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Taltarzac725 07-30-2021 10:15 PM

Isn't that ironic...
 
...a what looked like a tailgating accident today on CR466 just west of Morse Avenue and a few hundred feet from the Sumter County Sheriff's Office.

Mortal1 07-31-2021 08:06 AM

I don't find it ironic at all.

DAVES 07-31-2021 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 1980959)
...a what looked like a tailgating accident today on CR466 just west of Morse Avenue and a few hundred feet from the Sumter County Sheriff's Office.

Proper balance is always in debate. When the police ticket us, running a stop sign, speeding, parking on the wrong side of the street etc it is overly aggressive policing.
For all of us, they should ticket others. Reality, I used to drive quite a bit on the job.
One moving violation in 50 plus years. Violation, radar, claimed I was doing over 70 in my
1964 VW. I fought it and won. My car was running on three out of four cylinders, there is no way it would do 70 mph.

Taltarzac725 07-31-2021 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by DAVES (Post 1981106)
Proper balance is always in debate. When the police ticket us, running a stop sign, speeding, parking on the wrong side of the street etc it is overly aggressive policing.
For all of us, they should ticket others. Reality, I used to drive quite a bit on the job.
One moving violation in 50 plus years. Violation, radar, claimed I was doing over 70 in my
1964 VW. I fought it and won. My car was running on three out of four cylinders, there is no way it would do 70 mph.

Car Crashes Into Sign With Ironic Message: Plainfield Police | Plainfield, IL Patch


I got a speeding ticket right outside Van Horn, Texas in 1996 when I was travelling from the CA wine country to the Tarpon Springs-Clearwater area of FL on a move. There was NOTHING there in that part of Texas after you got out of Van Horn. Seemed senseless to me but it is the law even if it often seems to have little fairness attached to it. I did have a rifle in the trunk which I thought mentioned when the lady officer asked if I had any weapons in the car. But I think I had a knife under the seat that had not come to mind right away and I probably had not told her about it. I kind of interpreted this question from her as if I had any loaded firearms withing reach but did mention the unloaded and in a carrying case rifle.

I see that some of the space launches are now coming out of that area.

Bezos ranch near Van Horn, Texas

vintageogauge 07-31-2021 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 1980959)
...a what looked like a tailgating accident today on CR466 just west of Morse Avenue and a few hundred feet from the Sumter County Sheriff's Office.

Could have been a texting accident.

Taltarzac725 07-31-2021 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by vintageogauge (Post 1981154)
Could have been a texting accident.

Saw the flashing police car lights and the closed lane from a distance on CR466 while travelling east and pulled to the right. The drivers were exchanging information it looked like and standing on a median. The crash was in the left lane.

It did not look like anyone was hurt.

Girlcopper 08-01-2021 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 1980959)
...a what looked like a tailgating accident today on CR466 just west of Morse Avenue and a few hundred feet from the Sumter County Sheriff's Office.

So? Just another accident

Taltarzac725 08-01-2021 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Girlcopper (Post 1981730)
So? Just another accident

Right in front of the Sumter County Government building. This makes it unique in some way.


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