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540 messages, Last post on Sep 21, 2009 at 12:22 PM
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Oct 09, 2007 3:11 pm) That would be Crankshaft. 
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Replying to: steve_ (Oct 09, 2007 7:38 pm) Please be advised that steve will be assigned the front seat on the school bus for the remainder of the year. |
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Replying to: oldfarmer50 (Oct 10, 2007 7:47 am)  I'll have to send you some of Lena's brownies.  Some of you may have seen this over in Inconsiderate Drivers: OnStar to work with police in cutting down on car chases (Straightline) |
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Replying to: steve_ (Oct 10, 2007 8:39 am)
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Replying to: grbeck (Oct 10, 2007 12:47 pm) 
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I heard on some news report the other day that nationally, the US receives nearly a failing grade for having traffic lights sequenced. To anyone who drives, this is no surprise. The report had some stat of a massive amount of time and fuel that could be conserved if traffic planners would dare to do a passable job. I mention this because the sticky light I experience now and then is malfunctioning again, and refuses to change, even at 530 am with no cross traffic for awhile. I guess I get to complain to the city again. They will try to fix it, it will work properly for a little while, and then break again (I have to go against red perhaps 50% of the time I cross it now). And of course, not to mention the other ridiculously sequenced lights across this area. Good enough for government work, maybe. |
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Replying to: steve_ (Oct 10, 2007 8:39 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Oct 10, 2007 5:33 pm) OK, now this both amuses and scares me... I can see it now - Impala in full flight, and someone flips the switch.... at least the guy in the Crown Vic with the exploding gas tank no longer has to worry about being rear-ended!
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Replying to: ny540i6 (Oct 10, 2007 5:46 pm) |
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Replying to: fintail (Oct 10, 2007 5:33 pm) humid/dense air will slow the cop radio signal propagation speed a wee bit but it's still many orders of magnitude faster than the fastest suspect-vehicle. ps-c&d has a recent article about cop cars being slow, but i haven't read it yet. pps- it's the computers & lojack-trackers & trunked radio systems & armaments inside that makes the cop cars so cool, not the engines. ppps - i love cops! |
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