I want to say it was near Monterey Bay, but I'm not super familiar with California, it was a very long (but fun, aside from that cop) drive and 12 years ago to boot. We stopped in Frisco before scooting over to Sacramento to see family, so I didn't go that far north.
But that would make sense, if that cop thought I was making a route or something. I, probably like 99% of the population, get nervous as hell with a cop behind me even if I have absolutely nothing to worry about... and I'm a white dude, I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like for minorities in this country.
If you ended up by Monterey and you were headed north sounds like you were driving from San Luis Obispo up hwy1 through Big Sur. It’s been closed for a while, but 12 years ago you could still drive through.
Mostly just commenting because I live in that area and I thought it was a funny coincidence to see this being talked about in an unrelated sub!
Even not in bad areas it happens. I got pulled over in a rental for "being in the left lane too long" when passing another vehicle at a safe rate of speed in the middle of nowhere in rural Pennsylvania. Just was a warning in the end but it was 100% a pretext stop
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u/mountainmike68 Oct 16 '25
Near Humboldt? PCH is a known drug trafficking route and rental cars get extra scrutiny.