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echo: askacop
to: BARBARA MCNAY
from: TOM RIGHTMER
date: 1998-04-10 00:00:00
subject: Legality of Commandeering cars

 > Sigh..........!!!!!!!!
 BM> Not a very enlightening answer.  Is any citizen entitled to say, "Not
 BM> in MY car, you don't"?  If not, what would it take, and how long, to
 BM> convince a cop that ready transportation really was not available from
 BM> me?  My car does not have special equipment or identifying features.
 BM> Don't sigh again, please.  Thinking does not enable us to know laws,
 BM> police procedures or any other specialized, unfamiliar or
 BM> unexperienced thing.
I would probably ask you to drive and simply give me a ride. Many people use
walkers, special hand operated devices to drive, etc. If I needed high speed,
I would probably either flag down another car or use motorola. The officer
might only need normal speed, etc. In that case, you would be providing a
necessary and important service to your community. I don't know why GLen
"Sigh................!!!!!!!!!!!'s" when a question is raised about the
police commandeering a car. Maybe he doesn't like the question, who knows?
There are all kinds of items that can be commandeered with reasonable
grounds, some in the form of a lawful order. Most are little more than common
sense. If your neighbor was bleeding to death, would I really need to do any
more than to ask you for a towel to use in saving his/her life? By the way, I
know many people with varying disabilities who have helped greatly in putting
some really bad folks in prison.
Tom Rightmer - A Victims' Rights Advocate
... A yawn is a silent shout.
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