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Article #1184Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving
From: Mike Sweeney
Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 00:00
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--------------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. 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--
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1038e3,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid1038e3,public X-Google-Thread: fb1cb,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1cb,public X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public X-Google-Thread: f4d80,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4d80,public X-Google-Thread: 10001a,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10001a,public X-Google-Thread: 10e16d,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e16d,public From: Mike Sweeney <msweeney@lr.net> Subject: Re: Speeding, Tailgating, and Reckless Driving Date: 1998/07/08 Message-ID: <35A2F30E.C09963DD@lr.net> X-Deja-AN: 369448956 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> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------12C094780817A588A663C34D" Organization: LRNet, Inc. Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: dc.driving,rec.autos.driving,misc.legal,alt.law-enforcement,seattle.general,ca.driving