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Alex Rodriguez wrote:
> In article >, says... > > >>Not here (DC and VA) they don't. They block off a road and stop >>everybody. Now they only give "extra attention" to those actually >>appearing inebriated, but EVERYONE has to stop, there's no flagging down >>of every 3rd car or anything, it is a hard checkpoint. > > > They have a choice. Since in most places stopping every car would really > screw up traffic royally, they stop every X cars. I'm going to guess that > the road where they stop everyone is not one that has alot of traffic. > -------------- > Alex > You would think so, but you'd be wrong. I've been caught in checkpoints on both I-66 and Little River Turnpike, both heavily traveled roads. To answer the next obvious question, yes, they do "screw up traffic royally." But of course nobody ever has to work at night, so it's not a problem. nate -- replace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel |
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Alex Rodriguez wrote:
> In article >, says... > > >>Not here (DC and VA) they don't. They block off a road and stop >>everybody. Now they only give "extra attention" to those actually >>appearing inebriated, but EVERYONE has to stop, there's no flagging down >>of every 3rd car or anything, it is a hard checkpoint. > > > They have a choice. Since in most places stopping every car would really > screw up traffic royally, they stop every X cars. I'm going to guess that > the road where they stop everyone is not one that has alot of traffic. > -------------- > Alex > You would think so, but you'd be wrong. I've been caught in checkpoints on both I-66 and Little River Turnpike, both heavily traveled roads. To answer the next obvious question, yes, they do "screw up traffic royally." But of course nobody ever has to work at night, so it's not a problem. nate -- replace "fly" with "com" to reply. http://home.comcast.net/~njnagel |
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:07:59 -0500, Alex Rodriguez wrote:
> Chow down on some onions and then breath hard in his face when he comes > near you. Thats a good thought that hadn't occurred to me.... The cop that looked in my window, had been served in my drive-thru probably an hour before I was stopped... Common sense dictates that if you're going to harass someone, the person with his hair plastered to his head after serving people for 10 hours is probably not the best choice... |
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:07:59 -0500, Alex Rodriguez wrote:
> Chow down on some onions and then breath hard in his face when he comes > near you. Thats a good thought that hadn't occurred to me.... The cop that looked in my window, had been served in my drive-thru probably an hour before I was stopped... Common sense dictates that if you're going to harass someone, the person with his hair plastered to his head after serving people for 10 hours is probably not the best choice... |
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On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 11:43:17 -0700, Olaf Gustafson wrote:
> I've heard they often announce where and when they'll be. I have yet to > find any of these notices where I live now, but the conventional wisdom > holds that they only do them on major holiday weekends and in the 2 years > I've lived in a state fascist enough to have such checkpoints, I've never > seen one. They do them around here during a lot of non-holiday times, like on Friday and Saturday nights, on the major streets leading out of downtown. This of course, from the city that got tired of people 'cruising' the main drag, and thusly closes it to vehicular traffic on Friday and Saturdays. This is a US highway they are doing this on. |
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