I travel by car a lot. I drove across the US on a permit from CA to NY the entire way with my mother in the passenger seat the entire way. Now that I have my license, I still travel a lot. More than ever. For the most part, I follow laws, although curfew is something which I admit I still break—very often, but I'm never caught on it. Nonetheless, I drive as safely as I can. I'm one of those drivers who goes 5 over on a highway in light traffic, but in medium to heavy traffic, I stick to the speed limit like a nun to the bible. Beyond that, I'm also one of the drivers who always signals and always fully stops at stop signs. But no matter what, when there's a cop around, I check my speed limit, and even if I'm going the speed limit, I slow down.
I'm acquainted with a number of the cops in my town and I doubt they'd pull me over unless there was a serious violation. CHP is a different story as we all know, but that's the basic gist. For the year and a half that I've been driving, I've always gotten very uncomfortable passing by police cars, even though I'm friends with a couple of them and in general support them. I'm insured and licensed, and my vehicle is registered, but no matter how I'm driving, I feel like I'm doing something illegal even though I'm not.
I'm curious as to whether or not any current LEOs slow down around other officers off or on duty. And I'm also curious as to whether or not that paranoia fades with more driving experience. I've had my license for about 6 months, but I've been driving a year and a half total, and if you count pre-permit empty parking lot driving, that would make it two and a half years (as a result, I'm still very good at parking.
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In short, do any of you guys slow down around other cops?
I'm acquainted with a number of the cops in my town and I doubt they'd pull me over unless there was a serious violation. CHP is a different story as we all know, but that's the basic gist. For the year and a half that I've been driving, I've always gotten very uncomfortable passing by police cars, even though I'm friends with a couple of them and in general support them. I'm insured and licensed, and my vehicle is registered, but no matter how I'm driving, I feel like I'm doing something illegal even though I'm not.
I'm curious as to whether or not any current LEOs slow down around other officers off or on duty. And I'm also curious as to whether or not that paranoia fades with more driving experience. I've had my license for about 6 months, but I've been driving a year and a half total, and if you count pre-permit empty parking lot driving, that would make it two and a half years (as a result, I'm still very good at parking.

In short, do any of you guys slow down around other cops?
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