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Mass bans vehicles at 4:00 p.m.; offenders face fine up to,$500, 1 year in jail
The Eagle Tribune ^ | 2-8-13 | Staff

Posted on 02/08/2013 12:55:43 PM PST by 444Flyer

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has declared a state of emergency for blizzard that could bring near 3 feet of snow.

Patrick signed an executive order banning all vehicles from roadways starting at 4 p.m. today. Ban applies to all roadways, including highways and secondary roads. Any one caught driving after 4 p.m. faces up to one year in jail and $500 fine.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: snowstormnemo
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To: beandog

LOL but when they illegally get there the store workers (for food, medicine or hardware only) will have legally driven there. Makes little sense.

This policy actually comes from the 1950’s Civil Defense regulations. The roads were to be closed and were to be watched by National Guard to assure that roads would be clear for emergency responders.

Sort of forces a rethink of the Bug Out Or Hunker Down debate. You must bug out BEFORE the government freezes the roads “for the common good”.


61 posted on 02/08/2013 1:57:26 PM PST by DBrow
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To: Bluestocking

FEMA disgusts me.

Nothing more than another perpetually growing entitlement program.

Clear the roads and get the power back up, then get the hell out of the way.


62 posted on 02/08/2013 1:58:50 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: 444Flyer
I have been telling conservatives for several years to get out of New England while they still can...there may come a time when they decide you won't be allowed to leave.

Just kidding...right?

63 posted on 02/08/2013 1:59:48 PM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
Oh and...


64 posted on 02/08/2013 2:02:04 PM PST by 444Flyer (Obama killed the Twinkie, but not the Terrorists in Benghazi. What's wrong with this picture?)
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To: libertarian27
...massDOT...'Moving Massachusetts FORWARD...

Hmmm...now where have I heard that before?

65 posted on 02/08/2013 2:05:33 PM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: libertarian27

It’s pretty rough here but still - a car ban?! I sent an email to the gov office telling them my opinion...for what it’s worth.


66 posted on 02/08/2013 2:09:29 PM PST by GreatRoad (O < 0)
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To: libertarian27

That’s it??!! That’s ALL your are going to do???? What happened to the posting of it on the Public Safety web site so everyone could see what a jerk that driver is??

Man, this country is going to Hell in a handbasket. No one seems to care anymore.


67 posted on 02/08/2013 2:17:44 PM PST by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off.)
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To: 444Flyer

Limbaugh was having quite the field day on this stuff today. The sarcasm was thick enough to cut but I bet it just flew over the heads of the likes of Mayor Doomberg and Gov. Coupe-Deval.


68 posted on 02/08/2013 2:21:12 PM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel
"Fine them $500.00 and give them a year in jail"

That's more than you get for rape, murder, or theft....

69 posted on 02/08/2013 2:21:57 PM PST by Average Al
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To: 444Flyer
They're making it sound like Snowpocalyse.

Because it is.

70 posted on 02/08/2013 2:28:48 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: 444Flyer

Hey, Deval....Catch me if you can, you moron!


71 posted on 02/08/2013 2:36:10 PM PST by Fireone (Impeach and imprison, NOW! Treason and murder are still crimes.)
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To: 444Flyer

Ah, the nanny state.


72 posted on 02/08/2013 2:37:19 PM PST by Jaded (Really? Seriously?)
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To: cripplecreek

At least they’re being reasonable.


73 posted on 02/08/2013 2:50:21 PM PST by EEGator
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To: Jmouse007

“The people of Mass are ruled like SERFS, or slaves... because they let themselves be ruled as such.”

There are quite a few conservative Bay Staters, but by and large the populace is liberal. I have lots of relatives there and lets just say we don’t talk politics. Or religion either. They love the nanny state. Want all things about liberty in the Constitutional sense banned, don’t want to know God...this is what they want.
I feel for FReepers in that state.


74 posted on 02/08/2013 2:50:47 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (Pray for revival. <BCC><)
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To: 444Flyer
Any one caught driving after 4 p.m. faces up to one year in jail and $500 fine.

Why doesn't he just shoot them on sight? Save the taxpayers three squares and a cot for a year.

75 posted on 02/08/2013 2:54:32 PM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: beandog

How are people supposed to get to the gas station, grocery store or hardware store if they are not allowed to be on the road.

If its anything like Florida their is a freakin dollar store on every corner or like in NY a 7-11 on every corner. lol.


76 posted on 02/08/2013 3:02:53 PM PST by bikerman (Gun control does nothing to stop gun violence. But then, Washington specializes in the art of doing)
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To: Iron Munro

Under a hail of bullets from the Peace Ossifers.


77 posted on 02/08/2013 3:04:20 PM PST by SgtHooper (The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.)
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To: metmom
You Easterners who are fed up with this horrible weather
ought to move to California where you could have wonderful weather and associate with your liberal neighbors.
78 posted on 02/08/2013 3:27:04 PM PST by upcountryhorseman (An old fashioned conservative)
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To: SgtHooper
Under a hail of bullets from the Peace Ossifers.

If you want my carton of milk, newspaper, and flashlight batteries, you're going to have to pry them from my cold dead fingers.

79 posted on 02/08/2013 3:27:10 PM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: 444Flyer

By what authority does the governor claim the right to impose a $500 fine or a year in jail on free citizens for driving on the road?


80 posted on 02/08/2013 3:40:33 PM PST by Jeff Winston
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