06-18-2007, 01:55 PM | #31 |
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Then put in fixed photo units -- with embedded road sensors. That's what the City of Scottsdale does out here (plus 4 mobile vans - although you really don't need a radar detector to ID them as you can spot them far enough out to avoid them)...
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06-18-2007, 02:02 PM | #32 |
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06-18-2007, 02:08 PM | #33 |
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06-18-2007, 02:10 PM | #34 |
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How much of that do you think is direction, and how much is just officer sensibility? If I were a police officer, I don't think they could pay me enough to actually stand in a lane of travel. Maybe from the shoulder, behind an immovable concrete barrier.
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06-18-2007, 02:11 PM | #35 |
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What I don't get is.... If you were going to stand in the middle of the lane to pull someone over, wouldn't you be ready to jump out of the way if they didn't stop?
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06-18-2007, 02:15 PM | #36 |
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Sure about that? As you know, the CA red light cameras were turned off for a time b/c of this practice. The manufacturer does not share in the revenue any longer b/c private companies taking a cut of law enforcement fines wasn't acceptable. I don't know anything about photo cameras, but the concept is the same.
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Part of the fun is the reaction of the driver being pulled over as the cop scares them by standing in the middle of the road. Many of these people don't actually realize how long it takes to stop a vehicle doing 80mph (or that you can't just swerve without consequence.) |
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What an insane practice. I've never seen anything like that in NJ.
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