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Article #1246Re: Arrest Slow Drivers--One County's Answer to Aggressive Driving
From: Scott M. Kozel
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 00:00
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Scott Weiser <weiser@dimensional.com> wrote: > > On 3 Jul 1998 20:33:55 GMT, russotto@wanda.pond.com (Matthew T. > Russotto) wrote: > > >In article <359D0881.313B@richmond.infi.net>, > >Scott M. Kozel <kozelsm@richmond.infi.net> wrote: > >}Scott Weiser <weiser@dimensional.com> wrote: > >}> > >}> On Fri, 03 Jul 1998 05:39:33 GMT, eta@my-dejanews.com (Eric Anderson) > >}> wrote: > >}> > >}> >On Fri, 03 Jul 1998 04:50:00 GMT, weiser@dimensional.com (Scott Weiser) wrote: > >}> > > >}> >>When it comes to scofflaw speeders, I go to great pains to impose it > >}> >>on them, and always will. > >}> > > >}> >Ah, well we of the fast-drivers association will happily take you to task with > >}> >a pro-speed Jihad of our own. The more the authorities squeeze, the faster > >}> >we'll go, and the cleverer we'll get about doing it. > >}> > >}> Which is why the penalties for doing so should include permanent > >}> revocation of your license, seizure of your auto and jail time. > >} > >}And if they also kill someone, all of the above, plus public hanging. > > > >If the penalty is death, why stop for the flashing lights? > > Good point...perhaps pursuit vehicles with guided missile launchers > would help..... > > It's my opinion that anyone who tries to elude the police in a > high-speed pursuit ought to have deadly force used against them at the > earliest possible moment consistent with public safety. Such people > have clearly no regard for the safety of others and place them in > grave danger of death and/or serious bodily injury, and that is all > that's required to authorize the use of deadly force. > > I think "road mines" instead of "road fangs" would be > appropriate....or a cop by the side of the road with a LAW rocket. Naaaahh. No need for the high-powered weaponry. A good 12-guage security-grade pump shotgun would do the job fine. -- Scott M. Kozel "The Virginia Highwayman" kozelsm@richmond.infi.net Highway and Transportation History Websites Virginia/Maryland/Washington D.C. http://www.richmond.infi.net/~kozelsm PHL area http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Campus/5961/pennways.html
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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: 10e16d,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e16d,public X-Google-Thread: 10001a,a813ba40692ae7c2 X-Google-Attributes: gid10001a,public From: "Scott M. Kozel" <kozelsm@richmond.infi.net> Subject: Re: Arrest Slow Drivers--One County's Answer to Aggressive Driving Date: 1998/07/06 Message-ID: <35A131E1.577@richmond.infi.net> X-Deja-AN: 369003070 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <slrn6pd5st.b4u.player1@molly.hh.org> <35a56d7a.9056262@news.serv.net> <359d0545.253326359@news.dimensional.com> <359D0881.313B@richmond.infi.net> <6njf7j$8o7@netaxs.com> <359d73f3.281664924@news.dimensional.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Balanced Transportation Systems Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: kozelsm@richmond.infi.net Newsgroups: dc.driving,rec.autos.driving,misc.legal,alt.law-enforcement,seattle.general,ca.driving