Posted on 06/03/2011 11:45:52 PM PDT by ak267
By KASIE HUNT: SEABROOK, N.H. — Sarah Palin’s bus is plastered with a mock-up of the U.S. Constitution. But her entourage — both the three-vehicle motorcade that includes the bus and the smaller, two-SUV version she uses for smaller events — hasn’t been very respectful of traffic laws. They speed. They run red lights and stop signs. They make last-second lane changes to get off the highway, sometimes without signaling.....So do the reporters following them.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Trying to find out if the possession and use of radar guns is even legal.
Not clear from this discussion:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-16029.html
I’m only speculating that there was a radar gun involved to come up with the rather precise “52 mph”.
And come on? Radar guns illegal? Because it has the word “gun” in it? Watch out, my hot glue gun is next! Pitching coaches of the world, beware.
WOW, she would/could win on looks alone, what a kewl woman.
In other news, Joe Biden's motorcade has been elevated to a "rolling clear and present danger"
You fell for the propaganda intended by the author.
Read it again - the Palin motorcade is two SUVs long.
Two as in “Two fewer than the cars in my driveway”.
Note also - she describes the runing of red lights - read it again - she doesn;’t describe Palin doing this - she describes the paparazzi doing this.
I just know what a grand PIA these things can be and at my age I don’t need anything else to aggravate me. Tying up a 10 mile route for an hour each way smacks too much to me of a society with royalty, not elected leaders who serve at the pleasure of the citizens.
“They speed. They run red lights and stop signs. They make last-second lane changes to get off the highway, sometimes without signaling.”
Welcome to New England- where use of a blinker is optional and stop signs are just a suggestion!
LMAO! What whiners!
“The reporters who are speeding, tailgating, cutting off other cars, blasting through roundabouts and passing on the right in an effort to keep up, say they have no other choice”
Ahhh.. the truth shines through. Who is it that is speeding and cutting off other cars?
ROTFL!! I'd love to have a bumper sticker for my car with Yosemite Sam on it!
That was my first thought when I read that comment! I could see a little car doing that, but that big old honking bus?
Chris Mathews as Ethel Merman.
Anthony Weiner as Ethel Merman's son (played by Dick Shawn in the movie.)
Since Sarah doesn't have Secret Service protection, it's highly unlikely that the police would have held traffic up for her for any length of time. But even if she asked, and the police decided to assist her through traffic, the fact that there are only 2 SUVs and 1 bus in the 'caravan', it certainly wouldn't create a traffic backup for more than 5 minutes or so.
I've been in a traffic back up for the President, when it was GWB, on I-80 in PA. The traffic HAD to be held up for security reasons, and we realized that. We sat there for an hour or so. Yeah, it was annoying, but it wasn't life-threatening, so we dealt with it.
Why do I get the feeling that this, “politico” outfit does not like Palin?
She drives like a Pittsburgher. People here think turn signals are for state inspections only.
As for speeding, the only time people speed is when they cut you off and then they drop down to 5 miles under the speed limit..GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
>>These people (and Politico especially) are absolutely desperate.<<
At first I thought it was satire.
Maybe they need to check to see if her bus has any marker lights out. ;)
How about Phil Silvers ripping out the bottom of his convertible Plymouth? :)
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