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Re: What do I do with my Radar Detector while in Virginia?
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Subject: Re: What do I do with my Radar Detector while in Virginia?
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From: chess@widomaker.com (Alison Rosenstengel)
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Date: 2 Nov 1995 17:27:20 -0500
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Newsgroups: rec.autos.driving, va.general, dc.driving, chv.general
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Organization: Widomaker Public Access Unix, (804) 221-8070
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>Matthew T. Russotto (russotto@wanda.pond.com) wrote:
>: Contrary to popular belief, Virginia IS in the United States. And if a cop
>: asks you how fast you are going or whether or not you were using a
>: radar detector, you are under absolutely no obligation to answer.
>: My answer would probably be something like "Are radar detectors
>: illegal in this state?" I don't know whether lying can get you into
>: legal trouble-- I tend to doubt that telling a cop that you haven't
>: committed a crime when you, in fact, have can be interpreted as
>: obstruction of justice. It's not the same as making false statements
>: under oath or on a signed police report.
Here's an analogy, however: If you see a criminal running away to the
east, and a policeman comes by and asks which way the criminal went, it's
not obstruction of justice to say, "I don't know." I understand,
however, that it *is* obstruction of justice to say, "He went west."
I don't see why you can't just suck it up and not use the radar
detector. It's *the law* and the people of the state like the law.
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