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frylock

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16. same here. i keep my hands on the wheel until the officer is at my window..

Reply to Journeyman (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 27, 2014, 06:00 PM

Feb 2014

only then will I make a move to roll it down. I don't reach for my glove compartment until the nice officer asks for my reg and proof of insurance, then it's back to hands on the wheel. I do not trust these fuckers.

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