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Originally Posted by winnipesaukeenh
"...Winnipesaukee, based on the attitude portrayed in your post, it's likely that you being less than cooperative when you were pulled over is the reason you were stopped for so long. Just a thought..."
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It can't be any help "being remembered" for the next time, either!
Quote:
Originally Posted by chipj29
"...why is it ok for a MP to go more than 2x the legal speed to catch up to a person who the MP thought was going merely 5-10 mph over the limit? Where is the logic...?"
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Originally Posted by 4Fun
Even if you were going 30 MPH it's poor judgement on his part to go 55MPH for 3 minutes to catch up to you. He should have a ticket.
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Communities
do have to grapple with the consequences of "a police chase":
1) Some allow the alledged offender to disappear into the distance—possibly striking others. The inevitable result is the resurgence of more miscreants causing still more unhappy results.
2) Other communities must deal with the lawbreaker (and his tragic consequences) following an ego-influenced or adrenalin-driven chase by LEOs.
Such consequences don't
necessarily result in punishment of the officer; moreover, in some jurisdictions, the offender can be charged with
felony-murder—where appropriate.
3) But for this lake, my question would be,
"Why has such a 'speedy' chase become 'objectionable' when a 'velocity' like this was thoroughly justified here just five months ago?"
4)
Anyway, who's going to write an MP a ticket for doing his job?