Mike Young
Well-Known Member
So I feel I should briefly explain why I was in the back of a cop car this morning, before getting to the actual point.
I was pulled over today for expired tabs. I have this truck that I use strictly for trips to the dump, and maybe drive it twice per year. I payed $70 for tabs in O'10 and only drove it once. So when they came in the mail this year I said fuck it. Not worth the money, I thought.
Despite not having tabs, I decided to take the risk, being optimistic of course in thinking "I'm smarter than those bastards! I'm smooth, like Keith Stone."
So 2 miles from my place I'm stopped at a light and I see a sherriff coming up in the RV, and he takes to the left turn lane beside me...but not yet. Now he's backing up. Damn you Keith Stone!!!
Needless to say I'm gettin a ticket. Story over right? Not just yet. Being that I only drive this truck 1-2 times per year, I have to get a charge on the battery before I drive it. Apperently I juiced it up just enough for that first start, cause this time it ain't hap'nen.
The sherriff was a cool enough guy to take me to my house to get my jeep so I could once again charge a battery in the most inefficiant way possible.
On my ride home in the back of a cop car (a tad less stressful than I remember it) I ask the officer about the program I see running on his laptop. A camera has been setup that photoraphs the license plate of every passing car. The image as well as the owner info is beamed to his car in what looked like real-time to me. This camera was not at an intersection, and is not in plain sight like the photo cams I'm used to seeing. This mother fucker was collecting & processing data at an alarming rate.
I can't be sure if it was that my expired tabs tripped the system, or it was just my bad luck.
These things must be everywhere.
Lurk in the shadows.
I was pulled over today for expired tabs. I have this truck that I use strictly for trips to the dump, and maybe drive it twice per year. I payed $70 for tabs in O'10 and only drove it once. So when they came in the mail this year I said fuck it. Not worth the money, I thought.
Despite not having tabs, I decided to take the risk, being optimistic of course in thinking "I'm smarter than those bastards! I'm smooth, like Keith Stone."
So 2 miles from my place I'm stopped at a light and I see a sherriff coming up in the RV, and he takes to the left turn lane beside me...but not yet. Now he's backing up. Damn you Keith Stone!!!
Needless to say I'm gettin a ticket. Story over right? Not just yet. Being that I only drive this truck 1-2 times per year, I have to get a charge on the battery before I drive it. Apperently I juiced it up just enough for that first start, cause this time it ain't hap'nen.
The sherriff was a cool enough guy to take me to my house to get my jeep so I could once again charge a battery in the most inefficiant way possible.
On my ride home in the back of a cop car (a tad less stressful than I remember it) I ask the officer about the program I see running on his laptop. A camera has been setup that photoraphs the license plate of every passing car. The image as well as the owner info is beamed to his car in what looked like real-time to me. This camera was not at an intersection, and is not in plain sight like the photo cams I'm used to seeing. This mother fucker was collecting & processing data at an alarming rate.
I can't be sure if it was that my expired tabs tripped the system, or it was just my bad luck.
These things must be everywhere.
Lurk in the shadows.
