| As a proud owner of a custom hot rod
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| | about it? To be honest, I do not know the
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| truck, I have noticed two things: One, it
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| | answer, but what I do know is that custom
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| attracts a lot of good attention and two,
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| | auto enthusiasts, who actually take to
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| it attracts a lot of bad attention. I
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| | the streets once in a while in their
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| like to refer to this as "custom
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| | rides, are taking a certain risk and that
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| profiling." I bring this up because not
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| | risk doesn't end at our boys in blue
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| too long ago I was a victim of "custom
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| | either! There are those enemies of fun
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| profiling."It was a nice sunny day and I
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| | out there, that prowl upon our metal
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| was minding my own business, as well as
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| | artwork and attempt to destroy all of our
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| all of the traffic laws, driving through
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| | long hours spent in the garage busting
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| a small town when a police officer, I
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| | our knuckles. Maybe you will get off easy
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| will refer to him as Barney Fife, came
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| | and only have a cop or two harass you a
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| flying over a hill running Code 3
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| | little bit or give you a silly citation
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| (meaning sirens and lights on) and pulled
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| | on some ludicrous noise ordinance. On the
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| me over. Officer Fife told me he pulled
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| | flip side, you may come outside one
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| me over because I was violating some
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| | bright shiny morning, only to find your
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| local noise ordinance. Yeah, right. I
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| | newly painted $50,000 custom hauler
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| don't even have a ground shaking audio
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| | keyed, broken into, or worse yet...
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| system in my truck! So, now I am on my
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| | gone!Luckily for us, in my case anyway,
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| way to being a millionaire because I am
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| | the good tends to outweigh the bad. For
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| the only one who knows where you can find
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| | instance, I can't count how many times I
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| the tweeters that dispense the massive
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| | have cruised down some road in my
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| bass that ole' Barney Fife claimed he
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| | hometown and get that well-known symbol
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| heard coming from the cab of my truck. My
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| | of "good-to-go"... the thumbs up. In the
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| opinion and observation on this incident,
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| | custom world, the golden rule is to stand
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| is this: the officer saw my truck and I
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| | out and be different, but there comes
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| was stopped on the pretense of a noise
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| | responsibility with standing out...
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| ordinance, but it was actually because of
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| | especially when you are more-or-less a
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| the appearance of my truck.In this day
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| | rolling billboard for all custom auto
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| and age of modern profiling, I want other
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| | enthusiasts.For those of you that are new
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| fellow custom auto enthusiasts to realize
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| | to the custom auto world I leave you with
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| we are being profiled, not by race, but
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| | this warning: If you think it will always
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| by what we drive and how we drive it. It
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| | be fun and games, you are in for a few
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| seems that just a certain "profile" of
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| | surprises. Watch what you do while in
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| police officer, not all officers though,
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| | public with your ride, because people are
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| tend to believe every person who has a
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| | watching you and they will remember you.
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| ride with big wheels and a lowered stance
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| | Most of all, pay attention to what is
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| must be a thug of some sort. So,
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| | going on around you, because one minute
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| instantly we get the privilege and
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| | you have a nice custom ride and the next
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| humiliation of a "blue light special" on
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| | minute you will find yourself at the body
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| the off ramp or on some city street
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| | shop shelling out the Ben Franklin's
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| corner.Well, the fact of the matter is
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| | trying to fix what road rage caused.My
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| this, I know several police officers that
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| | point is this, people just need to leave
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| are also custom auto enthusiasts and
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| | people the alone and we as custom auto
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| drive the very vehicles certain police
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| | enthusiast should police up our own and
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| officers like to profile as a bad guy. I
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| | set the example, because we are being
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| am one of these guys they like to
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| | profiled like you wouldn't believe. The
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| profile, but I am not a bad guy! I served
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| | Barney Fife police officers need to stop
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| as a Military Police Officer at Camp
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| | pulling us over for lame noise
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| Pendleton in the United States Marine
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| | ordinances, especially when we are not
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| Corps for 2.5 years out of my four years
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| | hurting or bothering anyone. In the end,
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| of honorable service, so I am
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| | I guess we will just have to accept the
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| knowledgeable on traffic stops! Go
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| | bad along with the good and hope that
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| figure.So, I ask the question, how do we
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| | there is more good than bad. Get your
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| avoid bad attention? Short of putting the
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| | pleasures when you can and ignore bad
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| ride up for sale or even worse, returning
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| | cops and those devious vandals.Until next
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| it back to stock condition, how do we
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| | time... keep it legal and keep it
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| stay out of the courtroom? Do we form
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| | safe.J.R. Janicek is a former U.S. Marine
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| organizations and then tar and feather
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| | and editor of a FREE online custom auto
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| our local political figures with our
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| | enthusiast magazine.
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| letters of dismay until they do something
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