Boy, howdy.
This afternoon would be the second time I've been pulled over and questioned about what I was "smoking".
The first experience, I was blowing sub-ohm clouds in my car with the windows slightly cracked. Granted, I deserved the hassled as my behavior could be seen as very suspicious. The cop (a Sacramento Sheriff) was incredibly polite after I explained what it was. Still curious, he went back to the car, called the shop I told with where acquired the device and had them confirm that it was in-fact not an illegal substance. He let me go, without so much a warning, and noted he appreciate the time I took to explain what it was.
Today, not so much.
The cop that pulled me over had jurisdiction over the small suburb outside of Sacramento where my office is and boy did he have an awful case of abuse-of-power. I was using a tank, with moderate resistance and was producing very little vapor (relative to a sub ohm mech). Despite me having a bottle of the e-liquid, he was convinced it was some illicit drug. So, he then had 'probable cause' to rummage through my car, and as expected, found nothing. So after calling it in, and thankfully, another cop shows up on the scene who knew what it was and kind of deescalated the entire situation.
So, there I sat, my taxes hard at work, watching two cops talk about what it was for 20 minutes.
Two times, zero tickets, and plenty of time wasted.
Anyone else have some less-than-fun experiences with local smokies?
This afternoon would be the second time I've been pulled over and questioned about what I was "smoking".
The first experience, I was blowing sub-ohm clouds in my car with the windows slightly cracked. Granted, I deserved the hassled as my behavior could be seen as very suspicious. The cop (a Sacramento Sheriff) was incredibly polite after I explained what it was. Still curious, he went back to the car, called the shop I told with where acquired the device and had them confirm that it was in-fact not an illegal substance. He let me go, without so much a warning, and noted he appreciate the time I took to explain what it was.
Today, not so much.
The cop that pulled me over had jurisdiction over the small suburb outside of Sacramento where my office is and boy did he have an awful case of abuse-of-power. I was using a tank, with moderate resistance and was producing very little vapor (relative to a sub ohm mech). Despite me having a bottle of the e-liquid, he was convinced it was some illicit drug. So, he then had 'probable cause' to rummage through my car, and as expected, found nothing. So after calling it in, and thankfully, another cop shows up on the scene who knew what it was and kind of deescalated the entire situation.
So, there I sat, my taxes hard at work, watching two cops talk about what it was for 20 minutes.
Two times, zero tickets, and plenty of time wasted.
Anyone else have some less-than-fun experiences with local smokies?
