Dragaera

the pitfalls of judgemental law enforcement

Thu Jan 8 13:07:30 PST 2004

On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 15:27:13 EST, you wrote:

>I don't know what they would charge him with, probably obstruction of 
>justice. I'm sure theres at least one lawyer on the list who could name the specific 
>law. The bottom line is that the man who put up the sign was aiding people who 
>were breaking the law. If they were speeding through a residential 
>neighboorhood, someone could be killed or injured as a result of their recklesness. 

The problem with this argument is, if I saw a sign warning of a speed
trap, I'd slow down, not speed up.  So in actuality, he was simply
preventing the police from having anyone to ticket, by encouraging
people to follow the law.  And he's arrested for this?

I've heard that some police departments have taken advantage of the
spread of radar detectors in a similar fashion.  They place empty
police cars at various changing locations, with a radar gun set in the
On position inside.  When a speeder hears his detector go off, he
slows down.  Works better than a speed bump.  :-)


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