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Re: Cops: Can't Live With Them, Can't Live Without Them



In article <JamieYanak-2104952215150001@database-mac.oai.org>,
Jamie Yanak <JamieYanak@oai.org> wrote:
>In article <D797xz.9Ao@liii.com>, iguana@pine.liii.com (David B. Feig) wrote:
>

>> At least where I live, police officers are not only driving dangerously
>> when responding to calls.  They typically will make any traffic move when
>> they have room to do so -- including running red lights, making illegal
>> turns, and even speeding.  This does not include when they are actually
>> responding to calls.
>
>How do you know where they are going, or what they are doing, are you psychic?
>I don't see how an Emergency Vehicle can make an "illegal turn," or speed
>for that matter. Emergency Vehicles are exempt from most traffic
>regulations, with the stipulation that the driver uses "reasonable care"
>not to endanger others.

If an emergency vehicle is not responding to an emergency, lights on, then 
they have to obey the same rules everyone else does.  That's how an emergency
vehicle can do all thoes illegal things.  Your response explains why we see
so many cops breaking the law.  You either don't know, or don'twant to know,
the law.  The law only applies when it is convenient for you.


>
>> I suppose the public is just "dumb shits" to you.  Most of us just want 
>> to get from point A to B in a reasonable and timely manner, and the State 
>> wants to make an extra $100 here and there.
>
>No I don't think everyone's a dumbshit. But I know from personal
>experiance that 
>"dumb-shits" comprise a higher percentage of the general population than
>most people would think!


I think "dumbshits" on a power trip compromise an even larger percentage of
the police population than you want to admit to.  And that percentage is 
a couple of order  of amgnitude larger than the general population.



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Alex     __O    '86 Dodge Omni GLH Turbo                                    
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