Yes, I believe "shakedown" is the appropriate term here for this activity; I myself was on The Job up until 23 years ago and the only time we stopped anyone in another jurisdiction was if we were in "close pursuit." We certainly never set up speed-traps in those towns. My, how times have changed, between this and the ever more frequent frivolous use of tasers and shootings.
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 2:18 AM, Rion D'Luz <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thursday 08 October 2009, Paul Flint wrote: > > Dear Tony, > > > > Maybe this topic is best layed to rest now... > > > > On Thu, 8 Oct 2009, Tony Harris wrote: > > > > > This has the potential to become a very fowl discussion.. > Here, pullet my finger :) > > Dave: > I've been pulled over by cops in their own cars, making 'civilian' > arrests:) > Catch one having a bad day and it's your bad Carma:( > > But, the lesson learned is that your 171, at the very least, can get plead > down to 1/2 that or less; > and at best be the ticket to high dudgeon and good laughs in the courtroom. > After telling cops citing me now that i'll see them in a year (or more - > delays - continuances - etc...) > and the prospect of enjoying getting to know them better glued to a witness > stand; having done both. > Then i tell them that if the case is dismissed i will call them at every > chance i get as a witness for the defense! > They start to think twice after that - after all, i'm not drinking not > wanted not committing any other crimes. > The subject of speeding is such a straw man. It's unenforceable. 25mph can > kill as easily as 70mph. > As many ppl are on meds as drink-n-drive and fundamentally speeding does > not kill, influences do not kill, > texting does not kill, its losing control that kills. speed is irrelevant > despite what anyone says. > > I hate being in adversarial relationships with the very people I would like > to trust and call in an emergency. > But speed traps, motor vehicle laws in general, are such a shake-down. > To my (and anyone who cares to fight back; not-guilty - day in court - > blah...), good fortune, they just > stop showing up at court now and the ticket gets tossed. three times now - > yea for me! > > > > > > > > (Also I covered that one... see below :^) > > > > > --On Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:28:51 AM -0400 Tom Kastner > > > > > (this one is pure inspiration. Where is Tom when I need guidance? :^) > > >> Nice job Paul. Hope you can pullet off. Tom > > >> > > >> On Thursday 08 October 2009 9:34:23 am Paul Flint wrote: > > >> > > > >> > Without ruffling any feathers I would like to take this opportunity > > >> > to crow about David Delecore, a writer whose quill combs the coops > of > > >> > our local government, scratching the surface and allowing us to keep > > >> > a-breast of the flap turned fowl hatch-it job in Barre Town. > > > > > > Kindest Regards, > > > > > > > > Paul Flint > > (802) 479-2360 > > > > > > /************************************ > > Based upon email reliability concerns, > > please send an acknowledgment in response to this note. > > > > Paul Flint > > Barre Open Systems Institute > > 17 Averill Street > > Barre, VT > > 05641 > > > > http://www.bosivt.org > > http://www.flint.com/home > > skype: flintinfotech > > Work: (202) 537-0480 > > > > Consilium _ > > gratuitum .~. ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) > > valet /V\ against HTML e-mail X > > quanti /( )\ www.asciiribbon.org / \ > > numerantur ^^-^^ > > > > > > -- > 3010 Rte 109 > Waterville, VT 05492 > email: rion_at_dluz.com > web: http://dluz.com/Rion/ > AIM/Jabber/Google: riondluz > Phone: 802.644.2255 > http://www.linkedin.com/pub/6/126/769 > > "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, > diagnosing it incorrectly an > d applying the wrong remedies." - Groucho Marx > Marxism we all can believe in ;) > >
