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Posted on 02/14/2019 3:21:46 AM PST by servo1969

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To: Feckless

You haven’t dealt with cops much

They have jackasses too


61 posted on 02/14/2019 9:20:30 AM PST by wardaddy (Progressive winter is coming.)
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To: animal172

It’s a dope or cash stop

This is life in the sunbelt

They sit in the medians looking for dope or better yet cash

On all the major roads acrosss the southern and middle tier of the nation

And pulling over old people is part of it

Old people run dope or carry cash

Profile stops were once ruled illegal I think in Volusia county Florida in the 80s but that ship long since sailed

This is one way how they will grab guns one day

And people will mostly submit

Just look at this thread

Btw I’m Mississippi native and Nashville area resident

I drive all over......they’ve been doing this in a big way for 25 years

It’s mostly about getting cash they get to keep and believe me they spend it on stuff they want...perks and junkets and more military crap and nice pick ups etc

It doesn’t go to widows and orphans generally

It’s a license to steal

Some states are pushing back...requiring a conviction to confiscate


62 posted on 02/14/2019 9:27:00 AM PST by wardaddy (Progressive winter is coming.)
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To: servo1969
I wonder whether he saw my California plate and thought I might have been a drug runner -

The answer is YES.

The odds are in his favor that you are running drugs.

Busting drug runners is a promotion enhancer. Stopping vehicles with out of state plates, especially from the left coast, is an odds favorite.

63 posted on 02/14/2019 9:30:42 AM PST by TADSLOS (The trouble wth political jokes is that they get elected.)
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To: rebel25

Sorry NW Arkansas. Caddo Gap to be precise.


64 posted on 02/14/2019 10:03:22 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys all aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: servo1969

I was rolling through Montana last winter with a co-worker. The speed limit was 80 and the highway was basically empty. I think we averaged 95-100 for several hours. Suddenly, a state trooper decided he wanted to show me the cool lights on his roof.

It started off very professional then he cracked a joke and my friend and I shared a hearty laugh. Then he gave me a ticket.

After I got home, I called the court to see if I could give a written plea. Next thing I know, the judge is on the phone, mirandized me and asked how I pled. I said, “well your honor, I was doing 93 in an 80 so I guess I’m guilty, but wow, you guys have some awesome roads.”

She laughed and said she’d honestly never here’s that one before. Got a probation before judgement and no points.

The trooper was also the spitting image of Sam Drucker from Green Acres.


65 posted on 02/14/2019 10:21:00 AM PST by cyclotic ( Democrats must be politically eviscerated, disemboweled and demolished.)
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To: Feckless

You’re making the case that armed police pose a real and existential threat to everyone and at all times.

That makes them an army of occupation and not an agency of law and order.


66 posted on 02/14/2019 10:24:06 AM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: Clutch Martin
... it’s now called traffic impement, …

Is that something similar to car impeement??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNrwycrLl_M

67 posted on 02/14/2019 11:48:25 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Mr Radical

download a speedometer app to your phone and you can see how accurate your car’s instrument is.


68 posted on 02/14/2019 11:50:03 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: BipolarBob

once burnt...


69 posted on 02/14/2019 11:54:10 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: TLOne

My last two Jeeps were dead on.


70 posted on 02/14/2019 12:05:36 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: ridesthemiles

It could.

Check some tire specs to see the revolutions per mile stat.


71 posted on 02/14/2019 12:06:54 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: John O

My counterpoint to this is that the police are aware of this risk when they sign up.

When asked “Why do you have a gun?” I can’t say “In case I’m in a bad area I ....” Because the immediate counter to that, from the sheriff or the police or whoever, is “Then don’t go there.”

It’s the same thing, only in reverse. We aren’t allowed to ask the police why they take on a risky job because we scratch our heads and say “Then why do it?” Frankly, I don’t like that question and I don’t ask it.

You see the problem here is neither the citizen NOR the police. It’s the SOP.

Police are asked to put themselves at risk, but they are also targets of very bad philosophical and intellectual trickery - By their own department !

Their pay is kept high enough to not give them the opportunity to run, and it’s low enough that they can’t save up and make a career move. Police work encompasses your entire life. It’s designed to lock you in. And the pension.. WHOA the pension! That’s the biggest reason many of them do it.

So the longer you’re in, the harder and less worthwhile it is to get out. So the cop is trapped in this life where control is removed and it is replaced with all sorts of perks and tricks to make it seem worthwhile.

The cop truly is the victim here, but it’s NOT by the citizens. It’s by the upper eschelons.


72 posted on 02/14/2019 3:00:12 PM PST by Celerity
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To: ridesthemiles

good point, yes a taller wheel/tire combo with a greater overall circumference (”rolling radius”) would show a slower speed


73 posted on 02/15/2019 12:54:27 AM PST by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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To: Elsie
download a speedometer app to your phone and you can see how accurate your car’s instrument is.
aaah, but would it also inform 'THEM' what speed I'm doing ....
;)

Here in the UK we have distance markers on the motorways which are usually accurate, even over long distances, so it's fairly easy to check.
74 posted on 02/15/2019 1:08:52 AM PST by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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To: wardaddy

I’d argue that a majority are jackasses, as they cover for their corrupt brethren.


75 posted on 02/15/2019 1:36:14 AM PST by macrahanish #1
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To: Mr Radical

We had a few places on highways with accurate measured miles before the Interstates went in.

And now we have fairly accurate mileage posts along all interstates.

However, using these require at least a minute to use (for speed check), and is susceptible to human reaction time error.

GPS; however; is almost instant.


76 posted on 02/15/2019 4:30:02 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Mr Radical
aaah, but would it also inform 'THEM' what speed I'm doing .

Quite possible, but since your position could be known by 'them' anyway, your speed could be found by...

( (where he was)-(where he is) ) / ( (WHEN he was)-(WHEN he is) )


And iff'n ya wanna REALLY go nuts on the math involved ---> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_signals

77 posted on 02/15/2019 4:47:10 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Mr Radical

OnStar: How may we help you?


78 posted on 02/15/2019 4:49:26 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Mr Radical

Of course this flowchart may have some links in it that we poor schlubs have NO idea they exist!

(Jumping right into #8 looks like a fun place for our Controllers to enter.)

79 posted on 02/15/2019 5:10:47 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

“... it’s now called traffic impement, …
Is that something similar to car impeement??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNrwycrLl_M";

I am truly in inspired!

What do u think was in the container?


80 posted on 02/15/2019 8:00:31 AM PST by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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