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1788 messages, Last post on Nov 14, 2009 at 3:43 PM
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Replying to: larsb (Jan 16, 2009 9:05 am) Probably a Buick driving retiree, or an self-righteous hybrid pseudo-motorist.... |
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Replying to: xrunner2 (Jan 16, 2009 6:59 am) And why should you? I agree with your opinion. Have you noticed the proponents of driving too fast use all kinds of non applicable reasons for you to get out of their way? They resent you playing "speed cop", expect you to "get out of their way". They imply it is discourteous to prevent them from breaking the speed limit law. They mention "lane discipline" while ignoring "speed discipline". Well, their attitude gives me courage to stay at the speed limit in the Left, fast, lane. If you don't do your duty by blocking the speeder and he crashes down the road and kills himself, you have aided and abetted his reckless driving by contributing to his selfish and reckless driving style.
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Replying to: euphonium (Jan 16, 2009 10:13 am) I'll do my duty by calling in the LLC as a suspected drunk driver  ...luckily most 90s Ford products don't have an exceptional amount of passing power, so there's only so much "blocking" they can do. Have fun talking to the cop who nabs your piece of vehicular cholesterol. If Americans blindly followed all laws simply because they are laws, the United States would have never been born.
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Replying to: grbeck (Jan 16, 2009 8:36 am) |
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 16, 2009 10:17 am) Age-old procedure: if one does not like a law, work to get it changed or repealed.
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 16, 2009 10:17 am) Works both ways, eh?
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Replying to: fintail (Jan 16, 2009 10:17 am) LOL, I actually did that once, on my way to PA. For the most part, the speed limit on I-83 is 65 mph up north of Baltimore. Well, this guy decided he wanted to roll around 55-60, in the fast lane. He'd pick some slow-moving vehicle like a big truck, RV, or bus in the slow lane, and pace it. People started getting miffed and passing on the shoulder and such. And drivers were starting to pack in tighter and tighter as they got frustrated, closing the gaps between the cars, and making it harder for drivers to merge in at the entrance ramps. There were several near-misses as people tried to get around this guy. As soon as whatever slow-moving vehicle he was pacing turned off, he'd punch it, speed up, and find some other slowpoke to pace. He also swerved a little too close to a tractor trailer. At that point, I called 911 and reported him. Scary thing was, the cop on the other end said "Is it a gray Cavalier?" Yep! Evidently, I wasn't the only one who had called in! Unfortunately, this idiot was able to get away with it for about 40 miles, and I doubt if he ever got caught. My exit came up, and just beyond, I-83 did a split, where you went East towards Harrisburg or West towards Carlisle. There have also been a couple cases where someone in a private car would cut me off. I'd honk the horn at them, and they'd flash a badge at me. At that point, I called the cops and reported a reckless driver impersonating a police officer. 
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Replying to: euphonium (Jan 16, 2009 10:30 am) "We've got a distinguished looking older gentleman in a blue 90s Town Car on I5 in the left lane going 59 mph and pacing cars to his right...we don't want him to fall victim to some thug's piece, better pull him over and see if he's coherent" 
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jan 16, 2009 10:44 am) Should speed cameras also get people going too slow for traffic conditions? Or maybe have a broken society like England where CCTVs are everywhere, and someone could simply watch cameras 24/7 and mail tickets both to the speedsters and the slowpokes. Interesting.... |
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Replying to: xrunner2 (Jan 16, 2009 10:26 am) Massive amounts of civil disobedience, or less than civil disobedience, can also have an effect...that is, if the coward neocons like Paulson don't get their martial law dreams... With laws made by sucks who are appointed by irresponsible fools who are appointed by cronies who are appointed by a committee who is chosen by someone who is allowed to be elected, it isn't an efficient process.
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