Do You Have To Talk To Police?
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Capt. Charlie
Moderator Emeritus
Do they have to show you the radar readout? Nope. But a wise cop will since it pretty much takes any argument out of the picture. I almost always do, unless I'm dealing with a real smarta**, in which case, a: the readout won't, nor will God in heaven, convince him he was speeding, b: it means more time standing there arguing, which I won't do, and c: I love to hear the judge say "GUILTY" 
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.FrankDrebin
Moderator
We as in "the world", or "we" as in "Americans"? If it's the latter, try around 40-45,000...nowhere near 500,000.......
Rich Lucibella
Staff
Took a week off to visit the Montana and Wyoming "Territories". Limited phone, internet and news. Came back to "The World" today.....did my flight plan and, waiting for my plane to be fueled, I saw all I needed to see:TheeBadOne said:
USA Today: Front Page headline about the cost to "society" of FAT PEOPLE. Did I say, "FAT".....I'm sorry; I should have said "Obese" or "Weight Challenged".
No matter, TBO.....the way society's demands are going, two generations of cops from now will be calling them what we all will.....FAT....."smelly", "slothful", "lazy", "self-indulgent", "impulse oriented", "dangerous". They'll be eating all the food on the planet. They'll be launching out of crashed vehicles with more force than necessary. They'll be UNSAFE. They'll require enforcement. Just look to the suits being filed against "fast food" chains or ask the cops two generations ago how they handled "SPEEDERS"......I think you'll find it was a bit different from today.
Rich
FrankDrebin
Moderator
I think the ticket-writing traffic cop was more, or at least equally ubiquitous 2 generations ago than they are now. But depending on how old you are, they barely had POLICE cars two generations ago, let alone traffic units to catch speeders.
Look how quaint, and check out the scorchers!!
http://info.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=35&category=government
Rich Lucibella
Staff
Good article, Frank. Thanks.
Rich
ps: Lest we give people the mistaken impression that the law was after two wheeled "scorchers" tearing up the highways, it should be pointed out that bicycle "speeding" was made illegal because they were being used on the sidewalks; the earliest ones weighed up to 150 lbs and were notoriously unstable. http://www.mnhs.org/market/mhspress/MinnesotaHistory/FeaturedArticles/5406268-282/
Hmmm, wonder what they were "patrolling" for? Doubt it was bicycle helmets or registration "papers".
Rich
ps: Lest we give people the mistaken impression that the law was after two wheeled "scorchers" tearing up the highways, it should be pointed out that bicycle "speeding" was made illegal because they were being used on the sidewalks; the earliest ones weighed up to 150 lbs and were notoriously unstable. http://www.mnhs.org/market/mhspress/MinnesotaHistory/FeaturedArticles/5406268-282/
TheeBadOne
Moderator
In other words, "unsafe", correct?
FrankDrebin
Moderator
Probably patrolling for as much graft as they could get back then.
What's more dangerous, being hit as a pedestrian by a moving object with a combined weight, between bicycle and rider, of 300-400 pounds going 10 miles and hour, or being hit in a car by another car with a weight of 4000 pounds at a combined speed of 140 miles per hour?
Capt. Charlie
Moderator Emeritus
Well folks, if you think not talking to the police when you get pulled over helps, check this out (pasted from another board)
"A senior citizen in Florida bought a brand new Mercedes Benz convertible. He took off down the road, flooring it to 80 mph and enjoying the wind blowing through what little hair he had left on his head.
"This is great," he thought as he road down I-75. He pushed the pedal to the metal even more. Then he looked in his rear view mirror and saw a highway patrol trooper behind him, blue lights flashing and siren blaring.
"I can get away from him with no problem" thought the man and he tromped it some more and flew down the road at over 100 mph. Then 110, 120 mph!
Then he thought, "What am I doing? I'm too old for this kind of thing.
He pulled over to the side of the road and waited for the trooper to catch up with him. The trooper pulled in behind the Mercedes and walked up to the man. "Sir," he said, looking at his watch. "My shift ends in 30 minutes and today is Friday If you can give me a reason why you were speeding that I've never heard before, I'll let you go.
The man looked at the trooper and said, "Years ago my wife ran off with a Florida State trooper, and I thought you were bringing her back."
The trooper replied, "Sir, have a nice day". "
"A senior citizen in Florida bought a brand new Mercedes Benz convertible. He took off down the road, flooring it to 80 mph and enjoying the wind blowing through what little hair he had left on his head.
"This is great," he thought as he road down I-75. He pushed the pedal to the metal even more. Then he looked in his rear view mirror and saw a highway patrol trooper behind him, blue lights flashing and siren blaring.
"I can get away from him with no problem" thought the man and he tromped it some more and flew down the road at over 100 mph. Then 110, 120 mph!
Then he thought, "What am I doing? I'm too old for this kind of thing.
He pulled over to the side of the road and waited for the trooper to catch up with him. The trooper pulled in behind the Mercedes and walked up to the man. "Sir," he said, looking at his watch. "My shift ends in 30 minutes and today is Friday If you can give me a reason why you were speeding that I've never heard before, I'll let you go.
The man looked at the trooper and said, "Years ago my wife ran off with a Florida State trooper, and I thought you were bringing her back."
The trooper replied, "Sir, have a nice day". "
I had heard that one a whilie ago, and l really like it.
Then there is the one where the Pope having arrived at the airport from a flight in is standing on the curb. His driver insist that he must get in and go. The pope insist that he, himself wants to drive. The driver tries to argue, but realizes that it is futile. The Pope gets in behind the wheel, and the driver in the back. As they leave the airport the Pope floors it, racing down the highway. A trooper sees this and pulls them over. As the trooper approaches the vehicle the driver instictively rolls down his back seat window, and says "yes officer". The trooper looks in the front seat, and sees the Pope driving. with a look of amazement he backs up, and decides to call a supervisor. He explains that he has just stopped a high level VIP, and would like to know how to proceed. The supervisor loudly proclaims over the radio, "give them the ticket!". The trooper replies, "but sir I don't think you..." He was cut off by supervisor bellowing back "Just give them the ticket!" The trooper says quietly "but sir I think I have stopped God, because he has the Pope driving for him!"
Then there is the one where the Pope having arrived at the airport from a flight in is standing on the curb. His driver insist that he must get in and go. The pope insist that he, himself wants to drive. The driver tries to argue, but realizes that it is futile. The Pope gets in behind the wheel, and the driver in the back. As they leave the airport the Pope floors it, racing down the highway. A trooper sees this and pulls them over. As the trooper approaches the vehicle the driver instictively rolls down his back seat window, and says "yes officer". The trooper looks in the front seat, and sees the Pope driving. with a look of amazement he backs up, and decides to call a supervisor. He explains that he has just stopped a high level VIP, and would like to know how to proceed. The supervisor loudly proclaims over the radio, "give them the ticket!". The trooper replies, "but sir I don't think you..." He was cut off by supervisor bellowing back "Just give them the ticket!" The trooper says quietly "but sir I think I have stopped God, because he has the Pope driving for him!"