Shut up Randall!

One trooper I knew in my home town did the investigation of his cousin hitting a pedestrian which led to her death after 6 days in hospital. He declared the sun was in drivers eyes this no fault... even though the sun hadn't risen yet at time of incident. That trooper is now a Texas Ranger.
This is no proof mine, I have 2 dash cams and a written script of what to do if I ever get pulled over; approved by the local district attorney and the sherriff. They know about it too, and say "what can you do?" Cops in my county dont even bust drug dealers because they have legit businesses and pay taxes and generally dont cause trouble; neither their customers. Reporting things isn't how things are done around here. You can bitch about it, but quietly.

Sounds like your experience is limited to your friends. My saying is "trust the professional, not the profession." Plenty of "cops" in law enforcement, "police officers" too. "Cops" might have 2 body cams and switch between traffic stops, any problem... ticket is "lost" and the cam shows only the stops before and after... back to back.
"Cops" may only stop traffic on the long stretches of road far from town, where people want to only get home before supper is cold... and no witnesses.
It's good you know trustworthy police officers, but dont say all are good, or above what this one has done; because he wears a badge too.

Ha ha ha, who is going to call them on it? This going on years now. Hell, if someone refuses the trooper to search, he declares "probable cause" and has a second trooper come take the passengers aside while he searches. "Sued"... LOL dude.

@interesting oh, we have one DPS officer in our area who searches literally EVERY car he stops.
I personally used to ride the inside lane of my divided 4 lane highway because of all the trucks blowing the stop signs on the side roads. Lost count how many I would have T-boned if I was outside lane. Now, I just drive 10 under in outside lane or follow an 18 wheeler.

About 5 years ago when Texas came up with "Left lane for passing only", FHWA sent out a memo stating that states "shall not, in any way, dictate the lane preference of standard passenger vehicles except in cases of safety, mobility (the old 'slower traffic keep right') or as directed by law enforcement." They get around it by saying "safety, safety, safety." I had a project where a roadway speed was being reduced and the "left lane passing only" signs were to be removed; but remain b/c DPS requested them. Apparently these sigs give just cause to pull people over and search their cars. So technically, not illegal, just advised against in federal eyes; my bad for misspeaking.