Lets discuss roadside traffic safety checkpioints..

[fastfredracing]

Just went through one, out in the middle of the boonies. My dad and I were on our way to pick up a rear axle for a Ford Explorer at a rural salvage yard. They stop all traffic, and check your drivers license, registration and insurance cards, make sure you have your seat belts on, and ask if you have been drinking. I told him that I had been hitting it pretty hard this morning, and fortunately, he had a good sense of humor. laughed checked me out ,and sent my on my way.
Can you say revenue generator?
This was the State Police by the way, I think we counted 8 patrol cars sitting there, making sure our highways, and by ways are safe Good thing I was not trying to move a kilo of blow.

[Hugh R]

I'm going to my ex-BIL's tonight a few miles from my house. The wife is dropping me off, I'll be drinking and taking a cab home. $12 with tip, cheap insurance.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by fastfredracing

Can you say revenue generator?
This was the State Police by the way, I think we counted 8 patrol cars sitting there, making sure our highways, and by ways are safe Good thing I was not trying to move a kilo of blow.

It might generate revenue, but with eight cars and personnel I can't see how it would be much of a profit center. Speed cameras - that's where to make the big bucks.

[Rick Lee]

I would refuse to answer any questions. AFAIK, they cannot stop every car. It has to be a set rule like every third car, for example, but it can't be random and it can't be every car. Cooperating with them is furthering the police state. I'd be the one asking the questions like - Why did you stop me? Am I free to go?

[on2wheels52]

I use a different tactic myself.
Jim

[Eric 951]

They do that quite often around Pittsburgh--always city cops. They are called "courtesy checkpoints" As if detaining me for no valid reason is a courtesy to me. Total BS--they check for seatbelts, valid lic., insurance, inspection, and also do some fishing. Cops that I have encountered at these points are total j-offs. They stand in the middle of the road, pointing out which vehicles to pull to the side where the rest of the gang waits. The ones I encountered most frequently are on busy 4-lane roads, which are already jammed with traffic during "normal" commutes(banksville road and RT 51).

I still cannot believe that these and other checkpoints are legal.

[vash]

i think i am for them. too many idiot running around without insurance in my area. i'd like them fumagated from our roads.

[wdfifteen]

I got stopped ten times or so in Mexico. Was there a month and drove about 5000 miles in the country. I don't know why I was stopped except for the times they said "fruita?" which meant they were looking for produce. Otherwise they'd say something that I assumed was a request for my papers. I'd give them the registration and insurance papers, they'd kind of look at it, but for all the attention they gave it could have been upside down. They'd try to ask some questions, but their English was worse than my Mesican. They'd send me on my way. It got to be kind of funny.

[Christien]

I actually don't mind those kinds of stops. I really think they do promote road safety, whether it be alcohol, seatbelts, etc. Certainly they're not trying to cash in on BS speeding tickets. And they're always very polite, explaining what they're doing, what they're looking for. Doesn't bother me a bit.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by Christien

I actually don't mind those kinds of stops. I really think they do promote road safety, whether it be alcohol, seatbelts, etc. Certainly they're not trying to cash in on BS speeding tickets. And they're always very polite, explaining what they're doing, what they're looking for. Doesn't bother me a bit.

At the end, Winston discovered that he really did love big brother...

[Rikao4]

no big deal..
what does bother me is ..
Fernando with no Lis. or Ins. getting a pass..
so what's the point..
well legal citizens tend to pay the fines..
the illegals just laugh at us and the police..
deport/arrest them.. not likely..
so the best thing to do Rick..
is get a better tan..
& mumble no ainglais..
they will just wave you thru..

Rika

[Rick Lee]

I have only ever encountered two. One I avoided, thinking it was an accident scene, by doing a U-turn on the median strip and taking another route home. I learned the following morning it was a checkpoint. Where I turned around was a good mile away, so they were really messing up traffic. The second one they just had everyone drive real slow through the lighted area and had some nurses or people wearing scrubs handing out pamphlets on DUI. It was such a joke. I came real close to hitting a truck on my bike the other day because all three of its brake lights were out. It's a real problem around here. Seems they could keep real busy by going after such people, not bother everyone else, make the roads safer and raise some revenue.

[ODDJOB UNO]

"new shurff in town!" well i can top that one! about 20minutes ago ripping to go get some crap at home depot, i am behind a typical one horsey town driver doing btwn 15-18mph in a 25mph zona.


well after she pulls out onto main drag, i look left,look right and look left agin just like sgt. safety says i should.


old bitty is doing 25 in the 35mph. well since time is money.......i kick it in the azz. pass her on the left and just as i am going down off hill,headed south, across from the sgt. safety mobile radar(dar-dar) trailer, my escort lets out this yell that damn near made me POO MESELF! it was "LAY-ZAR BEAM DEATH RAYS" (laser beam death rays)! HOLY ****! throw out the danforth anchors, drop my flaps, and dump my feet on the ground like barney rubble! cop is standing out of his vehicle with "lazar beam death ray" pointed at me. and THEN...........his KA band in his car goes off in my ear! HOLY NED the TRIFECTA OF DEATH!


well due to my finely tuned,razor sharp reflexes..............he didnt get ME!


but the red ferd truck behind me who was following behind me while following the ol bitty got nailed bigger than poo! he just pulled over even before cop could get back into car to follow him.


so in court, i imagine that the judge knowing full well that the cop, having a lazar beam death ray, a KA band, and the K band mobile "dar-dar" trailer, you wouldnt stand a chance beating it!


the trailer is about 12 ft high and yer speed is indicated in yellow if 5mph over 35mph zone. after 40mph it is lite up in red numerals to indicate that you are a FELON!



this azzhat cop is having a field day



so its going to be dooom-o de dooom-o for quite a few people while this clown is out there.



me..................well at 430am to 530am, i have gotten that damn trailer up to about 86mph. my record so far!

[RWebb]

If you have nice pinkish-Scots-Irish skin like me, you could pull up to the stop and ask "Do I need my green card?"

Do not attempt with sun tan or dark hair...

[70SATMan]

Was stopped on two different occassions by this type of check in rural VA and NC while working a site over the last three months. Both times around 11-12 PM.

Clearly they were looking for the unlicensed/uninsured/inebriated.

Pulled out the East Central Illinois accent and no worries...

[fastfredracing]

me..................well at 430am to 530am, i have gotten that damn trailer up to about 86mph. my record so far![/QUOTE]

[ODDJOB UNO]

Originally Posted by fastfredracing

me..................well at 430am to 530am, i have gotten that damn trailer up to about 86mph. my record so far!

[/QUOTE]

i should have stated "i got the radar trailer numbers up to 86mph so far."

[lowyder993s]

Originally Posted by Rikao4

no big deal..
what does bother me is ..
Fernando with no Lis. or Ins. getting a pass..
so what's the point..
well legal citizens tend to pay the fines..
the illegals just laugh at us and the police..
deport/arrest them.. not likely..
so the best thing to do Rick..
is get a better tan..
& mumble no ainglais..
they will just wave you thru..

Rika

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[peppy]

They do a lot of them around here....cops say they catch more habitual DWIs during the day.

[Tobra]

Seems to me this sort of thing is clearly prohibited by the Constitution.

Next time I see one of these, instead of going around it, like practically anyone could, I will go through it and tell them, "Illegal aliens can't get a driver's license, insurance or register their car," just to see what they say. If they hold me, I can sue them for the double standard, if they don't I can write a letter to the editor about it.