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Replying to: steve_ (Jan 19, 2009 8:55 am)  ) . Again I was in the slow lane going 45 mph (or so) in the right (slow) lane. Jensad would know the EXACT freeway, but I digress, as most folks move along at 80-95 mph ! I look way ahead and see what seems to be a highway patrol again parked perpendicular to on coming traffic. As I come within better sight of the officer, he has the radar gun going on, and I maintain 45 mph and surprisingly so does EVERYONE else in the other lanes, for a couple of miles beyond the parked patrol cars location !
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jan 19, 2009 8:52 am) Maybe a plot for a b movie with a 2009 version of Charles Bronson, with a jammer driving around and breaking up calls. But, could that be more dangerous in that the cell phone driver would then get upset and try to redial and would fumble around. The ultimate Bronson jammer would, of course, fry the cell phone. |
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Jan 19, 2009 8:52 am) Upscale opera houses and symphony halls have powerful jammers that can cease all cell phones in the auditorium. Personal jammers for use in quiet restaurants are available for less than $300. I don't know if their radius of effectiveness will reach into adjacent vehicles, but they would be handy while riding the bus or commuter train.
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While on a divided 4 lane road (not a highway) I noticed in my rear view mirror that someone was behind another car in the left lane flashing their brights (as this car had fallen behind the group of cars that I was behind. Funny thing was that there was no one in the right lane blocking her from passing. Eventually she did pass on the right. Ok she passed on the right got back in the left lane and caught up with the rest of the pack. She got about a car length ahead of me (I was in the right lane) and was blocked. Now there was several cars in front of her but she just got behind the one car infront of her and turned on her brights.
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Replying to: euphonium (Jan 19, 2009 10:46 am) Upscale opera houses and symphony halls have a lot of concrete and steel beams that block cell signals. They don't need to jam anything as you wouldn't be able to get a signal unless there is a repeater in the building.
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Jan 19, 2009 4:26 pm) She was probably trying to get out of a dead cell area so she could tell all her friends how she was saving the planet by driving 45 in the left lane.
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Jan 19, 2009 4:48 pm) |
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Jan 19, 2009 4:29 pm) |
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Jan 19, 2009 4:48 pm) However, I have determined that the best lane to speed in is the one left of the right lane. But Ruking1 was so correct, that when the drivers suddenly see a CHP with or without a radar gut suddenly they all get halos and wings. Ergo, they slow and act "normally". Oh, in my time, (1960s-1980s)we did not have radar guns because the Legislators in those days did not believe we should use them. Instead we had to drive up to outrageous speeds to get behind a high speeder, and then clock their speed. After a while, many of us could just look at the car as it flew by and we could within 5-10 mph and determine their speed. Too many officers were injured and/or killed in clocking. So many times speeds at 110 mph down to about 85 I would estimate, and then cite for 75 in a 65. And if you were found to be an "expert witness", (not very had to do) you could testify to the speed in Court, and the judge would usually accept it. You learned early on that your life was worth more than driving 120-130 mph to catch up to clock some jerk at 110 mph. Several of my friends died on those freeways but that was a condition of the job we all knew when we became law enforcement. Sorry about the rambling good luck to all and stay safe. jensad |
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Here's a conundrum I think ran into the other day. I will often come across cars in a parking lot that have had their lights left on. To a lot of people, the thought comes to their mind to take down the license number and once inside the store have the description paged out across the store in the hopes that the owner will hear the often unintelligible garble coming out of the overheads and realize that that the message is intended for them. This in my eyes is indeed a noble cause and just might prevent the embarrassment of having a dead battery and having to hunt down someone that either has jumper cables or is willing to give you a jump provided you were smart enough to have your own. I wonder though does it really work and does anyone really pay attention to what is being said over these things? I have long ago decided that this often does not work and have resorted to a much better course of action. It is probably different in larger cities, but in the small town were I live, I have found (myself included) that people don't lock their doors all the time. So in the cases where I have come across a vehicle that has had its lights left on, the first thing I will do is check to see if the door is open. More often than not surprisingly it has been open and I have been able to just reach in and shut the lights off. Problem solved. I now do not have to search for something to write on or try and remember a license plate number or anything. I just go about my journey and know that this person won't have a dead battery when they return to their vehicle... Case in point. The other day I happened to be downtown taking a test and a lady came in and asked if any of us in the room drove a red Mustang. No one replied in the affirmative and I asked if she had tried the doors to see if it was open. She looked at me incredulously and I just said I would have checked and then shut the lights off if I could. Since it was only right outside the door, I walked out to the car and sure enough the door was unlocked. I opened the door, reached in and shut off the lights. When I got back inside the receptionist had this "I can't believe you just did that look" on her face. I have never really thought anything of it before, but now that I do, maybe I am overstepping some bounds that I shouldn't? I mean I know it can be seen as though I were breaking into a vehicle that isn't mine, but if I can help prevent possible future problem with just a 2 second action then why not? |
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