Re: Almost Reckless driving

[c a l i b a n <caliban@sharon.net>]

On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Dan Simoes wrote:

:|No, it means you would loan the car with the proviso that this
:|person cannot speed, if he does not have the proper license.
:|That's a compromise I'd be willing to make.
	
	i forgot to mention - in many places in new england 
	(and probably elsewhere) you can make a large donation
	to some sort of police-affiliated group and you get a
	golden, metal "donor card".  you hand this to the officer
	who pulls you over with your license, and it buys you
	a warning.  i have a friend back there who has been 
	spared five times so far with this - no tickets.

	i remember seeing something similar in the mid 1980's
	from the santa clara county sherriffs, except they
	actually gave badge-replicas to their high donors.
	came in a wallet, for your license, making the act
	of flashing the badge necessary when pulling for your
	license.

	not everyone abuses these powers though.  my pop is
	a state official and tries to hide this fact when
	he gets pulled over (pretty infrequent anyway).  last
	time it happened, the officer badgered him about how
	he got his parking permit (a giveaway) and when he
	found out tried to void the ticket.  my dad pulled
	rank and *made* the officer cite him - he seriously
	doesn't believe in taking advantage.  quite a good
	role model :)


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