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Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving

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From: Joel Garry
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 00:00
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On Wed, 08 Jul 1998 00:18:22 -0400, Mike Sweeney <msweeney@lr.net> wrote:
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>> >> Well, one time I was driving a top-down roadster on the freeway, glanced up
>> >> as I was about to go under a bridge and saw some nutcase policeman pointing
>> >> a scope rifle at me.  It was only later I even heard about radar speed
>> >> surveys.  What would you do?  And if it is such a worst case scenario, how
>> >> come it happened to me?
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>> >Then you weren't being chased by a cop with a rifle.  He was standing on
>> >a bridge, pointing a radar tool at the highway.  Ok.
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>> >I can't imagine being frightened by that scenario.  But that's just
>> >me....
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>> You missed something important.  That is, IT LOOKS LIKE A RIFLE.
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>So did you.  Most RADAR antennas are about 6-9 inches long and HUGE in diameter.Dead on
>it might look a bit like a LAWS (sp?) or the older bazooka, but certainly not a rifle.

I assure you, approaching a bridge overpass at freeway speeds, it doesn't
look benign.  Have you never seen a silencer?

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><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>>> Well, one time I was driving a top-down roadster
>on the freeway, glanced up
><BR>>> as I was about to go under a bridge and saw some nutcase policeman
>pointing
><BR>>> a scope rifle at me.&nbsp; It was only later I even heard about
>radar speed
><BR>>> surveys.&nbsp; What would you do?&nbsp; And if it is such a worst
>case scenario, how
><BR>>> come it happened to me?
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><BR>>Then you weren't being chased by a cop with a rifle.&nbsp; He was
>standing on
><BR>>a bridge, pointing a radar tool at the highway.&nbsp; Ok.</BLOCKQUOTE>
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><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>>I can't imagine being frightened by that scenario.&nbsp;
>But that's just
><BR>>me....
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><P>You missed something important.&nbsp; That is, IT LOOKS LIKE A RIFLE.
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>So did you.&nbsp; Most RADAR antennas are about 6-9 inches long and HUGE
>in diameter.Dead on it <I>might</I> look a bit like a LAWS (sp?) or the
>older bazooka, but certainly not a rifle.
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From: joelga@pebble.org (Joel Garry)
Subject: Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving
Date: 1998/07/09
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