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Old 06-08-2010, 01:18 PM   #1
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Old 06-08-2010, 01:21 PM   #2
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In America, this should be the rule, not the noteworthy exception.
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Old 06-08-2010, 01:24 PM   #3
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Lets be real. When you go above the speed limit are you going to turn yourself in? No, so don't expect a cop to.
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Old 06-08-2010, 01:26 PM   #4
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Lets be real. When you go above the speed limit are you going to turn yourself in? No, so don't expect a cop to.
Maybe, just maybe, if they listened to the studies that they've called for at least 3 times that I know of, and set the speed limits at the 85 percentile, I don't think speeding would be much of an issue at all...for anyone.

Maybe you have an point that sucks less?
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Old 06-08-2010, 01:30 PM   #5
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Maybe, just maybe, if they listened to the studies that they've called for at least 3 times that I know of, and set the speed limits at the 85 percentile, I don't think speeding would be much of an issue at all...for anyone.

Maybe you have an point that sucks less?
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Old 06-08-2010, 01:32 PM   #6
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Lets be real. When you go above the speed limit are you going to turn yourself in? No, so don't expect a cop to.
Perhaps cops should set the example then, by NOT speeding?
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Old 06-08-2010, 01:36 PM   #7
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Perhaps cops should set the example then, by NOT speeding?
Shhh...you're making sense.
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Old 06-08-2010, 01:40 PM   #8
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Shhh...you're making sense.
It's a congenital defect. For the past few months I've apparently been debating with a 'law and order' type author, on a local board, who thinks "police powers good, personal liberties bad."
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Old 06-08-2010, 01:51 PM   #9
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It's a congenital defect. For the past few months I've apparently been debating with a 'law and order' type author, on a local board, who thinks "police powers good, personal liberties bad."
People like to side with law enforcement, in hopes that they'll receive the benefits of being "down with the team"

It's kind of like being in high school, when you agreed with what the cool people were saying, so that their "cool halo" would cover you as well.
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Old 06-08-2010, 07:13 PM   #10
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Perhaps cops should set the example then, by NOT speeding?
I'd be pissed if they all stopped speeding. Cops going the speed limit fucks up traffic more than a Florida Buick convention. People won't pass a cop, even if they were doing 25 on an interstate.

And speaking of handicapped spots, I rarely see someone use them who is actually handicapped. They may have a tag but I've seen them park at my gym to get on the treadmill and run me into the ground.
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