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Speeding Drivers Beware as ISP Aircraft Takes to the Air
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All they have to do is see you cross the lines and radio ahead. You can see something like 80 miles at 500 feet (sitting still), timing over 1/4 mile...not a problem. The light reflected from you to the observer's eye traveling a little under 186,000 miles/sec....then his radio to the trooper up ahead, about the same.
In other words, I say- give it a shot and report back. Theory isn't fun.
They don't have to keep up with you, just see you from up to a mile away.
The reason they stopped it in the 80's was cost, it's even more now. But they may think that the psychological effect is worth trying again.
Okay. So when you pass the VASCAR start line, start your stop watch then gun it. Get up to the highest speed which you can reach before you run out of the distance you’ll need to stop. Then slam on the breaks and stop untill the stop wach reads the time it should take for a car doing the speed limit, then start again and go the speed limit. That’ll teach them.
I'll buy that argument when they start cracking down on burglary.
Got to watch out for conventional units too. I got popped on SR3 just south of New Castle today. Was running late for a Dr. appointment (misjudged my total travel time). Trooper was straight up and direct... didn't offer any opportunities for anything other than a ticket, and processed as quick as he could. My bad, but what makes me really burn is that the car that went around me was missed!
Ironically, the gas tax just went up in July, very quietly. With Republican majorities.
This reminds me of an old joke...
Bubba was tooling along well above the speed limit, and still being passed by other vehicles. Next thing he knows, he's got the flashing lights in his rearview mirror and pulls over. Being from a small town, Bubba knows the officer that pulled him over. Officer walks up to Bubba's window and proceeds to write him a ticket. Bubba says, "Why are you writing me a ticket and not all those other cars that were passing me??" Officer says, "Bubba, do you like to go fishing?" Bubba says, "Well of course I do! I love to go fishing!" Officer says, "Well Bubba, do you ever catch ALL the fish?"
This reminds me of an old joke...
Bubba was tooling along well above the speed limit, and still being passed by other vehicles. Next thing he knows, he's got the flashing lights in his rearview mirror and pulls over. Being from a small town, Bubba knows the officer that pulled him over. Officer walks up to Bubba's window and proceeds to write him a ticket. Bubba says, "Why are you writing me a ticket and not all those other cars that were passing me??" Officer says, "Bubba, do you like to go fishing?" Bubba says, "Well of course I do! I love to go fishing!" Officer says, "Well Bubba, do you ever catch ALL the fish?"
The way I heard it was, "well, you were the only one who stopped "
Not directed at you flightsimmer, but the idea that ticket revenue covers the operating costs of these aircraft is simply incorrect. By law the fines have to go into the common school fund where they can never be spent. Court costs get divided up, with very little to none of it's going to the agency that writes the ticket.
The cost of operating these Aircraft comes out of general appropriations or any grants that may be had. I find it to be a grossly inefficient way of enforcing civil traffic violations, but that's just me. It's more of a publicity stunt than anything.
Never mind the likely overtime you're going to end up paying the pilot and the troopers on the ground if any number of these actually goes to trial...
Shotgun!
Of course it is - "slow down, we're watching from above!"
Aircraft - meh.
Unmarked cars - there's something that grinds my gears. Not because it's sneaky, but because it's dangerous and risky for everyone.
femurphy77
Grandmaster
Why? Do they just suddenly dart into traffic in a cloud of dust and tire smoke regardless of the traffic situation??? (Purple)
Frank_N_Stein
Grandmaster
It doesn't cost anything when it doesn't fly. Oh wait, we're talking about ISP, not IMPD.
I don't worry about the planes. Only ticket I have ever been written (by ISP) was by a Trooper in a Mustang. If one were to obey the speed limit or just go a few MPH over, one wouldn't have an issue with planes, unmarked cars, etc.
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