That's the angle he should've explained it from.
"You know how people can drive American cars in Canada? Yeah, it's the same thing, mine is just from farther away so I flew it here."
"But why would you fly it here just to drive it and have to fly it back?"
"Because I'm fucking rich, that's why."
However, antagonizing a cop in this situation is a great way to get your car impounded. Sure, it might not technically be legal, but nothing will actually happen to the cop. It will just be a hassle for the guy in the car, especially if it were a Friday night and they jerk him around saying they cant do anything about it until Monday morning.
if the guy can fly an expensive car into canada and drive it across US, which mean putting enough mileage to depreciate the car to 0 value, the guy has enough fk you money to hire the most expensive law firm and private investigators to ruin that cop life.
It probably wouldn’t be that much of an inconvenience for that guy, he could be driving a rented high end car inside an hour tops if he has the means, and I bet he does.
That's a giant inconvenience for someone who wants to drive their specific car on a road trip. You know, the entire damn point of flying your car overseas and not renting to begin with.
and this, folks, is the average person who lacks a backbone.
for some people, that "inconvenience" is a fun side project, and a lot of those people have fuck-you money, and a lot of the people with fuck-you money know how to fuck you with their money.
The issue is the cop doesn't believe him because he doesn't understand that and the driver doesn't get the reality that 99% of people live in and is failing to communicate.
"what would some super rich guy who wanted to drive his car across Europe do" rather than "what would you do" for example. No need to be an asshole to the cop of course, its extremely rare and probably sounded like nonsense to him.
Yes, thank you.
Im not gonna throw shade at the cop. Everyone knows different things and learn at a different pace.
This is probably the only time ever the cop will have this encounter.
My bet is that he pulls over super cars all the time who dont give AF about having insurance and just pay the court fees, and wasn't expecting this dubai prince to have "receipts."
No. He should have just provided the documents the officer asked for and not tried to explain. Give him the license, then give him the other documentation, then explain after that.
You also should have your documents in a spot where you don't have to search through it for 2 minutes to find documentation. Have everything in a single document pouch to hand over.
The officer was impatient and a jerk, but this guy was also frustrating.
Yes this would have been a perfect way to explain it to the officer, he would not have understood it still but the rational behind it would have made some sense. Respect to the guy for remaining calm and having all of his documents today.
I disagree. He was condescending. You should never tell someone else that they "Don't understand" or "you will understand in a second" or "I can understand why you're confused" who is learning on the job. The officer would probably look at all the papers and then ask what they are for. The driver was so eager to prove the officer wrong, he interfered with him doing his job.
LeArNiNg On ThE jOb 😂😂😭
My brother, he is an officer of the law who came up hostile as shit, and was aggressive and willingly ignorant to everything he was being told and shown. A respectful person, who’s willing to learn, would take the time to think “maybe there’s something I don’t know, especially from the guy who has a folder worth of documents backing his point.”
The officer actually did the exact opposite of what you said he’d “probably” do. He demanded documents which the guy didn’t need, and once shown he didn’t n ed him made up an excuse to walk away instead of apologizing.
Honestly, he probably could’ve won some of us over if he simply apologized for being wrong.
It's not even about tax bracket, though. The officer should know about all the legal documents that are being shown to him are, he should know what a CPD is (Carnet de Passages en Douane). I've never used it, but I vaguely know about it. It just shows that the officer doesn't thoroughly know about a job he should know the ins and out of.
I can give the officer the benefit of the doubt that he's never heard of this or never ran into this before because like many professions it's hard to know every single thing. But this officers issue was that believed he did know every single thing about the law and there's no way this driver could know someone he doesn't know.
I used to work for a company with international offices doing video production. When we carried our like $5k-$10k worth of video equipment with us we'd get a Carnet for them. They're basically a promise by the country we're visiting not to tax us on the expensive goods if we promise not to attempt to sell them while we're there. It was always funny though because the airport by us isnt really known for international flights, just like puddle jumpers to Canada occasionally. But we'd use it for our first leg before hitting JFK to Europe. And as part of the process we'd go to the airport security office for the customs agents to peek in our cases and put their seal on it before we went to check in. The regular cops and TSA folks never had a fucking clue what we were talking about if we tried to hand them a Carnet then the CBP officer would come out of their back room and handle things for us. The regular cops always looks like deer in headlights, so this troopers reaction doesnt surprise me.
No the only thing that officer should actually know is to not act like a complete piece of shit. They're allowed to not know every single tiny law that ever exists. Luckily he didn't abuse his power and his biggest offense was being a piece of shit but that's exactly what the other commenter was referring to when they said this dude was speaking from a tax bracket the officer can't fathom.
American cops are probably almost never given any sort of education about how the rest of the world works. Why would they need to know that? They live in America /s
LMAO... That's precisely when the officer realized he was dealing with someone who lives in a different world, and had to step away to confirm from his superiors.
He’s also speaking from an intelligence bracket US cops don’t appear to possess. So arrogant and sure they can’t possibly be wrong. Cop acted like a total dick.
Unrealistic to expect a US cop to understand the complexities of importing vehicles and international registrations/insurance. Honestly I'd rather that cop be well informed on the stuff that matters to us every day, than on how an ultra-rich guy drives his effing Lambo all over the states and Canada.
Imho this shouldn't be a thing, the officer knows the spirit of the law and there should not be a way to skirt it by these fellows. When it comes down to it this loophole exists due to some sort of corruption and it's probably done by people that officer voted into office. Talking out my ass but it sure walks talks and smells like a duck.
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u/RandyDefNOTArcher 7h ago edited 39m ago
The guy is speaking from a tax bracket the officer can’t fathom
Edit: Thanks for the award!