Should traffic stops be abandoned ?

[Bart Skelton]

Mr. Fink,

Are we to gather from your rather haughty post that fecundity in law enforcement is something that doesn't interest you? Or is the rampant trodding upon innocent Americans by prosperous criminals something you find more charming?

Bart Skelton

 

[gunsmith]

hawkmoon

thats me behind you flashing my lights, you see, you're in whats called the "FAST LANE" and you are ignoring those signs that say "SLOWER TRAFFIC MUST MOVE RIGHT.
As far as an "ego trip" I was told by a highway patrol officer that it is the person in the fast lane, slowing down everyone behind them that is the one on the ego trip, trying to control every one else on the highway because "they know whats good for everybody"
A guy I once worked for rammed a car off the road, his son had a terrible accident and he was rushing him to the hospital. He flashed his lights but the car in front of him wouldn't move over, so he rammed it and forced it into a ditch.

I have a suggestion, if I am behind you flashing my lights, just wave your handgun so I know it's you...ok?

 

[Gordon Fink]

Are we to gather from your rather haughty post that fecundity in law enforcement is something that doesn’t interest you? Or is the rampant trodding upon innocent Americans by prosperous criminals something you find more charming?

No, not at all. I am merely following the misapplication of law enforcement to its logical conclusion.

~G. Fink

 

[LMC]

flogging?

I don't post alot on this board,but when i see someone that thinks he's so great as to have never gotten a traffic violation or for that matter getting caught for one to think that such a petty violation is to be punished in that sort of manner,you sir have your priorites in the wrong place particularly if you are a police officer.

 

[p35bhp09]

Cameras are just another sign of our police state and should be banned. Not to mention the accident rate rises at lights with cameras and often lights with cameras have shorter yellow lights to generate revenue.

 

[chopinbloc]

p35bhp09,

i got a better idea: we declare april 15 national kill a camera day.

okay, maybe not, but if i were to tape a plastic bag over a redlight camera or radar camera the only thing they could charge me with would be littering, right? i mean, it's not exactly vandalism. and it's legal if you don't get caught, right?

someone said something to the effect of "you have no problem with gun laws but you don't like traffic laws." sorry, i'm too lazy to page back and copy/paste it. i got news for you. i am most definitely NOT happy with most, if not all, gun laws. and guess what? i break them, too sometimes. i disregard the law that says i can't bring my gun into olive garden because they serve alcohol. i don't care that it's illegal to bring a gun into the dmv. i don't leave my gun in my car unless i'm expecting metal detectors. some of you get a warm and fuzzy feeling from being good little eloi. fine. i simply ignore laws that i disagree with if i think i can get away with it. "real" criminals do the same but in my opinion (of course) i have a better moral compass. speaking of morals, laws that prohibit actions that do not harm others are immoral. they simply seek to control men. if my reckless operation of a motor vehicle harms or kills someone than beat me, fine me and imprison me. if you're an old fart and 90 mph makes your colon hurt, that's not my fault.

another thing: you. yeah, you in the left lane doing 54 in a 55. who's on the ego trip? me, because i want to simply get where i'm going in an efficient manner while co-operating with other drivers? or would it be you, the one who took it upon himself to delay others and "teach them a lesson?" let me help crystallize the issue. what do you do when (if) you notice that the driver behind you wishes to go faster? do you pull to the right and let them pass or do you slow down to further exert control over them?

let me say it one more time and i'll use small words so everyone can follow along: i don't wish to be controlled by any human being.

 

[Matt G]

Closed because the thread has been off-topic since its inception.