Oh we were down the hill. The "highway hill" where 17 mile went over I-75. You know the bridge where we - excuse me - they dropped the dummy on to the cars- below....and ran. :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Chopper
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Oh we were down the hill. The "highway hill" where 17 mile went over I-75. You know the bridge where we - excuse me - they dropped the dummy on to the cars- below....and ran. :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Chopper
Yes it was the same week when he ( name withheld) stole that guys lawn tractor, took it on a joy ride, then buried it in the field. No lie.:confused:
I guess you know how to light a fire and run.:pQuote:
Originally Posted by nfpgasmask
...as a murder victim...:nonegray:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ebenezr
I usually enjoy the conflagration for a little while, and then when it gets to hot I simply walk away. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ebenezr
Bart
perhaps you could share it with them:yesb:Quote:
Originally Posted by PK
We made a cloth one from old clothes and stuff....tied a rope to the railing on the overpass and also around it's "neck" .....dummy commited suicide over I-95Quote:
Originally Posted by Ebenezr
*** Did you ever pour gas across the highway, and light it off just as a car's coming? Best results are had after last call for the adults :) 3AM-ish
****3 kids were recently convicted in the death of an I-4 driver that crashed while trying to avoid a resin chair the kids had placed on the Highway..........you are correct....today we'd go to jail
Reminds me of a headline I read this morning: Police: Woman Stabs Man In Neck With Children In HomeQuote:
Originally Posted by circmand
Say what?
My time of such mischief was back around 1972ish. I was luckily vacationing in Florida when the dummy and tractor incident occurred back in mi. So I had an alibi. Sp? But yes lighting roads on fire usually occurred quite late. :bwgy:Quote:
Originally Posted by Chopper
knock on wood, last time I was pulled over was on my road bike for running a stop sign, just got a warning. I changed my route since then to hit less stop signs :P Off the bike I'm much better at obeying traffic laws.
my brother got a speeding ticket (not a warning) when he was 12 or 13 years old. he was "speeding" on his bmx going down an ally. not posted 10mph, they claimed he was doing over 20... cop said he should have had a spedo on his bike and ignorance was no excuse. my parants tryed to fight the ticket and lost in court.
Was he going down hill? I'm not sure u can hit 20 on a bmx ... regardless that's pretty f'n ridiculous that he got a ticket at 13.
About a week later they put a 10mph sign up, because a naibors cat got ran over (she worked for the city). The cops did speed traps in that ally for about 6 months.
So Usain Bolt would not be allowed to run in that alley, since he can hit 23 mph in a sprint.
He can run, but NO SCISSORS.
Surprisingly the least ticketed is Jaguar XJ sedan.
I also disagree that red cars don't get more ticket. I've owned only one red car in my life and it got more stops than all of the other cars I've owned together, and it a Volvo.
Who would of thought....almost all hopped-up German cars and those popular with the ricer crowd!:bwgy:Quote:
Originally Posted by VXR
Well you know what they say, "the plural of anecdote is not data."Quote:
Originally Posted by rsteinmetz70112
This just in:
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Photo Radar in Illinois- begins July 1st!!!! BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING LEAD FOOTS !.....
Illinois will begin using photo radar in freeway work zones in July. One mile per hour over the speed limit and the machine will get you a nice $375.00 ticket in the mail. Beginning July 1st, the State of Illinois will begin using the speed cameras in areas designated as "Work Zones" on major freeways. Anyone caught by these devices will be mailed a $375.00 ticket for the FIRST offense. The SECOND offense will cost $1000.00 and comes with a 90-Day suspension. Drivers will also receive demerit points against their license, which allow insurance companies to raise Insurance rates.
This is the harshest penalty structure ever set for a governmental unit involving PHOTO speed enforcement. The State already has two camera vans on line issuing tickets 24/7 in work zones with speed limits lowered to 45 MPH. Photos of both the Driver's face and License plate are taken. Pass this on to everyone you know who might be affected!!!
http://www.snopes.com/politics/traffic/illinois.asp<http://www.snopes.com/politics/traffic/illinois.asp> TRUE
Government revenue scams. You would think with these units being vandalized and some reps being shot the government would begin to realize we are getting fed up of getting screwed to feed theor bloated inefficient ways. Balance the budget fire have the government work force and tell the rest they will be fires if they dont shape up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Y33TREKker
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Originally Posted by FlyingV77
When I worked at Robbins AFB, it was quicker for me to bike to work rather than drive. MP's tried to give me a speeding ticket once. Here's how it went down:
Officer: WOOWOOWOOO - pull the bicycle over to the curb sir and dismount.
Me: I did
Me: Yes, officer how may I help you.
Officer: License and registration please.
Me: I'm sorry sir but I can not comply. There is no registration for bicycles and since a drivers license isn't required, I left it at home.
Officer: Give me your Government ID then, I know you have that on you.
Me: I'm sorry Officer but the security office informed me that I can not use that as a form of ID.
I gotta give it to the MP. He tried ... he really tried. After giving him my name, age, race, ... he tried filling out the ticket. After about 2 minutes of that, he finally laughed & told me to leave.
BTW, I wasn't speeding, I was just going faster than all of the cars.
I was actually informed that report was originally circulated years ago, and that it's gotten reborn every year since then around the beginning of summer.Quote:
Originally Posted by circmand
That doesn't change my opinion that some such revenue producers are incorporated at times though. I can still remember three times specifically when I've been pulled over for "speeding": once doing 42 in a 35, once doing 37 in a 30, and once allegedly doing 72 in a 45 ((although the officer kindly reduced it to 64 so I wouldn't be cited for 20 over --- even though I wasn't doing anywhere close to even 64 at the time either --- I was in a Mustang GT all three times. But, I hesitate to mention the word "profiling" and risk being labeled paranoid, even though the 37 in a 30 had me singled out of a group of cars all doing the same speed)).
I can tell you that in the City of New Orleans a private company has been contracted to provide speeding cameras at several locations, usually school zones on busy streets. These cameras produce millions of dollars a year in revenue. At least one of the cameras was for a long time improperly set and was issuing school zone speeding tickets at days and times when school zones were not in effect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Y33TREKker
I know I've been accused of assuming the worst on occasion, but in my own defense, as it's turned out, my suspicions have more often than not been proven accurate over time.Quote:
Originally Posted by rsteinmetz70112
In cases like the ones you've described, I can't help but wonder if some are purposeful oversights, with the powers-that-be knowing most people are just too busy these days to deal with the inconveniences of fighting such tickets in court...similar to receiving out-of-state speeding tickets...and as a result just end up paying the fines whether they were deserved or not.
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Originally Posted by circmand
Hey circ PK says look in the mirror and pay up...Quote:
Originally Posted by PK
So yesterday i went to a scheduled hearing for window tints.
I looked across the hearing room and noticed that the P/O who wrote the ticket wasn't there so i thought it ill be dismissed right away,how wrong were i
The judge call me forward to start my trail when all of a sudden i saw this P/O who obviously wasn't the one who issued the ticket.
So my defense was that according to the ticket i were driving eastbound when in fact i was driving westbound,i told the judge the fact that the ticket had wrong/misleading information it should be dismissed on the spot,plus the P/O here present wasn't the one who wrote the ticket
The judge allows you to ask questions to the P/O so following that right i ask the P/O : How can you oat that the statement you are providing ( actually reading on a paper sheet ) in this court and the information written on the ticket is true and accurate when you weren't the P/O that issued the ticket nor witness the traffic violation ? :mad:
The P/O didn't knew what to say,but the judge without allowing the police officer time to answer my question just shout "GUILTY" and command me to pay $ 130 in two weeks or appeal the decision.Of course i request to appeal the decision.
The "judge" asked me if i removed my "illegal" tints,i replay saying " no and i wouldn't" he asked me why. I told him the P/O has a gun,he can defend his self,but my car wouldn't stand a chance from unwanted folks peeping and vandalizing my car to figured out if there's anything that is worth the headache of my pockets spitting out $ 600+ for a new window and my car insurance is more likely to be on my side on that matter.
My question here: Is legal for a P/O to "represent" another P/O in court in his absence ?
I ask that question because i strongly believe that's illegal by all means.
The P/O that wrote me the ticket never appeared before,during and after my trial,but if i don't show up in court the city threats me to suspend my license,cancel my registration,tow my vehicule and/or garnish my salary/banking accounts while the police officer have no obligation to appear in court and still capable of winning the trial
All i know for sure most of the cities,counties,states,villages,etc legalizes ways to empty out our pockets,write off "laws" that only benefits them and use police officers as tax collectors just like in the roman empire era.
We the main street folks have no chances to defeat the big pig,we on the lose-lose side of the equation.
I havent had a speeding ticket in decades. I just disagree with cops going from serve and protect to ticket and collectQuote:
Originally Posted by VXR
Wow I am really proud of that one I need to photo shop that logo onto a picture of a cop car and put it on a T-shirt
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Agreed, you may very well have come up with the next "$#!+ Happens" with that one. :_beer:Quote:
Originally Posted by circmand