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NYPD: 'We Will Arrest You' If On the Road
The Weekly Standard ^

Posted on 01/23/2016 7:14:18 PM PST by matt04

Martial law has been decalred in New York City. This comes in response to this year's biggest snow storm.

The New York Police Department is threatening to arrest anyone on the road. They are calling it a "travel ban."

"After 2:30 p.m and you're on the road, we will arrest you @NYPDChiefofDept says," NYPD says.

"Stay off the road, @NYPDChiefofDept says. We don't want to have to arrest you."

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: blizzard; nyc; nypd
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So they catch someone trying to get home at 2:45 they go to jail. Seems like a logical thing to do, tie up resources to transport someone to jail because they missed Comrade O'Neill deadline by a few minutes.

I guess you have to like dictatorships if you want to live in NYC.

1 posted on 01/23/2016 7:14:18 PM PST by matt04
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“travel ban.”

In the United States of America?


2 posted on 01/23/2016 7:15:07 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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3 posted on 01/23/2016 7:17:30 PM PST by gaijin
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Walking, too?


4 posted on 01/23/2016 7:18:38 PM PST by Mamzelle
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Whatta bout private vehicles with plows?


5 posted on 01/23/2016 7:21:37 PM PST by Paladin2
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That's what a state of emergency means. I've never heard of someone getting arrested for being on the road, though.

Read the other thread about the National Guard being called out to help hundreds of stranded motorists on the Pennsylvania Turnpike since yesterday -- including bus loads of people traveling home from the March for Life in Washington.

If you want the government to come and rescue you when you're in trouble on a public road, then you shouldn't complain when they tell you to stay off the roads in inclement weather.

6 posted on 01/23/2016 7:22:09 PM PST by Alberta's Child (My mama said: "To get things done, you'd better not mess with Major Tom.")
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Well in the snow belt, travel bans on major hiways are possible due to inclement weather such as blizzards. Now if they had a ‘you go and get your stupid ass stuck, then you`re on your own, you can freeze to death if it`s that important’ alert I`d be cool with that.


7 posted on 01/23/2016 7:22:53 PM PST by nomad
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To: BenLurkin

I’ve driven in one of CT’s ‘travel bans.” We have maybe 6-8” of snow on the ground and the roads have been plowed several tines. It’s called common sense, access conditions in the area you plan to travel (i.e. city, suburbs, country, hills, etc) and you vehicle’s ability to travel in said conditions and make a appropriate decision.


8 posted on 01/23/2016 7:23:15 PM PST by matt04
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Or charge some ghastly high price for a rescue...


9 posted on 01/23/2016 7:24:13 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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This is a nanny state phenomenon.

If they could really ding you hard for a rescue and made THAT public, I think this would work better, but then the state would not be able to bill itself as nanny any more and that would hurt their pride.


10 posted on 01/23/2016 7:25:59 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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Might just as well be under martial law, for a couple feet of snow. I can understand a advisory to stay off the friggin roads, but they have thousands of plows! Plus all general use trucks were fitted with front end plow blades. Thousands more...

This is a bad sign....but it all fits with the end days of the Republic.


11 posted on 01/23/2016 7:26:43 PM PST by Cold Heat
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They should arrest them.I think we got close to 2 feet of snow here.Firemen could not get to fires because of stuck cars.


12 posted on 01/23/2016 7:27:48 PM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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People want to risk their lives I`m cool with that, as long as they just freeze to death on their own and don`t expect others to risk their lives saving their retard @sses. I mean it`s that important to get somewhere in a blizzard that they gotta risk their lives and those who`d be tasked with saving those sorry @sses, right?


13 posted on 01/23/2016 7:28:31 PM PST by nomad
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They will arrest you if you are off the road also.


14 posted on 01/23/2016 7:28:31 PM PST by sport
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Nanny state, Heat.

There could be a respite yet with some spiritual renewal of the land. Not permanent respite, but God wasn’t promising that ever.

Once more a free market solution would look like: you need a rescue during these conditions, we do it, but we hock your firstborn as well. Or if you can find a company to do it cheaper, have at it.


15 posted on 01/23/2016 7:29:07 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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I'm east of NYC. I just drove five miles to pick up my kid. I had no idea that the ban was mandatory. I saw a couple of cop cars, but they were busy.

So I guess I'm lucky I wasn't stopped and arrested.

16 posted on 01/23/2016 7:30:37 PM PST by FreeReign
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Some people complain when the government imposes a state of emergency and threatens to arrest you if you're driving on the road.

On the other thread about the Pennsylvania Turnpike snow emergency, some Freepers were complaining that all those people were stranded because the road wasn't closed.

Go figure. LOL.

17 posted on 01/23/2016 7:31:04 PM PST by Alberta's Child (My mama said: "To get things done, you'd better not mess with Major Tom.")
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To: nomad

I can agree with that.


18 posted on 01/23/2016 7:31:37 PM PST by sport
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To: HiTech RedNeck

That’s what they do here in AZ. If they post a certain part of a road as impassible (like a low spot under an overpass after a heavy rain), and you go in and get stuck, you have to pay for the rescue. They call it the “stupid motorist law”. That way if it really is safe for your vehicle, and you go through, no harm no foul, but if you ignore it and end up endangering yourself and them and creating the expense of a rescue, you have to pay. Makes perfect sense to me.


19 posted on 01/23/2016 7:31:58 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Cold Heat

Well the logical answer would be to issue a, ‘You should not go, but if you do, we will not lift a finger to save you, so go on and die of hypothermia if you`re that stupid.’ alert, right? Hey, I`m cool with that.


20 posted on 01/23/2016 7:33:10 PM PST by nomad
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