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- From: whs70@dancer.uucp (22501-sohl)
- Subject: Re: Really a policeman? (was Re: Unmarked COP Cars)
- Reply-To: whs70@dancer.UUCP ()
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 92 20:00:42 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.200042.20453@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- References: <1992Jul28.035848.10644@cs.ucla.edu> <1992Jul29.141058.3281@mlb.semi.harris.com> <1992Jul29.102658.1@acad3.alaska.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul29.102658.1@acad3.alaska.edu> fsars@acad3.alaska.edu (Allen R Sparks) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul29.141058.3281@mlb.semi.harris.com>, cbh@opus.mlb.semi.harris.com (Cherie Slasor) writes:
- >> In article <1992Jul28.035848.10644@cs.ucla.edu> wales@CS.UCLA.EDU (Rich Wales) writes:
- >>>In rec.autos, Jeff Chilton described being pulled over by an out-of-
- >>>uniform policeman in an unmarked car, and wrote:
- >>>
- >>> I guess my point is, that they (COPS) are out there in all
- >>> kinds of dress, and all kinds of vehicles. Just because
- >>> you are pulled over on the highway or wherever, it doesn't
- >>> mean that it's a traffic enforcement officer . . . . My
- >>> advice would be to keep the motor running, and the car in
- >>> gear, with the window rolled down just enough to hear until
- >>> you are shown some pretty authentic looking ID.
- >
- >In Fairbanks, the State Troopers do use unmarked cars to conduct
- >traffic enforcement, and that includes using them to pull people over.
- >However, they are still uniformed when they do this, as they should be
- >when doing this kind of duty. === Al Sparks
-
- In this day and age with the many lunatics out there, I think anyone is
- totally justified to NOT pull over for an unmarked car, especially if
- the driver in that car is not in a uniform. It hasn't happened to me,
- but I hope if it does I have the sense to calmly continue driving at
- the speed limit to the next exit (assuming a highway or interstate)
- and then pull off into a well lighted location with other people
- present such as a gas station, or rest area.
-
- Why should any citizen have to be subject to unmarked and/or
- out-of-uniform stops for motor vehicle violations?
-
- Standard Disclaimer- Any opinions, etc. are mine and NOT my employer's.
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