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Speed limit increased after DOT Secretary gets ticket

phonon — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:51:47 +0000

Florida’s Department of Transportation Secretary Ananth Prasad was ticketed on a Tallahassee street for doing 44 in a 35. A short time later, DOT commenced a study of road conditions and decided to raise the speed limit to 45.

Man says he can drive in carpool lane w/ corporation papers

unique2 — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 19:51:09 +0000

When Jonathan Frieman of San Rafael, Calif., was pulled over for driving alone in the carpool lane, he argued to the officer that, actually, he did have a passenger.

He waved his corporation papers at the officer

Cops Fine Charity for Xmas Lights on Truck

snowdog2012 — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:38:22 +0000

Wichita Kansas man lit up his truck to help the homeless. His one act of Kindness resulted in a fine and tickets since his vehicle could be viewed as an emergency vehicle from others. Police didn't see it as holiday cheer.

Drivers On Cannabis: Fox News Caught Faking Again

RevolutionNewsDotUS — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:11:50 +0000

http://RevolutionNews.US — Fox Caught Distorting The Truth On "Stoned Driver" Impairment... Fox News busted reporting fake news; drivers on Cannabis: Fox News created a news story with a test they designed to measure the accuracy of stoned drivers. One of the participants knew they would skew the truth of the test, so this video shows the undercover footage Max provides, to show how Fox News created this test to fail and reported false news to the state of Colorado on Medicated drivers.

State mulls pay-by-mile gas tax in response to fuel-efficient cars

Jking8767 — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 14:48:07 +0000

SEATTLE -- Cars are becoming more and more fuel-efficient, and you would think that's a good thing. But Washington state is actually losing money because of it and as a result, the state is now considering a "pay-by-mile" tax. The state predicts gas tax collected today won't add up to enough cash to pay for future road projects. Drivers of fuel-efficient cars are spending less at the pump, which means they are paying less in gas tax while driving the same amount of miles.

A quick note on states' rights

porcupous — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:01:46 +0000

The problem is always the consolidation of power into the hands of a relative few. This problem is not alleviated via a representative democracy as the current system in the US clearly demonstrates.

The Role of Government

porcupous — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:01:37 +0000

Over the past many decades, the federal government’s own internal debate on its responsibility has changed in a subtle but very important way. Before the change, the federal government would act in the marketplace when people believed that everybody had a right to something. Now it intervenes even when it does not believe something should be guaranteed.

How to get through a checkpoint in under 30 seconds

phonon — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 18:40:49 +0000

A man shows us all the quickest way to get through a border checkpoint.

Court rules HOA cannot detain speeders on private streets

phonon — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 01:51:15 +0000

The defendant HOA is governed by a board of directors. Prior to the events at issue, the board had established a security department for the development, bought vehicles for the department, fitted the vehicles with oscillating and flashing lights, radar units and audio/video recording equipment. The board adopted a speed limit of 25 mph for all the association's roads. Since violation of the Association's rules is not an "offense" justifying restraint, the plaintiff was entitled to summary judgment on his claim for false imprisonment.