The interaction lasted 5 seconds and I don't know why or if it will impact me in the future.
I was driving with cruise control on at 70 while approaching a red light camera in a 70 zone. It turned yellow but I was about 3-5 metres before the line with cars behind me so I had the option of hard braking or leaving it on 70. I chose not to hard brake and coasted through the lights with plenty of time to spare.
Sirens turned on behind me and I got pulled over. The officer told me his name and that I was being recorded and asked to see my ID. He scanned it and told me I was free to go. The reason for the stop was I had plenty of time to stop before the line. I didn't even say a word but I was ready to argue my case if it came down to it.
Do police leave notes on file for future police officers?
What was he scanning my ID for? I'm assuming to check if I have any past offences or warrants etc?
Is what I did illegal?
I have a clean record and the car is a performance car (200k+).
EDIT: I've done reviewing and replying back to the comments. Will be on vacation for the next few weeks.
After sifting through all the trolls from what I understand the cop wanted to check if I had a dubious record or if the car was stolen and the lights were just an excuse to pull me over.
For anyone wanting to read through the drama below, keep in mind the trolls cherry picked a post on whirlpool to assist in their agenda.
The car is a E63S (I also have a C63S as a daily temporarily) which I drive on weekends as a "high yield investment" (non ironically).
As the trolls love stalking my whirlpool account feel free to check out my reddit account as well (remove the 1 from my username) to check out my other cars.
Special shoutout to Muzeeb for spending his Christmas and new year riling up the community with his troll posts.
https://www.nsw.gov.au/driving-boating-and-transport/roads-s…