>> 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 
rom
 >  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
Motorola:  Radio to an officer with transportation, I assume.
 > might only need normal speed, etc. In that case, you
 > would be providing a
 > necessary and important service to your community. I
I have to say here that times have changed greatly since I was a child, and 
it may not be "times," but rather, "circumstances."  I lived in a large-city 
suburb, and I believe there were foot patrolmen, though all I can actually 
bring to mind are the school crossing guards.  Where I live now, until 
recently, all police, to my knowledge, were in patrol cars.  More recently, 
in the summer, we have had a pair of bicycle patrolmen, and in another nearby 
small city, motorcycle patrolmen.  Generally speaking, then, barring certain 
circumstances, there has been little likelihood for the police to need to 
commandeer a vehicle around here.
 > 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
As I indicated elsewhere, in certain cases "common sense" can be a recipe for 
disaster, but I do get your point, and agree.
 > 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.
Thanks for the reply!
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