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Re: Speeders, FYI
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Subject: Re: Speeders, FYI
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From: bishop@access4.digex.net (Ed Tuthill)
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Date: 3 Apr 1995 20:23:24 -0400
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Newsgroups: dc.driving
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Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
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References: <DCDR.23DC@herblink.com> <3lmkb7$425@access4.digex.net> <3lmuj5$4ug@clark.net>
In <3lmuj5$4ug@clark.net>, cjfred@clark.net (Chris Frederick) wrote:
> Just make sure you and your friends are driving armored cars. :) That would
> be an interesting situation.
Exactly. As I said in the other article I posted, a guy in
Philadelphia stopped this kind of protest because he was getting threats
from the other drivers. Not a pretty sight.
> I'd love to see them try to ticket people for obstructing traffic or
> something; it would be a fun day in traffic court. "Well, your honor,
> they _were_ going 55, but they were holding everybody up, so I gave
> them tickets!"
A friend of mine was actually pulled over on the DC beltway last year
because he was driving just over 55 mph. The cop just warned him that
it's generally a good idea to keep up with the rest of the traffic, and
sent him on his way...
> I wonder whether this was done as a reminder that the speed limit is 55 MPH,
> or in the hopes of getting people to complain about the too-low speed limit.
> Most cops probably aren't any happier about 55 MPH than the rest of us are.
I don't remember the reasoning, but I do remember there being major hell
raised because of it. But as usual, the flames die down and things just
stay the same.
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