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Tue Oct-23-07 08:56 PM
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| 22. can i have a taser in case the speeders get unruly? |
| - Cops giving out radar guns and encouraging citizens to tattle on neighbors |
shance |
Oct-23-07 08:13 PM |
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here come the brownshirts. |
soothsayer |
Oct-23-07 08:14 PM |
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Oh, Please. |
stirlingsliver |
Oct-23-07 08:16 PM |
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I agree with you |
merh |
Oct-23-07 08:24 PM |
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Pfft. This does NOTHING to assist the cops in enforcing the Law. |
dicksteele |
Oct-23-07 08:25 PM |
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Pfft. Pfft. Says You. |
stirlingsliver |
Oct-23-07 08:28 PM |
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No, says the NEWS STORY. Says the LAW. And says COMMON SENSE. |
dicksteele |
Oct-23-07 09:01 PM |
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Wrong. (At least in my area.) |
mvccd1000 |
Oct-24-07 03:00 AM |
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Why not create a neighborhood council and do a petition drive for speed bumps? |
shance |
Oct-23-07 09:07 PM |
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Because speed bumps don't thrill the bullying hearts of apple-polishing neighborhood busybodies? |
dicksteele |
Oct-23-07 09:40 PM |
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We petitioned for speed bunps but were turned down |
Fran Kubelik |
Oct-24-07 09:32 AM |
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Speed bumps don't slow traffic speeds and vastly increase fuel use and pollution |
benEzra |
Oct-25-07 10:23 AM |
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Speed Bumps Do Not Always Work. |
stirlingsliver |
Oct-25-07 10:56 AM |
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FUCK THE POLICE! |
jaredh |
Oct-25-07 10:53 AM |
#74 |
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Every move you make monitored? |
sandnsea |
Oct-25-07 11:01 AM |
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I say we take the radars and use them on the police, who drive like maniacs everywhere I've been. |
Forkboy |
Oct-23-07 08:17 PM |
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I recall hearing a car come roaring up our residential street and |
rzemanfl |
Oct-23-07 08:29 PM |
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A couple of years ago |
IDemo |
Oct-23-07 09:19 PM |
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About 20 years ago where i live a cop flipped on his flashers to go through a red light... |
Forkboy |
Oct-24-07 11:05 AM |
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I'd like to see them try wining that in Court... Geez.. n/t |
LakeSamish706 |
Oct-23-07 08:17 PM |
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Are those all Repuke strongholds? |
rurallib |
Oct-23-07 08:19 PM |
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Loveland is in the SW Ohio... |
rexcat |
Oct-23-07 09:40 PM |
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Wonder what you could get for it |
jimshoes |
Oct-23-07 08:23 PM |
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Around here we just throw rocks at them. |
Xithras |
Oct-23-07 08:25 PM |
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Throwing Rocks At Cars Could Get You Arrested |
stirlingsliver |
Oct-23-07 08:29 PM |
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We've never actually hit one. |
Xithras |
Oct-23-07 08:46 PM |
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Or you might just get you ass severely beaten. |
EnviroBat |
Oct-24-07 10:33 AM |
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Lol! I thought you meant at the neighbors with the radar guns! |
soothsayer |
Oct-23-07 08:51 PM |
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Throwing rocks at cars is supposed to make me feel safer? |
Book Lover |
Oct-23-07 08:55 PM |
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We actually had a guy stop once. |
Xithras |
Oct-23-07 09:07 PM |
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YOU, my friend, are the ones in danger, unless you are bullet-proof. |
WinkyDink |
Oct-24-07 09:55 AM |
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Couldn't they accomplish pretty much the same thing by |
rzemanfl |
Oct-23-07 08:27 PM |
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I live on a county road that never gets patrolled |
tularetom |
Oct-23-07 08:30 PM |
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Three incidents in a generation and that's enough to get you hot for a radar gun? |
Book Lover |
Oct-23-07 09:46 PM |
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Agree, snitching is no way for responsible, concerned citizens to help keep their neighborhoods safe |
jody |
Oct-23-07 08:44 PM |
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I want spike strips and a cell phone jammer too |
slackmaster |
Oct-23-07 08:52 PM |
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Ahh, a cell phone jammer would be heaven |
tammywammy |
Oct-23-07 08:54 PM |
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$48.21 delivered |
Indy Lurker |
Oct-24-07 10:03 AM |
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del |
Lilyhoney |
Oct-23-07 08:56 PM |
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can i have a taser in case the speeders get unruly? |
mark414 |
Oct-23-07 08:56 PM |
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LOL!!! You guys are on a roll tonight..... |
shance |
Oct-23-07 09:09 PM |
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I want one! I want one!!!!! |
Breeze54 |
Oct-23-07 09:02 PM |
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Here you go darlin and when you sign up now, you get a GE deluxe ginsu taser gun!! |
shance |
Oct-23-07 09:23 PM |
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Naw, I don't want to inflict physical pain; just monetary! |
Breeze54 |
Oct-23-07 09:55 PM |
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EVERYONE WITH A BUSH BUMPER STICKER GETS A TICKET!!! |
Swamp Rat |
Oct-23-07 09:06 PM |
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I like the way you think Swamp. But I think we all know who are gonna |
shance |
Oct-23-07 09:11 PM |
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I will get me a radar and I will make them PAY! |
Swamp Rat |
Oct-23-07 09:16 PM |
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What we really need in this country are speed cameras. |
Xithras |
Oct-23-07 09:09 PM |
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You know, I just don't think technology is a great way to govern and police people. |
shance |
Oct-23-07 09:20 PM |
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The other bad thing is that they don't stop you from speeding dangerously |
soothsayer |
Oct-23-07 09:24 PM |
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We have them here in DC. |
soothsayer |
Oct-23-07 09:22 PM |
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No thanks... |
benEzra |
Oct-25-07 10:17 AM |
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Oh wonderful! |
GoneOffShore |
Oct-23-07 09:14 PM |
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Let's turn people in for having books, too. |
Sabriel |
Oct-23-07 10:08 PM |
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Books run people over? |
Breeze54 |
Oct-23-07 10:09 PM |
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It was a commentary on government encouraging neighbor informing. n/t |
Sabriel |
Oct-23-07 10:13 PM |
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Yeah, I got it but the police have been cut severly since 2001 |
Breeze54 |
Oct-23-07 11:26 PM |
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How do the snitches PROVE someone was speeding? |
tuckessee |
Oct-23-07 10:16 PM |
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Those "proof" and "safeguard" notions of yours are SOOO "pre 9/11". |
dicksteele |
Oct-23-07 10:56 PM |
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Another reason to hate Naperville, IL |
MrScorpio |
Oct-24-07 03:02 AM |
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I have mixed feelings about this |
Roon |
Oct-24-07 06:52 AM |
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We used to put a doll that looked like a baby crawling toward the street from behind a shrub |
RGBolen |
Oct-24-07 06:59 AM |
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Lol, did you kill anyone? |
soothsayer |
Oct-24-07 09:14 AM |
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How old were you when you did that? |
Kingshakabobo |
Oct-24-07 09:28 AM |
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Late 20's early 30's. I'd do it today if people were speeding on my street |
RGBolen |
Oct-24-07 09:29 AM |
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So, what happens when someone swerves in to..... |
Kingshakabobo |
Oct-24-07 09:36 AM |
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Where I did it the speed limit was 20 MPH, there would be no problem |
RGBolen |
Oct-24-07 09:51 AM |
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"anyone obeying the law " |
Kingshakabobo |
Oct-24-07 10:21 AM |
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Well, that never happened. Just a group of us found a way to make people slow down on a residential |
RGBolen |
Oct-24-07 01:46 PM |
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We must be cheap. We just put in speed bumps. - n/t |
porphyrian |
Oct-24-07 09:32 AM |
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How are those working out for you? |
Kingshakabobo |
Oct-24-07 09:39 AM |
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They seem to work pretty well. |
porphyrian |
Oct-24-07 10:13 AM |
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What is the PROOF? Do these Speed Guns record license plates, or is that up to Mr. PlayCop? |
WinkyDink |
Oct-24-07 09:54 AM |
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And how does this differ from the neighborhood watch groups. |
madinmaryland |
Oct-24-07 10:49 AM |
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Right. Nobody should report crimes in their neighborhoods. |
MathGuy |
Oct-24-07 02:07 PM |
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Well, on the streets surrounding our neighborhood, there are... |
Zookeeper |
Oct-24-07 02:50 PM |
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A speeding driver who's alert and not distracted is safer than... |
CRF450 |
Oct-24-07 04:02 PM |
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Mow your lawn at 7AM; have your neighbor report you for speeding as revenge. |
Elspeth |
Oct-25-07 11:02 AM |
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I'd probably use it to test my fastball.... |
PeterU |
Oct-25-07 11:24 AM |
#78 |
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