> But let go after determining that there > was a mixup concerning a stolen plate > which has been replaced.
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What kind of a cop would even think to run the plates on the Wienermobile?
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A cop who likes to 'grill' the suspects?
Well, the Wienermobile does indirectly promote the killing of pigs.
I thought that Dave's pun was bad until I read yours.
Something weird is that I prefer cop shows to pretty much anything else on TV, in spite of the fact that I pretty much don't like cops. Perhaps a holdover from when I was a 14 YO pot smoker, and to us, they were "the pigs."
But let go after determining that there was a mixup concerning a stolen plate which has been replaced.
I can just see Little Oscar being led away to a police car in manacles. At least the police wouldn't have to hold his head down as they shoved him into the back seat of the squad car. Then again, they'd probably have to remove his chef's hat first.
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But let go after determining that there was a mixup concerning a stolen plate which has been replaced.
What kind of a cop would even think to run the plates on the Wienermobile?
I'm sure he just did it out of curiosity and for kicks (at first). Nowdays most beat/traffic cops, with their computers on the dashbord, run about 75% of the plates they're behind unless their on the way to donuts or talking on their cell phones. It takes all of 5 seconds.
What kind of a cop would even think to run the plates on the
Wienermobile?
I'm sure he just did it out of curiosity and for kicks (at first). Nowdays most beat/traffic cops, with their computers on the dashbord, run about 75% of the plates they're behind unless their on the way to donuts or talking on their cell phones. It takes all of 5 seconds.
You would be surprised how many cars and trucks are running around out there with expired or switched plates, but I did a lot of them out of curiosity. People would be amazed at the information that pops up on those computers. About two months before I retired I was issued a lap top with a mobile inquiry terminal. I could punch in plates while driving down the road and get back the information within seconds, and if the plates were expired or there were other problems with it they were flagged..... literally.... a red flashing flag appeared. It also automatically showed the owners driver licences information and if he/she had an expired or suspended license there was another flag. Some of the inquiry return fields were hyper linked for other information, like driver record, conviction record, plate transactions etc.
> What kind of a cop would even think to run the plates on the Wienermobile?
I'm sure he just did it out of curiosity and for kicks (at first). Nowdays most beat/traffic cops, with their computers on the dashbord, run about 75% of the plates they're behind unless their on the way to donuts or talking on their cell phones. It takes all of 5 seconds.
You would be surprised how many cars and trucks are running around out there with expired or switched plates, but I did a lot of them out of curiosity. People would be amazed at the information that pops up on
those
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computers. About two months before I retired I was issued a lap top with
a
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mobile inquiry terminal. I could punch in plates while driving down the road and get back the information within seconds, and if the plates were expired or there were other problems with it they were flagged..... literally.... a red flashing flag appeared. It also automatically
showed
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the owners driver licences information and if he/she had an expired or suspended license there was another flag. Some of the inquiry return fields were hyper linked for other information, like driver record, conviction record, plate transactions etc.
I know that's not new tech but I hear the cops on the scanner constantly passing tags (license plates) and driver's license numbers to the DATA channel for DMV & NCIC info. My cops have MDTs but they're used to such a minimalist extent, pity!
the owners driver licences information and if he/she had an expired or suspended license there was another flag. Some of the inquiry return fields were hyper linked for other information, like driver record, conviction record, plate transactions etc.
I know that's not new tech but I hear the cops on the scanner constantly passing tags (license plates) and driver's license numbers to the DATA channel for DMV & NCIC info. My cops have MDTs but they're used to such a minimalist extent, pity!
It would not have been new if my old employer got it.:-) I had a mobile terminal for at least 10 years earlier, but it was slow, poor area coverage and I had to go to different modes for different inquires. With new system was fast, reliable and had the hyper links and flags. I used to have to call in for information that was not available online. Once I got that new MDT I never had to use the radio for inquiries.
> What kind of a cop would even think to run the plates on the > Wienermobile?
I'm sure he just did it out of curiosity and for kicks (at first). Nowdays most beat/traffic cops, with their computers on the dashbord, run about 75% of the plates they're behind unless their on the way to donuts or talking on their cell phones. It takes all of 5 seconds.
You would be surprised how many cars and trucks are running around out there with expired or switched plates, but I did a lot of them out of curiosity. People would be amazed at the information that pops up on those computers.
Damn, Dave! Where were you last week when people were running stop signs and making fast (but illegal) turns in front of me at stop lights when I had the right of way?!
One woman I saw had her neck craned around, looking at her back seat. She wasn't on a cell phone AFAIK but maybe she was; those ear bud things (should be illegal) make it difficult to tell. I do know she was talking to a child (or two) in the back seat. She paused briefly at the stop sign but then just came on through without even looking. Good thing I was noting her behavior otherwise she'd have plowed right into my car.
On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:07:28 -0700, BOBOBOnoBO® wrote:
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>> What kind of a cop would even think to run the plates on the >> Wienermobile?
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I'm sure he just did it out of curiosity and for kicks (at first). Nowdays most beat/traffic cops, with their computers on the dashbord, run about 75% of the plates they're behind unless their on the way to donuts or talking on their cell phones. It takes all of 5 seconds.
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You would be surprised how many cars and trucks are running around out there with expired or switched plates, but I did a lot of them out of curiosity. People would be amazed at the information that pops up on those computers.
Damn, Dave! Where were you last week when people were running stop signs and making fast (but illegal) turns in front of me at stop lights when I had the right of way?!
One woman I saw had her neck craned around, looking at her back seat. She wasn't on a cell phone AFAIK but maybe she was; those ear bud things (should be illegal) make it difficult to tell. I do know she was talking to a child (or two) in the back seat. She paused briefly at the stop sign but then just came on through without even looking. Good thing I was noting her behavior otherwise she'd have plowed right into my car.
That sort of thing was the inspiration for DAMM, Drunks Against Mad Mothers. Some mother is driving down the road, and turns around to scold her brats in the back seat, then runs off the road and hits an innocent drunk who is walking down the sidewalk with his 40oz. in his paper bag.
If she was also engaged on her cell phone, then all the worse.
PEOPLE WHO TALK ON THEIR CELL PHONES WHILE DRIVING ARE AS BAD AS DRUNK DRIVERS, at least drunk drivers who are not very far over the absurdly low legal limits in most states (0.08%).
That sort of thing was the inspiration for DAMM, Drunks Against Mad Mothers.
I think that whole idea was pretty much self realizing. It was the first thing I thought of when I learned of MADD.
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DRIVERS, at least drunk drivers who are not very far over the absurdly low legal limits in most states (0.08%).
The whole institution is the epitome of hypocrisy. Any pretense of public good was long ago abandoned in favor if raw greed. It's now just rank revenue generation, pure and simple. OTOH, the pursuit of filthy lucre has produced some valid results. Who is crazy enough to risk having to pay $5-10K for a couple beers? Certainly not me.