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Article #1028Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving
From: Joel Garry
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 00:00
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: > >--------------12C094780817A588A663C34D >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Joel Garry wrote: > >> >> 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? >> > >> >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. > >> >I can't imagine being frightened by that scenario. But that's just >> >me.... >> >> You missed something important. That is, IT LOOKS LIKE A RIFLE. >> > >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? > >M > > >--------------12C094780817A588A663C34D >Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > ><HTML> >Joel Garry wrote: ><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. It was only later I even heard about >radar speed ><BR>>> surveys. What would you do? And if it is such a worst >case scenario, how ><BR>>> come it happened to me? ><BR>> ><BR>>Then you weren't being chased by a cop with a rifle. He was >standing on ><BR>>a bridge, pointing a radar tool at the highway. Ok.</BLOCKQUOTE> > ><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>>I can't imagine being frightened by that scenario. >But that's just ><BR>>me.... > ><P>You missed something important. That is, IT LOOKS LIKE A RIFLE. ><BR> </BLOCKQUOTE> >So did you. 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. > ><P>M ><BR> </HTML> > >--------------12C094780817A588A663C34D-- > -- These opinions are my own and not necessarily those of Information Quest or Pebble In The Sky http://www.informationquest.com mailto:jgarry@nospameiq.com http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/joel_garry Remove nospam to reply. mailto:joel_garry@compuserve.nospam.com "See your DBA?" I AM the @#%*& DBA!
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb1cb,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1cb,public X-Google-Thread: 1038e3,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid1038e3,public X-Google-Thread: 10001a,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10001a,public X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public X-Google-Thread: 10e16d,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e16d,public X-Google-Thread: f4d80,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4d80,public From: joelga@pebble.org (Joel Garry) Subject: Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving Date: 1998/07/09 Message-ID: <slrn6qaiol.jd5.joelga@pebble.org> X-Deja-AN: 370013523 References: <35941A85.7310@erols.com> <35952cff.791952@news.okc.oklahoma.net> <3595D2FF.1DB5@richmond.infi.net> <3597b3b3.59252089@news.pipeline.com> <35984D31.2F08@richmond.infi.net> <slrn6piucd.m6s.joelga@pebble.org> <35999C43.7399@richmond.infi.net> <slrn6plafq.3kg.joelga@pebble.org> <359C056C.7868@richmond.infi.net> <slrn6po962.rq6.joelga@pebble.org> <359C5677.362A@richmond.infi.net> <slrn6q2hqn.e3f.joelga@pebble.org> <35A16678.11DE@richmond.infi.net> <slrn6q4t3f.pmn.joelga@pebble.org> <35A2F30E.C09963DD@lr.net> Organization: Natural Surrealist Light Peoples Party High Speed Transport Division Reply-To: joelga@nospam.pebble.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 15:58:06 PDT Newsgroups: dc.driving,rec.autos.driving,misc.legal,alt.law-enforcement,seattle.general,ca.driving