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On Sun, 28 Jun 1998 23:47:22 GMT, E. Faubion <efaubion@oklahoma.ten> wrote:
>Tony Wang <tonyw44@prodigy.net.nospam> wrote:
>
>>And that may result in someone dying......maybe an innocent person who was
>>driving by and just happened to get nailed by one of the idiots playing
>>games.
>
>More often than not that's the outcome.

I heartily disagree.  Most of the time, _Nothing Happens_.  Not a defense,
just the facts.

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>>BTW, as a police officer, do you consider the type of vehicle someone's
>>driving before you write them up?
>
>Generally no.  It's how they drive, not what they drive. 

Funny, I've driven similar vehicles changing only the color and sound, and
had quite a different experience.  I've also driven completely different
vehicles and noticed a marked corollary between what, and almost no corollary
between how.

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>>Obviously, someone driving a Geo Metro
>>at 90 mph is driving recklessly, because that car can't handle it.  But if
>>that guy's driving, say, a Ferarri......then it's a little different.
>
>I understand what you're getting at however what we find all too often
>is that a high performance vehicle is manned by a low performance
>driver and that's when the problems begin.  Let's face it, a true high
>performance driver isn't very likely to take unnecessary risks anyway.
>They know better.

I know better.  I got a ticket once after driving a whole day in a formula
car, then driving 78 on the freeway out in the middle of the desert.  Big 
unnecessary risk, that, driving on the freeway.

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