🚀 go-pugleaf

joelga@pebble.org (Joel Garry) 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.

If nothing happens how do you know about it?

It's a given that those who play games while piloting a 3000 pound
bullet are prone to creating problems and the observation is that when
things do go sour then more often than not an innocent is the one
paying the price rather than the driver who caused it.

>>>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.

That's your opinion.    It's not how I do things and I don't approve
of any officer who does.  I'm an equal opportunity cop and I'll stop
you for the same violation regardless whether you're driving a
nondescript clunker or a beemer.  Makes me no difference at all.

>>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.

Apparently not or the following wouldn't have happened.

>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.

Sour grapes.  You weren't as careful as you thought you were or the
cop wouldn't have been there now would he?   And that's the point.  A
professional driver takes responsibility for his actions instead of
blaming others.  


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