Espy: I was heading south on Ramsey on my way to the Kroc (Wednesday) morning. As I turned onto Golf Course Road, the cop car behind me flashed his lights and stopped me. I knew I hadn't been speeding as I'd followed a front loader down the road, doing no more than 30 mph. The cop told me I had been stopped as my plates had expired, although he acknowledged that the tags were up to date. It turned out that I was somehow in the system twice, once with my license plate showing expired, and once as up to date. I can't help but wonder though why I was being checked out at all. I had done nothing wrong, my tags were current, but he had still run a check on the vehicle. Is this normal, do they check everyone in front of them as they drive along just on the off-chance? Now if they had everyone in the system twice, they can pull anyone over for no real reason at all. Am I over-cynical?

Question: Have you ever been pulled over by a patrol officer for no reason?