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« Reply #90 on: August 13, 2008, 02:07:27 PM »
Quote from: sandgrownan on August 13, 2008, 08:05:58 AM
The fog light issue is easy. Ban them. It's never foggy in Bermuda. Never. Have them removed.

Let's face it, people use them to look cool.

When I was in high school a guy had a beat-up XR4Ti that he just thought was the coolest thing ever - and to make it even cooler, he had a bank of 4 of those round rally fog lights installed on the bumper   Slap  The things were ALWAYS on... and freakin' blinding   Angry

Anyway, one day he had it in to the auto shop for the cheapie oil change etc (no labour cost) and I noticed whoever installed the fog lights ran all of their own wiring.  So I just cut the "hot" wire but left it in place so all looked well and ran my own, complete with a kill switch hidden under the bumper.  Shop teacher thought it was hilarious, but of course didn't condone it or know anything about it at all for that matter   Wink     It was fun to just go out to the parking lot and flip the switch every few days

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« Reply #91 on: August 15, 2008, 06:42:47 AM »
What makes me smile is Government is planning to use all this new electronic wizardry so they can reduce police street patrols!!!  dunce


"Sen. Caines said the electronic tags would ease pressure on the Police in monitoring traffic on Bermuda's roads. "This technology will provide much needed relief to Police," he said.

Senator Kim Wilson added: "It will allow us to have more Police for foot patrol. It means they will not be tied to running around in cars, it will allow them to do other roles."

yet as witnessed in the UK at least it just encourages lowering of driving standards!!!

"I have noticed a drop in driving standards since they replaced traffic police with cameras. I passed my test in 1992 and as a young driver I used to get constantly stopped just as routine, to get the car over, tyres, tax etc and make sure I was not drinking, There seems to be more interest in generating revenue from speed cameras. More traffic police would reduce careless driving levels or replace the airbag with a spike in the middle of the steering wheel!!

Overtaxed, Buckingham"

http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=5231&edition=2&ttl=20080815113421





 
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« Reply #92 on: August 15, 2008, 11:29:16 AM »
With all due respect, there doesn't seem to be much foot-patrolling these days. I'm sure that's due to lack of resources, but it would be useful to have a police officer or two navigating through the city and hopefully be able to enforce the laws.
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« Reply #93 on: August 15, 2008, 01:45:52 PM »
Quote from: Tryangle on August 15, 2008, 11:29:16 AM
With all due respect, there doesn't seem to be much foot-patrolling these days. I'm sure that's due to lack of resources, but it would be useful to have a police officer or two navigating through the city and hopefully be able to enforce the laws.

I am in favor of foot patrols which are an important part of service delivery.

But in this thread we are tlaking about riders and drivers who are habitual breachers of the road traffic laws etc..

So they are going to stop for an Officer on foot patrol? Interesting concept.....

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« Reply #94 on: August 15, 2008, 01:51:57 PM »
Yah rite dear Piggy.....1:30am Tuesday Fabyooary 1970........Parliament and Frunt Streeetz....Wave dee ole raid fleshlight...and dee guy hits mee doowin 40 knuts........Norman Simons laughed so hard annn Buster Brown ann Laz Peerson ann J.L. Villiams haid to gahoe howme ann bee reeleeved......

Follies on broadway..............Chack howt number shreee ducks antranze....steal gutt mighy body imprint on it............................... Slap Slap

Eye neid ah rahum..............................................
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« Reply #95 on: August 15, 2008, 03:16:17 PM »
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So they are going to stop for an Officer on foot patrol?

Maybe if the cop noted the licence number then the person could be doubly-booked with the second offence being not obeying an officer's instructions...

I suppose you'd have no choice but to have them strategically placed around town on their 750s... bicycles and even Segways wouldn't likely be practical.
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« Reply #96 on: August 18, 2008, 03:34:31 PM »
Quote from: Piglet of the Yard on August 15, 2008, 01:45:52 PM
Quote from: Tryangle on August 15, 2008, 11:29:16 AM
With all due respect, there doesn't seem to be much foot-patrolling these days. I'm sure that's due to lack of resources, but it would be useful to have a police officer or two navigating through the city and hopefully be able to enforce the laws.

I am in favor of foot patrols which are an important part of service delivery.

But in this thread we are tlaking about riders and drivers who are habitual breachers of the road traffic laws etc..

Ummm....perhaps that is what this thread evolved into but it was actually about a very good rider who obeys the law 99.9% of the time who almost got run down in a road rage incident after a crazy woman in a car decided to take the law into her own hands,.
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« Reply #97 on: August 18, 2008, 03:57:07 PM »
Or maybe it was about this....

"Sorry about that Smokes...but we didn't get married.  I threw that one back man."

Did you get a good look at the driver Ace? Wink
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« Reply #98 on: August 18, 2008, 05:36:04 PM »
I saw the whites of her eyes trust me.

I hope I didn't offend with my remark in the Holiday Inn thread man, I was just kidding.  Apologies if I hit a sore spot.
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« Reply #99 on: August 18, 2008, 06:49:41 PM »
LOL - you couldn't hit a sore spot with a pair of .50 Brownings mate! Even if you are an Ace.

I just know that the woman scorned will take you out at red-light the first chance she gets! Wink
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« Reply #100 on: August 18, 2008, 08:45:41 PM »
Quote from: SmokingGun on August 18, 2008, 06:49:41 PM
LOL - you couldn't hit a sore spot with a pair of .50 Brownings mate! Even if you are an Ace.

I just know that the woman scorned will take you out at red-light the first chance she gets! Wink

You mean like this??
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« Reply #101 on: August 18, 2008, 09:13:10 PM »
Nice tats.... now those'll leave a sore spot alright. Wink
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« Reply #102 on: August 27, 2008, 02:02:34 PM »
I saw a really great one the other day.

A bike was trying to cut back into 5 o'clock traffic when a car decided that she should not be allowed back in and should instead be a *hood ornament* of an oncoming car.  Except....the woman in the car took too long to close the gap between her and the car in front because the bike rider managed to nip in front of her.  The car driver misjudged this fact and ran into the back of the bike.

The gesticulation of the car driver's arms and her attempts to get out of the car to check her damage and her attempts to get the bike rider to pull over were obvious signs that this person felt that the bike rider had caused this * accident*.

Problem is...due to her road rage she committed the traffic offense by hitting the bike, from behind, a fact I pointed out to the bike rider should she ever hear back from this crazy car driver.
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