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Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving

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From: Mike Sweeney
Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 00:00
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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.

M


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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.&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?
<BR>>
<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>

<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>>I can't imagine being frightened by that scenario.&nbsp;
But that's just
<BR>>me....

<P>You missed something important.&nbsp; That is, IT LOOKS LIKE A RIFLE.
<BR>&nbsp;</BLOCKQUOTE>
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.

<P>M
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From: Mike Sweeney <msweeney@lr.net>
Subject: Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving
Date: 1998/07/08
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