I blow through stop signs and red lights on empty streets quite regularly. I do worse than that on my motorbike, but if I get a ticket I don't blame the cop - even if he was a jerk. You blew through the stop sign in front of a cop, right? What did you think he was going to do, give you a medal? You didn't even get a ticket. I'm no big fan of the police but I do understand that they have a job to do and on an individual basis, they're people too. Some of them are even reasonable.