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On Thu, 02 Jul 1998 23:56:39 -0400, Scott M. Kozel <kozelsm@richmond.infi.net> wrote:
>Joel Garry <joelga@pebble.org> wrote:
>> 
>> On Thu, 02 Jul 1998 18:10:52 -0400, Scott M. Kozel <kozelsm@richmond.infi.net> wrote:
>>
>> The full story is I had just got a ticket.  I started to pull away and my
>> rear tire spun slightly on the gravel before the Posi engaged.  It was so
>> benign I didn't even know it had happened.  But the cop thought I purposely
>> spewed him with gravel, and pulled me over and gave me another ticket for
>> reckless driving, saying in no uncertain terms that if any one of your tires
>> loses traction you are considered to be out of control of your vehicle.
>
>Then you shouldn't have spewed the cop with gravel.
>
>I've watched "Cops" and "Real Stories of the Highway Patrol" enough to
>know that you don't mess with the cops.  You certainly don't spew them
>with gravel right after they write you a ticket.  Were you friendly with
>the cop when he wrote you the first ticket?  Did you thank him for the
>ticket?  Or were you angry and hostile while he wrote the ticket, and
>then you "accidentally" spewed him with gravel?

Of course I was hostile.  He had pulled me over out of a group of cars,
letting other faster cars go.  He was an asshole, too.

>
>> >> When does ownership of such behavior vest?
>> >
>> >When your response is voluntary and not coerced by a threat.
>> 
>> So you're saying if I'm being chased by some nutcase with a rifle, and I go
>> over the speed limit, I won't get a ticket?  I don't think the law agrees
>> with you, especially when the nutcase turns out to be a cop performing
>> normal duties.
>
>What kind of gibberish is that?
>
>That is what is called a WORST CASE SCENARIO.

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?

>
>What if you're being chased by a tornado?  Is it ok to speed then?
>
>What if you're at the beach, and you see a 500-foot high tidal wave
>coming in?  Is it ok to speed then?
>
>What if a hydrogen bomb goes off 5 miles away, and you see the shock
>wave coming toward you?  Is it ok to speed then?
>
>The world wonders....  <Navy joke>
>
>You see, I can come up with some pretty good worst-case scenarios too!

And I suppose they've all happened to you?  On your honeymoon with Jennifer
Aniston, eh?

>
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