Camry repeatedly brake checks Mini
#21
You guys do know that foogers' paintball suggestion was made in jest?
#23
Last November, my brother-in-law (from Baltimore) came down and we drove to Austin for F1 on US-281. US-281 is well West of I-35, out where there are a lot more oil/gas wells, cattle and horses than people. The speed limit is fast (bordering on non-existent), the hill country is pretty, and the other drivers (encountered rarely) are courteous. He was in utter shock. About the time the third pickup pulling a stock trailer pulled over to ease our pass, he came up with his theory. "Everyone in Texas has a gun, right?"
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You guys do know that foogers' paintball suggestion was made in jest?
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You guys do know that foogers' paintball suggestion was made in jest?
#24
I think he meant the paint splatter. Regardless, shooting paintballs wouldn't have served to do anything but escalate the situation; I think he (Mini driver) did the right thing in attempting to avoid and simply documenting the situation and hopefully provide the video and a tag number to the police.
#25
If the receiver of the paintball gun was welded to the frame of the car, wouldn't the car then become part of the paintball gun? Officer, my paintball gun isn't concealed, you've actually got your hand on it this very minute as you are leaning on my car...
Alternative system to the paintball technique:
All cars come with a communicating vehicle immobilizer. If, within a 5 minute time span, 3 unique people select your license plate as an offensive driver, your vehicle notifies you (the driver) that you have 30 seconds to find a safe place to slow down/come to a stop. After that 30 seconds, your car is limited to 10mph for 10 minutes only to allow the driver to remain safe. (No shut-down on railroad tracks/intersections/etc.) Any driver who is subsequently found to be intentionally impeding the flow of traffic (driving 10mph on the freeway/roadway) is charged similarly to a DUI offense because of creating a danger on the roadway. All drivers have an override switch which allows the driver one override in a calendar year (I'm rushing to the hospital because my kid broke his arm).
Is this ridiculous? Yep.
Would it work? I dunno.
Would this system get abused? Of course it would.
Would I participate? Every damn day.
When is Obama going to buy me a hero cam? I want my Obamacam.
Alternative system to the paintball technique:
All cars come with a communicating vehicle immobilizer. If, within a 5 minute time span, 3 unique people select your license plate as an offensive driver, your vehicle notifies you (the driver) that you have 30 seconds to find a safe place to slow down/come to a stop. After that 30 seconds, your car is limited to 10mph for 10 minutes only to allow the driver to remain safe. (No shut-down on railroad tracks/intersections/etc.) Any driver who is subsequently found to be intentionally impeding the flow of traffic (driving 10mph on the freeway/roadway) is charged similarly to a DUI offense because of creating a danger on the roadway. All drivers have an override switch which allows the driver one override in a calendar year (I'm rushing to the hospital because my kid broke his arm).
Is this ridiculous? Yep.
Would it work? I dunno.
Would this system get abused? Of course it would.
Would I participate? Every damn day.
When is Obama going to buy me a hero cam? I want my Obamacam.
#30
BTW, really makes me appreciate the area in which I normally drive now. Here, we wave at complete strangers as we pass, acknowledge each other at 4 way stops, pull over to allow passing by faster vehicles on 2 lanes, etc. It's really extraordinary. Unlike anyplace else I've ever lived.
It was nice in missouri, so moving here was a big change for me. lol
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WRONG!!!
Go to 1:00 in this video and watch this guy totally take out a cop car with an old school SHO taurus, then flee again while the cops were stuck with their thumbs up their asses...
Btw, the end of that video is AWESOME!
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