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On Thu, 2 Jul 1998 18:32:53 -0700, MARK F FOLSOM <FOLSOMMAN@prodigy.net> wrote:
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>E. Faubion wrote in message <359c18cf.26542564@news.okc.oklahoma.net>...
>>hartman@NOSPAM.tconl.com (P.J. Hartman) wrote:
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>>>And that's why some of us use available, legal technology to help
>>>identify when an officer is in the vicinity.
>>
>>Which is why I leave my radar on only when I haven't the time to stop
>>anyone.  There's no telling how many times I've slowed down a detector
>>equipped speeder when he was in no danger of getting stopped.  They do
>>have their uses.
>
>I think a great use of radar is leaving it on at an accident scene where
>oncoming traffic is likely to come on it without much visual warning.  A few
>times I've come over a blind hill or around a blind corner and had my
>detector go crazy and slowed down (also slowing many of the speeders behind
>me) only to find an accident scene and some very slow traffic on the other
>side.  It really got things quieted down quickly.
>
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>>>Of course, scanners and detectors aren't panaceas, nor will I make
>>>such a claim.  But, in many cases, they do help.
>>
>>Yep, you got that right.   Thirty percent of all speeders that I stop
>>for speeding on the interstate system have detectors including some
>>with the infamous V1.   Heaven forbid we ever outlaw the gadgets.
>>Then working radar wouldn't be nearly as much fun.
>
>My detector has paid for itself several times, especially when they have
>those multi-cruiser harvesting operations going.  Of course, I know I can
>get nailed anyway, but my odds are better with it than without and the state
>can use a little money once in a while.

Amazing that those officers can still reproduce, microwaving their gonads
and all.

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>>efaubion@oklahoma.net
>>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/6123/
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>Mark Folsom
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