Posted on 12/18/2018 7:18:21 AM PST by raccoonradio
Or has another Duchess of Hazzard been created? There are a lot of presumptions in the old order that are no longer kept in the new, and this cop’s “hopes” may be viewed as mere fighting words to be opposed (with the support of a growing majority of the legal system) at every turn.
Rule #1 of a fight: Know the territory. Far better would be something that rings true where the presumptions are the exception rather than the rule.
I love this. Saw it on FB yesterday. Think it’s great. I can only imagine what cops see. I’ve seen things. If you have kids that are driving you can’t stop preaching to them. Good for this guy. I’m making my kids read it.
What in the hell are you talking about?
About truth and facts, not about a world that is rapidly ceasing to exist. Go ahead and presume on if you must.
Where was the officer’s urging to the parents “TAKE AWAY THAT CAR”?
Now this is one of the few things that would make sense. Most of this is virtue signalling of an old world against a crazy new one.
Excellent
If he said that, someone would criticize him for butt-ing in Nanny State style. And you don’t know that the parents won’t do that when they find out he got an expensive ticket and likely an insurance surcharge.
You’ve lost me on your old world new world dialogue. I just don’t get it. What this guy did has probably gotten parents to sit down and yet again reiterate to their kids that when they are driving they are in possession of a DEADLY WEAPON. You can never repeat it enough. Good for this guy for giving the reminder.
The more I thought about what could happen if a tire blew or something else.....I backed off.
My excuse if I had been pulled over.....had to try it once.
You tried, at least.
I once got up to at least 125. I had to slow down because the hood was rattling so badly I was convinced it was going to come off.
I’ve overheard a 17 year old bragging about this exact stuff. He truly believes he is a “superior” driver and could be in NASCAR. He’s enabled by having access to his rich parents’ powerful pickup and has already outrun the police on one occasion (or more likely they gave up the chase for safety reasons). He goes with his friends out on country roads and does “truck surfing” - standing up in the pickup bed at high speeds. I guess mere hill-topping is SO 20th century...
While we have lower speed limits here, and it’s the “speed delta” that kills, I find that laws seem to define what is “ethical” for many while in Germany I can go as fast as I want and nobody thinks twice about it.
What is strange is somebody driving YOU at 100mph, without a consideration for the fact that it is an unusual experience for some (in a minivan no-less) :)
When I was a teen, the Driver’s Ed teacher would play an old reel-to-reel film showing footage of car accidents and their grisly aftermath. I can’t say it made me a perfect driver, but it was always in the back of my mind, and perhaps kept me from some of the more egregious offenses.
If you aren’t willing to obey simple traffic laws then let’s call for open borders since following the law is unimportant
Come on ....100mph in a 45 mph????? That’s insanity
What about the guy on the motorcycle putting along right behind him? Yikes!
When one of them dies or is a quad for life we’ll see how he brags
If he didn’t realize how fast he was going he drives that fast a LOT.
I got a lecture like that one time when I got caught drag racing. I thought sure we were going to be arrested. The police officer didn’t even give us a ticket. It was a warning I took to heart. I never did a stupid thing like that again. Other stupid things, maybe, but not that.
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