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Article #148Re: Radar Detectors (was Highway Driving Rules)
From: Brad Templeton
Date: Tue, 09 May 1989 06:37
Date: Tue, 09 May 1989 06:37
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I know this isn't can.politics, but it's worth remembering that amongst the worst kind of laws are the laws that everybody breaks. They make everybody a lawbreaker or scofflaw, and that means that effectively any citizen can be stopped by the police any time the police feel like it. Who comes to a full stop, for example? Nobody. So if the police feel like pulling you over, they can, any time. What judge would trust your word over an officer's that you didn't come to a full stop. The JUDGE never comes to a full stop, I'll bet. I will bet he speeds, too, as do the cops, on and off duty. We do have some laws that prohibit the police from abusing this, but it's very hard to prove. It also creates general disrespect for the law. All in all it's a very bad thing. In some police states, they make sure that everybody not only breaks the HTA, but the criminal code as well. It makes it very easy to get political prisoners on criminal charges. -- Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. -- Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!looking!brad From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) Newsgroups: kw.general,ont.general Subject: Re: Radar Detectors (was Highway Driving Rules) Keywords: speed limits Message-ID: <3217@looking.UUCP> Date: 9 May 89 06:37:08 GMT References: <852@mv03.ecf.toronto.edu> <9556@watcgl.waterloo.edu> <13670@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <9584@watcgl.waterloo.edu> Reply-To: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd. Lines: 21