In a message dated 1/25/2009 11:01:33 A.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Saw an episode awhile back that got me to wondering.In several episodes Andy or Barney would see a speeding car go by and say "that car's doing 50 in a 35 or 70 in a 55 etc.How did the writers expect to make that believeable?VASCAR or speed guns I don't think were even invented in that time frame. There's a way you can watch a car pass a landmark and count seconds, then work out the math in your head to tell how fast it's going, or they can also use a stopwatch. Experienced lawmen also know how fast a car is going when it's going the speed limit, and can use that as the basis of spotting an obvious speeder (like the lady in the '61 Thunderbird, for instance). Of course there's also common sense, like a car practically blowing you away with a tailwind, something it couldn't do if it were going, say, 25. Of course a really good attorney who's proficient in math and physics can trip up a cop on the witness stand, which is why the modern day radar guns (you're right, they didn't have them back in the early 1960s) are superior, because there's a record of an exact speed, as opposed to "somewhere around 55 to 60." Dixon **************From Wall Street to Main Street and everywhere in between, stay up-to-date with the latest news. (http://aol.com?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000023) _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
