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Maryland Woman Fined $310 for Killing Police Officer
Fox News ^ | Wednesday, May 07, 2008 | AP

Posted on 05/07/2008 2:01:31 PM PDT by Sopater

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To: Resolute Conservative
"Apply your logic to your kid stepping in to the street. Sorry she was wrong."

Kids don't play on the expressway, and rational adults don't jump out in front of cars on the expressway.

41 posted on 05/07/2008 3:21:58 PM PDT by spunkets ("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani, gun grabber)
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To: Sopater

We were driving down a four lane highway one day, when a state trooper pulled off the road ahead of us and lurched herself out of her patrol car into our lane of traffic — she was trying to flag down a motorist behind us and acted as if we were not there.......with a car in the passing lane we had to slam on the brakes and pray.....she got out of the way just in time. Scared the dickens out of us. We were not speeding at all, but it IS 65 MPH on that stretch of the road. The fool was lucky to be alive after that stunt.


42 posted on 05/07/2008 3:25:17 PM PDT by tioga
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To: Resolute Conservative
No her ability to react was cut in half at that speed as compared to 55.

No, her ability to react, which is her reaction time, is exactly the same. The distance traveled at 71MPH is greater than at 55MPH, but only 29% more, not 100% more. The distance her car takes to brake from 71 is also greater than from 55, but again, not even close to twice as much.

43 posted on 05/07/2008 3:25:22 PM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: spunkets

See post 42. ;^) sometimes the do just that!


44 posted on 05/07/2008 3:25:55 PM PDT by tioga
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To: SoldierDad

>>she bears the bulk of the responsibility IMHO

Clearly the grand jury didn’t see it your way.

Around here, the de facto speed limit is more like 80 mph on 55 mph limited access highways.

The essence of good transportation is speed. Raising revenue using speed limits that are set way too low isn’t very smart, IMHO.


45 posted on 05/07/2008 3:26:37 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (<===Non-bitter, Gun-totin', Typical White American)
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To: SoldierDad

>>why is the Gov. not reducing the present max speed limits to conserve fuel given the current state of the worlds oil prices?

A more conservative approach is to let the market determine the best speed vs. cost trade off, not legislators and bureaucrats.


46 posted on 05/07/2008 3:28:09 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (<===Non-bitter, Gun-totin', Typical White American)
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To: tioga

Li’l Ms trooper doesn’t hit me as being a rational adult.


47 posted on 05/07/2008 3:31:12 PM PDT by spunkets ("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani, gun grabber)
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To: SoldierDad

Carter regime ? Try Nixon - Ford


48 posted on 05/07/2008 3:32:16 PM PDT by Seajay (Ordem e Progresso)
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To: OA5599
I don’t know when it was eliminated, but my first guess for not raising the limit in certain states is due to revenue generation. Call me cynical.

An even more cynical explanation is that an unrealistic limit exceeded by literally everyone functions as a loophole to void the 4th Amendment and allow fishing stops of literally anyone.

49 posted on 05/07/2008 3:33:03 PM PDT by CGTRWK
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they let her carry a gun, I hope she passed the mental evals to get there! but, no, she did NOT appear rational at all leaping out into traffic like that.......scared me to death I was screaming and hubby was laying on the brakes and the horn.......we were still shaking five minutes later...


50 posted on 05/07/2008 3:34:29 PM PDT by tioga
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To: SoldierDad

That “code violation” is simply driving faster than an arbitrarily-defined “speed limit” that some legislature decided on.

Therefore, while legally, it may have been something other than an accident, practically and common-sense wise, it was.


51 posted on 05/07/2008 3:38:13 PM PDT by RockinRight (Supreme Court Justice Fred Thompson. The next best place for Fred.)
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To: Resolute Conservative
Apply your logic to your kid stepping in to the street. Sorry she was wrong.

My kid would be smart enough to not step out onto an expressway in front of a speeding car. Too bad this officer's parents didn't teach him the same.

52 posted on 05/07/2008 3:48:06 PM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Here they come boys! As thick as grass, and as black as thunder!)
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To: tioga
"they let her carry a gun,"

Who did, this guy?


53 posted on 05/07/2008 3:51:15 PM PDT by spunkets ("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani, gun grabber)
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To: Resolute Conservative

“If she was operating over the posted speed limit it is manslaughter/murder.”

There was no malice aforethought.


54 posted on 05/07/2008 3:59:17 PM PDT by death2tyrants
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To: Resolute Conservative

She didn’t do it on purpose. And throwing her in prison will neither bring my kid back nor prevent further ACCIDENTAL deaths.


55 posted on 05/07/2008 4:01:50 PM PDT by RockinRight (Supreme Court Justice Fred Thompson. The next best place for Fred.)
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To: spunkets

LOL.....he shot HIMSELF in the ankle while teaching gun safety? good one.


56 posted on 05/07/2008 4:13:49 PM PDT by tioga
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To: tioga
Here's a DEA agent. "The only one professional enough in the room to handle a gun." Kids didn't want him to be given another one... LOL!
57 posted on 05/07/2008 4:38:13 PM PDT by spunkets ("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani, gun grabber)
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To: CGTRWK

Like Ayn Rand had written:

There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals. When there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.


58 posted on 05/07/2008 6:42:04 PM PDT by OA5599
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To: CGTRWK; OA5599

>>An even more cynical explanation is that an unrealistic limit exceeded by literally everyone functions as a loophole to void the 4th Amendment and allow fishing stops of literally anyone.

Click on my username and read the first quote.


59 posted on 05/07/2008 7:05:35 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (<===Non-bitter, Gun-totin', Typical White American)
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To: OA5599

Dang, I now see you beat me to it. My quote is a little more extensive.


60 posted on 05/07/2008 7:07:23 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (<===Non-bitter, Gun-totin', Typical White American)
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