most cops are out to make revenue not to protect and serve

It's always easier for them to bully a law abiding soft target, than to actually do real police work and catch hardened criminals that might kick their arses.

@Mike Shoesmith. My husband is a Government contractor who works on a military base. He used to drive the Military semi trucks. One day some cocky arrogant cop pulled them over, I believe coming out of either Las Vegas or California. This cop decided that he wanted to see the log books, hubby tells him there are no log books and if there were he can't see them because the truck is hauling military property and tells the cop to look at the identification numbers on the truck.( log books were not required to be shown for military and United States Government semis due to top secret status) The cop starts getting all puffed up and demands to see my hubby's license, hubby gives it to him along with his military contractors badges. Its at this point the chase vehicle driver gets out of the MILITARY truck that is pulled up behind the cop car as are the 8 other Military vehicles including 3 other semis. The cop yells at the chase truck driver to stop where he is. The guy keeps coming due to him being in charge of all the vehicles and what is being hauled in them. Cop yells at him again to stop. The cop then yells my hubby to get out of the truck. My 6'3" husband climbs down from the truck and the cop gets in his face and tells him " I want to see whats being hauled in this truck right now! " and proceeds to push my hubby to the back of the trailer. Hubby walks to the back, the trailer is locked up nearly as tight as Fort Knox, and tells the cop that he cannot open the trailer. The cop gets pissed and pushes my hubby up against the trailer and grabs his cuffs and cuffs him. At this point the military personnel and the man in charge walks up behind the cop and taps him on the shoulder. The cop nearly shits himself when he sees all these military guys. He grabs his radio and calls for all available back-up. The man in charge tries to tell the cop that he has absolutely no jurisdiction to pull over a military vehicle and demand for it to be opened so he can see what is in it. The cop keeps getting more and more pissed and refuses to listen, while all the time my hubby is locked in cuffs. After several other officers show up and nearly an hour has passed the cheif of police shows up. He talks to the military man in charge for about 10 minutes then walks over to my husband takes the cuffs off of him and apologies and shakes my husband's hand. He then walks over to the arrogant cop and tells him to get in his car, head back to the station and wait in his office. So...... Regular police officers do not have the authority to search any U.S Military vehicle. About a month afterwards my husband received a letter from the Air Force Base Commander stating that they received a written apology from the Cheif of police and stating that the police officer was reprimanded and put on a 2 week suspension.

I wish there were more professional drivers like you. You are an asset to the industry.

Quit targeting our hard working freight hauling People!!!!!

They weren't cops........they were revenue men.

It's Illinois for gods sake . I drive with my bass boat through that state 5 times a year and with out of state plates get pulled over almost every time Any vehicle with a trailer has a 55 mph speed limit and I have gotten 3 tickets for 56 , 57 and 56 . The state is broke and an out of state plate is just gravy because they know you won't come back and fight it .

Bro....he's not being friendly! He's looking for a reason to bust you or charge you with something....

It's a shame that for no other reason than you having an over sized load were you pulled over. They suspected you might be off route but didn't know what the route was in advance. That's like stopping someone for driving a vehicle because they might not have a drivers license. Not going to debate the legality of it, but glad everything was good to go in your case.

Mike is very professional. Great attitude.

Back in the early 60's my dad drove a truck. I remember him telling me this story one time about when he was hauling watermelons from Florida up to a northern state. At the weigh stations he said the guys were always wanting a little fruit off the trucks for themselves and using their position to get it. He said one day as he sat on the scales, they guy came out and told him he was two watermelons over weight. He said he got up on top of his open trailer, grabbed two watermelons, one at a time and threw them down on the payment and bursted them and got in his truck and drove off.

What was their reason to believe that you didn't have a permit for that road??! It seems obvious that it was an illegal fishing expedition.

And remember not all bandits wear masks.

This trucker is very generous when he says the cop is just doing his job. The cop's job is to generate as much revenue as he can every day !

The Peace Officer who's motto WAS to Protect and Serve were gone many moons ago. They are revenue collector's and bullies. They took the same OATH I did as an Army Soldier. Difference is some of us actually care about that Oath and will to our last ragged breath.

"SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS!! SCHNELL!!

same as here in england good post mate. 32 years myself driving HGV

Its about fines and revenue!!!!

Targeting people working.. find something better to do. No wonder people don't like police

So much for the “Welcome State”.. I truly hate Illinois!!!

Hahaha! They thought they hit pay dirt! Well done staying legal!

"Doing his job" includes jackpot justice. Police are _NOT_ your 'friend.'

Good instructional video. Not blaming the cops, but the State of Illinois is essentially making its traffic officers revenue agents for its disastrous economy.

3 cars. You'd think they were after hidden drugs in that loader by that count.

Harassing the public plain an simple. Especially Illinois. Trying to make up budget deficit all the time.

3 cops for a loaded semi? Id be embarrassed to be in that police team.

That is called profiling and harassment!!! plain and simple.

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Most cops have daddy issues.

Much respect for truckers, tough job with a huge amount of responsibility. Here in Australia whenever i'm driving out in the back and beyond i always get up behind truckers and just get dragged along by them. it also makes me feel safe with a truck parting the way for me

I always carry emergency donuts just in case I get pulled over,,,,officer will this Boston cream let me off the hook,,yes sir it will

Welcome to sugar grove Illinois. Used to live there. It was also one of the worst speed traps out there. SG is a hard to deal with community. They think they are a Naperville IL. (very upscale and nice community) They spend money like it too. They did wrong things at wrong time just before housing crash and never recovered. So they need to get $$ like this. Also high fees all over the place. Sad our government got this way. I love your positive attitude! Thanks for posting. Oh by the way, I left Illinois because of stuff like this.

Today Police is not about crime... It's all about the $$$$$$....!! We American are screwed..!!!!!

Thanks for explaining everything that happened and why. Didn't realize permits are needed for truckers in that sense where you had a specific route to travel. Learn something new every day :)

Nice to see a trucker following the rules. My local power company contracted a company to build them a new access road near my home. The trucks the company used for hauling gravel where loaded far over the limit. Our road started forming cracks and other areas broke away (the road runs along a hillside). A drain pipe was also crushed under the road, which caused water to pool under the road and cause the ground to slide downhill. My father, who worked for the Department of Highways for over 30 years knew exactly what was happening. The trucks showed up overflowing with rock and weights and measures was waiting for them. Every single truck that came by got a ticket. Not only did the company get tickets for every truck, but the actual drivers where ticketed as well. It's my understanding that if the weight is excessively exceeded, the driver is also ticketed because they obviously must have known. This was a group of drivers who where use to destroying roads they went over and the locals not knowing how to stop them. Turns out that the company (or maybe it was the electric company who contracted the construction crew) had a $750,000 bond with the DOH. If they damaged the road, they had to pay for repairs or lose the bond. Additionally, if the bond was revoked, the company couldn't have any of their work vehicles on any State-owned road. Needless to say, the truckers found a different route to the road they where building and they paid for a brand new road. Treat others with some dignity and you'll get it in return. Otherwise, well, Karma is a bitch.

Good on you...bad on them!

The first thing any cop should say is the reason they pulled you over. They don't just get to go fishing even on oversized loads.

Fines feed a lot donuts and coffee. They were like a duck on a junbug.

Digital video cameras are very cheap nowadays. get as many as you can and have them record to a secured website. it will keep most cops honest ,and the ones that aren't, you can use the video against them in court later on

Hats off to you. I tried getting my trucker's license, but it wasn't for me. Not everyone can do this job.

This is a great reason to stay out of Ill-a-noise

Haha, yep pulled over by the horrible Sugar Grove police dept. Sole purpose of this department is to write tickets and make money.

I wonder when those officers went through their academy if they knew they were going to be tax collectors for the state they don’t make things safer just collecting fines

Land of the fee. Home of the slave.

Sugar Groves finest!! I run through there daily. Huge oversize trap!! State DOT love working that area too.

Anybody ever tell you that you sound like Bill Murray in Caddyshack?

You made it work! They wasn't giving you a break... They were fishing, just because they didn't hook you, doesn't mean they stopped fishing.

Wasn't quite the exiting video I had expected but that's a good thing. Anyhow, thanks to you and all the truckers that keep America moving, stay safe!

He stopped you because someone else was off their route? How is that your fault?

What a Fabulous sound of this diesel!

During my heavy equipment operator class we had to drive a Grader from point A to B through city streets. We were pulled over and the cops started to measure the width, we were 10cm too large. They fill the whole ticket, all they’re missing is the company we work for (written all over the trucks and Grader), when we tell them it’s from the school they stared at us for a good 30 seconds, rip the ticket in half and said “government can’t ticket itself” then left. This took about 30minutes in total, considering the city I was in only had 2 cop cars in service at all times this was a huge waste of time.

Only in America are you guilty until proven innocent.

My only concern is what did they really think you were doing wrong to pull you over in the first place ? Before you state what you think is the obvious , I did watch the video, But exactly how did the cop suspect you did not have a permit or were off route ? The point is cops are NOT allowed to pull anyone over on "fishing trips " that is a federal ruling , and if you all remember from 6th grade social studies federal law supersedes local and state laws, What those cops did was 100% against the law, So we have is a group of people conspiring to break the law, in order to collect money, No one needs a law degree to know what that is.

Illinois' version of "Somali pirates" but, on land.

Cops will try to make revenue from anyone.

Hat's off to all the truckers men and women, a tough job not all can do, stay safe brother

Guaranteed you would've never made it out of there safely if that was an oversized load of donuts you were hauling instead.

Illinois needs the money.

They were looking for a pay day as they always are with us. Easy money for them.

Keep on Truckin !

Mike, first time view, interesting as heck!!! Thanx for posting...

That's sugar grove,IL. They are not dot officers just local jokers.

I didn't change lanes in the intersection. I was all the way through. I knew it and the cop knew it.

The shenanigans that would go on on our roads if the cops weren't keeping businesses in check would be insane.

Illinois is broke and desperate, i.e. the return of pseudo speed traps and clip joints (surfing for permit errors). Don't forget Roseville, MI; issuing tickets for warming up your car on a cold winter day.

One of the problems with Northern Illinois are all of the lakes results in a lot of road bridges that gives all the little townships a revenue source. I work at one of the companies that mills parts for CAT and hear all the time from the older truck drivers about all the crazy routes they have to take to either stay legal or avoid the traps. Adding to the problem are companies that hire truck drivers to pick up a load that is over the weight limit for the area and expect the driver to deal with the issue.

Sugar grove PD looking for their piece of the pie.

3 cars are worth it for $10k plus. LEOs are all about revenue, and soaking that much out of citizen drivers will take a lot longer than hitting one unaware truck driver.

North Carolina is the same if u are off route it's a bad day!

Cop said , guys take 59. 59 is the worst route. Especially for oversized.

VERMONT does the SAME SHIT TO Truck drivers. Someone HAS to pay for the PENSIONS..

Pulling over an big rig, especially an over size is dangerous. The shoulder of the road could collapse. They are just there for the money.

"Oversize" trucks here also need an escort following the truck with numerous flags waving and orange lights flashing.

Hi Mike, This video is an interesting lesson in sticking to the rules and you should be OK. I was a Continental Coach Tour driver taking folk on holiday over to Europe from the UK. If ever a coach is pulled over in France you can GUARANTEE it will be a British coach and NEVER another mainland European one. They have a system that a fixed penalty is applied there and then and it is up to you to contend and appeal. So eventually many of us, a HUGE percentage of us refused to take coaches over to Europe. OK we don't make the bonuses etc but then we don't keep getting pulled and ticketed in countries were they don't speak English. Have a good day and safe journeying.

lol the idea that the cops thought a squad car would stop u from going if u wanted to go

As a truckie in Aussie, we get the same treatment. How you approach them from the start of the interaction determines how they treat you here.

Harassing and collecting, but you beat them!

I was driving from MI to Illinois and my wife was in the back of my truck long story short I got an over weight ticket.....man I was pissed as hell

Cop: "Well the reason why I pulled you over is that me and my buddies would like to make some money off you today. You think you can cooperate with that?"

The regulations on these truckers are unbelievable

Mike you seen like a pretty damn nice guy with an even temper. Most people would not have cut video out assuming they were fishing for some big fines. Thinking about it with him leaving the lights off you can bet he has called for that backup and waiting a bit.

I started working security for a truck yard about a month ago, all the drivers here have some quite interesting stories to tell. Now I found your channel!

Illinois didn’t used to have a lot of detail on the permits, I’ve noticed over the past 5 years that they’ve changed that.

They must have been bored maybe a slow day 🤣

Interesting. You don't sound perturbed that they pulled you over without cause. I would think that they would need a reason to suspect you don't have a permit. If you broke a traffic law or were not displaying the proper signage and they pull you over that is one thing; but to demand you prove you have a permit without a reason to stop you in the first place...

Beware of 11ft 9 bridge its a devil in the road

This happened, in Sugar Grove, IL. Little bit north of Galena and IL 47.

Don't forget that insurance! Moving a Bomag crane, you don't leave the lot without a $5,000,000 rider.

are there different rules for pulling over a tractor trailer? I never heard the cop say why he pulled you over. Are they allowed to just pull over a truck because they want to check their paperwork? I thought thats what the DOT stations do, not local or state police...

Three cops to check a permit? Guess we know why Illinois is bankrupt now, ain't being union wonderful, twice the pay and none of the work!

I used to do some permit hauling in maryland. You have to specify which route you are taking in maryland and there is only certain days and times that you are allowed to haul.

I left Illinois a year and a half ago and will never return. Too much corruption, and high taxes for me. My standard of living shot up just by moving to another state.

Big revenue generators. They are not about safety,they’re all about making MONEY for the courts.

Comon man there shaking you down. Its always about the money.

Illinois: They go after a good trucker, but they can't clean up Chicago. Good video.

They need to give out stickers so that you won't be detained for checking to see if you're following the law.

Wow, truckers go through a lot!!! America stops WITHOUT truckers

That happened to me last fall while I was hauling a load of beans to the elevator from the field. Now the fields were soft so we were only filling the trucks, which are triple axle single unit trucks about 2/3 full. I saw 1 trooper go by as I pulled out on the gravel road about a 1/4 mile from the state highway. As I came to the intersection to turn on to the highway & go to the elevator 3 miles away another trooper went by. Sure enough when I came into town there was a trooper waving me down. As soon as I stopped the other car came & pulled up right behind me. The trooper climbed up on my step & said that they were going to check my weight. I told him that since the fields were so wet I was only 2/3 full so I could get out of the field. He reached up & banged on the side of the metal box & then told me I could go on my way. He never asked to see my licence or any papers on the truck. It was plain that they were only interested in getting the overweight fines. I heard that they nailed several trucks before & after me.

That area of 47 is always filled with cops haha