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Re: BURN THAT COP? (was Re: Cops: Can't Live With Them, Can't Live ,
On Sun, 30 Apr 1995, Geoffrey Welsh wrote:
> copland timothy j <copland@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu> writes:
>
> > I'm not from Canada...Never had a run in with a Mounty and never want to.
>
> I just *have* to speak up and dispel this myth about Canada and the Mounties.
>
> Do all Americans (at least the ones who haven't met on-duty cops in Canada)
> think that the RCMP is the only police force in the country? Do they really
> really expect that we wouldn't have Canadian equivalents to state troopers and
> city cops?
no...just me. I don't care what they are called, I call all Canadian
police "Mounties". I don't know what a RCMP is and I don't care..I don't
drive in Canada except maybe twice a year. By the way, I call all
Canadians ....Canadians..should I be calling them Quebeckians or
Torontonians...(we call people New Yorkers and such here?)
Seriously though, I just don't care because I don't drive there and that
was the only point that I was trying to get accross.
>
> I probably see a Mountie as often as a typical American sees an FBI agent.
> Well, OK, less often if you count TV shows. <grin>
>
> On the other hand, I see cruisers from the Ontario Provinical Police on the
> highways and there isn't a grain of dirt for miles around here (Toronto) that
> isn't within the jurisdiction of some city or regional police force.
>
> > Yes, it's saved me alot of time, and makes the trip a little more exciting.
>
> Indeed, excessive speeding can really save time on long trips. However,
> experience is leading me to the conclusion that traffic, weather, or just
> plain luck prevent you from realizing those time gains when you really need
> them. Making a two-hour trip in one hour in the middle of the night just
> because I can just isn't worth it. Yes, I have done that... and better.
I speed proportionatly to the length of the trip. The longer the trip,
the more I speed. It's average speed that counts and so, like you said,
traffic and all the crap really bogs you down so it really only works
well when you have a long distance to cover. On long trips you have lots
of time to balance the speeding with the traffic. I use a CB and follow
truckers through cities when their is heavy construction or rush hour
traffic .... I recomend this to anyone who is serious about maintianing
a high average speed. These guys do help you out and they know every
nook and crany .. ;)
>
> These days I choose my speed in order to make for smoothest driving and, when
> there is no one else on the road I drive the speed that I think the cops will
> ignore (just in case one does decide to be strict, no more than 15 km/hr over
> the limit, at which point the demerit points and accompanying insurance hikes
> cost far more than the speeding ticket).
>
Yeah, I agree..I take it easy unless I'm going more than 250 miles.
Then, I try to maintain 75mph..ave... more than 400 mi and I can usually
get about 80 mph ave. I've never had the balls to do better (I don't
count the midnight runs to chicago at 110mph... My uncle likes to race me
and we've done it twice...180 miles... in about 1hr, 40min...fun fun fun!)
> Geoffrey Welsh geoff@zswamp.uucp, [xenitec.on.ca|m2xenix.psg.com]!zswamp!geoff
> We can only hope that people will outgrow the need for government
> before the government finishes outgrowing the need for the people.
>
>
Drive safely,
Tim
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