| As a proud owner of a custom hot rod
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| | it? To be honest, I do not know the
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| truck, I have noticed two things: One, it
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| | answer, but what I do know is that custom
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| attracts a lot of good attention and two,
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| | auto enthusiasts, who actually take to the
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| it attracts a lot of bad attention. I like
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| | streets once in a while in their rides,
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| to refer to this as "custom profiling." I
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| | are taking a certain risk and that risk
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| bring this up because not too long ago I
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| | doesn't end at our boys in blue either!
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| was a victim of "custom profiling."It was
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| | There are those enemies of fun out there,
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| a nice sunny day and I was minding my own
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| | that prowl upon our metal artwork and
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| business, as well as all of the traffic
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| | attempt to destroy all of our long hours
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| laws, driving through a small town when a
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| | spent in the garage busting our knuckles.
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| police officer, I will refer to him as
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| | Maybe you will get off easy and only have
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| Barney Fife, came flying over a hill
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| | a cop or two harass you a little bit or
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| running Code 3 (meaning sirens and lights
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| | give you a silly citation on some
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| on) and pulled me over. Officer Fife told
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| | ludicrous noise ordinance. On the flip
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| me he pulled me over because I was
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| | side, you may come outside one bright
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| violating some local noise ordinance.
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| | shiny morning, only to find your newly
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| Yeah, right. I don't even have a ground
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| | painted $50,000 custom hauler keyed,
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| shaking audio system in my truck! So, now
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| | broken into, or worse yet... gone!Luckily
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| I am on my way to being a millionaire
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| | for us, in my case anyway, the good tends
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| because I am the only one who knows where
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| | to outweigh the bad. For instance, I can't
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| you can find the tweeters that dispense
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| | count how many times I have cruised down
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| the massive bass that ole' Barney Fife
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| | some road in my hometown and get that
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| claimed he heard coming from the cab of my
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| | well-known symbol of "good-to-go"... the
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| truck. My opinion and observation on this
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| | thumbs up. In the custom world, the golden
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| incident, is this: the officer saw my
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| | rule is to stand out and be different, but
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| truck and I was stopped on the pretense of
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| | there comes responsibility with standing
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| a noise ordinance, but it was actually
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| | out... especially when you are
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| because of the appearance of my truck.In
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| | more-or-less a rolling billboard for all
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| this day and age of modern profiling, I
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| | custom auto enthusiasts.For those of you
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| want other fellow custom auto enthusiasts
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| | that are new to the custom auto world I
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| to realize we are being profiled, not by
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| | leave you with this warning: If you think
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| race, but by what we drive and how we
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| | it will always be fun and games, you are
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| drive it. It seems that just a certain
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| | in for a few surprises. Watch what you do
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| "profile" of police officer, not all
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| | while in public with your ride, because
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| officers though, tend to believe every
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| | people are watching you and they will
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| person who has a ride with big wheels and
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| | remember you. Most of all, pay attention
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| a lowered stance must be a thug of some
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| | to what is going on around you, because
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| sort. So, instantly we get the privilege
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| | one minute you have a nice custom ride and
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| and humiliation of a "blue light special"
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| | the next minute you will find yourself at
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| on the off ramp or on some city street
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| | the body shop shelling out the Ben
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| corner.Well, the fact of the matter is
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| | Franklin's trying to fix what road rage
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| this, I know several police officers that
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| | caused.My point is this, people just need
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| are also custom auto enthusiasts and drive
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| | to leave people the alone and we as custom
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| the very vehicles certain police officers
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| | auto enthusiast should police up our own
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| like to profile as a bad guy. I am one of
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| | and set the example, because we are being
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| these guys they like to profile, but I am
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| | profiled like you wouldn't believe. The
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| not a bad guy! I served as a Military
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| | Barney Fife police officers need to stop
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| Police Officer at Camp Pendleton in the
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| | pulling us over for lame noise ordinances,
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| United States Marine Corps for 2.5 years
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| | especially when we are not hurting or
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| out of my four years of honorable service,
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| | bothering anyone. In the end, I guess we
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| so I am knowledgeable on traffic stops! Go
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| | will just have to accept the bad along
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| figure.So, I ask the question, how do we
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| | with the good and hope that there is more
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| avoid bad attention? Short of putting the
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| | good than bad. Get your pleasures when you
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| ride up for sale or even worse, returning
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| | can and ignore bad cops and those devious
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| it back to stock condition, how do we stay
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| | vandals.Until next time... keep it legal
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| out of the courtroom? Do we form
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| | and keep it safe.J.R. Janicek is a former
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| organizations and then tar and feather our
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| | U.S. Marine and editor of a FREE online
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| local political figures with our letters
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| | custom auto enthusiast magazine.
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| of dismay until they do something about
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