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Re: bmw-digest V5 #185

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>From: jeffreypi <jeffreypi@domain.elided>
>Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 13:10:47 -0700 (PDT)
>Subject: <misc> re: tickets
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>Interesting responses from some of the digest members..
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>For whoever this person is  (no name signed).."Wow, I didn't know we had a
>smokey in the group, who is part of the corruption
>in the society centered around traffic court, speeding violations, and
>insurance surcharges.  All I can say to that officer is go to hell!  Regarding
>your bullshit comment..."  Your response says it all.  You'd be surprised
>as to the make up of the 2500+ members of this digest.  It's not a closed
>society, although it is generally a pretty polite one.
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>And Davor...you're correct in that the licensing laws in the US..surely in
>CA are a joke.  My girlfriend took a written test a few years back at the
>DMW and was marked wrong on one answer.  When I looked at the test, the law
>had been changed 2 years ago, and her answer was correct.  The DMV office
>manager had no clue, and had to look it up in the VC to verify.  And these
>are the people issuing the licenses.  It's a sad state of affairs.
>
>If anyone wants to continue this thread privately (unless there really is
>an interest in this on the digest), email me privately.....I'd rather be
>talking BMW's    ):
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>Best,
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>Jeffrey
>BMW ACA - Los Angeles  (email me if you want to join!)
>BMW CCA - San Diego
>86 325es      88 325
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Well I'd like to point out that any time a cop thinks that not knowing how
fast you're going is cause for a raft of BS, it's a prime indictment against
the 
present system. Personally I seldom ever know how fast I'm going, primarily
because there many more important things to keep track of, and time wasted 
keeping track of speed sebtracts from time for something worthwhile. Like
missing other objects. And I'd be willing to bet my driving record for the 
last 25 years is better than his.
   To me this fellow is a prime example why there should be no such thing 
as officer discretion, as he proves lacking in mental aquity enough to 
justify such power. That's what jury's are for, and generally they have more 
sense than that. The idea that somebody no more developed than him can effect
my life to the extent now possible is pretty neauseating, and far from what 
this country is supposed to be.(he probably doesn't know that either.)