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Wesley Clark motorcade busted, gets speeding ticket in Oklahoma
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| Feb 1, 2004
Posted on 02/01/2004 6:42:12 PM PST by nwrep
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:45:41 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Polls show Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark doing well as he fights for Oklahoma's 40 delegates, but the state hasn't been entirely friendly territory him.
Clark's three-car caravan was headed back from a campaign appearance in McAlester to Oklahoma City shortly after midnight Sunday when it was pulled over by a state trooper.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; clark; maryhelp; ok; wesley
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To: Triple Word Score
Lots more good driving going on than wrecks. All above 85MPH. And the F-16 pilots that I feed every drill weekend do really well above 85MPH. ;>)
/john
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posted on
02/01/2004 8:39:15 PM PST
by
JRandomFreeper
(I'm not quite just a cook anymore.)
To: Triple Word Score
That is Barbara Streisand.
When the interstates were designed, they were designed to be safe at 110 mph in automobiles that were available in 1950.
Today, we have automobiles that are much improved with safety equipment.
The real problem is that it is way to easy to get and retain a drivers license in the U.S.
Reflexes have almost nothing to do with it. Judgement and training is a lot more important!
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posted on
02/01/2004 8:43:45 PM PST
by
rollin
To: rollin
Take some college physics courses and get back to me.
I'll wait here for you.
To: nwrep
Hey, Trooper! You rock!
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posted on
02/01/2004 8:48:16 PM PST
by
Samwise
(There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil.)
To: JRandomFreeper
I guess you never noticed but there is a huge difference between driving on a public road and driving a race course. I could be here all day listing all the differences.
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posted on
02/01/2004 8:49:34 PM PST
by
Kirkwood
To: JRandomFreeper
I could post some aircraft accident shots too, but you know the drill. Being lucky isn't the same as being perfectly in control. Human reflexes, of course, fall in a Gaussian distribution like most everything else, but there are orders of magnitude in difference between what 110 mph speeds can demand and what the best human reflexes can achieve in an emergency.
Eventually technology may bridge the gap there with computer control in emergency situations.
To: Triple Word Score
Human reflexes aren't up to 85 mph anyway even under perfect conditions. Must not have met the non-lethargic.
If you follow at safe distances, and it's a suitable road (of which many interstates are), 85 is easily handleable.
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posted on
02/01/2004 8:56:55 PM PST
by
lepton
To: martin_fierro
Great Picture!!
To: rollin
And how many automobiles driven in the US are safe at 110 mph? Very few. For example, most US cars don't have high performance tires rated for those speeds. Throw in the fact that many cars are poorly maintained and these speeds become dangerous, irrespective of the qualitites of the driver.
By the way, you are wrong about reflexes not playing a role. They play a big role and there are definite limits to what a person is capable of on a public road.
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posted on
02/01/2004 8:58:25 PM PST
by
Kirkwood
To: Kirkwood
My BMW 735i [I know I know, it's German] will do a comfortable 110....then I chicken out.
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posted on
02/01/2004 9:04:07 PM PST
by
VaBthang4
(-He who watches over Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps-)
To: Triple Word Score
Try telling 3/4 of the OTR truckers that.
To: lepton
Yeah, but can the guy behind you and in the lane next to you handle 85 mph, and is everybody's car well-maintained? Is there metal fatigue in your axle, are your brake pads working their way loose? Is everybody on the road sober? Are all loads secured? Is some old lady on the other side of the interstate about to find out that the pain in her chest and arm WAS something to worry about? You can handle 85 mph--can you handle 170? She's coming across the median now, unconscious at the wheel....
To: nwrep
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posted on
02/01/2004 9:14:35 PM PST
by
ambrose
(My God, it's full of stars!)
To: sgtbono2002
The turnpikes in Oklahoma have speed limit signs that give notice that there is NO TOLERANCE. The speed limit is 75, and that doesn't mean 76, much less 88.
If Clark let his driver get away with lying about setting the cruise control, what other lying by his staff does he allow ?
To: sittnick
I spent the past three days in Texas, and I came to the conclusion that in Texas 70 MPH really means 85. And don't you dare get in the left lane doing a mere 75. Move over, and do it in a hurry before somebody drives right over you in their Lexus SUV. (BTW, is the plural of Lexus Lexi? As in, at least a dozen Lexi passed me on their way to Houston for the Toilet Bowl, I mean the Super Bowl.)
To: All
Even if it was set for 83, that still is over the 80 mph (5 miles over) limit he could go without usually getting a ticket.
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posted on
02/01/2004 10:01:57 PM PST
by
rwfromkansas
("Men stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up as if nothing had happened." Churchill)
To: sittnick
Here in KS they generally give you only 5.
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posted on
02/01/2004 10:04:30 PM PST
by
rwfromkansas
("Men stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up as if nothing had happened." Churchill)
To: martin_fierro
lol
To: nwrep
who was driving the lead vehicle carrying Clark and foreign policy adviser Jamie Rubin -- for speeding. Jamie Rubin's name ought to set off red lights all over...
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posted on
02/01/2004 10:26:01 PM PST
by
gatorbait
(Yesterday, today and tomorrow......The United States Army)
To: deport
Thanks for the ping. They will pick up speeders going any over 75 on the toll roads around here. Love it they got Clark. He has been a total Clymer here in OK where he has spent a lot of time!
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posted on
02/01/2004 10:31:53 PM PST
by
PhiKapMom
(AOII Mom -- Support Bush-Cheney '04)
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