the golden line* "it doesn't matter what the mftr reccomends, I'm standing here now, and I'm making the decision that your vehicle is overweight and unsafely loaded"*, at which point I laughed in his face uncontrollably.
His colleague/mentor in the car stepped out at this point, and then got the little twat to stand down, within a minute they were back in their car and gone.
I never managed to take badge numbers, but I did get the reg number, reported them for being ass holes and never heard anything again.
Had another pair, again unmarked car but plain cloths charge into our car park (private land) and arrest me on the spot on suspicion of twoc + handling stolen goods, as I was swapping out the wiring loom on my fiat coupe for a new loom (that would solve x number of electrical issues).
Apparently been 'spotted' by some new neighbour me 'twoccing' my own car (which I'd owned for years) from one side of the building, moving it to the other, and then over the course of 3 days stripping the entire interior out of it, changing the loom and then, mysteriously fitting the same interior back into it. Apparently thats very suspicious behaviour and I should be arrested, slammed to the ground and verbally assaulted for 20minutes for the pleasure. Hence I have borderline zero respect for popo, especially of the traffic variety.