How To Stay Alive 101

Sparky2 · Sep 25, 2016

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

As we near the end of the semester, I thought I would administer a pop-quiz, just to see how well you have retained the information we have taken in over the past few weeks.
Now, now, it's not that big a deal.
You are all very bright and perceptive men and women, and i'm sure you'll do fine on this retention-quiz.

Here we go;

Question 1: You are pulled over for speeding, and you sit behind the wheel of your car as the police officer in his squad car runs your tag to check for outstanding warrants and/or the possibility that you are driving a stolen car. Clearly, everything is okay, because the officer doesn't call for back-up. He approaches your vehicle from the driver's side, and requests to see your driver's license, registration, and proof of insurance. What do you do?
a. Comply with the cop's instructions to the letter. Hand him the requested documents, and return your hands to the steering wheel at the ten o'clock and the two o'clock position.
b. Lip-off to the cop, and call him rude names.
c. Lunge suddenly for some unknown object in the glove box.
d. Attempt to grab the police officer's side-arm and shoot him with it.

Question 2: You are walking down the middle of the street with one of your associates. A police officer in a squad car pulls up next to you and requests that the two of you get out of the middle of the street and make your way to the nearby sidewalk. What do you do?
a. Comply with the cop's instructions to the letter. Walk over to the nearby sidewalk and continue on about your business.
b. Lip-off to the cop, and call him rude names.
c. Lunge suddenly for some unknown object in your trousers.
d. Attempt to grab the police officer's side-arm and shoot him with it.

Question 3: You are downtown at around one in the morning. There are demonstrations going on, and you are hanging out in the fringes of a large crowd of people, many of whom are destroying parked cars, breaking shop windows, and looting merchandise. Several cops in riot gear show up, and request that you move on peaceably and return to your homes. What do you do?
a. Comply with the cop's instructions to the letter. Walk away quietly and head on to the house.
b. Lip-off to the cops, and call them rude names.
c. Lunge suddenly for some unknown object in your trousers.
d. Attempt to grab the nearest police officer's side-arm and shoot the as many cops as you can with it.

Okay, remember now that the title of this course of instruction is How To Stay Alive 101.
How will you answer each of the questions above?
HINT; There is only one correct answer, and it's the same for all three questions.

Good luck, and please use your logic, reason, and common sense as you endeavor to suss-out the correct response.

ttwtt78640 · Sep 25, 2016

Except for question #3, I generally agree with complying with the police officer's suggestion. Why would police ignore dealing with those currently in the act of committing crimes to "advise" those not breaking any law to go home?

ocean515 · Sep 25, 2016

Sparky2 said:
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

As we near the end of the semester, I thought I would administer a pop-quiz, just to see how well you have retained the information we have taken in over the past few weeks.
Now, now, it's not that big a deal.
You are all very bright and perceptive men and women, and i'm sure you'll do fine on this retention-quiz.

Here we go;

Question 1: You are pulled over for speeding, and you sit behind the wheel of your car as the police officer in his squad car runs your tag to check for outstanding warrants and/or the possibility that you are driving a stolen car. Clearly, everything is okay, because the officer doesn't call for back-up. He approaches your vehicle from the driver's side, and requests to see your driver's license, registration, and proof of insurance. What do you do?
a. Comply with the cop's instructions to the letter. Hand him the requested documents, and return your hands to the steering wheel at the ten o'clock and the two o'clock position.
b. Lip-off to the cop, and call him rude names.
c. Lunge suddenly for some unknown object in the glove box.
d. Attempt to grab the police officer's side-arm and shoot him with it.

Question 2: You are walking down the middle of the street with one of your associates. A police officer in a squad car pulls up next to you and requests that the two of you get out of the middle of the street and make your way to the nearby sidewalk. What do you do?
a. Comply with the cop's instructions to the letter. Walk over to the nearby sidewalk and continue on about your business.
b. Lip-off to the cop, and call him rude names.
c. Lunge suddenly for some unknown object in your trousers.
d. Attempt to grab the police officer's side-arm and shoot him with it.

Question 3: You are downtown at around one in the morning. There are demonstrations going on, and you are hanging out in the fringes of a large crowd of people, many of whom are destroying parked cars, breaking shop windows, and looting merchandise. Several cops in riot gear show up, and request that you move on peaceably and return to your homes. What do you do?
a. Comply with the cop's instructions to the letter. Walk away quietly and head on to the house.
b. Lip-off to the cops, and call them rude names.
c. Lunge suddenly for some unknown object in your trousers.
d. Attempt to grab the nearest police officer's side-arm and shoot the as many cops as you can with it.

Okay, remember now that the title of this course of instruction is How To Stay Alive 101.
How will you answer each of the questions above?
HINT; There is only one correct answer, and it's the same for all three questions.

Good luck, and please use your logic, reason, and common sense as you endeavor to suss-out the correct response.

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Common sense is not allowed in a PC world. The failure rate for many who have already taken this test highlights that reality.

Sparky2 · Sep 25, 2016

ttwtt78640 said:
Except for question #3, I generally agree with complying with the police officer's suggestion. Why would police ignore dealing with those currently in the act of committing crimes to "advise" those not breaking any law to go home?

Usually so that those not busy looting and destroying will be given the opportunity to leave peaceably.
To allow those on the fringes to remain there only puts them in greater danger, once the tear-gas and pepper spray comes into play.

Casper · Sep 25, 2016

Sparky2 said:
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

As we near the end of the semester, I thought I would administer a pop-quiz, just to see how well you have retained the information we have taken in over the past few weeks.
Now, now, it's not that big a deal.
You are all very bright and perceptive men and women, and i'm sure you'll do fine on this retention-quiz.

Here we go;

Question 1: You are pulled over for speeding, and you sit behind the wheel of your car as the police officer in his squad car runs your tag to check for outstanding warrants and/or the possibility that you are driving a stolen car. Clearly, everything is okay, because the officer doesn't call for back-up. He approaches your vehicle from the driver's side, and requests to see your driver's license, registration, and proof of insurance. What do you do?
a. Comply with the cop's instructions to the letter. Hand him the requested documents, and return your hands to the steering wheel at the ten o'clock and the two o'clock position.
b. Lip-off to the cop, and call him rude names.
c. Lunge suddenly for some unknown object in the glove box.
d. Attempt to grab the police officer's side-arm and shoot him with it.

Question 2: You are walking down the middle of the street with one of your associates. A police officer in a squad car pulls up next to you and requests that the two of you get out of the middle of the street and make your way to the nearby sidewalk. What do you do?
a. Comply with the cop's instructions to the letter. Walk over to the nearby sidewalk and continue on about your business.
b. Lip-off to the cop, and call him rude names.
c. Lunge suddenly for some unknown object in your trousers.
d. Attempt to grab the police officer's side-arm and shoot him with it.

Question 3: You are downtown at around one in the morning. There are demonstrations going on, and you are hanging out in the fringes of a large crowd of people, many of whom are destroying parked cars, breaking shop windows, and looting merchandise. Several cops in riot gear show up, and request that you move on peaceably and return to your homes. What do you do?
a. Comply with the cop's instructions to the letter. Walk away quietly and head on to the house.
b. Lip-off to the cops, and call them rude names.
c. Lunge suddenly for some unknown object in your trousers.
d. Attempt to grab the nearest police officer's side-arm and shoot the as many cops as you can with it.

Okay, remember now that the title of this course of instruction is How To Stay Alive 101.
How will you answer each of the questions above?
HINT; There is only one correct answer, and it's the same for all three questions.

Good luck, and please use your logic, reason, and common sense as you endeavor to suss-out the correct response.

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Easy test, all it takes is common sense. One comment, in Question 1, Answer a., I would not return my hands to the wheel unless the officer said to do so and have never had one ask me to do so. I found out long ago that if one is civil and complies the encounter goes more smoothly and is over faster and everyone can go on with their day. Personally I have no issue with LEO's several of my friends are in the field, LEO's are just like anyone else except that as with military they do have their own unique relationship among their select group. Treat people as you would want to be treated and the vast majority of the time they will return the favor. Never had an issue with any LEO I have run into while they were on the job, oh except the one female officer that after me allowing her to check out my truck because she and her husband were looking at getting one like it then she still wrote me a ticket for making a rolling stop at stop sign (it was 4 am, good grief already, zero traffic), a warning would have sufficed.

MaggieD · Sep 25, 2016

ttwtt78640 said:
Except for question #3, I generally agree with complying with the police officer's suggestion. Why would police ignore dealing with those currently in the act of committing crimes to "advise" those not breaking any law to go home?

Yeah, well, thinking they're SUGGESTIONS is probably a mistake...

MaggieD · Sep 25, 2016

Casper said:
Easy test, all it takes is common sense. One comment, in Question 1, Answer a., I would not return my hands to the wheel unless the officer said to do so and have never had one ask me to do so. I found out long ago that if one is civil and complies the encounter goes more smoothly and is over faster and everyone can go on with their day. Personally I have no issue with LEO's several of my friends are in the field, LEO's are just like anyone else except that as with military they do have their own unique relationship among their select group. Treat people as you would want to be treated and the vast majority of the time they will return the favor. Never had an issue with any LEO I have run into while they were on the job, oh except the one female officer that after me allowing her to check out my truck because she and her husband were looking at getting one like it then she still wrote me a ticket for making a rolling stop at stop sign (it was 4 am, good grief already, zero traffic), a warning would have sufficed.

Lolol. You're kidding, right? "Yeah, that's it. I'm thinking of buying one of these. Can I see the trunk?" Really??

Goshin · Sep 25, 2016

Sparky2 said:
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

As we near the end of the semester, I thought I would administer a pop-quiz, just to see how well you have retained the information we have taken in over the past few weeks.
Now, now, it's not that big a deal.
You are all very bright and perceptive men and women, and i'm sure you'll do fine on this retention-quiz.

Here we go;

Question 1: You are pulled over for speeding, and you sit behind the wheel of your car as the police officer in his squad car runs your tag to check for outstanding warrants and/or the possibility that you are driving a stolen car. Clearly, everything is okay, because the officer doesn't call for back-up. He approaches your vehicle from the driver's side, and requests to see your driver's license, registration, and proof of insurance. What do you do?
a. Comply with the cop's instructions to the letter. Hand him the requested documents, and return your hands to the steering wheel at the ten o'clock and the two o'clock position.
b. Lip-off to the cop, and call him rude names.
c. Lunge suddenly for some unknown object in the glove box.
d. Attempt to grab the police officer's side-arm and shoot him with it.

Question 2: You are walking down the middle of the street with one of your associates. A police officer in a squad car pulls up next to you and requests that the two of you get out of the middle of the street and make your way to the nearby sidewalk. What do you do?
a. Comply with the cop's instructions to the letter. Walk over to the nearby sidewalk and continue on about your business.
b. Lip-off to the cop, and call him rude names.
c. Lunge suddenly for some unknown object in your trousers.
d. Attempt to grab the police officer's side-arm and shoot him with it.

Question 3: You are downtown at around one in the morning. There are demonstrations going on, and you are hanging out in the fringes of a large crowd of people, many of whom are destroying parked cars, breaking shop windows, and looting merchandise. Several cops in riot gear show up, and request that you move on peaceably and return to your homes. What do you do?
a. Comply with the cop's instructions to the letter. Walk away quietly and head on to the house.
b. Lip-off to the cops, and call them rude names.
c. Lunge suddenly for some unknown object in your trousers.
d. Attempt to grab the nearest police officer's side-arm and shoot the as many cops as you can with it.

Okay, remember now that the title of this course of instruction is How To Stay Alive 101.
How will you answer each of the questions above?
HINT; There is only one correct answer, and it's the same for all three questions.

Good luck, and please use your logic, reason, and common sense as you endeavor to suss-out the correct response.

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ttwtt78640 · Sep 25, 2016

Sparky2 said:
Usually so that those not busy looting and destroying will be given the opportunity to leave peaceably.
To allow those on the fringes to remain there only puts them in greater danger, once the tear-gas and pepper spray comes into play.

The proper mission of police is to try to get criminals (roiters, arsonists and looters) to go home by using chemical agents on bystanders? No wonder so few are ever arrested for those acts.

Sparky2 · Sep 25, 2016

Goshin said:

A classic comedy bit.

Thanks for posting that!!
:lol:

Sparky2 · Sep 25, 2016

ttwtt78640 said:
The proper mission of police is to try to get criminals (roiters, arsonists and looters) to go home by using chemical agents on bystanders? No wonder so few are ever arrested for those acts.

No sir.
The mission of the police in a riot scenario is to defuse the situation, and to avoid anybody getting hurt.
Asking the people on the fringes of the crowd to return to their homes is a fairly standard practice.
Followed by ordering the rioters, looters, and law-breakers to stand-down.

If everybody cooperates, then nobody dies, and everybody gets to go home and think really hard about what the heck they were doing there in the first place.

Sparky2 · Sep 25, 2016

MaggieD said:
Lolol. You're kidding, right? "Yeah, that's it. I'm thinking of buying one of these. Can I see the trunk?" Really??

Caspar said, 'truck', as in pickup truck.

Not 'trunk', as in the cargo compartment of an automobile.

ttwtt78640 · Sep 25, 2016

MaggieD said:
Yeah, well, thinking they're SUGGESTIONS is probably a mistake...

It may also be a mistake to venture into areas further from a police presence during these times of mass lawlessness. You may be on the fringes for a very good reason - moving away from police and into the mayhem is not the wisest suggestion. Stepping aside to let police pass is reasonable - being driven by police into (toward?) the mayhem is not.

MaggieD · Sep 25, 2016

Sparky2 said:
Caspar said, 'truck', as in pickup truck.

Not 'trunk', as in the cargo compartment of an automobile.

Ohhhhhhh. As Gilda used to say....., " Never mind."

Sparky2 · Sep 25, 2016

MaggieD said:
Ohhhhhhh. As Gilda used to say....., " Never mind."

Gilda was a brilliant comedienne.
So doggone funny she was!
Not many people know that she was married to guitar player G.E. Smith, and then later on, Gene Wilder.
Her death was a tragedy.

Casper · Sep 25, 2016

MaggieD said:
Lolol. You're kidding, right? "Yeah, that's it. I'm thinking of buying one of these. Can I see the trunk?" Really??

I thought the same thing at first but the questions were all about the truck and she did not search it but sat in it and asked lots of specific questions on the truck and the handling and such. Trucks do not have a trunk, but I assume you know that. We were just shooting the breeze after she got my ID, me thinks she was bored and was a bit of a chatter box. Believe me I know when a cop is trying to pull a fast one, most people are not nearly as good at playing games as they think they are.

MaggieD · Sep 25, 2016

Casper said:
I thought the same thing at first but the questions were all about the truck and she did not search it but sat in it and asked lots of specific questions on the truck and the handling and such. Trucks do not have a trunk, but I assume you know that. We were just shooting the breeze after she got my ID, me thinks she was bored and was a bit of a chatter box. Believe me I know when a cop is trying to pull a fast one, most people are not nearly as good at playing games as they think they are.

I misread your post. Mea culpa.

Casper · Sep 25, 2016

MaggieD said:
I misread your post. Mea culpa.

No Prob, I missed that someone else had already made the point, guess I should read the replies before posting, me lazy some times.:doh

DA60 · Sep 25, 2016

Casper said:
Easy test, all it takes is common sense. One comment, in Question 1, Answer a., I would not return my hands to the wheel unless the officer said to do so and have never had one ask me to do so. I found out long ago that if one is civil and complies the encounter goes more smoothly and is over faster and everyone can go on with their day. Personally I have no issue with LEO's several of my friends are in the field, LEO's are just like anyone else except that as with military they do have their own unique relationship among their select group. Treat people as you would want to be treated and the vast majority of the time they will return the favor. Never had an issue with any LEO I have run into while they were on the job, oh except the one female officer that after me allowing her to check out my truck because she and her husband were looking at getting one like it then she still wrote me a ticket for making a rolling stop at stop sign (it was 4 am, good grief already, zero traffic), a warning would have sufficed.

So, you are a police officer and you stop a car and walk to the driver's side window. Would you rather the driver's hands were where you could clearly see them at all times or not? I certainly would.

And the best place for them is on the steering wheel.

If you agree, then if you were truly treating the cop as you wish to be treated, you would put your hands back on the wheel whether he asked you to or not.

I was engaged to a cop's daughter. Please believe me...most/all cops would rather you left your hands on the wheel.

VanceMack · Sep 25, 2016

Goshin said:

Evidence proves that these tips are classic, reliable, and apply to whites, Hispanics, blacks, martian, etc.

Casper · Sep 25, 2016

DA60 said:
So, you are a police officer and you stop a car and walk to the driver's side window. Would you rather the driver's hands were where you could clearly see them at all times or not? I certainly would.

And the best place for them is on the steering wheel.

If you agree, then if you were truly treating the cop as you wish to be treated, you would put your hands back on the wheel whether he asked you to or not.

I was engaged to a cop's daughter. Please believe me...most/all cops would rather you left your hands on the wheel.

They are there until we get done with our initial contact. No, I do not put my hands back on the wheel the entire time they are standing there, and especially not when they have gone back to their cruiser to run the deal and name. Of one asks I would be happy to comply never had one do so, guess I do not come off as a criminal.

DA60 · Sep 25, 2016

Casper said:
They are there until we get done with our initial contact. No, I do not put my hands back on the wheel the entire time they are standing there, and especially not when they have gone back to their cruiser to run the deal and name. Of one asks I would be happy to comply never had one do so, guess I do not come off as a criminal.

Well, obviously you only have your hands on the wheel when they are standing by your window...not when they are sitting in their cruiser.

So you are saying that if you were a cop you would not rather they had their hands on the wheel when you were standing beside their car?

How To Stay Alive 101

Sparky2

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ttwtt78640

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Casper

MaggieD

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Goshin

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ttwtt78640

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ttwtt78640

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