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AnthraxINC

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So i have a:
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They have a :

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You guessed it.

so my mod looks like this:

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So the police see my car, basicly a little 4 banger that would cause no trouble, but then he see's my PV, and also see's me. So a guy with a goatee and a leather jacket, smoking out of a weird long tube producing plumes of vapor.

There goes the lights.

He pulls me over.

He comes up to the window and askes me to step out of the car. So i do so while asking "Whats the problem?"

Another cop shows up and detains me (handcuffs and search)

My car is very clean on the inside, so i keep almost nothing in it, so its easy to find my Vapor Pack(juice,cartos, ect, ect) and my PV.

He comes over to me and askes what this is, he already has in his mind that i am doing (SOMETHING ELSE) or some type of drug.

I tell him "Its a electronic cigarette just bigger". He goes "Right... i know what e-cigs look like and this is not it, looks like you have a whole kit to get jacked up on" ( well in my pack there is a Needle bottle with juice in it, so of course he thinks im shooting up).

He lays everything out and bags and tags it all.

I tell him "Look, if you take me to jail, you are making a huge mistake, ill be let go when ever lab gets done with the analysis. and ill be going after you guys next"

"At least pull out your testing stuff and test the juice!"

He does not believe me and starts taking me to the squad car.

I end up begging him to call my local e-cig store and have them verify that what im telling is true.

I told him to even google the number for i wasn't playing him.

He decides to listen because of how much i was freaking out.

he calls my local store, they explain to him what kinda pv i have and there is no drugs used with it.

Then he finnaly tests the juice and comes back negative.


He sincerely apoligizes and ect ect ect.



Moral: IDK dont vape next to a cop?!
 
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Absintheur

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I was pulled over vaping on my Sin City Monster Can mod...

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can't really blame the cop...someone sucking on a can blowing smoke...lol. However it was a simple explanation, especially after I showed him the inside workings and vaped a plume of rootbeer for him to smell. I haven't been pulled over while using my passthrough in the car yet but it is probably just a matter of time...

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Sorry to hear of your ordeal. That's really so ridiuclous and over the top for him to take it so far.
For others and maybe yourself if anything like that happens again, while I'm not promising anything this is a really informative(albeit kinda cheezy at times) series--> How to Refuse Police Searches - YouTube Cops tend to operate on your ignorance of your real rights. Knowing your rights can help to a degree. Maybe not all situations.... but could come in handy.


You have a RIGHT to refuse a search. Calmly say you do not consent to a search. If they search you anyways, you get arrested that COULD(not will) get a case thrown out of court. It sounds like this scenario would of been thrown out anyways. Based on the story the cop way over-reacted and stepped over the line big time in my opinion. This makes me really want to bring some e-cigg cards down to the police station...... Such a horrible situation due to ignorance. Glad you got to get away in your car though!




Random: This one time when a road was closed a cop was directing traffic. I was first at the red light and vaped right in front of him. He stared me down big time.... I was giggling inside. Har har piggie you gotta watch the traffics! See my big plumes of vapor you're not gonna do jack about!
 
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GreenEyesDon'tLie

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Ignorance is no excuse.I have heard that from cops before.That sword swings both ways.

I certainly agree with you, but you can't expect them to know everything. In my case, I'm almost certain I'm the only vaper anywhere near my area. The cops have no experience seeing PVs, but they deal with plenty of people that do drugs out of devices that look like PVs, so that's what they need to assume it is. Vapers are still a relatively small group so they err on the side of caution.
 

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I was in the car reloading the Orion, parked in a parking lot with the parking lights on. Facing a building. I reloaded it, vaped a few times, car was filled with a dense haze of vapor. BOOM! Flashlights in both windows out of nowhere! Couple of cops on a Friday night walking around.

"So, what you got there, you (MODERATED) the car it looks like".

I showed him, gave him the run down

"I've never seen anything like that before, so what is that, the Rolls Royce of e-cigs?"

"Yes, actually it is."

He checked my license and we chit chatted for a bit why he waited to hear back on the radio. Told me to have a good night.


OP: Glad he didn't take you in.
 
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Absintheur

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I don't have an issue with my stop at all...cop doing his job. I do think handcuffing the OP in his stop was going a bit far...unless he was vaping a juice that smelled like an illegal substance.

Let's face it unless you are using a cig-a-like you know what it looks like you are doing. When I got pulled over I didn't see the cop till he turned on his lights...I tend to keep it low key around them because most of the time I don't want to have to sit and wait till everything is cleared up. If you are civic minded go and talk the the cops at the local cop shop, pass out the cards...talk to LEOs when you see them out and about...

I'll just stealth vape around them...
 
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