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Re: Arrest Slow Drivers--One County's Answer to Aggressive Driving

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From: John Miles
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 00:00
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Scott Weiser wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 06 Jul 1998 16:21:53 -0400, "Scott M. Kozel"
> <kozelsm@richmond.infi.net> wrote:
> 
> >Scott Weiser <weiser@dimensional.com> wrote:
> 
> >> 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.
> 
> I had this theory for an automated system which uses radar to detect
> speeders, then a solid steel barrier, similar to the ones used for
> anti-terrorist protection, pops up out of the roadway a millisecond or
> two before the car gets there, smashed the car, drops it into a
> vehicle crusher under the highway, flips down the barrier and then
> spits up a nicely compacted square of metal by the roadside to be
> picked up for recycling.
> 
> Sort of a "Bambi meets Godzilla" kind of thing.
> Regards,
> 
> Scott Weiser

Get help.  Soon.

-- jm

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From: John Miles <jmiles@pop.removethistomailme.net>
Subject: Re: Arrest Slow Drivers--One County's Answer to Aggressive Driving
Date: 1998/07/06
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