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Re: Aggressive Driving

#1086
From: Joel Garry
Date: Thu, 09 Jul 1998 00:00
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On Mon, 06 Jul 1998 02:52:18 GMT, E. Faubion <in@the.sig> wrote:
>Brian Varine <Witch*Dr@usa.nobulkemail.net> wrote:
>
>>> He's not a LEO.  And the applet is for illustrative purposes only,
>>> however it does pretty well illustrate a number of crashes that have
>>> actually happened.  About the only thing on it I disagree with is the
>>> speeder usually plow into the other vehicle rather than spinning off
>>> the road but both scenarios have happened so it's a reasonably fair
>>> representation.
>
>>How about your International Network of Collision Reconstructionists? A
>>organization formed 2 years ago and hosted by none other than Laser
>>Technologies, the people who make laser speed guns and owned (50%) by
>>GEICO Insurance.
>
>They host the list server and the page and have no influence on it's
>contents.  If you'd read beyond the title you'd have known that.
>
>You just can't win can you?
>
>>> Driver A pulls onto the cross street and Driver B is speeding toward
>>> him.   Crash!   Who's fault?  Both?  Based on court decisions, yes.
>>> Had each driver obeyed the law there would be no crash.  The only time
>>> I've seen a single driver found at fault in instances like this is
>>> when Driver A is traveling at an extremely high rate of speed, then he
>>> and he alone gets tagged for the whole show.
>
>>Yes, but
>
>Yes but nothing.  That scenario exists and you can't tell me you speed
>only on the interstates.  We both know better than that.
>
>>this is a two lane road where most accidents occur not on the
>>freeway. Freeways are controlled access, people just don't pull out.
>
>Yet thanks to a few idiots the crashes continue.  My my.  Isn't that
>amazing?
>
>>How about 80 in a 65 out in the middle of nowhere? 
>
>Depends on your attitude whether the ticket counts points or not.  I
>may check your record first and if there's a single speeding ticket on
>it you'll get the full load.  If not you just might get off with a
>cheapie reduced charge or maybe even a warning.

I hope someone reads this who you ticketed and you get a chewing out by
a judge for usurping their authority.

>
>
>efaubion@oklahoma.net
>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/6123/


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From: joelga@pebble.org (Joel Garry)
Subject: Re: Aggressive Driving
Date: 1998/07/09
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