Getting pulled over and questioned

[Coastal Cowboy]

I think I'll climb in my truck today with my new Vamo 3 in 18650 mode and dual coil cartotank. I'll slightly crack the window and honk away on some Boba's Bounty. Never mind that I look like a rolling cook lab with the clouds of vapor pouring out of the window. I'm not doing anything technically wrong so I'll never be stopped, right?

Police are trained to spot anything that looks unusual or out of place. A car with something that looks like smoke emanating from a cracked window--with no one flicking ashes out--is unusual. He's going to investigate, just like a cat instinctually investigates something moving in the corner.

Deal with him politely and honestly, and you'll soon be on your way. But the best thing to do is leave the fancy mods at home and use your eGo mini and Evod while driving.

 

[Fyreffect]

Every police force throughout the country needs to sit their officers down for a class session and educate them about these devices, what they look like, and how they work. Cops mistaking e-cigs for something illegal is a problem that could almost be completely solved within a week or two if every force provided a mandatory training session.

 

[soba1]

Deal with him politely and honestly, and you'll soon be on your way. But the best thing to do is leave the fancy mods at home and use your eGo mini and Evod while driving.

I agree with you but I will be darned if I leave my APV at home, I carry enough with me daily.
But if you are vaping next to a peace officer and you just keep vaping at least here
where I traverse and you don't suddenly snatch your hand down. No biggie obviously
youre probably not doing something illegal, and you probably won't get hasseled.
But politeness is always key. Like I have said I have been at stoplights right beside
LAPD cruisers I don't glance their way. But happily vaping away, where u are too has
a lot to do with it as well. But you know maybe someday in the near future I will shoot
an email to LAPD with pics informing them about said devices. In an effort to educate the
law enforcement. Makes everyones life easier. Besides it helps being almost a senior citizen.......... watch it...

 

[tj99959]

I waited my turn the other day at the vape shop while a uniformed officer got his new VAMO sorted out.

Personal opinion of course, but IMO a persons appearance has as much to do with getting pulled over as what they are doing does. So pull the hoodie up over your head while you vape if you really-really want to get pulled over.
Profiling is a natural human behavior.

 

[XeniaMike]

I try to keep a lower than usual profile while blowing clouds, but once or twice a city cop saw me and merrily went on his way without so much as a 2nd glance. I think vaping is pretty well known around here.

 

[stevegmu]

Every police force throughout the country needs to sit their officers down for a class session and educate them about these devices, what they look like, and how they work. Cops mistaking e-cigs for something illegal is a problem that could almost be completely solved within a week or two if every force provided a mandatory training session.

The problem is, people are using mods for what they are not intended for.

 

[TyPie]

Turn the tables on the police. Next time you see a cop vaping, make a citizen's arrest. That'll show 'em.

 

[patkin]

.......... watch it...

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[wbart]

I work at a detention center, and I am around Police officers all day. It is so fun to act like I am doing something wrong when I am vaping so that they question me, that way I can explain what vaping is so that the public does not get hassled. I have also converted 4 of them to vaping, so my local police force is well informed.

 

[stillnotsmoking]

If they continue to pull you over and fail to write you a ticket/citation that could be considered harassment.

 

[seahawkin]

I just ordered a pack of 50 info cards, from CASAA.org . $1.75, no shipping, payed with Paypal (they take Visa, Master, and Amex too).

I'm so glad we discussed this.

Noice! I use the printed copies but I just headed over, did the same thing and donated some bucks. Don't have a ton of time to fight the fight but need to put the money in the hands of peeps doing the good deeds.

 

[wbbrn1952]

Never been pulled over - and I do not hide my vaping in the car. Had a Sargent in the Sheriff's Department pull but beside me the other day at a light staring hard at my VAMO with a tank - when the light changed he lag back in the other lane watching me. He never bothered me but he was eyeballing the device hard. Wasn't gonig to make like I was doing something illegal just acted natural. Vaped on as I drove away.

 

[omgwtfrina]

Never been stopped by authorities, but luckily my restaurant caters to our county sheriffs. They come for lunch weekly and now the owner and the sheriffs are basically besties. However I'm surprised Napa city cops haven't pulled me over. An asian chick driving a busted car smoking something? Definitely suspicious and cause to be pulled over in totally conservative city of Napa.

 

[suspectK]

Freedom of speech would've taken me in a different direction than explaining.

 

[ScottP]

I think usually big city cops are more aware of things like this and between the media and their superiors seem to have less of a power complex than small town and suburb cops do. Those little towns, suburbs and municipalities that only have 1 or 2 cops in them somehow usually find the biggest A-holes to fill the jobs.

A female friend of mine was stopped by a cop in a 1 cop town at 11pm one night as she was passing through on the only highway in town for going 2 MPH over the speed limit. He made her dump her entire purse in the middle of the lane on the highway, then he glanced at it and said "nope nothing there", got in his car and drove off, leaving her there, by herself, in the dark, to pick her stuff up off of the highway.

 

[MarKa]

I usually worry about this when I vape and drive. I think there are enough vapers in my area that the cops would be relatively informed about them, at least aware of what they are.

I worried more back when I used Uncle Junks Honey Do in a clearomizer though. Green liquid around wicks does a fine job of attracting that 420 stigma..

 

[MarKa]

Never been stopped by authorities, but luckily my restaurant caters to our county sheriffs. They come for lunch weekly and now the owner and the sheriffs are basically besties.

I'm in the same situation! Gotten 2 warnings instead of tickets from mentioning where I work haha

 

[suspectK]

I mean..you really could use an e-cig for something else outside of typical e-liquid...

 

[ephemerata]

Ugh, that's one of my worst fears.

I don't know how comfortable people are with making this political, but this fear of mine forces me to confront my white privilege. I've only been pulled over a few times but I've been in car accidents and had a few other encounters with police. When/if I get pulled over, the police see this 5'4" polite white girl. Most of my experiences with police have been very positive. Unfortunately, I know a lot of that is because of how I look and sound. I'm also pretty good under pressure but that's probably because I've never had to be afraid of the police in my life. It would be easy for me to explain my hardware. I do wonder how easy it'd be if I had a different skin tone, a different accent, or were even a different gender.

 

[itsmedave]

I've been asked before just out of curiosity. They didn't think it was anything bad. I even had one officer ask if it was good to quit smoking with. I told him about the local E-Cigarette Vendor that's really good.