RE: Noteworthy News
June 29, 2022 at 3:34 pm
(This post was last modified: June 29, 2022 at 4:12 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I'm from the land of sup-ed up ricers, where the cops figured out long ago that they caused more accidents chasing the better car than they prevented - not an issue of footraces (though I wouldn't be suprised to find that cops chasing on foot end up effecting asshole situations). I have, myself, been racing so fast that the cops sent me a ticket and a summons in the mail rather than directly chasing me down to issue it in person (borrowed nsx - lost it, made good on what i owed the owner and payed the fine - not my only infraction, repeat offender, known racer..as a kid..as in I was racing cars before I had or could even get a license....I did all of my worst/best work in a gutted prelude and a 1973 450Benzo...stock.........). Good thing..because I'm not exactly a pro driver and it's a minor miracle we didn't kill anybody, without the addition of yet another amateur in a fast car. I did, eventually, confine my speed addiction to a track and not even to cars, and that was basically the end of that, lol. Drag bikes are my fucking thing, man. You can feel the wind. - and then I learned about jumping the fuck out of planes and forgot cars and bikes altogether.
Where I'm from, police cant chase a person with a suspended license because chasing those people is more dangerous..demonstrably more dangerous...than sending them mail after the fact. This entire state of affairs is predicate on the fact that no police chase, at any speed, for any duration...is safe. Not to the perp, not to the pursuing officer, not the the many many many many many bystanders in-between. This state of affairs was enacted...by the police..who...again where I'm from, have a whole lot of other shit to deal with.
You're not sure about it, but the cops are...... sooooo........?
(as background - The Cops only knew me because I was part of their extended family - to the point that one really sweet and genuine cop gave me a good talking to just because I was standing -next- to a bumblebee yellow mustang, that had been the subject of many beach reports for speed and noise violations. I'm not from an anti-cop family.........I'm one of those kids that got cut loose and isn't in jail today precisely because I knew cops from the cradle)
Where I'm from, police cant chase a person with a suspended license because chasing those people is more dangerous..demonstrably more dangerous...than sending them mail after the fact. This entire state of affairs is predicate on the fact that no police chase, at any speed, for any duration...is safe. Not to the perp, not to the pursuing officer, not the the many many many many many bystanders in-between. This state of affairs was enacted...by the police..who...again where I'm from, have a whole lot of other shit to deal with.
You're not sure about it, but the cops are...... sooooo........?
(as background - The Cops only knew me because I was part of their extended family - to the point that one really sweet and genuine cop gave me a good talking to just because I was standing -next- to a bumblebee yellow mustang, that had been the subject of many beach reports for speed and noise violations. I'm not from an anti-cop family.........I'm one of those kids that got cut loose and isn't in jail today precisely because I knew cops from the cradle)
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