Questions for LEOs

[ethomas]

I have a few things that I'd like to know about from LEOs, specifically in California.

1. When a police officer pulls you over, and lets you off with a "warning", does this "warning" get put into some sort of database so that another officer could I I've already been warned about something? I ask because I was given a warning for using an electronic gadget while driving, as the officer put it, even though it was an iPod. Yet the CVC only bans use of communications devices like cell phones.

2. I was going down a wide, empty street one day, going about 60 in a 45. I saw a squad car parked with the parking lights on, making a speed trap ahead, yet he was faced the other way, so I presume was unable to clock my speed. By the time I was next to him, I was going under 45. He then proceeded to follow me for about a mile, tailgating me the whole way there. What was he doing? Waiting for me to break a traffic law? Running my plates?

3. Is it illegal to place an item securely on a car if it wasn't intended to be there by the manufacturer? I live in a fairly rural area, and going through fields is common place with my beater 88 jetta. I want to place a bar of wood on the front so that if I were to hit small objects, it wouldn't damage my bumper. Would this be illegal to fit onto a car if it were securely fixed? Because I don't see how it is any different than gardeners adding wooden scaffolding of sorts on the sides of their trucks to hold more cargo.

[pafindr]

Please dont cross post. Asking your question in one place is fine.